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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1959
Page
3
President Chanute BPW Club argues security begins within and criticizes dependence on the world owes me a living theory. The piece urges personal maturity to accept life and support standards that uplift the individual, family, community, and country.
A fragmented column touches on a wedding reception with sharp talk about refreshment, a deadly highway crash with seven dead, and then a series of unrelated items. It mentions political figures from the 1960 era, labor and steel workers, a compact car with design notes, and a rule about high school students driving to class.
A devotional verse from Romans 12 1 2 urges believers to present their bodies as living sacrifices holy acceptable to God not conforming to this world but transformed by renewing the mind to discern the will of God.
Longtime Neosho County figure and Civil War veteran Judge Leander Stillwell died Friday at his Erie home at age 85. He served in the Kansas legislature starting in 1876, led the seventh district court from 1883 to 1907, and was Taft era first deputy pensions commissioner in Washington. The obituary notes his prominent role in local politics and law.
A string of light items from Coffeyville Journal, Lawrence Journal World and El Dorado Times covers quick home trends, a 50 cent paperback edition, a bouncer incident, and cheeky dating lines. The notes mix humor about appliances, nightlife, and social listings with brief plays news.
President Eisenhower faces 17 months left in office marked by European diplomacy with Khrushchev and possible summit talks. He will shoulder intense briefings, budget battles, and political activity as 1960 unfolds, with plans for a potential Moscow visit and future advisory reforms.
Drew Pearson notes a link between Khrushchev’s Moscow plea about U.S. military bases and the Pan American conference in Santiago. He argues Cuba’s proximity to the United States and anti-American raids complicate the Hemisphere’s security, worsened by U.S. neglect of Good Neighbor policy and Caribbean discontent. He cites Franco’s Spanish mercenaries in the Dominican Republic and critiques Eisenhower on the labor bill speech.
Chanute Tribune publish cuts list editors and staff roles and notes publication timing. It lists Associated Press affiliation and subscription rates for Neosho Allen Wilson and Woodsee counties with mail options and prices.
A dense listing outlines KOAM KOTV WDAF and KODE programs across channels with cartoons news soaps game shows and classics. Notable airings include The Price is Right Mr District Attorney I Love Lucy and Gunsmoke along with regional morning to late night blocks featuring LOONEY TOONS Captain Kangaroo Edge of Night and Kraft Music Hall.
The piece notes President Eisenhower urged stopping pressure tactics against furniture plant workers, calling for action against secondary boycotts. It recalls the Taft Hartley Act passed twelve years earlier forbids such picketing and mandates federal injunctions to curb them. The commentary suggests Ike needs a different speech writer.
Francis H. Bloeth, 27, an ex convict, held in a Suffolk County jail on robbery charges while investigators seek links to three Long Island murders. Police say two revolvers and an automatic were used, but no weapon found at Bloeth’s home. The killings occurred in the first eight days of the month in a 30 mile area, yielding under $400.
In Neosho County Kansas probate court notices grant final settlement hearings for Robert Bates estate with administrator Robert Pennington and for Emmett Hutson estate with administrator F R Fleming. Hearings set for August 1949 in Erie with defenses due prior.
In La Grange Georgia three Black men aged 18 to 24 were sentenced to die in the electric chair for multiple rapes of two young white women after a juried trial that lasted nearly five hours. The court ordered execution at Reidsville State Prison on Oct 2 with a security-heavy courtroom.
A historical note describes France at a time claiming an empire in North America extending down to the Gulf of Mexico, reflecting colonial ambitions and territorial reach. The assertion centers on a period when French power aimed to span vast regions and influence.
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