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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1975
Page
2
Tribune notes a 320 pound Baltimore longshoreman Bill Pompa tried to drink six beers in under a minute to qualify for Guinness. He finished one can in 3.5 seconds before vomiting, a stunt the piece calls foolhardy and risky. It ends with a tongue in cheek suggestion to try safer feats.
MIT economist Charles P. Kindleberger II warns in Technology Review that the United States may have to guarantee the credit of weaker energy importing nations facing inflated prices. He outlines a petro-dollar deficit cycle and potential beggar thy neighbor policies, urging concern over US ability to pay its own energy bills.
A promotional note extols eating cattail parts as edible wild food. It details gathering the shoots in spring, preparing heads like corn on the cob, and serving hot with butter. The piece uses a humorous aside about trying new dishes and a spray of unrelated food commentary.
President Ford weighs deferring tax rebates while Congress moves to shrink the defense budget. He seeks to hold the deficit near 60 billion, opposing deep military cuts as advisers urge stimulus and Republicans bicker over feasible reductions.
The United Press International holds exclusive rights to republish all local newspaper content and UP dispatches. The notice states UP I is entitled to exclusive use of printed local news and its own news dispatches.
The House majority approved a $12 million year rise in members fringe benefits including two free newsletters per member and 32 free round trips home. Kansas Republicans Keith Sebelius Larry Winn Garner Shriver opposed the increase as others backed higher staff salaries and travel allowances.
Charles Goodspeed, 53, a welder at M W Hartmann Manufacturing in Hutchinson, Kansas, suffered a heart attack on the job. Reno County Ambulance Service attendants revived him with CPR and electric defibrillation, with a second shock needed. He left hospital three days later and said he has much to do.
Howard Jester says 56 students enrolled for summer classes at the local junior college. Police respond to a dispute at Elmwood Cemetery over ownership of an urn. case may go to court. E L McCan reports Neosho County wheat seeding at 39 087 acres last fall, 1 743 acres under county allotment. John Sherman Jr elected first vice chairman of Kansas Junior Bar Association in Wichita.
California Assembly passes a secret ballot farm union election bill on a 64 to 10 vote enabling 250,000 farm workers to choose a union or not. Gov. Edmund Brown Jr. plans to sign, with effect set for August 28, amid Texas unrest where UFW attempts to organize cantaloupe harvesters led to violent protests without injuries.
Washington reports 50,000 laid-off workers will exhaust unemployment insurance by June 30 with benefits ending whether or not Congress acts. July withdrawals could rise unless the recession ends, as some states already max out their programs. Auto industry extensions also dry up, while banks offer eased repayment plans to affected borrowers.
IOLA attorney Spencer Gard and former Allen County District Court judge earns the Kansas Bar Association Distinguished Service Award for 1975. Leonard Thomas presents the honor noting Gard four volume work on evidence and his lectures for judicial seminars nationwide. Gard has served as a consultant to Canada's Law Reform Commission on evidence rules.
Barbara Kee, administrator of Hillcrest Nursing Home in Yates Center, will depart under a lease transfer to Arkhaven Inc. effective June 1. Co-administrators Jim Lewis and Bill Hatch will oversee operations, while Kee plans to spend more time at the family farm.
A biblical verse from Jeremiah 10 5 warns that idols have no power to do evil or good and cannot act. The passage emphasizes the futility of idol worship and contrasts it with the inefficacy of man made objects.
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