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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1971
Page
2
Editorial notes that Kansas towns face out-migration yet rural life gains from federal support for water and sewer services. It highlights Buffalo Wilson County where vacant houses are scarce, and cites Stark Elsmore and others with new bank building and improvements signaling a revival in small communities.
The piece highlights Dave Massey led communities forming a Rari tan Club as a model for towns of similar size. It notes Humboldt Thayer and Allen County boosters driving local industry and Bible distribution in October. Thayer revives Watermelon Capital status while Erie Reunion for Old Soldiers and Sailors shines. Neodesha shows boot strap spirit after a refinery shutdown, underscoring resilience and hopeful growth through planning and effort.
An annual meeting in Hutchinson cites Kansas judge salaries from chief justice at 24500 to district judges at 19500, urging raises to 30500 and 35000 overall, noting a cost of about 1 million yearly and total judicial cost under 1 percent of a 1 billion budget.
Washington AP report outlines Metcalf push for more public input on federal advisory boards. He cites 2000 boards costing about 75 million dollars yearly with limited access for nonindustry voices and calls for open meetings transcripts and public representation. In Auckland New Zealand tobacco use rose in 1970 with per person consumption 5.49 pounds versus 5.17 in 1969 and cigarette production increasing to 5 082 million in 1970.
AP report on CBS National Geographic special Monkeys Apes and Men features Jane Goodall examining chimpanzee behavior at her open air lab in Africa and California scientist Diane Fossey studying gorillas. The program contrasts primate social structures, banana tending, and lab tests on rhesus monkeys for insights into human origins.
Washington Merry-Go-Round notes a study on child behavior with monkeys raised in happy homes. ABC's Movie of the Week airs A Taste of Evil a 1960s style horror with creaking doors and a reappearing corpse featuring Barbara Parkins and Barbara Stanwyck in dual roles of victim and schemer.
Researchers report at the APHA meeting that mercury in human tissues has fallen, suggesting fear over fish and lake contamination may be overstated. The Detroit study analyzed autopsy tissues from 1913 to 1970, preserved at the University of Michigan, using 59 Michigan residents.
Jack Anderson reports confidential letters show top State Department officers plotted to remove Murray Smith II while feigning concern for his rights. Smith was reinstated at the last moment to avoid a scandal, highlighting tensions within the Foreign Service and a culture described as elitist and priggish.
A Foreign Service officer Murray Smith faced retaliation after signing an antiwar ad in 1968. Though the ACLU intervened, he faced a distant posting in Iran and was targeted in performance reports by Washington and Ambassador MacArthur II. Internal letters sought to suppress his dissent while denying promotion.
On this date in 1775 the Continental Congress ordered a naval fleet beginning the U S Navy. Other milestones include Washington laying the Execut ive Mansion cornerstone in 1792 and Texas joining the U S Constitution in 1845.
Mississippi gubernatorial hopeful Charles Evers agrees with Senator Edmund Muskie that a black running mate would face long odds. Evers, mayor of Fayette and brother of Medgar Evers, says a black candidate could win at home first before pursuing a national ticket.
Improvised prank or error leaves Steve Nobles with a missing car battery after aiding a man who asked for a wrench. The anecdote ends with Nobles noting the thief drove away as he himself failed to replace his battery. Past references touch on Cold War events and Angela Davis’s arrest in New York a year earlier.
Stuart Awbrey weighs how charisma shapes voters choices in New York and nationwide. The column argues for judging leaders by tangible achievements over image and rhetoric, contrasting John Lindsay and Ted Kennedy with Richard Nixon. It previews Awbrey’s forthcoming analysis of Dwight Eisenhower’s appeal.
Prime time listings show Bewitched and a night World Series game on 247 plus segments on Great American Dream Machine. Other programs include Mannix High Chaparral Mary Tyler Moore All In The Family Andy Griffith Hogan's Heroes Dr. Simon Locke French Chef and Mystery Movie with Scarlet themes.
TV listings for Thursday October 14 show stations KUHI KOAM KMBC KTWU KODE WIBW WDAF and Chanute with prime time lineups. Highlights include Stand Up and Cheer Beaver Lake Green Acres The Dirty Dozen The Police Longstreet Nichols The Tonight Show Merv Griffin and Daniel Boone among others.
Tribune notes 1946 plan to merge seven districts centered at Thayer with a rehearing at 10 a.m. Tuesday in Erie courthouse after petitions opposing the consolidation from North Center District 73 and Sapp District 85. Jack Frost’s early arrival barely damages crops. Fifty years ago in 1921 Chanute schools sought bids for 50 cords of wood.
A daily devotional note quotes Romans 8 28 affirming that all things work for good for those who love God. The message offers encouragement and faith in divine plan.
The Chanute Tribune lists subscription rates for trade territory Neosho Allen Wilson Woodson and outside trade territory Kansas addresses with various terms and taxes. Carrier and boxholder options are shown with monthly and annual prices.
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