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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1971
Page
2
Editorial notes high survey scores for Chanute but flags urban needs. It urges residents to back utility reinvestment through revenue bonds, warning against using profits for general expenses. If bonds are sold, utility revenue must back them, reducing tax relief. Election will test willingness to pay for progress.
Advocates in Wichita push a bingo style greyhound game as a legal workaround to state restrictions on betting games tied to winning money. The plan outlines mechanics to fit the recently enacted bingo statute while pursuing a gambling payoff via racing dogs.
A non profit club selling bingo cards features dogs as kernels, signaling upcoming legal battles and potential profits. The humorous quip hints at a growing dispute over gambling practices and charitable gaming in Kansas.
First Lady Pat Nixon urged support for a woman to join the Supreme Court while noting President Nixon may nominate a female to Hugo Black's seat. She discussed letters praising her TV appearances and revealed a private tea with Rose Kennedy. Nixon also spoke about her daughters and family life. Kansas City sheriff seeks grand jury delay due to jail overcrowding as 59 inmates fill a county jail.
NBC's Thursday schedule features Flip Wilson and Dean Martin showcasing competing approaches to survival of the fittest in TV variety. Wilson, in season two, stays within his hit format with sharp sketches alongside Gobel and Rivers.
The Chanute Tribune reviews 1946 talks on a major Kansas road program led by Myron George and W G Johnson, noting distant completion. It also covers school board concerns over shortages hindering elementary upgrades and athletic transportation.
A historic station grid lists Channel lineups for KCMO to KWKB with detailed morning and afternoon time blocks. It covers shows from Big Picture and Bugs Bunny to Mission Impossible and NFL football across multiple days including Sunday football broadcasts and late-night programs.
The piece notes KU Homecoming traditions facing changes as True Blue Tradition regains momentum. It mentions Bob Hope slated for the Fieldhouse event after the KU-K State game, contrasting last year’s Three Dog Night. Fraternities discuss yard decorations centered on a common theme.
A reflective piece on homecoming traditions contrasts nostalgia with progress at a university serving 18 000 students. The author questions old rituals and weighs improvements and changes against desire for familiar comforts.
A dense listing shows Chicago Teddy Bears and The Partridge Family among early slots, Room 222 and Odd Couple later, with High Chaparral The Rifleman and The D A also airing. Late night movies include Love with the Proper Stranger and Anatomy of a Murder, followed by talk shows and late titles.
Washington column profiles Dr. Joseph Panco once chief editor of Slovakia’s Nazi organ Slovak, who praised Nazi persecutions. Despite past ties, he attended a White House prayer service on Sept. 12 as President Nixon hosted worshippers, linking to wartime figures like Joseph Tiso.
Article traces Paul Pauco a Slovak American figure to Nazi ties with Dr J M Kirschbaum. It details exile paths to the West, Pauco’s roles with the Republican National Committee and Nixon appointee status, and his 1944 anti Jewish editorials. The piece notes Kirschbaum’s denial and ongoing contact in Toronto.
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