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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1958
Page
4
Editorial notes the 1988 Congress as a do something body with a peacetime spending high. It highlights a $400000 appropriation for the Redmond dam to aid Neosho valley water needs and credits Congressman Myron George for backing the project.
A stray composite of items mentions a planned Citizens for Studebaker group in South Bend to save a local industry, a Tulsa hospital dash with an impatient husband, Hoffa horse betting earnings, and hopes an antitrust push lowers drug prices. The tone blends satirical vignettes with brief social commentary.
A writer criticizes a minority group in a unsigned letter. The piece frames the condemnation as based on fancy rather than law, science, Christian concept, or sociological fact, suggesting the author aimed to prevent print by not signing.
In a Wit & Wisdom piece Rand argues that famine is unlikely. He cites agronomists and fertilizer firms claiming US farms could boost output substantially with scientific fertilizer use. He references Malthus and notes vast untapped potential in Africa and South America while urging optimism about feeding future generations.
Tribune notes renewed railroad activity with two M K T trains between Parsons and Kansas City to be restored August 24 under a new time car. Katy agent Clarence Cook said line changes through Chanute align with Parsons connections.
A collection of brief newspaper quips and jokes from multiple papers. The items include a college student demanding support from his father, a pessimistic shipwreck survivor, a TV helicopter show longing for safety, and a wry line suggesting the meek may inherit the earth as the space race grows.
Chanute publication staff announces consolidation with the Daily Times creating a merged Chanute news operation. Ernest W. Johnson remains editor and James F. Sheridan continues as advertising manager as the Chanute Tribune edition ends and new combined paper formation is set to begin.
President Eisenhower addressed the UN Assembly without repeating Egypt Syria or Lebanon as pretexts for U S troop involvement, while diplomats noted a secret deal with Nasser favoring appeasement. The narrative recounts Murphy meeting Nasser, and Cairo signaling restraint in exchange for UN support against a Western attack.
Dr L W Hess notes 90 percent of students chose Chapter 18 Psycho logy Goes to Church in Dr Cranes Applied Psychology. The piece urges teen religious fervor during mid teens, summer church camps, and timely seizing of religious inspiration before age 21 with a booklet offer and contact via Hopkins Syndicate Inc.
A dense listing of TV programs across channels with time slots from 1:00 p.m. through late evening. Notable entries include Richard Diamond, Dragnet, Price Is Right, Truth or Consequences, Luxurious lineup on channel seven and six, and various drama, game show, and news segments.
About 3 000 men work at the Hassi Messaoud oil site in Algeria living in air conditioned huts with meals and amenities. They earn high wages, receive bonuses, fly weekly to Algiers for rest, and face the ongoing shortage of women which hinders family housing plans. Many are French citizens including former Foreign Legionnaires, with most planning stays in a remote desert town linked by a new road to Ouargla.
Notices filed with the Kansas Corporation Commission show multiple operators led by Aylward Willis of Chanute planning oil wells from August 16 to 18 1958. Wells listed include Chanute No 20 21 22 23 24 Hamm and Dorothy Work No 41 with target depths around 1000 feet and 1900 feet of surface pipe using cable tool rigs.
A sequence of drilling notices across Chanute and nearby townships lists multiple operators including Aviward Willis Ben Steiner and George Norris with locations in Chanute Humboldt and Moran. Projects start August 1955 to August 1958 with estimated depths from 660 to 160 feet and surface pipe requirements. Also notes Weiner Petroleum Co and Satelife Pipe & Supply involved. The article ends with a National Geographic stat on diamond production and carat targets.
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