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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1956
Page
4
A yearend warning about con artists preying on charity and sales schemes. Outsiders pose as legitimate organizations to pressure victims, with December seen as peak for check artists and shoplifters. Local business leaders recommend consulting the Chamber of Commerce or police to verify legitimacy before giving.
A Wichita newspaper letter argues that criticizing current educational methods is unpatriotic and un-American. The writer cites figures from Washington to Coolidge to claim reverence for tradition blocks needed changes and questions how early leaders would view modern public education.
A satirical column mocks income tax ethics and social norms. It notes deductions for mistresses under the code and jokes about heritage and family tracks. Secretary Dulles readiness is questioned after surgery. It comments on youth delinquency, atomic programs, and aging Congress.
A brief anecdote recalls Micky Mantle proposing a comic book style tale titled Why I Liked Arithmetic for young readers. In a clipped quip a panhandler asks a man for 20 cents for coffee, the man counters coffee costs a dime.
A cheeky exchange opens with a panhandler joke and a preacher’s rebuke about personal responsibility. A stout golfer laments vision and reach while a college banter compares Princeton Harvard and Yale students, hinting at campus traits and stereotypes.
Twenty Five Years Ago local churches planned a union evangelistic effort led by Rev and Mrs George Rose to be held at Memorial Auditorium. The same period artists planned a popularity queen contest tied to a holiday ball and card party to raise funds for the Chanute Betterment Committee employment fund.
The piece lists historical events tied to calendar dates December 31 through January 31. Highlights include the YMCA’s first New York gymnasiums in 1869, electric lighting on Philadelphia streets in 1881, Phi Beta Kappa founded in 1776, Philadelphia’s first fire company in 1736, Roosevelt’s 1906 Nobel Peace Prize, Marconi’s 1901 wireless signal, and the USS Monitor sinking in 1862, among others.
Democratic executive committee votes unanimously to push a liberal and enlightened program. Johnson reacts angrily, warns it splits the party, and questions who introduced the resolution led by Paul Ziffren. The move marks northern liberals challenging Johnson and coordinating a 17 member advisory group for action before Ike's State of the Union.
Dr. Crane presents Henry R. 44, a successful executive, who blames his son’s ingratitude for issues in family life. The reply uses a mirror analogy to critique Henry’s own lack of thanks to God, urging self analysis and prayer, with guidance for clergymen.
Odense and Will Becker join Thanksgiving dinner hosted by Mrs. Shaw Blattner in Rozel and visit son Walter and family. Oregon visitors C C Corwin call on A B DeMeritt and family. Bud Butts, Ernie Foster parties share meals with local households. Nora Wright Velda Barron of Moran join Erling Cation family and DeMeritt group for Thanksgiving. Nearby families from Lawrence and Kansas City also listed among guests.
The report lists numerous local households sharing meals and visits across El Dorado Chanute Pittsburg Fort Scott and Humboldt. Notable names include Walter Poor Dennis DeMeritt J. C. Jordan Jack Jordan Eunice Nyman Minnie Dooly Virgil Grizzle Deloris Wood Fred Pugh and Leonard Wood. Olson underwent eye surgery recently and is back for a checkup. Robert B. Smith mentions FHA helper mileage for grain and hay support in several townships.
Five Allen County townships have been designated as drought areas allowing farmers to apply for assistance in buying grain and hay for their foundation herds of cattle and sheep.
Ex convict Stephen Nash admitted four killings over about a year, saying he had an urge to kill. Police found blood on his hands and a hunting knife after Larry Rice, 10, was found stabbed 30 times under a Santa Monica pier. Detectives say Nash also confessed to slayings of John Berg in Long Beach and Floyd Barnett, among others, detailing his motive as being pushed by the world.
The piece argues rushing through life harms hearts and nerves. It contrasts two rushed types—overloaded doers and procrastinators—then warns haste wastes time, lives, and property. It notes famous works arise from study, not quickness, and urges deliberate pace until urgent needs arise.
Published evenings except Sunday and entered as second class matter at the post office at Chanute Kansas the paper outlines subscription rates for Neosho Allen Wilson and Woodson Counties by mail one month to one year with different rates for local and outside counties printed in the notice.
A fragmentary TV schedule lists time slots from 6:00 p m to 10:00 p m with programs including Tennessee Ernie Ford House Party Matinee Theatre Big Payoff Studio Kitchen and serials like Secret Storm Edge of Night Modern Romance and As the World Turns plus NBC News Stories of the Century and Dr Christian among others
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