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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1958
Page
4
Editorial notes that 115 youths were referred to Chanute's juvenile probation officer since January. It stresses that the work reveals not what delinquents do but what they do not, with few attending church, scouts, or summer baseball, and attributes delinquency to the home environment.
In a reflective column, the author notes shifts in party registration noting a Republican attorney general’s daughter joining the Democrats. The piece discusses stock market valuations, local election trends in Atchison, and jokes about reading, home security, and the decline of language purity among Kansans and beyond.
In Santa Monica a psychiatrist faces divorce contention as Judge Edward Parlour weighs whether the doctor or his wife should be granted divorce. A witness cites the doctor’s remark about disciplining a child, illustrating the era’s marital fault lines and humor amid legal tension.
County Clerk Roy Harding reports preliminary levies will cap total state county and school taxes on tangible property at about 127000 dollars, likely lower. Chanute residents face the smallest contribution in 22 years. A nearby lightning strike knocked C M Griffith from his feet but left him uninjured, while Emma Sare earned all A grades at Pittsburg State College.
Mr Patterson of New York defeated Mr Harris of Texas in a dispute at Los Angeles. The outcome is noted as possibly the first record of a Texan being influenced by a technicality.
Drew Pearson reports GOP leaders groom Nelson Rockefeller for a possible 1960 Republican bid, opposing Nixon. He traces Rockefeller’s rise from New York governor candidate to a potential rival, noting foundational Rockefeller and Harriman eras and Roosevelt’s characterization of Rockefeller as a major disruptor in business.
Dr George W Crane counsels Mabel G a nervous freshman at Anderson College that lack of a fixed career aim should not deter college. He argues most freshmen and even seniors do not know their lifetime job and that liking a field grows with skill and success. He urges pursuing broad education, avoiding fixation on one path, and learning to adapt personality traits to fit work. He offers his booklet Vocational Guidance Tests for 20 cents.
Local Chanute publication announces consolidation with the Daily Timesett as editor Ernest W Jameson oversees the Chanute Publishing Company operations. Advertising manager James E Sheridan coordinates publicity while the paper remains a second class post office matter with Associated Press news access.
In Garnett Kansas AP: Mrs Cecil Weems 31 mother of six shot herself Saturday night after a minor one car accident. Sheriff Geer said the car missed a turn hit an embankment. Her husband a Garnett mechanic drove her home three miles NW of town. Later he found her body behind a chicken house after returning movie with children.
Buffalo guests included Paul and Marlene Brown family members from Baxter Springs Fowler and Melvern Ark visited by Eugene Whatley Rita Kay and John Whatley Moody gatherings celebrated birthdays for Sammy May Diana Stevens Melvin Sells and Melvinia of Fredonia. Attendees from Parsons Lawrence Wilmore Ky Kansas City and Norfolk joined. Hayes a former Nazarene minister now teaches at Wilmore University.
TV schedule listing KOAM Channel 7 and others for Monday August 25 1958 with programs such as Restless Gun Tales of Wells Fargo Twenty One Lucy Show Zorro Wyatt Earp Amos N Andy Captain Gallant and more across morning to late night slots. Includes news weather and talk shows from various stations.
A quirky collection from HAL BOYLE notes odd facts and quips. Topics include Megacorpse a million dead awaiting disposal after nuclear attack and a sun glasses warning for night driving. Also humorous lines about W C Fields a honeymoon survey at the Hotel Edison and trivia on beef color and hair shaving.
AP report notes rising auto liability costs as holiday travel spikes claims. Increased medical care, repair costs, and higher wage awards push settlements up. Juries and court actions influence settlements, with states approving rate hikes from 1.8 to 33.1 percent. A separate note mentions Andrew Jackson planting a magnolia beside the White House.
Mrs. Mabel Hewitt, 41, of Clay Center Kansas, sustained severe burns in a tourist cabin explosion in Wyandotte County. Authorities say a natural gas leak caused the blast. She was hospitalized in poor condition at the University of Kansas Medical Center.
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