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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1973
Page
1
The Labor Department reports August wholesale prices rose 5.8 percent unadjusted and 6.2 percent seasonally adjusted, with farm products up sharply led by livestock grains oil seeds poultry eggs cotton and milk. Unemployment edged to 4.8 percent as inflation worries grow and stimulus policy faces new challenges.
The article explains federal estate tax and Kansas inheritance tax with simplified rates. It outlines Class A spouses and lineal relatives deductions, Class B siblings, Class C others, and federal rules including a marital deduction, $60,000 exemption, and a tax chart from 3 percent to 77 percent for large estates.
The Chanute Tribune building at 15 S Highland was sold to Neosho Land Co Inc and will be leased to CMI Inc with occupancy by Jan 1. CMI executives Ed Sergent and Ken McCoy lead Neosho Land Co. and will lease the building. The Tribune moved to 15 N Evergreen after purchasing Merle Kelly Ford Inc. property. Printing facilities will shift to the new site by late October and news and advertising departments by Jan 1. OMI Inc at 201 S Santa Fe is the Speed Gun distributor with 12 employees.
Chanute's total power generation jumped from 10.2 million KWH in 1945 to 74.8 million KWH in 1972 with 1973 projections near 1,000,000 KWH daily. Meters rose 3,713 in 1947 to 5,848 in 1972 while per‑home use surged about sixfold, driven by air conditioning, televisions, and electric ranges.
The District 413 Board of Education will meet at 7 p.m. Monday in the board office with attorneys Joe Balch and Charles Henshall to discuss a scholarship proposal. The topic was first raised at this week’s regular meeting. changes to lunch period lengths will not be on the agenda.
In a special election Erie residents voted 288 against and 74 in favor of purchasing the Home State Bank building for city hall. About $6,000 in federal revenue sharing funds are set aside to remodel the building. Bank president Virgil Laird said he foresees no problem finding a buyer for the bank building.
The area forecast calls for cloudy cool conditions with rain and a few thunderstorms tonight and Saturday. Possible locally heavy rain with highs Saturday in the upper 60s to lower 70s. Lows tonight in the low to mid 60s. Winds east to southeast 5 to 15 mph. Rain chances about 60 percent tonight and Saturday.
The Legislative Budget Committee backed a constitutional amendment to drop House membership from 125 to 80 and to establish a mandatory court review system for reapportionment. The measure, supported for House introduction in 1974, would keep the Senate at 40 and split districts into two House seats.
A parade of prisoners tried tumblers and the warden's top safecracker Rex failed to open the old prison safe. Guards then used sledgehammers and crow bars to force it open, revealing the chamber's stubborn lock.
Cambodian insurgents seize the southern half of Kompong Cham, Cambodia’s third largest city, with heavy fighting reported in the northern sector. The military command in Phnom Penh calls the situation grave.
Egil Krogh Jr. defends 1971 Ellsberg psychiatrist break-in as authorized and lawful while expressing regret for the mistake. He faces burglary conspiracy and solicitation charges in Los Angeles Superior Court and led the White House plumbers unit.
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