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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1972
Page
2
An editorial argues six Kansas private utilities seek Kansas Corporation Commission permission to add surcharges to electric bills for research and development. It warns against piecemeal steps and urges coordinated federal and state action to meet growing power demand.
An essay argues that reporters protect confidential sources, citing the Supreme Court ruling on secrecy and the case of New Jersey journalist Peter Bridge who was jailed for not naming sources. It contends forcing disclosures harms trust and newsroom pipelines.
A reflective piece compares October’s changing moods to emotions and weather patterns. It explores Indian Summer debates from frost timing to seasonal symbolism, ending with a humorous tale about a departed husband revealed as an Angus bull in Montana.
Twenty five years ago pupils at the consolidated Kimball grade school gain more schoolmates for class, ride by bus, enjoy hot lunches, and study in a two room building with basement, furnace heat, a 1,000 volume library, and two teachers. Fifty years ago 1922 Neosho county district court faces a record October term with sixty four divorce suits on the docket awaiting judge’s consideration.
Secret Moscow dispatches portray Leonid Brezhnev fending off rivals in the Kremlin after a disastrous harvest and grain shortfalls. The report notes Egypt policy, Mideast tensions, and Sadat’s order to pull Soviet forces as Brezhnev faces hardliners while Admiral John McCain retires after pressing Vietnam bombing plans.
AP notes an entertainment program about venereal disease titled VD Blues. Dick Cavett hosts a one hour Public Broadcasting System show at 8 p m across 223 stations with Arlo Guthrie and Dr Hook guests and follow up city by city segments for local VD guidance.
A TV review praises Feiffer for a VD themed comic strip about a woman told by her doctor she has syphilis and the donor mystery. Clayton Riley’s segment shows public health failures and ghetto care struggles, highlighting clinics, bureaucrats, and urban tensions.
Pvt Bill W Ray age 20 and Pvt James R McGuffey age 19 completed nine weeks of advanced infantry training at Fort Polk Louisiana. Both Chanute High School 1970 graduates entered the Army in May. Ray is son of Mr and Mrs Junior M Ray and has wife Wanda. McGuffey is son of Mr and Mrs Francis D McGuffey and has wife Vicki.
TV grid lists weekday schedules with channels KCMO KUHI KOAM KMBC KTWU KODE WIBW KTEW Chanute WDAF on daily slots from 5:00 PM to 12:55 AM. Programs include Today Show, News, Bonanza, Daytime serials, game shows, westerns, soaps, and late news.
Published edition details subscription pricing by mail and carrier delivery in various territories including Neosho Allen Wilson Woodson counties Chanute post boxholders and Chanute carrier area. Also lists tax amounts and mentions Associated Press rights and audit bureau membership.
Channels publish advance schedules but warn last minute substitutions may occur. Listings include Gunsmoke with Victor French, Here’s Lucy with Desi Arnaz Jr., Firecreek with Henry Fonda, and various night-time programs across channels with multiple time slots and titles.
On this date in 1934 King Alexander I of Yugoslavia was assassinated in Marseilles. Harvard's first commencement occurred in 1642 and Yale College was founded in 1701. Peshtigo fire killed nearly 1,200 in 1871. Minnesota forest fires caused 400 deaths in 1910. Premier Ahmed Ben Bella addressed the UN in 1958.
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