09 Oct 1976
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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1976
Page
1
Tribune laments government demand for English in complaints and in tax legislation. It questions definitions of English and criticizes the long 674 to 2000 page tax bill, arguing shorter clearer laws would aid taxpayers and reduce costs of hiring tax preparers.
A scathing critique of U S weapons dealing argues that the nation profits from selling missiles to Saudi Arabia and fighter planes to Iran, while senators try to block sales. It accuses the Ford administration and Senate leadership of pressuring for arms peddling over ethics or human costs.
The writer details a lifelong love of food and cooking born from family notes and Chinese restaurant visits. They explore Time Life foreign cookbooks, learning egg rolls, chop suey origins, and proposing a weekly country themed menu plan to expand recipes at home.
Washington Merry-Go-Round notes no state permits for sewer extensions in Chanute will be issued until the city completes a contract for a modern sewage treatment plant. Fifty Years Ago a Chanute fire chief says school buildings are in good shape and fire hazards are absent. Junior High drill cleared in 44 seconds. Bible verse quoted. By JACK ANDERSON with LES WHITTEN.
Senators expose taxpayer subsidies to large barge owners led by Cargo Carriers and peers at Cargill and Peabody, while Nelson and Domenici block Locks and Dam Complex 26. A separate inquiry brands DuPont cancer data as a misleading public relations snow job. Also noted is a $4 million annual Senate push-button mail system to automate responses.
Erie Tribune details subscription rates for various regions including trade territory, area towns with carrier delivery, Chanute post office boxholders, and Chanute carrier delivery. Taxes are noted and payments are in advance. The United Press International content policy is stated.
Congress approved a scaled down unemployment compensation bill extending benefits to about 40 percent of farm workers and other workers. It would fund 8.6 million previously uncovered jobs, raise wage bases to 6000 dollars, and increase the federal tax rate to .7 percent until advances are repaid.
The House Ethics Committee said the secret report was leaked by someone on or very close to the select committee on intelligence staff. It noted Schorr’s act of giving the report to Village Voice was reprehensible but said White House agencies likely bore no responsibility. The panel urged professional security staff to handle classified material and called the four month probe into the leak its final act.
Library staff heard reminiscences of a area pioneer at a Story Hour. Mrs. Thomas Woods of Nashville shared how a flood in July 1885 ruined a family home and crops, later hardships, and the father saved a pig for the doctor. The tale tied to local figures Henry Koch and the Chanute community.
The Labor Department reports the average weekly paycheck rose by 12 dollars in the year ending May, a 6.5 percent rise for full time workers, but inflation erased all gain in buying power. Real earnings lag 1973 levels and overall earnings for all workers fall below 1967.
YATES CENTER Mr. and Mrs. Perry Rhea of Yates Center became grandparents three times on Sept 29 as three children were born to their daughters. Shelley Renee Shahan arrived at Allen County Hospital in Iola, while twins Christopher Robert and Brian Joseph DeLaTorre were born at Neosho Memorial Hospital in Chanute. Paternal grandparents named.
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