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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1955
Page
4
Views of the News urges strict parking rules in Topeka to curb meter abuse. It cites downtown congestion as clerks fill meters all day leaving shoppers with few spaces and warns officials will ticket overtime parkers. A Chanute woman was fined for parking overtime at a paid meter, prompting calls for better parking options or moving the state capitol.
The Topeka State Journal argues that while Ike has world confidence and peace potential, his age and heart attack suggest retirement is appropriate. It urges the country to consider Eisenhower’s best possible successor for future stability and leadership.
An unknown robber in Shawnee Oklahoma slipped away on crutches after taking gas station cash. A lighthearted column then riffs on music jokes, odd news items, pastimes, and trivia from a parade of quirky notes and rural anecdotes.
Four cosmetic firms confront investigations by the government antitrust department amid industry concerns. The Emporia Gazette notes unusual phrasing in the report and tags the moment as a regulatory challenge for the sector.
An old man quips that men would be better off enjoying women rather than understanding them. The Augusta Gazette notes social humor, while the Manhattan Mercury jokes that some wives endure husbands who dislike socks.
Twenty five years ago annual memorial services for local Elks deceased this year will be held Sunday with Rev E A Ham delivering the memorial address Ruth Gold will sing and an orchestra directed by Emile Michaux will perform Officers elected by the Modern Woodmen of America include H O Wilson as venerable consul William Derby as advisor A D Toland banker Floyd Johnson clerk W N Wyatt escort Israel Stierwalt watch man Harry Sleeper assistant escort and C E Allison trustee Three year term T F Morrison a Chanute attorney will speak Thursday in Independence at a banquet honoring Harry H Woodring governor elect Shaw Royal Neighbors met and quilted Mrs Roy Shannon and son Richard returned from St Louis visiting Cecil Shannon Fifty years ago city council required brick sidewalk along East Side Evergreen from Main to First in front of O K machine shops A H Turner hall and Heminger Mon tague stores Street commissioner ordered removal of old stone walk Grand International Auxiliary to the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers will present a program at Workmen Hall tomorrow night with piano solo Elsie Patterson songs and recitations by Mary Fortney and others.
A Christmas morning tale shows 4 am awakening by Sammy Jones who demands a tree and presents. His father, in a slapstick clash over the holiday illusion, chases the boy from the bed and declares this is not Christmas. The scene ends with a note that the story continues later.
Pearson profiles Sherman Adams and Jim Hagerty as the core White House team guiding Dwight D. Eisenhower. Adams centralizes cabinet coordination and policy flow while Hagerty steers public relations and health messaging, delaying the Jan. 1 medical review and influencing access to the president.
Dr. George W. Crane urges University Women’s Club members to start educational projects by reading the Four Gospels Matthew Mark Luke and John. He cites polls showing few Americans name the Gospels and argues the Bible has shaped colleges churches and social organizations. He proposes reading the New Testament first and offers booklets via Hopkins Syndicate Inc. in Mellett Indiana.
A set of five language questions asks what is wrong with a sentence about passing paper, the correct pronunciation of gainsay, which option is misspelled among quarter quarter quar anteen quarrelsome, the meaning of jurisprudence, and a word starting exo meaning to free from blame. The answer for item 3 is to say and I shall return it.
The Chanute Tribune and Wally Timesett consolidated under Chanute Publishing Company with Ernest W Johnson as editor and James Jennenbach as advertising manager. Subscription rates listed for Neosho Allen Wilson Woodson counties and outside areas, showing monthly, quarterly, semiannual, and annual options.
The excerpt lists five terms with usage notes: promptly, accent on the second syllable, quarantine, right of power to exercise judicial authority with a note that a case can be transferred to a higher court, and exonerate.
Approximately 85 employees at the Kansas Ordnance Plant will be laid off due to a reduced workload. Lt. Colonel Ralph A. Visco, the commanding officer, and John L. Dickson, plant manager for National Gypsum Company, announced today.
The passage notes streets dressed in Christmas decorations with lighted cutouts and evergreen displays. It describes busy shops, crowded shelves, and gifts for children and adults, while communities rush toward Christmas with carols, plays, and radio and TV music fostering festive spirit.
A dense listing of daily broadcasts from morning to midnight, noting programs such as Today, Search for Beauty, Guiding Light, Love of Life, Bob's Beat, World Report, Howdy Doody, Hopalong Cassidy, and Santa themed specials. Includes times and sequence across multiple channels and stations.
About 49 men and 45 women, all National Gypsum Company employees, will be laid off as production orders for artillery shell fuzes and supplementary charges end. Kansas Ordnance Plant now employs about 875, down from a Korean War peak of 5,900 in June 1953 amid nationwide ammunition cuts.
Thornburg residents Hazel Coats and pupils enjoyed a two day Thanksgiving break. Nancy and Bruce Kuntz joined others for a Wichita visit with Nancy’s parents Mr. and Mrs. Alex Liby. A. D. Wiltse with son Ronald traveled to Bartlesville to see Mrs. Wiltse’s parents. Thornburg HDU gathered at Mrs. Roy Wiles’s home with co host Mrs. Joe Morton.
The Chanute Tribune notes three guests joined the members for a gathering. A turkey dinner was planned for members and their families. Walter Bradford sold veal calves at Parsons market. Etta Trichler of Wichita visited Mrs. Bessie Trichler and relatives. A telephone was installed at the schoolhouse.
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