03 Nov 1971
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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1971
Page
1
The city orders an IBM Systems 3 data processing unit to handle financial work. The $60,000 machine will be rented at $1,900 monthly, with costs projected at $2,500 monthly including a programmer. After an 18 month period the city expects to offset the increase via outside service bureau use and potential profit.
Kansas Attorney General Vern Miller filed seven petitions in Barton and Hoisington courts to close private clubs in Great Bend and Hoisington alleging unlawful gambling and alcohol rule violations. The actions target the Great Bend Petroleum Club Elks Eagles American Legion Argonne Post Disabled American Veterans and two Veterans of Foreign Wars posts plus one in Hoisington.
Gov. Docking said his Washington visit yielded a productive discussion with Sen. Pastore about locating a nuclear waste repository in Kansas. Pastore voiced safety concerns but did not indicate the AEC would abandon Kansas, and Docking noted no official word on Lyons site abandonment.
Police Chief Lige Matlock took a Pioneer brush killer sample to the Kansas Board of Health lab for comparison with Ernest Seibel's stomach fluids from an autopsy led by Dr. Robert Kelly. Vomit from the Johnson house was also sent for testing to determine cause of death.
Area forecast calls for fair skies and a light variable wind. Frost or freezing temperatures are possible tonight with lows in the upper 20s to low 30s. Thursday will be partly cloudy and warmer with highs in the middle to upper 60s and near zero precipitation.
A fragment notes how record-keeping was difficult and costly before machines and the mechanical age, prompting reflection on how work was done in earlier times. The text contrasts manual methods with modern efficiency, implying historical practices relied on labor rather than automation.
Attorney William Kunstler described Nixon’s Supreme Court nominees Lewis Powell and William Rehnquist as dangerous conservatives. He warned of five justices committed to civil rights suppression if confirmed, likening the potential court to 1930s German courts. He spoke about Attica prison riot and urged peaceful resolution.
Neosho County Community Junior College Board of Trustees continued to enforce the liquidating damages clause in the Student Union addition and dormitory contract. A Taylor-Granner Co change order cut $115 from a $3,635.14 contract for bookstore furnishings and fixtures. Landscaping was delayed by wet weather. some items from Design Forum were not delivered. The board also approved purchasing staff liability insurance for $26 annually, despite dissent from Dr. James Rowland and Dr. Richard Good. The policy would not cover theft under the all risk plan, a point underscored after a stolen vacuum sweeper. The board did buy $190 per year named peril insurance for shop equipment at Sutcliffe building.
A large bluff section about 150 feet wide and 100 feet high collapsed into the Gasconade River 414 miles northwest of Waynesville. The blocked channel created a new flow into a surrounding field and the river was draining around the slide. The event occurred within the past 48 hours, according to Patrol Sgt. James Hudson.
Chief Justice Warren E. Burger told officers to apply discretion on the beat to build trust with the public. He warned that intentional acts of resentment by a policeman undermine his duty and can escalate fear.
The American Bar Association's Federal Judiciary Committee backs Lewis F. Powell Jr. and William H. Rehnquist as among the best persons available for appointment to the Supreme Court. The comments were delivered at the start of Senate hearings on President Nixon's nominees.
In a hard fought election, San Francisco residents voted down Alvin Duskin’s proposal to limit new construction to six stories by about a two to one margin. The defeat ends a lengthy campaign to preserve the city’s skyline amid rising skyscrapers.
Secretary of Defense Melvin R. Laird arrived in Saigon to prepare information for President Nixon's upcoming announcement on troop reductions. Officials speculate the U S force could be reduced to 40 000 by July. Laird said last week's U S battlefield deaths were the lowest since the U S took a major combat role in March 1965.
Senator James B. Pearson urged Agriculture Secretary Clifford Hardin to add a voluntary diversions option to the 1972 wheat program. He noted past voluntary programs yielded about 62 cents per bushel on average and said payments must be attractive enough to secure substantial diversion before the 1972 harvest.
Sen. Robert Dole introduces a long range rural development bill emphasizing expanded federal aid to rural areas, with loans routed through local financial institutions. The act would merge Farmers Home Administration into a larger Rural Development Administration offering varied financial assistance.
The World Synod of Bishops votes 168 to 10 with three abstentions to uphold mandatory celibacy in the Latin rite. Seventeen other voting members were absent or proposed amendments. The tally comes as one of 19 votes on the priesthood document from Tuesday’s session.
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