Vietnam holds 200000 to 300000 political prisoners
The United States press summary reports Vietnam’s new government detains up to 300,000 people in reeducation camps. SANE and Sanford Gottlieb accuse a large, unaccountable detainee population of anti‐Thieu and anti‑Communist sentiment, urging full prisoner accounting and international inspection.
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Washington
Vietnam
Saigon
Third Force
Nguyen van Thieu
Thieu
North
Sane
Sanford Gottlieb
United Nations
Dinh Ba
United Press International
Tribune forum protests Madalyn O Hara petition
Letter from Chanute reader objects to Madalyn Murray O Haire petition to the FCC seeking to halt Sunday worship on radio and television. Urges readers to write to the FCC or start their own petition showing support for religious freedom.
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Chanute
Tribune
Madalyn Murray O’hare
Federal Communications Commission
America
Madalyn Murray
O'Hare
M Street
Washington, D.C
Don’t Waste Gas Idea Urges Conservation
A concise energy plea argues Americans waste fuel with short car trips for groceries and errands. It compares energy use to drawing down a bank account and notes 215 million others share the habit. The message calls for clear action: stop wasting gas.
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Chanute
Random by Keith Wright echoes and jokes on Playboy controversy
The column riffs on Jimmy Carter Playboy coverage and Missouri politics, noting UPI reports and varied newspaper handling. It cites Patti McGuire in Missouri Breaker, then shares a string of adult and ethnic humor anecdotes from Kansas Transporter and others, ending with a quip on taxation and liquor.
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Jimmy Carter
Playboy
United Press International
Subscription Rates for Local and Outlying Areas
Rates listed for Neosho Allen Wilson and Woodson counties include Kan 3 percent tax. One year 16.48 with tax 6 months 9.79, 3 months 5.67, 1 month 2.32. Area towns with carrier delivery: one year 19.57, six months 10.30, three months 6.18. Chanute boxholders: one year 27.81, six months 13.90, three months 6.95. Carrier Chanute: 2.58 monthly plus tax, prepaid. UP News Bureau rights noted. ABC audit membership listed.
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Neosho, Allen, Wilson, and Woodson Co
Malin
Mali
Chanute
Home front book shelves expand with DIY and practical guides
Chanute Public Librarian Jean Gray notes that home economics shelves are growing with repair manuals and self help on buying houses and home improvement. New additions include The House Book by Terence Conran and How to Build Patios and Decks by Richard Day, reflecting DIY skills and practical planning.
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Terence Conran
Richard Day
Library of Congress
Helen Anderson
Polly
Polly Bergen
Harriet Bridgeman
Paul Haynie
American Kennel Club
Henry Blake
Roger Grounds
Complete Book
Insurance rate hike worries Kansas seniors
Kansas Insurance Commissioner Fletcher Bell voiced concern that elderly people may lose health coverage if Blue Cross Blue Shield raises rates after a public hearing. Petitioners including 42 retired Emporia teachers urged limits on the proposed increases totaling 18.2 million dollars annually for Kansas subscribers. Bell said he will evaluate the proposal while noting the company has constraints.
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Topeka, Kan
UPI
Kansas
Fletcher Bell
Bell
Emporia
First Red Cross Nursing Aide Class Nears Completion
The local Red Cross chapter nears completion of an 80 hour training course by its first class of volunteer nurses aides formed to relieve registered nurses. Mrs J E Plummer recalls 57 years since her first night on the claim now part of the city, noting the house had only walls and a floor. The Plummers moved from Indiana to Kansas crossing the Neosho river in a dugout.
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Kansas
Paul Revere
Red Cross
J. E. Plummer
S. Plummer
Indiana
Neosho River
Desert land schemes blamed for poor value and water lack
A UPI report on INFORM findings accuses remote subdivision schemes in Arizona California Colorado and New Mexico of overpromising and underdelivering. The study highlights six large retailers and notes limited water sewage and resale value while defenders defend Rio Rancho and Lake Havasu City as flourishing communities.
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New York
UPI
Inform
Arizona
California
Colorado
New Mexico
Florida
Morris K. Udall
Dariz
Udall
Larry Klingman
AMREP
Rio Rancho
Robert McCulloch
Lake Havasu City
Ariz
Pueblo West
Colo
Klingman
Halloween Fear Haunts Children Beyond Booby Traps
Child development experts John and Sandra Gadell warn that spook houses frighten children aged three to eight, with lasting adult fear. They cite cases of nonverbal speech loss and school fear, urging milder options or elimination of scary setups to protect youngsters.
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ST. Louis
UPI
John
Sandra Gadel
Gadells
Gadell
Mommy
Daddy
Billy
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Cyril Wofsy
Germany
Joel Cockrell
el Paso
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Dunham
John Holloman
Virginia
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Elmo Zumwalt
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Zumwalt
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Robert Rees
Potlatch Forest
Jeff Eves
Thomas
Tip” O'Neill
John Rhodes
O'Neill
Rhodes
Patricia Fullinwider
Tempe, Ariz
Tribune Peoples Forum
Madalyn
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Missouri
Jefferson County
Christopher Bond
Patti McGuire
Bond
St. Louisan
Transporter
Congress
Chores Tribune
Inday
Evergreen
Fred M. Harris
F. M
Mike) Harris
Keith Wright
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Audit Bureau of Circulations
Jean Gray
Chanute Public Librarian
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Jonathan Zizmer
William Nolen
Edgar Berman
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