Editorial: Farmers lose small farms to big business shift
A Manhattan speaker cites a 28 percent drop in commercial farms from 3,327,617 to 2,412,160 between 1954 and 1959, noting rising costs and machinery as causes. The piece mourns the loss of independence and the rural way of life as consolidation expands. The report shifts to Travancore India describing a long religious procession at the beach influenced by temple rites and the fading role of local rulers.
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Manhattan
Erie Youth Club Members Dine as Erie Football Boys Honored
Members of the EYMA club attended a dinner honoring the Erie football team Monday evening with attendees listed including Kenneth Bell Seth Brown C P Caldwell Hollis Dunham Cleo J Dalton John Collins Roy Ewen Lewis Ford Don Harding Harold L Heaton Adam Kahler Edwin E Lowe Lee Locke Frank Means Virgil Moody E J Richey Dr H J Miller William G Scott J A Simion Joe Smith Scott Tribble Roy D Teas Ralph Willson Roy Whitworth J E Wright June Wilson and Dr J E Beech. Keith Smith Walter Lee Yount Jean Ladner Barbara Leabo Merideth Old and Carol Porter will dance tonight at the Colonial theater in Pittsburg. The Chanute group also performed Tuesday night. John M Gaughan recently promoted to manager of the promotion department at Des Moines Register. Donald Gibbs played accordion and piano at Summit Hill school meeting. B A Doran Ila Mae Doran of Urbana played violin duet and a play Deacon Slips was presented by the community. Kate Blankenship returns to Chanute joining Star Drilling Machine company as stenographer. Russell Davidson away from Chanute Business College aiding his father in the meat business.
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Erie
Eyma Club
Kenneth Bell
Seth Brown
C. P. Caldwell
Hollis Dunham
Cleo J. Dalton
John Collins
Roy Ewen
Lewis Ford
Don Harding
Harold L. Heaton
Adam Kahler
Edwin E. Lowe
Lee Locke
Frank Means
Virgil Moody
E. J. Richey
Dr. H. J. Miller
William G. Scott
J. A. Simion
Joe Smith
Scott Tribble
Roy D. Teas
Ralph Willson
Roy Whitworth
J. E. Wright
June Wilson
J. E. Beech
Keith Smith
Walter Lee Yount
Jean Ladner
Barbara Leabo
Merideth Old
Carol Porter
Colonial Theater
Pittsburg
Chanute
Donald Gibbs
Summit Hill
B. A. Doran
Ila Mae Doran
Urbana
Deacon
Verse of the Day John 3 16
A devotional line quoting John 3 16 emphasizing that belief in Jesus grants eternal life.
British Interest in Katanga Behind Congo Turmoil
Washington reports reveal behind the UN Congo crisis a web of British influence and mineral wealth. Tanganyika Concessions and Union Miniere control cobalt and uranium, with Rockefeller ties feeding politics as Katanga’s ore powers uranium bombs. President Kennedy ordered U S Globemasters to move UN troops to the Congo amid rival factions and British pressure.
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Drew Pearson
Washington
Conor Cruise O'Brien
Katanga
Sean McKeown
Congo
State Department
Berlin
U.S
Lord Home
Kennedy
Foreign Office
Pearson
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Union Miniere
Tanganyika Concessions, Ltd
Southern Rhodesia
Rockefeller
Benguela
Tanganyika
Union Miniere du Haut
Upper
Light touch can trigger hive like welts say Dr Molner
Dear Dr Mother letters describe a 16 year old with chronic hive like welts from light touch and cold exposure. The doctor explains dermatographia and urticaria as sensitive reactions, lists possible triggers such as foods drugs and emotional factors, and suggests a basic elimination diet and desensitization plus antihistamines for temporary relief.
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Joseph G. Molner
M.D
Weekend TV Guide Highlights Across Stations
A dense schedule lists Perry Mason, Defenders and Gunsmoke among daytime and prime time lineups across stations KOAM TV WDAF and KOTV. It notes cartoons, films, game shows, news, religious programs and a late movie with varied airings on Saturday and Sunday, including sports and variety segments.
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Perry Mason
Tales of Wells Forge
Defenders
Donna Reep
Roaring Twentes
Lawrence Welk
Gunsmoke
News
Cimarron City
Lock Up
Dragonfly Squadron
Rennie Relies on Hunches for Acting Success
HAL BOYLE profiles Michael Rennie, a 26 year old who left sales to act after trusting a hunch. The London film worker rose to star in film stage and TV, arguing maturity and inner standards trump Hollywood pressure and popularity. He says instinct guides em otion and career choices, and urges following first impressions.
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New York
Boyle Michael Rennie
Rennie
Royal Air Force
Hollywood
Speciality Printing New Ft. Scott Firm
Fort Scott welcomes Mid- America Business Forms Inc as a new specialty printing plant. The Eldorado Springs origin chooses Fort Scott for proximity and local support. The plant tests equipment and methods while Witt designs presses for carbon, snap-out forms and future web fed offset work.
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New Ft. Scott Firm
Melvin Anderson
Fort Scott Tribune
Associated Press
Fort Scott
Kas
Mid- America
Business Forms, Inc
Eldorado Springs
Omer F. Witt
Printing presses achieve high speed and flexible rubber plates
The Witt plant operates presses up to 120 000 forms per hour using rubber plates molded from matrices made in the composition room. Independent plants compete nationwide, with quick copy revisions possible via patch work on plates. Applications for state positions are due January 2, 1962 at the State Personnel Division in Topeka or Kansas Employment Service offices.
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Witt
Itentiary
Reformatory
State Personnel Division
Harrison Street
Topeka
Kansas State Employment Service
State Exams For Guards at Various State Institutions
State civil service examinations will be given in January to recruit guards for vacancies at the State Penitentiary and the Industrial Farm for Women at Lansing, the Reception and Diagnostic Center at Topeka, and the Industrial Reformatory at Hutchinson. Starting salary is $267 a month, rising to $294 by July 1, 1962, with later increases to $376. Uniforms are furnished, meals are available at low cost, and a limited number of officers dormitory rooms are at the pen.
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State Penitentiary
Lansing
Topeka
Industrial Reformatory
Hutchinson
Clips & Quips Highlight 1900s Witty Sayings Across Papers
A collection of humorous quips from the era noting two perils for a matron double chin and tongue tied phrasing. Also remarks on wives chasing fashions of push rather than sew and a neighbor known for rough brawls, reported with a splash of local color.
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Russell Davidson
Chanute Business College
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Dorsey Osborn
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Neosho
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Koam.tv
Riley
Chet Huntley
Bull Winkle Shrew
Walt Disney
Ed Sulliven
Jack Benny
Maverick
Continental Classroom
College of the Air
Today
Lantz
Guiding Light
Mid-America
Jan Murray
Loretta Young
Young Dr. Maione
Daddy
Popeye
Dick Tracy
Mr. Magee
Doug Edwards
Cheyenne
Pete & Gladys
Mein Street
Danny Thames
87Th Precinct
Andy Griffith
Hennesey
Ben Casey
Jack Paar
Hal Boyle
Joneses
David L. McCune
Chanute Ins
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Lincoln & Walnut
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