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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1955
Page
4
A dissatisfied customer explains an appliance installation failure and is advised to shop carefully. Guides suggest reliable dealers excel in product value, service, and promotion, and consistent advertising signals ongoing customer care.
The five millionth U S produced car of 1955 rolled off the line as production ticks stay high. Dealerships face awkward inventory with about 750 000 cars on floors while new registrations mirror production. Prices blur as dealers must guess trade-in values and rely on risky, skillful moves amid a changing industry.
The column reviews diverse topics from a druggist selling three cent stamps at two cent cost to bold forecasts of space travel with four billion dollars. It ponders moon landings tastefully, fashion shifts in Paris, coffee breaks vanishing due to automation, and a jet age executive twin jet plane. It notes the Kansas Turnpike progress and jests about public openings. A backyard cook shares rib soaking and casual neighborly gathering.
A dog from a neighboring block grabbed items off a grill and consumed them, leaving the scene with the hot plates. No injuries are reported and the incident remains under informal neighborhood notice.
A stock barn on J. L. Gilmore's farm seven miles southeast of Chanute was blown down yesterday afternoon. Only goats were inside and they survived. A new Neo sho River bridge right-of-way clearance began near Chanute with a crew of 10 local workers.
An anecdotal column observes scarce two dollar bills and silver dollars as travelers report few seen in the east while encountering more in the west. It recalls a bygone era when pennies and small coins held value and notes how twenty dollar bills now dominate purchases, with balloons and candy serving as simple, small expenditures.
A comic exchange unfolds as a fly and her daughter stroll over a bald man's head. The magistrate tests the daughter's age under oath seeking a precise figure. The girl answers one hundred fifty months, prompting further questioning.
Washington column by Drew Pearson discusses last min congressional rushes and favors. It credits Senators Johnston Hennings and Rep Brooks Forrester with blocking insurance windfalls tied to the Texas City explosion claims. It notes Senator Daniel opposed the conference report and Eisenhower’s mixed actions on the case.
Dr Crane urges praise over punishment to aid Benny A 11, who reads poorly and faces taunts from peers. Home tutoring involves 15 minutes nightly of flash cards and reading aloud, with parents gamifying the process to rebuild confidence and school outlook.
Claud R. McCamment plans a meeting August 15 for the annual Governor's Highway Safety Conference. Geneva became headquarters of the League of Nations in 1920.
The items ask for a grammar critique and a pronunciation, plus a fragmented news item. The sentence has a misused preposition you may sit down on that chair until you are called. The word virago is typically pronounced ver-AY-go or VEE-rah-go depending on dialect. The third item begins a news-like fragment about an announcement dated Oct 10 but lacks a subject or verb.
The Kansas liquor control director denied a request to exempt officers and enlisted messes from the gallonage tax. Director Charles W. Pratt said state tax revenue from military installations' open messes runs about $20,000 annually. Since 1949 licensed liquor purchases have required local distributor sales and levy payment.
Extensive preparations are being made for the annual homecoming at Maple Grove church on Sunday. The Rev. A. H. Harnish reports the event and says following Sunday school at 10 a.m. Dr. E. R. Ford of Iola will speak.
The listing shows a 7:00 pm start for pom and 8:30 pm meeting at First Baptist Church with broadcasts including Weather, News and Sports, Easy Chair Theatre, Fighting Westerner, Best of Hollywood, Roy Rogers, and Meet the Press.
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