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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1959
Page
4
The piece blames landowners lawyers and speculators for inflating highway budgets. It warns higher land prices push up project costs funded by gasoline taxes and threaten road construction progress. It cautions against paying excessive compensation and emphasizes motorists will bear the burden.
Condemned to Death Measured by fatalities per million passenger miles, American highways grow safer for years, yet near 40,000 deaths annually persist. This year casualties rise five percent, likely outpacing traffic gains. Old roads wear out, more traffic demands four lane safety, while Congress stalls interstate funding, halting new contracts and delaying lifesaving construction.
A Bible verse quotes Psalm 24:1 declaring the earth and all it contains belong to the Lord and those who dwell upon it.
A montage of light quips and social observations spans several papers. Items note busy mothers packing for vacations, film crews hiring experts to teach archery, and jokes about government jobs. Short gibes on manners, clubs, and domestic life appear with a wry regional voice.
Mrs. F. F. Freedian was chosen president of the Chanute board of education at Monday’s reorganization meeting becoming the first woman to hold the post and the sole female member. Also elected were B. C. Kiplinger as vice president with gubernatorial nominations noted from Chanute ballots. 专
James Marlow surveys Khrushchev's rising confidence from 1955 to 1958 noting his push for military strength and space milestones. He argues the cockiness grew as Khrushchev became the sole Soviet leader and pursued tougher stances against the West, culminating in Berlin crisis brinkmanship.
Washington insiders report a hush hush dinner at Congressman Perkins Bass in Georgetown. Judson Morhouse declared Rockefeller would run and be well funded, with key New Hampshire polls showing Nixon trailing by up to five to one.
Chanute Tribune issue information lists staff roles including Ernest W. Johnson editor and publisher, department managers James F. Sheridan and Dwight Wallingford, Nellie Hollenahead, Fay Clopine, T. O. Ward, Corney Osborn, and Pulisahed evenings except Sunday with second class matter at Chanute post office under 1878 act.
The piece lists Associated Press rights and subscription options for Neovho, Allee Wilson, and Woodson Counties. It details mail subscriptions by duration and regional rates including one year six months three months and one month, with prices shown in the fragment.
A dense schedule lists KOAM Channel 7 and others with hourly lineups Friday through Sunday 1959 including Ozzie and Whirlybirds, Lux Playhouse, Craft shows, Westerns, cartoons, kids programs, news, and movies. Lively listings feature baseball, wrestling, and late night features with station-by-station timing across multiple networks.
Readable notices list multiple churches with pastors superintendents and weekly schedules including worship times Sunday school and midweek services across Methodist Baptist Lutheran Presbyterian Nazarene and Catholic congregations in Buffalo and surrounding area. Key figures include G M Pierce Charles Wesley Garrett and James J Leit tim among others with times 8 9 10 11 am and 1 30 pm mixed across venues.
The notice lists multiple denominations with service times and leaders. Galesburg Methodist shows 7 30 p m midweek prayer with Pau F Aolter as pastor and Sam Wood as superintendent, plus a church school schedule. Christian Edgar F Kessinger and Bible School details appear alongside Otterbein United Brethren and other congregations.
The Associated Press reports half a million United Steelworkers struck the steel industry 24 days ago with about 107000 allied workers affected. Mediation by federal figures continues as defense production shows minor impact and lawmakers urge action. Industry losses reach 300 million dollars weekly. workers lose nearly 70 million in wages. The union seeks a 15 cent an hour rise plus benefits, while industry warns of higher prices and inflation.
In Kansas City Missouri the Veterans of Foreign Wars will present its first Americanism Gold Award marking George Meany’s recognition by the organization. The event highlights Meany’s public service and leadership as a prominent labor and civic figure.
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