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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1956
Page
4
The new consolidated school in north east Wilson County is named Midway. It sits near the district’s center with Chanute Humboldt Yates Center to the east and north. The consolidation aims to offer broader opportunities than smaller schools and midways its growth and prosperity.
The Funston Memorial Home five miles north of Iola on US 169 opens for public visitation. Kansas State Historical Society furnishes the home with furniture and relics from E. H. Funston and Frederick Funston, including Civil War sabre and Philippines saddle. The site offers five hours daily of public viewing and preserves a farmer statesman study and pigeon hole desk.
A fragment shows humor about the motto In God We Trust and inflation jokes. It references Ike Truman Roosevelt and Roosevelt's 1948 choice, plus quips on conventions and the 1957 car market and Congress length.
A Travel section note argues camping off main roads saves about ten dollars a day versus hotels and cafes. It describes gear, camp sites with water and toilets, and the appeal of seeing country. critics say baths and meals in motels feel far better after days of primitive camping.
In mid-session the treasury report noted a surplus close to $2 billion but the body adjourned without allocating or spending the funds.
Twenty five years ago G R Buchanan Hugh T Jones and Basil C Kiplinger were welcomed to the city board of education after last April election results. The retiring board concluded its August session and new members took their seats.
Washington dispatches report U S diplomats in Moscow say Khrushchev urged the West not to force a Suez confrontation and that the Kremlin would not aid Egypt in a war. France promises Britain 100000 troops. Ike weighs Nixon Stassen and a potential third candidate as Kansas politics heat up around Harry Woodring and George Docking.
Dr George W Crane compares moral life to a baseball game and advises Kansas clergy youths to delay marriage, date widely, finish high school, attend college or business school, and work before marrying. He urges sending for his booklet Sex Problems of Young People and outlines costs and rewards of education.
The listing compiles a dense TV timetable with airtimes from morning to night. Programs include As the World Turns Johnny Carson News Weather Markets Life with Elizabeth Noontime in Joplin Tennessee Ernie Ford House Party Matinee Theatre Big Payoff Bob Crosby Show Studio Kitchen Queen for a Day Brighter Day Secret Storm Edge of Night Modern Romance Comedy Time Convention Warm-Up Kim's Klub Matinee Feature Theatre The Star and the Doctor N Ventor Terrytoon Theatre Children's Hour On the Trail Zeta on Satellite Bunny Show News Kits Theatre Little Rascals Frankie Carle Whats Behind Phone News Caravan Willem ischer Story Bin Ton 6 50 p.m 7 30 p.m 9 30 p.m 10 00 p.m 12 00 p.m 10 50 p.m
The Chanute Tribune lists publication from Highland Chanute Kansas with editor Ernest W Johnson and publisher James Fehrenbach. It notes evenings except Sunday, second class matter status, and AP news usage. Subscription rates are given for Neosho Allen Wilson Woodson counties and outside counties with monthly quarterly and yearly pricing.
Fred W. Robertson of 813 West Oak complains that Tribune printing misrepresented his views on a $48 000 airport improvement appropriation. He argues money would better serve Chanute street paving and criticizes supporting publicity for a plan that benefits few.
In a letter to the People’s Forum a Tribune proofreader stands at the edge of losing this post. The note delivers a harsh rebuke as the editor-sounding correspondent faces replacement.
A humorous exchange where a recipient apologizes for disliking a gift and hints at preference for a large check or a small one, while the other misinterprets to neckties. The dialogue plays on expectations and social etiquette with a joking twist.
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