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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1964
Page
4
The piece argues Americans still revere party conventions as essential to democracy but contends delegates are hand picked by power groups and merely ratify predecided nominations. It calls the four day event a tedious, meaningless ritual now better viewed as a television show on small screens.
The Democrats have shown better sense than Republicans a month earlier by moving action to prime time. The piece criticizes the televised spectacle as dull and urges a tighter cast and script with fewer delegates, suggesting dubbing background sound and montages to convey crowd excitement.
A veteran recalls entering Paris three days after its liberation, driving down the Avenue de la Grande Armée to the Arc de Triomphe and Champs-Élysées. Parisians celebrated wildly while German troops faded. maquis fighters patrolled with improvised weapons, signaling the city’s fragile early freedom.
Twenty five years ago friends of Sam Anderson in Chanute wondered whether he was on the continent or had returned from Europe. His mother, Elena F. Anderson, planned to meet him in New York after his expected August sailing to the United States.
Washington dispatch details a secret struggle over seating two Mississippi freedom delegates at the 1964 Democratic National Convention. Leaders including Hubert Humphrey and Walter Reuther brokered a private compromise requiring loyalty pledges, with White House approval and Civil Rights leaders briefed. California and New York caucuses split before approving the plan, signaling a lasting party rift and realignment.
Calcification from injury or wear forms heel spurs on the underside of the heel bone. The spur may accompany tendon tears or bursitis and is linked to posture or overweight. Remedies include weight loss, heel cushions, arch supports, hot foot soaks, aspirin, suitable footwear, injections, deep heat treatments, and in severe cases surgery. Consult an orthopedist or podiatrist if simpler remedies fail.
Humboldt Faith circle of the Lutheran Women's Missionary League met Wednesday in the church fellowship hall with fourteen women attending. Mrs. Martin Bulk chaired and noted the upcoming district LWML meeting and workshop at Fort Scott on Sept. 25. The program featured group singing devotions by Mrs. Irvin Scarlett and a lesson on A Christian's View of Discipline by Mrs. Ed Nesse. Refreshments followed served by Mrs. Scarlett and Mrs. A. Hutson. Also noted were visits by Mrs. Martin F. Mueller and Mrs. Gus Mueller to Mercy Hospital in Fort Scott to see Henry Mueller. Robert Hiller returned from Duluth after six weeks studying piano in a masters course. Curtis Alan Van Nice, U.S.N., visited his parents in Oklahoma City and grand parents in Humboldt before returning. Dean Burtch Jr. of Joliet, Illinois, visited grandparents in Humboldt. Robert and Charles Hiller visited Fort Worth to see relatives.
New Hampshire hosts over 1400 lakes and ponds most of which originated in the Ice Age. The abundance reflects glacial activity shaping the landscape, feeding diverse ecosystems and offering considerable recreational appeal across the state.
Florence Clarke, 70, a former home economics instructor, completed a 10 week high school typing course in Junction City Kansas. She can type 38 words a minute with four mistakes in five minutes and plans a history of Junction City and Fort Riley using letters from 1847 to 1871 and local archives.
Edward Dudley and Earl Brown urged winning Mississippi delegates could cost the election if southern states swing. Within the Colorado delegation white delegates threatened to bolt and a closed door session with leaders including Wagner Daley Connally and Lawrence avoided a floor fight. They concluded there was no legal basis to seat Mississippi but aimed to bar states denying minority voting rights at future conventions.
Mrs J M Townsend observed her birthday with a two day family celebration. The first evening featured a dinner at her home with children grandchildren and great grandchildren, a candle blowing and cake cutting. A Sunday noon gathering included more festivities and another cake cutting. Cakes by Mrs J M Shaffer and Mrs Robert Townsend. Attendants included relatives from Bartlesville Chanute Fort Scott and nearby towns. Townsend known for social and church activity. Center Grove Ladies Aid to resume Sept 2 with afternoon meeting at Mrs Albert Lassman.
Published evenings except Sunday entered as second class matter in Chanute Kansas. Department managers listed include Joan Hovorka advertising Dwight Wallingford news Mrs Leland Lowe circulation Ben 8 Nicholas mechanical Dorsey Osporn press. Subscription rates by mail in Kansas and outside four counties show 1 year $15.08 four months $8.00 three months $4.25 1 month $1.50.
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