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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1973
Page
1
Des Moines Associate District Judge Luther T. Glanton dismissed a traffic charge against 5 year old Craig Johnson after his bicycle collided with a pickup in front of his home. Glanton ruled the child lacks guilty knowledge and criminal intent and stressed protection and affection for children.
Egil Krogh former White House aide expected to surrender today on an indictment charging burglary conspiracy and solicitation in the break in at the psychiatrist of Daniel Ellsberg Krogh Ehrlichman Liddy and David Young named in the Tuesday indictment according to sources
United Auto Workers President Leonard Woodcock said a partial news blackout aims to break a dead center in Chrysler contract talks. He stated the union has not proposed a full blackout and warned 127,000 Chrysler workers could strike if no agreement by September 14 is reached.
New York announces a unisex police examination with no height requirements and no gender quotas. Age education residence and character rules remain. emphasis on recruiting minority group members.
Washington AP says the Agriculture Department will begin disclosing early 1974 crop prospects to aid farmers against big traders. The first report will follow the September 11 release of the department’s monthly 1973 crop estimates, showing latest thinking on wheat corn and soybeans.
Senator Bob Dole introduced a resolution to move the Senate Watergate hearings into executive session closing them to the public television and press He argued televised hearings have given the public the impression Congress has done little while inflation energy and food price concerns persist
Congressmen report constituents prioritize economy and inflation over Watergate. Democrats join many Republicans in backing an end to televised Watergate hearings, while some members avoid questions or oppose raising the issue.
Khmer Rouge insurgents have severed Highway 5 linking Phnom Penh to the rice belt in northwest Cambodia for a second time in under two weeks and continue to block Highway 4 to the coast, disrupting capital supply routes.
President Nixon says Congress with Democratic control has a disappointing record and will deliver a new State of the Union message on Monday. He plans to urge action to curb spending, keep a strong defense, and promote administration legislation.
The City of Chanute and Santa Fe Railway reached a deal for 10.43 acres between tracks near 1th and S. Sant Fe at $1,800 per acre. The city gains centralized shops, an asphalt plant, a water tower, and a 69,000 volt line. railway gets 60 foot right of way strips and mineral rights with no entry. The city must rezone the property and extend Forest and 18th streets within two years, and not charge nearby property owners for the street costs.
The Chanute Art Gallery opens a month long heirloom exhibit featuring personal and household objects from 1873 and earlier. Items are on loan from local residents and highlight early settler life in Kansas with pieces from England and Germany, including a 1823 sampler and 1837 bed coverlet.
The Neosho Valley Arts Council seeks an old schoolhouse to move and restore in Chanute as part of Centennial activities. Instructors Harold Tarpley and Elva Lee from Neosho County Community Junior College propose furnishing it with authentic historical items and inviting community help, with the key need being a building designed for education.
A Humboldt Unified School District 258 petition with 150 signatures asks the Board of Education to retain Gene Schulze as Humboldt Elementary School principal. The move follows prior charges and two August hearings, with a decision not yet due for weeks.
A cryptic intercepted letter to Cha Chaing or similar figure hints at Mr. Nixon lamenting past choices before Watergate. The fragment suggests political misgivings and regret about events preceding the scandal. The item places the note in a Nixon era context with legal and historical implications.
Federal grand jury and state charges accuse former United Mine Workers president W A Tony Boyle of masterminding the 1969 murders of Joseph A. Yablonski and his wife and daughter. Indictments allege a conspiracy to deprive Yablonski of union rights.
A five man Palestinian group calling itself idealists not terrorists ended a 27 hour siege at a Paris embassy by releasing four women and an Iraqi ambassador in exchange for safe passage to Baghdad. They departed aboard a Syrian Caravelle as six Arab hostages remained.
Considerable cloudiness and mild with rain or showers likely tonight and Friday. Lows tonight low to mid 60s. Highs Friday upper 70s to lower 80s. Rain probabilities 50 percent tonight and 60 percent Friday.
The October term jury panel for the district court has been drawn. From Chanute 30 jurors including Irene E. Floyd Ava Shepard Robert H. Koch Wilma Willis Terry Gard Dorothy Alexander Gene Bilyeu Edward Ingrem Walter Naylor Jesse Lee Jackson James L. Drumm H Dean Haines Linda L. Moore Evelyn L. Rule Sherriolyn Webb Benjamin Dessile James Brandon Maria Savalas Michael M. Martin Milton W. Ford Jane Ann Burns Lice Warlock Kethy Mead Leroy K. Kethher side Marlene R. Sewart James C. Brady Harold Dillon Vera Rogers R. E. Brown Cindy Lee. From Erie eight jurors including Donald Hull Esther Houk Bertha Mattox Melissa Beard Betty Ferrer Charles D. Dahmer Raema Lee Mullen Richard Beard. From St. Paul four Marta Lease Lawrence VanLeeuwen Paul McAfee Noel Wood. From Galesburg three Christine Hizey Susie Morris R D Falkingham. From Thayer two Lola Anderson Esther Rehmert. Leonard Smith from Walnut and Harold Thornton from Parsons.
Farmers Earl Gene and Bill Reinhardt host a Family Farm Tour at Triple A Ranch east of Chanute from 4 to 8 p m Sunday co sponsored by Neosho County Farm Bureau and Chanute Chamber of Commerce. Tour vans will visit a hog confinement and farming operation with a equipment display and a half hour film The Versatile American.
The United Fund set a 1973 goal of 30 230 at a budget meeting. Last year’s goal was 27 260 and not met. Eleven organizations will receive donations including Cedar House 500 Kansas Children’s Service League 560 Child Care Inc 3470 Salvation Army 1400 Boy Scouts 6100 Girl Scouts 4400 United Cerebral Palsy Association 2000 Mental Health Association 1000 FISH 200 American Red Cross 8600 Live Inc 2000. Drive chairman Bill Boone said another meeting will set the kick off date for this year’s drive.
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