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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1972
Page
2
Hal Hellebust promotes a plan to give farmers control over grain production to stabilize prices for wheat rice feed grains and soybeans. The proposal would end acreage quotas and base annual marketing quotas on demand with excess production held by farmers for future quotas.
Blunted benefits cut 20 percent boosted Social Security payments for October in Kansas. State welfare director Dr. Robert Harder says 900 to 1,200 will be dropped from welfare rolls as the minimum subsistence budget deducts fixed income. The result denies aid to the very elderly and disabled who need the increase most.
Reader argues that trash haulers damage cans and fail to replace lids, causing waste to get wet. The letter claims blame lies with haulers not residents, urging accountability and better can maintenance by service providers.
A self described caretaker laments overgrown lawns at Wright Acres, Crestfallen Manor, and the Poor Farm. He lists tools like mowers and chems, jokes about animals, and notes city rules while hoping for frost to curb the jungle0
A two part NBC Reports critique discusses bias in news coverage of the 1972 campaign. Frank Mankiewicz accuses unfair treatment of McGovern while William Safire argues networks strive for fairness. Eagleton coverage draws further criticism of press conduct.
A biblical verse from Luke 14 18 describes a man who excuses himself from a banquet by saying he must inspect a purchase he recently made. The passage highlights priority given to possessions over the invitation.
In 1968 Ray Kroc gave $1,000 to Nixon, later boosting to $236,000 for reelection. He denies it links to efforts to keep the youth minimum wage at $1.60, despite McDonald’s 80 percent under 21 workforce. The Senate seeks $2.20, while Kroc cites free enterprise as motive.
The Washington police records reveal that foreign diplomats incur many traffic tickets, with the Peruvian embassy and Chilean Luz Maria Leonard among the top offenders. Notably, Luz Maria Leonard amassed 110 tickets on two cars, while other diplomats from Mexico, Italy, Sweden, and Argentina also rank high.
On this date events include the Warren Commission report on JFK’s assassination in 1964 stating Oswald acted alone, Adams negotiating peace with Britain in 1779, and the Arc tic disaster in 1854. Birthdays note Sen Charles Percy and director Arthur Penn.
Chanute is set for a new national guard unit with 85 men and officers to be housed in a suitable armory. State funds for rent and utilities are expected to be about 5000 dollars annually. A Negro Boy Scout troop was planned by local leaders including A D Johnson and Jay Tee Johnson with Ralph Brown as scoutmaster. Verla Whitworth and Lewis Wible wed in Erie Christian Church. Judge S C Brown and T E Dale were out early hunting squirrels.
Readers glimpse an erratic TV guide with 7:00 to 12 blocks listing Paul Lynde and reruns. Shows include Say Goodbye Maggie Cole, Medical Center, Partridge Family, Hollywood Squares and more, with mentions of Vengeance Valley and The Caine Mutiny later in the night.
Tribune lists weekday TV line up for KCMO KUHI KOAM KMBC KTWU KODE WIBW KTEW Chanute WDAF. Thursday night features The Waltons The Mod Squad Ironside Tonight Show and Paul Harvey plus news and public affairs including An American Dream McKenna's Gold and Shanghai with Story of Jesus noted.
The Neosho Valley Arts Council hosts a “Concerts in Brass” sculpture exhibit at Neosho County Community Junior College starting Sept 30 at 7 p.m. The works are by Bill Rutherford of Wichita, an insurance representative and president of the Wichita Artists Guild.
The Neosho Valley Arts Council calls its annual council meeting for Oct 1 at 7 p.m. in the Little Theatre at Neosho County Community Junior College. Elm er Copley, tenor soloist and Messiah Festival director at Bethany College, Lindsborg Kan, will present an American music recital.
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