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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1957
Page
4
The city boosts street maintenance by 24000 dollars over 1956 costs, blaming inflation but hoping for better surfaces. A pothole near an alley scares drivers and shows how far the funds will go, with quick fixes like a 298 cent repair. The plan spreads work thin across many streets but signals improvement on the horizon.
Parsons Sun guest editor Prof. Walter E. Sandelius lists eight common constitutional weaknesses. He argues simplification would curb boss rule, noting how complex constitutions thwart democracy and citizen initiative. He asks if these criticisms apply to Kansas as well and invites examination.
A Paris report promises bustier lines this fall and much shorter skirts since the Charleston era. The column riffs on fashion, royalty, and oddities from across the world, noting Queen Elizabeth’s five day U S visit as a snub to the Grand Canyon and a chicken laying eggs 251 days in California.
Twenty five years ago Miss Kathryn Miller of Altoona and Argyle D Russell wed at Fre donia with Probate Judge Sheedy officiating. They reside on a Shaw area farm with relatives present. The bridegroom is Uriah Tefft’s brother. A First Christian church booster class swam at the Chanute river then gathered at the Burghart home nearby.
Reports from Chanute recount trips and greetings from Misses Wilma Lucille Ruth Horton and Mollie Bobcek of Wayside. Eklund and daughter plan another fishing trip while West returns from Hackensack Minnesota with Floyd West. At the Peoples Theater the film What Price Hollywood stars Constance Bennett. A notable horseshoe match on Chanute Lumber yard grounds features Jones Terrill and Light in two quick rounds. Chanute sits 988.57 feet above sea level per U S government survey. Local girls Davis and Moffatt plan a Colorado Springs and Denver sojourn.
A new book surveys America in the jazz age with pictures and text, naming 25 notable figures from bootleggers to gangsters. The list includes Ponzi, Sacco, Rothstein, Colosimo, Miller, Morgan, Taylor, Rappe, and Einstein, with brief authenticating notes on each.
Senate observers credit Senator Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas with guiding the jury trial amendment and Civil Rights Bill to passage without a filibuster. They praise his political skill while debating the bill’s overall impact on the nation and major companies like General Motors.
Dr. Crane investigates Hilda K a 29 year old woman married six years for chronic drinking linked to sexual frustration and infertility. He explains alcoholism as an inner fire and outlines therapy focusing on underlying issues and marital stress. He advises vacation from taverns and provides educational materials on marriage and pregnancy.
A comic exchange features a minister visiting a congregation where a hardboiled member boasts of religion after admitting sharp practice remains, while business talk undercuts holy duties as delinquent taxes arise. A Texan remark underscores regional bravado about origins.
A $1,100,000 lawsuit filed in Santa Monica Superior Court by Art Linkletter's People are Funny Productions names CBS, KNXT, Pharmaceuticals Inc, and Goodson Todman Enterprises. The suit claims To Tell the Truth copies and misappropriates a similar panel show aired by the plaintiffs in 1948 and 1951.
John Montgomery returns home to Erie from Lawrence before September football practice at Kansas University where he eyed a varsity spot after a freshman year. The First Baptist church hosts its summer Bible school with a Friday closing picnic at City Park.
Chanute Tribune issues information for Highland Chanute area and nearby counties. Publisher Chanute Publishing Co Ernest W Johnson editor James K Sheridan advertising manager. Subscription rates listed for Neosho Allen Woodson counties and four counties outside area with monthly quarterly and yearly options.
A visit in Erie continues with the Fred Clark family hosting guests. Ed Hines and Virgil Hines spent Sunday with James Womeldorff in Lincoln township. John Bass Sr. and family depart for a week in Denver and Estes Park, Colorado. Alfred Luther relocates to town, Leon Whitworth returns from Topeka, and Robert Ferguson, KU scholar from Paris, France, visits Lawrence this week.
Philip Kinghorn Burbidge, 64, ex-soldier and merchant seaman, pleaded guilty in Bow Street Criminal Court to slapping 33-year-old Lord Altrincham who had criticized Queen Elizabeth II. He was fined one pound two shillings and eight pence. Altrincham’s remarks stirred eyebrows and tempers over royal commentary.
Atomic scientists detonated an explosion at 5:25 a.m. at the Nevada test site. The blast, rated at 20 000 tons of TNT, ripped an unmanned Navy blimp from its moorings as a balloon tethered 1500 feet above the site released the device.
A dense schedule lists TV programs by time slots from early morning to evening. Notable entries include The Price is Right, Arthur Godfrey, Truth or Consequences, Guiding Light, Our Miss Brooks, Queen for a Day, and Movie Matinee with multiple cartoons and dramas.
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