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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1955
Page
5
A humorous reminiscence recalls a long serving air conditioning unit nicknamed Little Blowhard. Frances buys, adjusts, and ultimately replaces the unit after a hot spell, prompting a household clash resolved by its removal. The piece blends domestic squabble with light satire on gadgets and spousal dynamics.
Humboldt McMillan and Mrs Charles Shultz host, with Mrs Ruth Coy Kendall of Jeddo and Lynne Rhodes of Little River visiting Dolores Wulf. Rhodes and Wulf, former St John’s College roommates, plan to room together next year. J M Redding hosts granddaughters Mary Suzanne and Wendy Louise Beil of Kansas City. The Naom circle of the Methodist Church Women's Society met at a Community Park cabin for a covered dish supper with 29 members. Agnes Nicky presided and plans were laid for the next gathering hosted by Virginia Collison at the cabin.
Global briefs report the World Council of Churches planning its next annual gathering in Budapest Hungary the first Communist land meeting since its 1948 founding. The dispatch notes one Soviet air disaster near Voronezh killing 25 including 10 Norwegian women. Diplomatic ties shift India and Portugal swap legations in Lisbon and New Delhi. Vatican sources say Josephine Pacelli sister of Pope Pius XII died at 84 after a long illness.
A cool air mass and thundershowers end the summer heat wave across the Deep South and parts of the North. Temperatures fell 14 to 20 degrees in the Central Plains, with readings of 42 at Grand Marais Michigan and 66 at Des Moines Iowa. Early morning lows included 78 in New Orleans and 80 in Birmingham, while Fort Worth remained warm.
Fragments mention Newark New Jersey inches and a car abandoned with Holcomb escaping from the back seat. Also notes about amino acids fats proteins vitamins synthesis and the Rio Grande River length about 2200 miles.
Charles William Ayres Jr. of St Louis, 28, pleads innocent to assault with intent to kill, first degree robbery and auto theft in the abduction and beating of Kansas City officer Robert Holcomb. Ayres held in Jackson County jail on $12,500 bond. Kenneth Hood and Doris Havard also detained. Holcomb was beaten after stopping a car for a traffic violation on July 8.
A New York special report features Bio-Dyne, a new healing substance claimed to shrink hemorrhoids and relieve pain without surgery. The discovery, from a world famous research institute, is sold as Preparation H in suppository or ointment form with a money back guarantee and druggist availability.
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