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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1955
Page
4
The Tribune notes limited newsprint supplies with other papers borrowing from neighbors as Canadian mills run at capacity. Despite gloom, editors promise continued service to current subscribers and advertisers, while new subscriptions and ads may hinge on factors beyond control.
President Eisenhower addressed the newly merged AFL-CIO calling for a common American philosophy. He stressed that mass production requires good wages and progressive practices, and warned of future troubles while emphasizing a shared goal of peace and mutual prosperity between workers and employers.
A social column surveys jokes and jabs on public figures and university policies. It notes a Yale parking piece, jokes about wedding cows, a lifelike doll saying money, and quips about Adlai Stevenson in Bermuda. The writer mocks budget ideas and Tin Pan Alley prospects.
The piece undergoes a shift from traditional arrangement toward a brisk be bop tempo, preserving core melody while adapting rhythm for modern jazz performance. This musical adaptation signals a stylistic revision aimed at fresh interpretive energy.
Twenty five years ago the Business and Professional Womens Club staged a farce President by Proxy with Merze Wolf directing and cast including Mrs. Carl Roberts Mae Filson Kathryn Redelberger and others. Also local marriage licenses lists and farm market prices plus a fifty year old boiler explosion fatality and a boy's finger splinter incident provide a snapshot of daily life.
A humorous column notes a size 42 tuxedo for sale while exploring tuxedo trends. It observes dwindling Midwest demand for formal wear among graduates, with college use causing garments to shrink after years in closets. It mentions lighter modern styles, colored cummerbunds, and riskier shirt fashions.
The Emporia Gazette ponders plural forms with a witty query on mice and spouses. The Atchison Globe highlights fall foliage colors and new sweaters. Kingman Leader-Courier notes a girl with an improvised complexion who styled as she went along.
A Senate Internal Security Committee inquiry in New York questioned 22 New York Times staffers on communism and newsroom practices. The probe focused on original Newspaper Guild members and headlines, with Eastland and Catledge from Mississippi noted amid the questioning.
Dr. George W. Crane writes about St. Vincent's Hospital in Jacksonville linking a daily religious index to patient admissions. Clergy can locate Presbyterian patients quickly, enabling timely pastoral visits and easing patient anxiety with faith aligned care. He praises hospital innovation and notes clinical benefits of clergy partnership.
Altoona news covers Allie Harbert and Mrs. William Hansen attending a meeting in Yates Center hosted by the Woodson County Teachers Association. Neodesha tied weddings post Thanksgiving, Charles Whitson and Florence Weaver wed at Nazarene church. Residents travel to Wichita and Roanoke VA for family visits. A bazaar and sale benefit the Christian church missionary society.
The Chanute Tribune reports Carl Purkapile visiting Fredonia with his daughter and returning to Mecca California. John Purkapile and his brother Arthur and families join the visit. Mrs Lovella Murphy returns home after a trip. A note mentions new milling rice processes that preserve more food value.
The page lists Ernest W. Johnson as editor and publisher James Fehrenbach as advertising manager and notes publication evenings except Sunday. It states second class mailing with Chanute Kansas post office designation and AP membership, plus subscription rates by mail for Wilson and Woodson counties with various term lengths and outside counties.
A dense TV log lists daily programs and times from morning to midnight. Entries include Today in 4 States, Arthur Godfrey, Guiding Light, Love of Life, Kitchen Klub, Bob's Beat, Modern Romances, Howdy Doody, News Weather Sports, and late night dramas and cartoons with channel references for WDAF, KOTV, KOAM, and KSWM.
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