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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1955
Page
4
Views of the News notes September returns to routine with students like Davy Crockets, merchants with unsold air conditioners, and people over 50 sighing as a short summer folds. It also reminds readers there are 108 shopping days until Christmas.
The Department of Agriculture blacklists 23 wheat varieties with a support price cut of 20 cents below the $1.81 national average. Kansas farmers, who planted 13.1 percent of the wheat with these so called undesirable seeds last year, face a push to switch to superior milling varieties. The piece argues the penalty word provokes resistance and suggests a gentler premium scheme would have sped elimination of undesirable types.
A mix of aphoristic musings on advertising ethics in medicine law and dentistry. Reflections on Mrs Crockett and Elmer Davy a tribute to editor Rolla Clymer of El Dorado Times. Comment on Air Force research about fatherhood and a note on Churchill’s faded prominence. Dodgers in World Series context and critique of customer treatment by some businessmen.
A humorous exchange unfolds with Junior teasing his sister's suitor about looks. Judy recounts a school day incident about a hairbrush and father. A banana peel pratfall draws a crowd as a doctor and a lawyer arrive to assess the situation.
A veteran recalls a war scar tale to entertain a crowd while a question leads to a humorous exchange about timing at Bull Run. In a separate kitchen scene a diner repeats yesterday's steak order, and the waiter offers the same item again.
Ora Wilson, 15, son of George B. Wilson of Walnut, wins a new Ford roadster as a prize at City Park during the Neosho County Fair. The notice also lists upcoming events and local notices including LegionAuxiliary convention reservations and travel plans of residents.
Travel note details a 30 mile jeep trip from Lake City to Ouray over a treacherous Divide route. The trek tests driving skill with hairpin turns and 500 foot drops, yields 14,000 foot views, wildflowers, high altitude animals, and thousands of sheep along the meadows as Colorado contemplates a highway across the strip.
Washington report outlines renewed congressional pressure to reduce sugar import quotas after a failed pass in the closing days of the session. Sen. Ellender from Louisiana pushes a change benefiting domestic cane and beet growers, amid concerns of conflict of interest and ties to Sugar Co. executives.
Dr. George W. Crane counsels Robert T. to avoid quitting a good foreman job for teaching. He urges compromise through night study or part time teaching within manufacturing, warning discourse could disrupt family harmony and jeopardize three children's welfare. He cites church and personal example and offers a Vocational Guidance booklet.
State Superintendent Adel F. Throckmorton reviewed a proposal to form a rural high school district centered in Sterling. Proponents testified they oppose boundary changes from earlier Lyons plans while tentative boundaries would include southern Rice County, amid local opposition to inclusion.
KG and E announces a 0.30 dollar per share quarterly dividend on common stock declared yesterday by the company director.
The Kansas Gas & Electric Co. announces preferred dividends payable October 1 to holders of record September 9 and common stock dividend payable September 30 to September 9 holders.
Funeral services will be held Thursday for Clara Etchen 86 a member of a pioneer family in Coffeyville who died yesterday.
A full day of network and local TV programming is listed, detailing shows from The Millionaire and This Is Your Life to morning segments and afternoon soap operas. The guide includes times, channel numbers, and program titles across multiple stations.
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