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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1972
Page
2
A 10 speed bike collided with President Nixon’s armored limousine in Washington. The bicycle rider Orville Jackson was ticketed for failing to stay in his lane, while the car sufferings were minor. Jackson says he will contest the charge.
Random By Keith Wright reports on petty government red tape over park rent in Boynton Beach Florida. A $1 yearly payment is disputed due to a 1.04 tax including sales tax with city finance chief Larry Artz unsure how to proceed. The piece also shares brief light anecdotes about a California teen pinched by a safe in a drive in, a Topeka Labrador hit by a car and the dog being carried to a hospital.
A Wichita attorney, James I. Nelson, aged 54, faces possible indefinite suspension after a Kansas Board of Law Examiners panel recommended this action. Nelson previously received a 1970 censure for misrepresenting himself as a police officer and for harsh remarks about pending judicial proceedings. He told a Wichita newspaper he admired the allegations and criticized police and courts as biased and overbearing, a view that has helped fuel a controversial public dispute.
The Associated Press notes today is Monday September 25 1972 the 269th day of the year with 97 days remaining. The feature highlights notable events from history for this date.
Washington report says the heroin information hotline Nixon opened with fanfare on April 7 has yielded only small drug discoveries. By July 24 the president claimed progress, while Myles Ambrose, who leads the program, boasted of effective information.
A GAO secret report challenges claims of the heroin hotline failing. Through June 30 the line logged 28,341 calls with 4,363 leading to minimal drug seizures in Los Angeles New York City and San Francisco. Seizures totaled three grams marijuana two revolvers and 3300 LSD units.
St Louis viewers saw John J. McMahon, an insurance broker and Kelly's Korner proprietor, provide color for five Cardinals exhibition games. He entered TV after a barroom pitch by Bob Buck, faced rough technical conditions, and earned mixed reactions from patrons and critics.
A daytime and early evening TV listing from a Tribune edition covers multiple channels KCMO KUHI KOAM KMBC KODE WIBW KTEW and WDAF. It lists morning programs News Sesame Street Father Knows Best Captain Kangaroo Today Show The Real McCoys and more with animated and talk show blocks and daily game shows.
Obscure local page includes a Bible verse from Jeremiah and a contact dial. The Chanute Tribune masthead lists staff, subscription rates, and delivery options for local and out of town readers with sales taxes and postal details. The page notes AP news access and bureau membership.
See No Evil starring Mia Farrow anchors the 8 PM slot as a blind girl visits relatives and uncovers a string of murders. Other notable airings include Gunsmoke with Richard Kiley healing on 7 PM, plus The Mind of Man explorations and The Tonight Show at 11:15 PM.
In Hampshire England police are urged to grow beards to project strength. Inspector Jobin Moore writes in the force house journal that beards give young officers a father like image to deter juvenile tearaways.
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