07 Sep 1972
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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1972
Page
1
Erie County Commission received a state study letter from engineer P R Beige Jr proposing route LOF for US 169 relocation. LOF would start near Earlton, swing west, pass Chanute on the east, and approach Chanute and Humboldt closest, with final approval pending.
The Erie City Council voted to permanently dismiss former city treasurer Mrs. Helen Cravens amid embezzlement charges filed Sept 1 in Chanute. Cleo Dalton appointed temporary treasurer as the council investigates bonding the post.
Delaware’s Catherine Lawton won the talent competition with banjo medley performance. Kansas’ Cindy Lee Sikes captured the swimsuit title in a white bathing suit, shedding her former nickname birdlegs.
Five month offensive peaks with a tank assault on Tien Phuoc district town and a sapper strike on Vinh Nhi base camp. South Vietnamese losses include 22 killed and 77 wounded. reports say 1,000 enemy troops with tanks are pressing the town 40 miles south of Saigon and near Highway 4 and 1. The fight draws reinforcements as casualties mount and contact with provincial commands fluctuates.
Amtrak files suit in U.S. District Court alleging Kansas Attorney General Vern Miller ABC Director E V D Murphy Harvey County Attorney John T Reid and Sheriff Norman Walker exceeded state authority by intervening in a July raid to stop selling mixed drinks on the Kansas City to Newton route. Officials paused service pending legal outcome.
A fragment suggests a message beginning with an opening line Dear Cha and a closing Yours, with the writer mentioning hiking at 73 and hoping to think. The text is incomplete and offers few concrete details beyond the personal salutation and activity.
The Tribune reports no formal ordinance authorizes using parking spaces for merchandise during sidewalk sales. Merchants generally pay 25 cents per meter daily, except on special events like the Mexican Fiesta when streets are closed. Police Chief Matlock notes Main Street will be blocked for the Fiesta dance and bazaar, a practice he recalls as long standing.
The special section previews area high school teams and leagues and covers Kansas University Kansas State University Wichita State University the Kansas City Chiefs along with roundups of local prep leagues the Big Eight Conference and Jayhawk Juco Conference.
Justice William O. Douglas counters Chief Justice Warren Burger on court congestion saying the number of cases before the Supreme Court has risen while the court heard fewer. He argues selective handling and broader environmental questions need preserving checks on administrative agencies despite calls to curtail docket size.
The piece notes Justice Douglas, famed for heavy appeals work and brief opinions, leaves office early for Goose Prairie retreat in Washington state where CBS filmed last June. He defends the habit, saying long thinking can happen while hiking, as colleagues toil 18 hours daily to keep up.
Chester Harris, 22, of Buffalo, was fined $10 for driving June 28 with 15 passengers inside and 15 on the hood and trunk of the car.
The Senate rejected an amendment by Sen. Ribicoff to raise a larger share for large industrial states in a $34.8 billion revenue-sharing bill. The 61 to 24 vote reflected the advantage of small-state senators who opposed the proposal.
Seoul announces final plan to pull 37 thousand South Korean troops from Vietnam between December and June 1973. Foreign Minister Tran Van Lam of South Vietnam was informed. Korea had already withdrawn 11000 troops earlier this year. Korean forces have long been the second largest foreign contingent supporting Saigon since 1965.
Republican congressional leaders after a White House meeting quoted President Nixon promising there will be no tax increase proposed by this administration. Senate GOP Leader Hugh Scott of Pennsylvania and House GOP Leader Gerald Ford of Michigan stressed the pledge applies to the next Congress.
Israeli army patrol clashed with Arab infiltrators on the Lebanese frontier, killing one Israeli and one Arab. The incident marked the first of its kind on the border in weeks, though Beirut reports of massing Israeli troops remained unconfirmed.
Police hunt four or five gunmen in green fatigues after a late Wednesday afternoon attack at Fountain Valley Golf Club on St. Croix. Victims, eight Americans, were killed during a robbery as robbers emptied pockets and the clubhouse cash drawer before fleeing into the hills.
Bavarian state police hunted 15 more Arabs suspected as accomplices in the airfield attack that killed nine Israelis and two other Israeli team members. Olympic events resumed after a suspension as some nations withdrew in shock.
The State Department召 summoned envoys from 40 countries to discuss steps to prevent future terror acts after the mass murder of Israeli Olympic athletes, but no rapid agreement is anticipated.
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