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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1957
Page
4
Senate racket investigators outline a troubling union power and money story with shady deals that influence public opinion and member trust. The piece argues members must demand morally strong, accountable leadership and seek effective government oversight.
Civic leaders back a new group Mid-America Inc to market Southeast Kansas as an attractive site for manufacturing. It will use direct contact and advertising to highlight local resources, labor, utilities, and living conditions, hoping to attract new industries and boost regional growth.
A jumble of short observations and wry notices covers fashion, Secrecy in princes, labor day calendars, vacation habits, a vanishing shoeshine, and rising health fears. The piece humorously remarks on privacy, aging, marriage, and medical overwarnings with sharp, dated asides.
The text notes potential reductions in defense spending but doubts a cut severe enough to force high level officials to share transportation, suggesting only modest savings and preserved prominence for military leadership.
Twenty five years ago the Neosho County fair planned to distribute thirty thousand tickets to enable attendance at the annual event. Highlights include a growing lost and found depot with items from a cow to bicycles and guns. Also notes Chanute store expansion and Legion picnic details.
Milly B. 28, wife of Terry, drifts apart after two children and a country home. Dr Cranes advice urges wives to act to protect husbands ego and fix marital strain. He argues male erotic hunger exceeds female, suggests a booklet on Sex Problems in Marriage for 20 cents.
A sequence of light local quips and jokes from various papers. A hotel clerk asks about a bath while a guest dodges, and a stenographer exchanges barbed quips. Jokes touch on prizes, missed targets, and a Topeka couple’s quarrel sparking town chatter. Golf rules relax near rattlesnakes in Bisbee.
Washington scene shows back stage fights over Civil Rights Bill with Sen. Lyndon Johnson taking credit for the bill and Vice President Nixon pressing for delays. Joe Martin faces pressure from Republicans and old rival Sam Rayburn as he tries to secure votes against the jury trial amendment.
Mrs. A. D. Coe marked her 83rd birthday with a surprise party at her Humboldt home arranged by neighbors. A Kansas resident since childhood, she was born in Canada and grew up in Woodson County near Yates Center. She has six children and longtime church ties, teaching in Kansas schools on horseback in her youth.
Georgia Neese Clark Gray, once U S Treasurer, operates a general store in Richland Kansas her hometown population about 250 locals.
A local ad touts a varied inventory of used trucks including 1957 International 2-Ton S W B and 1958 Chevrolet 2-Ton S W B models. It lists multiple International, Chevrolet, Ford and GMC trucks with bed types and options, inviting buyers to visit for best deals on new or used trucks.
Erie and vicinity observed enrollment day with Supt. Robert H. Krieger and staff registering 175 high school students and 298 in the grades as of Thursday. Late enrollments expected before the school opening on September 3. Several local residents and visitors traveled or conducted services, with reunions and travel noted among families and educators.
In an interview a broker explains that independent agencies act for many companies and are not on any payroll. Direct writers are company employees and can be fired, limiting their leverage in disputes. The broker invites customers to compare auto insurance details before buying.
Evening edition published except Sunday and entered as second class matter at Chanute Kansas. Rates shown for Neosho Allen Wilson and Woodson counties by mail monthly quarterly semiannual and annual options. Outside four counties rates also listed for monthly and longer terms.
Congress approved a catch-all appropriations bill totaling 1.734 billion dollars, with about 1 billion slated for military construction at home and abroad. The measure secured final passage in both chambers and was sent to the White House for signature.
The piece urges careful preparation for the new school year. It notes summer breaks end as teachers and students return, stressing orderly classrooms, fresh schedules, staff briefings, and the impact of early weeks on future performance. It cautions about first impressions shaping both new teachers and kindergartners.
A dense listing of Saturday and Monday TV times shows a wide slate across channels. Programs include Gunsmoke Whirlybirds People are Funny and Jim Durante specials plus morning shows Captain Kangaroo Today Arthur Godfrey and Price is Right among many daytime offerings.
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