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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1956
Page
4
The column notes Emporia will install dial phones, surpassing Chanute and the Athens of Kansas in progress. Emporians favor automatic dialing as the quick route to modern amenities, preferring phones over a swimming pool and embracing rapid change across generations.
The piece notes theVegetarian Party and the Poor Man's party led by a New Jersey pig farmer named Krajewski, alongside Greenbackers, arguing third parties total only 200,945 votes of 61,547,861 last election and likely not to improve this November.
Opinion notes on Washington office practices franking privileges and Postcards from foreign trips. Public sentiment from Chicago reports shows strong support for Dick. Commentary on E savings bonds and the dollar value during 15th anniversary. Veteran clerk on social security liberalization and retirement. Democratic convention parallels 1952 with Stevenson and Furness dominant.
A doctor teaching a Sunday school class asks a boy what must be done before heaven and is told to die. The doctor then asks what must be done before that and the boy replies to get sick and send for you. A farmer boasting about fine weather and skill is told by a visitor that he ought to be satisfied with his crops.
A brown 112 inch by 4 15 16 inch envelope from the War Department Public Information Office arrived at a hometown paper. It claimed a baby was born to an officer and his wife in Hawaii and bore franked official business wording. The editor notes such mail is routine propaganda and not defense related, expressing disappointment at its lack of startling content.
A farmer notes that bountiful crops can be hard on soil and challenges the idea that the year is flawless. In a prison visit, a social worker encounters a warden quip about term length and politics in a brief vignette.
A Chanute community note recalls C. D. Blackwood being elected commander of the Harry E. Boerstler American Legion post. Other items mention Mrs. Martin Johnson entertaining Chanute children at a story hour, a wiener roast for David Anderson’s 12th birthday, local travels, and the sale of the Chanute Weekly Blade to E. R. Ridgley of Erie with plans to move the office and merge with the Erie Sentinel.
Chicago report outlines early delegate alignments for the presidential race with Stevenson leading, Kefauver and Harriman vying for influence, Johnson seeking a vice president spot, and Symington as a potential dark horse. Lloyd Pearson notes Strawman tactics and rumors amid parley and politics.
Dr. George W Crane argues for scientific evidence over easy fallacies in the sugar cancer claim. He notes cancer age, life expectancy, and fluoride effects vary by population, urging clear analysis and public debate while promoting logic education in schools.
Erie area notes Mrs. Jim Ellis hosted a regular Jolly Homemakers HDU meeting with nine members, Mrs. George Fischer advisory member, and several children present. Mrs. Bob Mattox presided, plans were made to enter a county fair booth, and a Cha nute play day on Sept. 25 was announced along with floor care lessons led by Mrs. Ellis and Mrs. Houghton. Next meeting set for Sept. 7 with Mrs. Houghton.County traffic and social notes include Mrs. Redmond in Kansas City for Jenkins summer music conference and 45 piano students in her studio. County Attorney Charles Forsyth traveled to Omaha with Mrs. Forsyth and family, with Chuck Forsyth recently recovering from measles and quarantine.
The page lists TV slots and times for Ford Theatre Four Star Playhouse Bob Cummings Show Climas and morning programs. It notes visits by Mr and Mrs Steinman and Mr and Mrs Beard in Parsons along with Legion conventions in Wichita.
Ernest Griggs oversees a new concrete floor and ceiling work in a large room bought by Mrs. Griggs for a future restaurant. The upstairs may become living quarters with a new roof. Redmonds attend a reunion at Riverside Park in Independence. George Donaldson visits for legal business. Mr and Mrs Diediker return from Sioux City after his aunt’s 100th birthday. Mrs Horne visits from Woodland. Neo sho rise floods fishing around town with good channel cat strings reported.
At the Democratic National Convention in Chicago a civil rights compromise was adopted to preserve party unity. The platform accepts the Supreme Court rulings as part of the law, rejecting a stronger segregation pledge amid behind the scenes North South tensions and a Truman backed compromise. 253 million pounds of honey produced from 5.3 million hives were reported in the United States last year.
Jean Ashley 17 of Chanute Kansas won her third consecutive women's Tri-State Golf Championship in Springfield Missouri with a 36 hole score of 80 79 159. Evelyn Grigsby Coffeyville finished second 82 82 164 and Mrs Robert Allen Chanute was third 86 80 166. Chanute teams claimed multiple trophies as the 1956 field included 140 players from Kansas Missouri and Oklahoma with next year set for Miami Oklahoma.
Chicago report argues Truman unintentionally aided Adlai Stevenson by opposing his 1952 Democratic nomination. The piece recalls Truman’s whistle stop campaign and the ironies of past ballots, suggesting public reaction may have altered Stevenson’s political fortunes.
Rates listed for Neosho, Wilson, Woodson Counties and surrounding areas. Appears to show monthly, three month, and six month by mail and outside four counties options. Streamlined pricing lines are partially garbled but indicate a formal circulation pricing schedule.
The article notes cheering crowds and hostile catcalls for the president as Truman’s backing of Stevenson taints Stevenson with accusations of corruption and cronyism. Many advisers say Truman’s endorsement damaged Stevenson’s image, making him seen as the Truman candidate and hindering his bid.
Geophysics embraces fourteen branches including meteorology seismology oceanography geo magnetism glaciology as well as solar activity gravity pull airflow cosmic rays and ionospheric physics outlining a wide scope of Earth and space science research.
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