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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1956
Page
4
Views argue Kansas hospitals improved patient outcomes by prioritizing skilled personnel over grand buildings. The Budget Division recommends cutting Topeka State Hospital aides by 16 percent, despite rising patient load, risking a return to the old asylum model and eroding gains in humane care.
A reader urges targeting Christmas gifts to Parsons State Training School where 450 children and youths live. He notes they have essentials and need amusements, suggesting monetary gifts be used for meaningful, suitable items rather than routine exchanges. He shares a personal exchange story to illustrate matching needs.
A playful December column mocks 1957 models snow burying, Santa Claus gear, and DEW line air objects. It notes Seabees at the South Pole with sled dogs, All American football teams, and a Jerusalem Mount Sinai dispute, ending with a satirical remark on freedom and a New York man who never owned
An automobile owner spent a day in jail because nine traffic tickets were traced to him but later found not to belong. The incident highlights potential misidentification and administrative error in traffic enforcement.
Twenty five years ago the Baker Manufacturing Co makers of house dresses reported a nearly 350 percent sales increase in 1931 over 1929, per E F Baker manager in a Kiwanis club talk. Other items note PTA talks on character building and a junior class play selected with cast named.
A column reviews evolving telephone tech from color sets and youth oriented phones to speakerphones and trailers at central offices. It notes Washington’s high phone density, post office mail delivery futures, and early transistor uses for meters and disease diagnosis, ending with a quip about wrong numbers and a joke about a baby.
Dr. George W Crane examines hot rod drivers tracing their urge to tinker and race. He identifies two motives: scientific curiosity in youths like Eagle Scouts and an emotional drive from insecurity and desire for attention, with broader social patterns including middle aged husbands seeking excitement.
Washington columnist Drew Pearson reports that Congressman Powell of Harlem now faces a grand jury probe into income tax issues. The piece traces Powell’s shift to back Eisenhower, his absentee campaigning, and connections to aides involved in earlier indictments and later GOP roles.
Arraignment is scheduled for two murder charges in the deaths of Max Addison aged 25 of Gillette and Robert Cook aged 27 of El Dorado Kansas. The killings occurred in a rifle volley on November 25.
Northwest winds drove cold air from the Northern Plains into the snow covered Midwest. The storm lashed Montana Wyoming and the Dakotas with 70 mph gusts and blizzard conditions. Temperatures plunged over 40 degrees with near zero readings in parts of Montana and widespread snow and freezing rain reported from the Great Lakes to New England. Snow depths reached 8 inches in Turin and 5 inches in Boonville.
A gag-filled column presents a string of quips from several papers. Lines touch on a despondent man, a no smoking sign, corsets, motherhood, politics, Egypt, marriage as punishment, medicine versus sickness, a rabbits superintendent at a fair, a political job, a cucumber pineapple salad, football college care, car drives to practice, a zipper purse joke.
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Colorado spokesman James Smith Jr. warns against further diversions from the western slope. Phillip P. Smith of Glenwood Springs says the Colorado Big Thompson and Fryingpan Arkansas plans are trades that threaten western Colorado, with opponents pledging to fight any more diversions. Allen Cole and Frank Merriel join in envisioning future western Colorado growth if such projects proceed.
Tulsa Oklahoma Louisiana and Texas helped daily average production of crude oil rise last week with higher output across Gulf Coast fields. Officials noted increased drilling and smoother operations contributing to the gain.
The notice lists AP content rights and mail subscription prices for Neosho Alles Wilson and Woodson Counties. Rates include monthly, quarterly, six months, and yearly options, with some figures shown as $2.00 and 5 eccossess 8.7 percent.
Condensate increased by 168 800 barrels to 7 272 450 for the week ending December 8. Oklahoma rose 54 900 to 601 500, Louisiana 53 750 to 897 400, and Texas 51 800 to 3 057 900 driving most gains. North Dakota fell 4 650 to 32 550. 1956 production estimated at 2 447 576 950 barrels, up from 2 320 210 990 a year earlier. Kansas up 8 200 to 335 700, Arkansas 1 075 to 79 325.
A brief listing shows upcoming programs with times and titles including Big Surprise Circle Theatre at 7:08 p.m., Broken Arrow at 7:08 p.m., The $64,000 Question at 9:12 p.m., and Badge 714 at 9:20 p.m. on Wednesday December 12 with additional slots 6:15 p.m., 6:30 p.m., 7:30 p.m., and 10:30 p.m.
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