Progress on US 169 North of Morehead Opens
Views of the News lauds a new US 169 highway section south of Morehead as proof of Kansas accelerated road program. It eliminates the dead mans corner two sharp turns, shortens mileage, and provides a smooth direct route linking Earlton to Coffeyville. The piece argues continued gasoline tax support is warranted given the improvements and future high standards.
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Morehead
Earlton
Coffeyville
Kansas
Millions and subway strike mirror simple Midwest calm
The piece contrasts New York’s immobilized millions during a subway strike with a Midwest town’s orderly handling of snow and holiday traffic. It argues urban crowds feel pressure while smaller communities cope with weather and routine life without panic.
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Chanute
Main
Lincoln
New York
Seventh Avenue
42Nd Street
Midwest
Singapore A Globe Trot Through A Racial Mosaic
The harbor hosts 50 to 100 ships linking every port as Singapore, a city of over a million, thrives as a maritime crossroads. British in character with a cosmopolitan populace, it features diverse districts from Chinese subcities to Arab mosques and Hindu temples, Arabic streets, and English churches, reflecting a vibrant but segregated urban mosaic.
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Singapore
Tiger Balm Man
Hindoo
Singapore Neighborhoods Show Diverse Postwar Life
Beyond the main brewery a Chinese town emerges with extensive public housing for low income workers built by local government since the war. Streets host blacksmiths spice sellers tombstone carvers and woodworkers while visitors notice a strikingly different atmosphere that still feels familiar to Western eyes.
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Singapore
City to annex three tracts inside Chanute
Chanute's city government filed an application to bring three land tracts within the city limits. The parcels include the block south of the high school athletic field a 60 foot wide strip south of City Park and an area along the west side of the M K T tracks from Chestnut to Sycamore Street.
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Chanute
City Park
Chestnut Street
Sycamore
Lincoln Pta
Robert Shirley
M. B. Shirley
A. Knapp
Milo Knapp
Clark Dickinson
K. C. McCollum
Basil Kiplinger
Charles Wampler
William Gardner
Roy Gibson
Eugene Martin
Earl Jones
Thomas Gardner
Eugene Buchannan
E. H. Tanquary
Roscoe Kimerling
Kay Drug Store
Charles B. Gardner
Merle Kelso
Thayer
Kansas City
Gene Keas
Kansas State College
Manhattan
Keas
Fewer Superstitions On Friday the 13th
E Lawson May notes a decline in Friday the 13th superstitions reflecting modern habits and science. He recalls past fears such as ladders, white horses, salt spills, crossing moons, cracks, and cross eyed persons, now mostly absent due to changing living standards and safer routines.
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E. Lawson
Dr Cranes Worry Clinic Gift Ideas For Elders
Dr George W Crane suggests practical gifts for elderly relatives including foot hassocks for better circulation and heart rest, hearing aids, glasses, and new dentures. He notes foot stools aid leg blood flow, reducing heart stress and stroke risk, and urges timely gifts to improve older relatives enjoyment of life. Send for his booklet via Hopkins Syndicate Inc. in Mellett Indiana.
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Dr. Crane
Jesus
Crane
Hopkins Syndicate Inc
Mellett
Ind
Home Life Then and Now Described in Brief Vignette
A compact reminiscence contrasts domestic routines. It notes shifting chores from frequent car tire changes to modern laundry tools and streamlined housework, highlighting women using washing machines instead of scrubbing clothes by hand and the move away from rudimentary tubs and improvisations.
Clips and Quips in Augusta Gazette Style
A humorous fragment from a local column features a girl bargaining for basic soap ammonia and lye while a mother counsels cautious romance. The scene shifts to a burlesque quip and farmer humor about a dogwood tree and bark.
Humorous Glimpses of Domestic Woes and Early Gadgets
A quirky collection of anecdotes and household gadgets highlight financial frictions and new appliances. A reluctant storekeeper explains Ed’s overdue account while a joke about a gar bage disposer and a musical oven teases wartime era conveniences.
Secret Reports on Red Missiles in Pentagon Hands
Senators revealed RM-1760 dated June 21 1956 showing Russia's launch vehicle capable of a one ton satellite and a moon rocket with 20 motors. Eisenhower administration cut defense funding delaying missiles until Sputnik prompted a U turn. Also noted unseasonably cold Atlantic coast and a century worst Florida freeze with sub freezing temps.
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Pentagon
Washington
Robert Dechert
Defense Department
Russia
Eisenhower
Sherman Adams
Treasury
George Humphrey
Ike
Atlantic Coast
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Freeze Hits South Again
The Associated Press reports temperatures again stung citrus groves and vegetables in the traditionally mild South with relief seen soon. Light snow spread east from Minnesota into the Great Lakes area and persisted in parts of the North Atlantic states toward Pennsylvania. Elsewhere, the weather remained dry.
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Associated Press
Minnesota
Great Lakes
North Atlantic
Pennsylvania
Destructive Cold Wave Claims 34 Lives Across Regions
Early week, a cold wave from the northern plains swept through the Midwest into the South and East. The severe weather has killed at least 34 people in various incidents and disrupted daily life nationwide.
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Plains
Midwest
Better English 1 What is wrong with this sentence
The sentence uses weather instead of weather and repeats the word weather. the correct form is This is the same kind of weather we had last week. The pronunciation of compilation is kahm-puh-LAY-shun with the third syllable stressed. The misspelled word is tailless. Transient means fleeting brief momentary.
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Thin Man
Sunday News
Weather
NTA
David Niven
The Chanute Tribune Page Four Notice
The Chanute Tribune from Chanute Kansas dated December 13 1957 provides publishing details editors and staff and subscription rate information for Neosho Allen Wilson and Woolison counties with mailing options and durations listed. The text notes association with the Associated Press and Audit Bureau of Circulations.
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Neosho
Allen Wilson
Woolison
Television Log Highlights From Pridas Evening Guide
A dense TV log lists multiple programs with times across 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. including dramatic, variety, and children's shows. Notable titles appear such as Gene Grey, Captain Kangaroo, Gunsmoke, The Lone Ranger, and Captain Gallant.
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Four States
Richit
Captain Gallant
Jimmy Dean
Country Journal
Tee Hawk
Lions
All Blur
Molly
Count of Monte Cristo
Gospel of Christ
Wild Bill Hickok
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Papa Bird
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Drew Pearson
Pearson
Freeze
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Bob Allen Agency
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E. Main
Chanute Tribune
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Daily Timesery
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