Chanute airport runway debate and school district tax fears
A Letter to the Editor questions runway expansion at the city airport and proposed street paving costs, warning of greater taxation. It criticizes school district 413 finances, noting prior land purchases near a tuberculosis hospital and praising taxpayers for enduring budget pressures.
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Federal Aviation Administration
Chanute
Fred
Fred Montague
Old Buford
Buford Fisher
Buford
Television promos push happy endings in modern ads
A commentary on how TV commercials sell happiness through coffee, deodorant, cigars, beer, and cars, then mockups a present from a man that fails to win his wife. The piece lampoons gift giving during Christmas and media fantasies of romance and fulfillment.
Last Minute TV Scheduling Changes Ahead of Air
Channels release updated advance schedules as last minute substitutions appear in programming. Networks adjust lineups to accommodate overruns and new episodes, informing viewers of changes, air times, and channel details.
Television Schedule Highlights from Tribune Weekly Log
Television listings cover multiple channels WDAF KCMO KUHI KOAM KMBC and more with daily time blocks. It lists morning afternoon and prime time lineups including cartoons dramas sports and public affairs across stations in Chanute Wichita and Kansas City areas.
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Ktew-Tv
Chanute
Wdaf.tv
Kcmo.-Tv
Kuhi-Tv
Koam.tv
Kbma.tv
Kmbc.-Tv
Ktwu.tv
Kode-Tv
Wibw.tv
Washington Merry Go Round By Jack Anderson
In a Southern city a black disc jockey earned $500 a month from a white owned station yet drove an expensive car and stayed in a deluxe hotel suite. The owner suspected payola but could not prove it and fired him on suspicion. A smaller city DJ earned $95 weekly amid wife illness and rising bills. A white owned label rep lent $200 to cover costs, and the DJ played his records in gratitude. Interviews with DJs, owners, promoters, critics, and FCC officials are summarized.
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Washington
Devjay
America
FCC
Low Pay Keeps Payola Rumors Alive at WLOK Memphis
The piece notes pay disparities between black and white disc jockeys with WLOK in Memphis paying as low as 100 to 150 dollars, rising to 200. It cites Starr Broadcasting Group claiming modest station earnings while corporate reports show a 400 percent net income rise. The owner denies systemic payola but hints at possible isolated cases.
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Memphis
WLOK
Starr
Peter Starr
Ecology Publication Keeps Its Fund Drive Clean
A Chanute librarian notes the Missouri edition of Environment runs no ads and challenges readers with demanding ecology content. The piece covers fund appeals, new fiction receipts, payola investigations, government snooping, and critical sensitive job rules amid broader social scrutiny.
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Ecology Publication
North Highland Paving Opened After 7-Inch Concrete Slab
Twenty five years ago the North Highland paving between Ash and Sycamore was completed and opened to traffic this morning. George
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North Highland
George
Monroe Doctrine highlighted as 1823 milestone in history
Today in History notes key events on December 2 including Monroe outlining the Monroe Doctrine in 1823, Napoleon crowning emperor in 1804, Austerlitz victory in 1805, a 1942 Chicago nuclear demonstration, and Cuba’s 1956 Castro-led attempt to topple Batista. It also mentions local projects and 4‑H club profits from 1947 in Neosho county.
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Associated Press
James Monroe
Napoleon Bonaparte
France
Napoleon
Austerlitz
Czechoslovakia
University of Chicago
Fide
Castro
Cuba
Batista
Faust
Erie — Neosho County
Farm Bureau
Lester Shepard
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Mike) Harris
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