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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1957
Page
5
Humboldt prepares for the new school year with classroom upgrades and a playground repair program. About 80 pupils enroll as Sister Mary Dorothy leads grades one and two, with Sister Mary Leocadia and Mrs. Anna Kemmerer assisting. Classes begin September 3 after a 9 a.m. mass.
Shoichi Yanagida 70, former lieutenant colonel and paroled war criminal, hanged himself in TOCHIGI Japan where he served as warden of a POW camp in Burma during World War II. In Vatican City, Giovanni Cardinal Mercati 90, librarian of the Church, died.
Cedar Lodge No 103 AF and AM will hold a Special Communication on Saturday August 24 at 9 30 am to confer last rites for late Brother C F Reece Services will be at Johnson Mortuary with burial at Elmwood Cemetery Jack Churchill W M Roy J Chapple Secretary adj 114 11
Pope Pius XI elevated a prelate to cardinal in 1936 increasing vacancies in the College of Cardinals. Oslo reports Prof Harold Sverdrup, 68, former Scripps Oceanography director, died Wednesday. London records 84 suspected Asiatic flu cases at U.S. Air Force sites in the Bushey Park area. Buenos Aires notes a widening split among Peronists over loyalty to exiled Juan Perón and the prospect of a pro-Peronist president next February. The Orinoco River in Venezuela is listed as the eighth longest in the world.
Secretary of State Dulles won praise in Congress for allowing 24 American newsmen to operate inside Red China on a six month trial. The move ends an eight year blackout on direct reporting from the China mainland and prompts calls for broader access and reduced reliance on foreign or propaganda outlets. Officials noted reception of fewer than 100 replies to the survey guiding the decision.
Advertising is your guide to John Roderick now stationed at Safe Buying.
A classified list showcases various used trucks with years from 1938 to 1957. Models include International 2-Ton, 5? ton and 1/2 to 1 ton, Chevrolet, Ford, GMC, and Dodge. Descriptions mention wheel bases, bed lengths, grain sides, stock racks, fifth wheels, and side tanks.
New York reports a proposal to produce a single high fidelity long-play record of The Star Spangled Banner. The plan calls for about a dozen distinct interpretations to be included on one disc.
The Chanute Tribune notes a plan to make a new recording available at no cost to about 150,000 schools and, for an undisclosed fee, to all radio and television stations, expanding access nationwide.
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