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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1973
Page
1
Eight Vietnam Veterans Against the War activists were acquitted of conspiracy to disrupt the 1972 Republican National Convention. A seven-woman, five-man jury deliberated under four hours, with smiles from defendants and supporters as Scott Camil, identified as the planner, received a verdict.
On Thursday Erie residents vote whether to purchase the Home State Bank building for a new city hall. Residents offered mixed views with some favoring acquisition and others opposing or proposing renovations to the current hall.
In Washington Maine George and Madeline Miller Jr poor and disabled face repeated garden thefts from their half acre plot in Knox County. The couple relies on small pension and family help to grow vegetables they cannot afford to buy, while thieves return as crops ripen.
The District 413 Board of Education will discuss a student scholarship proposal by Charles Henshall at its September meeting Tuesday at 7 30 in the Board of Education office. The board will hear beginning of school enrollment reports and discuss attendance rules as prescribed in Sec 1 d Senate Bill 26.
All city and county offices close for Labor Day. The Post Office and most local merchants also close. The Tribune will suspend publication for the holiday and resume Tuesday.
Discussion on KKOY radio request to broadcast basketball games will continue at the Neosho County Community Junior College Board of Trustees meeting Tuesday at 8 p.m. in the administration building. Dr. Erik Conard will report on steps to start a business aviation course in the second semester. Joe Smith will give a preliminary enrollment report for the fall at NCCJC.
Former Gov. Alf Landon warned at a Topeka Optimist Club that the energy joyride is over as fossil fuel shortages loom. He argued Americans still prize the private car, railroads are essential, and nationalizing troubled northeast lines would worsen central power and costs.
Rescue workers battled 12 foot waves and 40 mph winds to reach a sunken midget submarine and guide a line to the crippled vessel. Two trapped men, Ro ger Mallinson and Roger Chapman, were racing against air loss as a Royal Navy officer later said they were all right. The craft sank while laying a transatlantic cable at 1,375 feet depth after a snapped tow rope, with a 11 hour search before a light guide and a remote arm attempt.
The article recounts a 1936 prediction of victory by Landon then shifts to the Vickers sub incident. Rescue efforts faced locating the submerged crew, air limits, and a 70 degree sunken ship angle complicating lifts while crews status to life support remained uncertain.
Topeka Kansas districts will gain about 762000 in extra federal aid as the administration releases 66.5 million in school impact funds. The move follows a class action suit filed in Washington DC by 11 states the District of Columbia and 14 school districts seeking the funds release.
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