28 Nov 1972
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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1972
Page
1
Salvation Army fears a prank and hopes the 300 pound red iron kettle will be returned after thieves lifted it from the sidewalk outside Macy’s on 34th Street. The Christmas fixture had stood for two decades collecting coins from holiday shoppers and vanished late Friday or early Saturday.
In Pontiac Michigan a 16 year old pupil from Pontiac Central High School is sought as the shooter who wounded five sophomores in a crowded courtyard after a confrontation between black and white students. One victim is seriously injured.
President Nixon announced Elliott Richardson as secretary of Defense and Caspar Weinberger as secretary of Health, Education and Welfare with Roy Ash to lead the OMB. He plans major changes by Dec 15 and keeps notes on White House contact for the new administration. Romney Laird Rockefeller Connally exits noted. AREA FORECAST Mostly fair and cold with low 20s tonight. Increasing clouds Wednesday with a high of 45 to 50.
Governor Edwards tells a black investigating committee that officers will be prosecuted if proven to have fired on students at Southern University during the November campus confrontation. He blames student troublemakers for the deadly buckshot incident at the predominantly black campus.
Three Ceylonese aviation officers Ivan De Mel Don Anthony Wisidagama and Biyagamage Somasiri visit Chanute for hands on training after completing FAA Academy work in Oklahoma City They praise Chanute hospitality but dislike pizza and note high waste and labor costs in the United States They plan to return home to install and maintain equipment for Colombo and discuss unemployment and development plans at home They will stay until December 22 with families and ten children among them
Lewiston Maine AP sociologist Richard C Dumont of Bates College argues Americans deny death is inevitable and prefer fantasies of comfort associated with sleep and caskets. He notes affluence and market norms shield the body from finality, while ambivalence about mortality remains common.
The Chanute City Commission tabled four annexation proposals north west and south of the city pending legal review by City Attorney Bob Pennington. They also evaluated bids for electrical switchgear substation controls and a $3975 air compressor drill, and approved a pipeline license with Santa Fe Railroad for an eight inch water main extension.
An intercepted note riffs on a classic misquote about certainty and eternity. The bromide should have read nothing is certain except taxes, though the speaker laments the phrase lacks lasting impact. The line blends wit with a hint of timeless inevitability.
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