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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1973
Page
1
Jerry Ray Buckmaster, 30, was pulled from a six story chimney in Kansas City after 42 hours at the bottom of the shaft. He told police he had been photographing nearby motels from the chimney top when he fell. Firemen retrieved him after he rapped on the chimney wall to alert the building owner. He was treated for bruises and questioned by police. no camera was found.
Recording star Jim Croce and five others died when a charter twin engine plane crashed near the Natchitoches municipal airport after a Northwestern State University performance. Sheriff Sam James said pilot Robert N. Elliott of Dallas led the tour group victims.
Five major wheat exporters' experts say no immediate crisis risk though global export stock is at a 20 year low. UN FAO notes poorer countries cut imports due to high prices limited credit and expected food aid reductions.
The United Auto Workers expects its Chrysler strike membership to approve the proposed contract by weekend, with ratification votes in 69 locals finishing by Sunday. Most locals vote over the weekend and three tallies are planned for Friday, the union says.
Aides say 664 letters and telegrams urged Vice President Spiro T. Agnew not to resign while nine urged resignation. A Maryland grand jury investigating political corruption resumed meetings in Baltimore. Attorney General Elliott L. Richardson decided evidence concerning Agnew could be submitted to the jury.
A government ban on federally financed sterilization of young girls and mentally incompetent women continues for 30 days. New regulations to protect rights will be circulated for public comment after the July move following a case in Alabama where a father's daughters were sterilized without his knowledge.
NASA launches a 30 day test series to study women in space. Twelve Air Force flight nurses participate, beginning last Monday at Ames Research Center in Mountain View California, to assess tolerance to weightlessness and re entry gravitational forces.
Washington AP reporting the FDA plans to require manufacturers to include inserts with DES in contraceptive packages. The inserts would outline risks and benefits, noting DES contains high estrogen levels that can raise blood clot risks for users.
House Democratic leaders reject any possibility of confirming John B. Connally as vice president if Agnew resigns. Sources said Democrats find Barry Goldwater William Rogers and Gerald Ford acceptable as alternatives for the VP post.
A preliminary solid waste report accepted for study by the Neosho County solid waste management committee outlines two proposed disposal sites near Chanute and St Paul Fiie. It recommends weekly pickup in Thayer Galesburg Stark St Paul Erie and rural collection boxes serving 3 to 5 mile radii.
The chair of the 1972 Democratic National Convention Credentials Committee, Patricia Roberts Harris, urged the reform commission to keep quotas for delegate slate composition requiring inclusion of women and minorities in all slates and supporting groups.
Federal Highway Administration approves the location for the proposed US 169 link from Earlton to Iola. The state Highway Commission will finish highway design and hold a design hearing within a year, after which rights of way can be purchased.
Partly cloudy tonight with lows in the mid 50s to low 60s. A slight chance of showers or thundershowers is possible tonight. Saturday will be fair to partly cloudy and cooler with highs mostly in the 70s. Winds will be westerly to northwesterly at 12 to 20 mph. Rain probability tonight around 20 percent.
The U S Court of Appeals withdrew from a compromise on the Watergate tapes as Archibald Cox and White House aides reported three fruitless talks. The court seeks a ruling by Oct 1 and may escalate the matter to the Supreme Court, with Cox arguing the nine presidential conversations are vital grand jury evidence.
Neosho Memorial Hospital receives a 5978 check to reduce bonded debt due 1974 and frees that amount in the general budget. Hospital reps also seek 5034 for a radio system for ambulances with orders to proceed. A 50000 revenue sharing grant funds the East Island Bridge with engineering 10750 paid in 1972 and 151731.56 from a special bridge fund.
White House sources say mandatory allocation will cover home heating oil and propane with possible diesel. Proclamations expected in days, directing wholesale controls while avoiding direct consumer rationing. Question remains if all petroleum fuels including gasoline will come under control.
Seven additional exhibitors join Artists Alley bringing total to 64. Ben Cunningham of Chanute shows hooked rugs while Robert Williamson of 19 S Western demonstrates chair caning and woodwork. Paula Blincoe from Fort Scott prepares stoneware pottery with her brother on a Hiattville farm. Tom Arthur of Wichita showcases wood. Cara Fairchild and Carla North, Royster Junior High students, display pastels and acrylics. Susan Freeman, a Wichita University senior and former Chanute resident, presents pottery silversmithing and painting. David Orr, 1110 S Tennessee, to display small crafts. A preview is in the First National Bank window arranged by Salome Harmon.
Chanute residents face a total levy of 86.12 mills with small shifts from budgets. School District 413 will levy 31.82 mills, District 101 31.33, Neosho County 16.82, and the City of Chanute 27.12 while Cemetery District 18 adds a local cemetery levy. State levy remains 1.50 mills and Neosho County Community Junior College 8.86 mills.
Washington AP reports August prices rose 1.8 percent unadjusted and 1.9 percent seasonally adjusted, the largest since September 1947. Meats poultry eggs drove about 80 percent of the rise with food up a record 6 percent, the peak since 1933, and grocery costs climbing 7.4 percent unadjusted.
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