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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1958
Page
4
The piece argues Clyde Reed’s primary win shows a revived fearthin Republicans ready to share power. It critiques George Docking’s incumbency, notes Reed’s countywide campaigning, and warns both parties to avoid overconfidence as the gubernatorial race heads to November.
A stream of local and international quips appears from a distant city column. Items range from houseguest duties and garden club banter to Lebanon Marines and fashion lines, with reflections on World War I anniversaries and aging readers.
Rand MacNally humorist sketches how air conditioning reshaped travel, leisure, and daily routines from Florida dairy meetings to Gulf Coast vacations. He notes hotels trains cars and services cooling comforts becoming ubiquitous and even charged in Melbourne. The piece muses on tech driven life and inflated money supporting modern movement.
The Southeast Kansas Electrical Contractors Assoc convened for a general NRA code discussion. G. O. Phillips of Chanute was reelected president and C. M. Neff named secretary-treasurer.
A collage of humorous quotes and editorials from small papers cites a mix of light remarks and pointed opinions. Jokes on coffee, aspirin and vodka rise as a humorous social thermometer, while comments touch on Middle East turmoil and royal snubs.
The August crash of Air Force Chief of Staff Tom White’s H-21 helicopter near Goose Bay Labrador sparks critique of generals’ fishing trips at taxpayer expense. The $200000 aircraft was listed as cross country after wrecking, while 1,400 enlisted men vacationed nearby. Noting other generals in Labrador, the piece defends sailors’ Arctic recreation amid long winters and remote radar stations.
Dr George W Crane offers conversation shortcuts for shy young men on dates. He advises starting with H E L P topics hobbies entertainment literature and politics to ease pauses and grow rapport. He suggests preparing scripted responses and sending for further booklets and his How to Carry on Spritely Conversation.
Classified item notes a Chanute newspaper notice related to property or subscription matters. Highlights include Chanute Publishing Company details and editor names Ernest W Johnson and James E Sheridan. No specific dates or locations beyond Chanute or county names appear in the readable text.
Mrs Ronnie Humprey of Dallas visited Erie relatives with Mary Jane Dawson who will stay a week with Mr and Mrs Robert Dorris in Fort Worth. Nearby gatherings included Ruth Calvert visiting in Fort Scott and Mary Stevenson hosting Eunice Hughes. Club members discussed a Erie fair booth and a watermoon feed, with an all day meeting planned August 27 at Mrs Ernest Clevenger's.
The Chanute Tribune lists Wichita area TV highlights for August 7 1958 with programs across KOAM KOTV WDAF and KODE including Richard Diamond You Bet Your Life Dragnet Sea Hunt Buckskin and more at 7 to 10 pm plus daytime lineups and news weather shifts.
The Womeldorffs spent the weekend at Noel Missouri while neighbors and relatives across Chanute Calexico and Elsmore joined in family visits. Kiwanis met in the Christian church basement Marion Showalter led a program with Gene Craven speaking on overseas service. County Agent Gale Mullen and family returned from Smoky Mountain trips leaving Bruce to visit Pittsburg and the Wamsleys hosting grandchildren.
Mrs James Covington received 102 dollars from La Grange Reformatory inmates for her 22 month old child with a hole in the heart. The husband is serving a one year sentence and did not know fellow prisoners had collected the funds. ALBUQUERQUE Atomic Energy Commission needy.
Plans reveal a 10 kiloton underground explosion 1,200 feet deep next summer at a Carlsbad salt flat. The blast would be nearly six times larger than prior tests, drawing national attention and safety concerns from residents and officials.
Charges of assault with intent to kill against Bobby Ashe Jack Kalinka and Clarence Wade Anderson were dismissed in Kansas City after the complaining witness James Doyle Cave did not appear in magistrate court. Cave, 32, from Des Moines Iowa, had accused them of attacking him after a tavern argument on July 23. The men, all Kansas City residents aged 23 to 26, were held on $20 000 bond in an $8 000 jewelry theft case in Memphis Tennessee. Cave said he works for Iowa Power and Light Co and is a steward in an electricians union.
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