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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1973
Page
1
Detroit officials clash with movie makers over ads for Detroit 9000. Mayor Gribbs condemns the references to Detroit as the murder capital of the world as General Film Corp refuses to alter copy citing ongoing city violence.
A premature infant dies from hyaline membrane disease in Denver. A doctor reports three other Stanek sextuplets show signs of the ailment, indicating a common lung issue among the premature babies.
SPACE CENTER Houston reports Skylab 2 three man crew began preparations for return to Earth next Tuesday at the end of a 59 day mission. They completed two earth resource surveys over the United States and plan another over the Great Lakes New York and the Atlantic Ocean.
Vice President Spiro T. Agnew did not comment on a published report he might resign. His office rejected the speculation and said he will clear himself of Maryland corruption charges. Senators Barry Goldwater and Rogers C. Morton denied being the quoted source.
Elliott Roosevelt son of Franklin D. Roosevelt calls testimony accusing him of involvement in a plan to assassinate Bahamian Prime Minister Lyndon O. Pindling an utter fabrication. Senate subcommittee had heard Louis P. Mastriani claim Roosevelt and gambler Michael McLaney offered $100000 to the killing.
Prime Minister Edward Heath backed away from a warning that Northern Ireland could lose autonomy. He said full integration into the United Kingdom was a possibility but not desirable and urged Protestant and Roman Catholic leaders to work together for peaceful governance amid regional anger.
Jerry and Mary Mead of 515 West Chestnut bought a two seater roadster from a Schwinn dealer in Wichita priced at 400 dollars. The toy car lacks gasoline use, requires no insurance, and offers high mileage while exposing the rider’s legs to effort on hills and city streets.
The House sustained President Nixon's veto of a bill to raise the minimum wage to 2.20 dollars an hour effective next July. The article also notes a Meads family bicycle car trend in Chanute, with Mead saying he drives for fun rather than any energy concern.
Patricio Aylwin of the Christian Democratic party claims President Allende planned to declare a Marxist dictatorship after a fake leftist coup, with Allende ready to seize absolute power to confront his self created emergency. Weather outlook: tonight partly cloudy with a 20 percent rain chance and lows in the upper 50s to low 60s.
East and West German foreign ministers make debut speeches at the United Nations after both Germanys win UN membership. The General Assembly also admits the Bahamas, marking a first for a divided nation in the world body.
An intercepted message references a possible population hiding in the hills and notes that pedalo artists are avoiding the area. The fragment hints at a concealed community and evasive activity without specific names or places.
President Nixon urged Congress to test direct cash housing payments as an alternative to public housing. The plan targets the elderly poor first, would let recipients choose private market homes, and aims to reduce government housing costs. A 1970 program of housing allowances is cited for expansion.
In a sewer study presentation before the city commission, Gene Spears projected Chanute's population to 27,100 by 2000. He noted Chanute has remained stable over 50 years, with 1920 at 10,286 and a 1960 high of 10,849 and 1970 low of 10,124, aided by local industries such as Ash Grove Cement Co. and petroleum.
Fourteen additional exhibitors from Chanute register for Artists Alley at Central Park this Saturday. Bob Cross, Royster Junior High art teacher, will display oil paintings and demonstrate pencil and tea stain drawings. New Chanute resident Vicki Goodson will show jewelry, stuffed animals, cushions, and lanterns.
Balance shows an $800 million second quarter gap, the smallest in 2 1/2 years, as the trade deficit shrank from 960 million to 230 million. Personal income rose in August by 10.6 billion with July up 8.5 billion, and industrial payrolls increased 1.5 billion.
Clergyman Knowles Shaw who lived near Galesburg and founded Christian churches in Thayer Galesburg and Fredonia wrote hundreds of hymns including the famous Bringing in the Sheaves. Born in 1834 in Ohio Shaw died in a 1879 Texas train wreck while traveling between revivals.
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