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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1957
Page
4
Viewers see a failed Cape Canaveral attraction as a reminder that preflight hype avoids blame. The piece argues for honest assessment over fear and argues against emulating Soviet-style concealment, noting the need for realistic planning despite costly public disappointment.
An author historian argues power is evenly balanced between East and West, deterring any war. He asserts annihilation is not worth the cost and the traditional spoils of victory vanish if war occurs. The piece frames deterrence as a moral and strategic reality.
The author outlines Bangkok and central Thailand as the rice bowl of Southeast Asia. He describes flooded paddies, water buffalo, canals, and stilt huts, with bustling city life and a mix of temples, shops, and diverse ethnic groups. The piece blends travel impressions with social detail and a dated note on climate.
Twenty five years ago volunteers placed kettles for Christmas dinner donations on streets led by Capt Earl Hodgman as money funds perishable foods. A city jail housed a mixed group of three women and five men after a busy night, including a young married couple and two sisters traveling without funds for food and housing. Farmers near Rollin exchanged cattle after a mix up at a sale 62 miles southeast of Chanute, where buyers mixed up animals leading to misassigned cows. Erie county voters spent heavily on sheriff and school superintendent races, with $260.80 and $256.25 reported respectively. Mrs L F Bogue returned from a visit to Argentine. Royal Neighbors installed new officers led by Oracle Lizzie Kimbrough and others. Walter Smith Drug Co reorganized as Legitimate Drug Store with Lee Holt as manager and surrender of its liquor sales permit.
A cocktail party chronicle by E. Lawson May records social chatter on relationships Washington officials wearing vests and a house purchase debate. The narrator notes overheard gossip about a single woman in love with married men and reflections on polish life and ambitions.
Dr Crane urges boosting a child's morale after polio and disability through positive stories and role models. He cites Billy Z a seven year old with a limp and compares him to wheelchair bound peers to foster resilience and ambition. He advises parents to share inspiring examples like Roosevelt Edison and Stevenson and to use tales such as Cinderella Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer and Little Sandy Sleighfoot to lift spirits.
Senator Clinton Anderson questions defense officials on missile duplication at a White House briefing. He cites Navaho costs, parallels between Little John and Honest John, Sergeant and Corporal, and long range missiles Titan Atlas Snark Pluto Rover while urging centralized missile control.
Lawrence public meeting heard Col. L E Laurion outline plans to authorize eight more flood control reservoirs in the Kansas River basin at a total cost of 146 million. Laurion to explain status in Junction City Thursday. Eighteen reservoirs already authorized. eleven underway or completed.
A mass of cold air moved south from Canada into the northern Plains triggering cold weather warnings and forecasts of near freezing to below freezing temperatures. Snow flurries touched northern border states with light accumulations while the far Southwest and Gulf Coast stayed clear. Gusts of 40 to 50 mph churned dust in North Dakota as northern areas saw 1 to 3 inches of snow and a sharp temperature drop from 69 degrees in Billings to well below freezing.
The term staked plains in the western United States derives from the flat terrain where early wagon trains needed stakes driven into the ground to guide routes and alignment.
General Lew Wallace wrote much of Ben Hur while territorial governor of New Mexico. The new US Armed Forces life jacket for Mae West inflates automatically if the wearer is unconscious in the water.
A scrambled schedule lists shows and times including Phil Silvers Life With Elizabeth Meet McGraw Whale The Truth and California programs. The column includes irregular entries and numbers beside titles, with several errors in timing and formatting.
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