19 Oct 1971
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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1971
Page
1
President Nixon asked Congress to pass post freeze anti-inflation measures with civil and criminal penalties, power to regulate interest and dividends if needed, and a temporary emergency court of appeals to handle wage price cases.
The Supreme Court agreed to hear Curt Flood's antitrust challenge to baseball immunity. Flood, once a star center fielder, claims the sport's contract violates antitrust laws and amounts to slavery. His chief lawyer is former Justice Arthur Goldberg.
A fragmentary intercepted letter to Cha describes a desired health plan that would restore vitality and make the writer feel as they did twenty years ago, implying nostalgia for past energy and activity levels.
AP report from Madrid finds no need to fear currency woes for U S travelers in five European countries. Tour highlights that bank exchanges beat bureaus, hotels, with typical rate differences around five percent. Travelers should limit conversions and compare bank and store rates to minimize commissions.
An eight hour defensive driving course begins Thursday at the Kansas Highway Patrol office with Lt. Robert Huerter as instructor. The program targets school bus drivers but is open to others who can enroll. Sessions run 5 50 to 9 30 p m and October 27 with a National Safety Council diploma upon completion.
The Nixon administration urges approval of a national system with employer based private coverage and government subsidies for poor families. Rival plans include a fully federal tax funded system costing nearly 60 billion annually. Chairman Mills notes public concern over maze of referrals and high costs.
A Russian defector Anatoly Tchebotarev, linked to a Soviet spy ring in Belgium, has been granted political asylum in the United States after requesting entry via the U.S. Embassy in Brussels. He has been missing from the Soviet trade mission since early this month and specifics on his asylum timing or location in the U.S. were not disclosed. the Belgian foreign ministry said his statements gave no new elements prompting action against many Soviet citizens.
The Transportation Department granted a one year extension to Sept 1 1974 for sturdier bumpers on small cars with wheel bases 115 inches or less but denied delays for most models. Convertible and certain backless designs gain exemptions while others face the original Sept 1 1973 deadline.
Police responded to a North Steuben report of a prowler Monday night and captured the culprit. It was a dog in a garbage can, according to the department write up.
Partly cloudy tonight with light winds. Wednesday will be mostly sunny with a high in the low to mid 70s and a low near 50. Precipitation chances are 10 percent tonight and 5 percent Wednesday.
The City Planning Commission will meet at 7 30 p m Wednesday in the Memorial Building. It will hear three rezoning petitions and discuss a proposed mobile home ordinance. One petition seeks B 1 business zoning for part of the Wible subdivision, from R 1 residential. Two petitions request B 2 business and industry zoning for Markle addition from R 2 multiple dwelling residential.
Police report a 10 hour downtown celebration after the Pirates clinched the World Series left 128 people hospitalized minor injuries and 98 arrests. Officers noted vandalism to shops, damaged cars, a fire engine stripped of equipment, and debris across streets while officials disputed rapes and assaults reported by national media.
Harvard University reports that five button combination locks on exterior doors reduced thefts in three dormitories. Residents are urged to keep combinations confidential and authenticated by insiders if entrances are forgotten. Officials consider expanding use to more dorms.
Former Army Captain Ernest L. Medina, acquitted in the My Lai massacre case, starts work as assistant to the chairman at Enstrom Helicopter Co in Menominee. He and his wife Barbara looked at houses as part of settling in.
Senate Finance Committee members consider amending the 15.5 billion tax cut to retain a 7 percent excise tax on imported cars while repealing it for U S made vehicles. The House backed an across the board repeal, signaling a clash over auto imports. In Montreal, Rabbi Meir Kahane of the Jewish Defense League was deported after protesting Soviet Jewry amid Premier Kosygin's visit.
Customs officials in Dublin found submachine guns and hand grenades in trunks from the Queen Elizabeth 2. The weapons, possibly for the Irish Republican Army in Northern Ireland, were landed at Cobh Harbor County Cork. The trunks were believed sent to a man who accompanied them from New York.
A Mount Vernon man 22, Larry Box, fell about 50 feet in a cave 10 miles south of Greenfield. He was trapped nearly seven hours before fellow climbers sought help. Steve Brecht, 19, went for aid, and Jim Turk, 24, revived Box by mouth to mouth before he was treated in Mt. Vernon and released.
A Kansas legislative committee endorsed a convention plan where county district and state conventions vote on endorsing candidates. Any candidate with 20 percent or more of delegate votes would appear on the ballot, with the top supporter listed first. Candidates may still file or pursue petitions to make the ballot.
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