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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1956
Page
4
The piece notes each counted person saves about six dollars in property tax, distributed as residue sales tax to counties. It urges assessors to improve enumeration to avoid losing state-shared funds. Shawnee County could gain six thousand dollars by counting an extra thousand residents, and Chanute should retry if eleven thousand are not counted.
A London Times column argues the Midwest drought exposes fatalism and maldistribution in America. It notes the 33 billion road program and lack of a water plan, citing interstate river challenges, rising industrial use, and cultural inertia as factors.
A Missouri governor elect has named over 500 honorary colonels, more than doubling the prior record and giving the event a nutty flavor. The column then pivots to sharp vignettes on daily life and public figures including a neighbor with genius, a local shopkeeper, and a tax examiner, ending with quips about technology and grooming.
A playful dream of a Christmas parade features Marilyn Monroe atop a white elephant and Santa on a reindeer, with stars in disguise, camels nearby, Elvis Presley on an elephant guitar, and a float bearing Roosevelt’s fireside mantle. The event airs on TV though local stations will be blacked out to boost in-person turnout.
Dr George W Crane notes that introverted engineers like Helen H aged 58 Purdue graduate attended a funeral in Indiana where a tactful director greeted her and she bluntly replied Why. He argues introverts use tools not talk and praises practical intelligence while extroverts push products and raise living standards. He urges readers to practice conversation and nonverbal praise to build rapport.
Twenty five years ago I E Trussell returned Sunday from a business trip to Beloit. Dear Santa I want for Christmas an electric set and some cars and I want a sheeplined coat. Charles Craves Chauncey 711 S Lincoln.
Washington recounts backstage lobbying before the United States agreed to supply oil to Britain and France. Senator Humphrey pressured officials amid NATO tensions, warning Europe’s defense hinges on honoring old allies while new Arab ties sway policy. Britain’s Suez withdrawal and credit terms also influenced the decision.
Jokes range from a photographer mishap with a coat button on Highway 89 to a speedster mistaking 89 for 90. A boy questions his mother’s hair waves while a clergy child polishes a coin of wisdom. A lawyer stockpiles law books as gifts for judges.
The Veterans Administration said lenders may require that GI home loans negotiated now bear the highest permissible rate when closed. This acknowledges a possible increase in the maximum GI loan rate, now 4.4 percent, amid reduced loan activity due to investment money shortages.
Canadian reporter David Lancashire describes Lu Ku near Peiping where 108 million Chinese families are under socialized farming. The Sino Soviet Friendship Agricultural Cooperative employs 1504 families, pools land and labor, and reports production gains of 600 percent while a family earns about 222 dollars in a good year.
Evening paper published at Chanute Kas enters as second class Matter and carries Associated Press affiliation. Rates listed by mail plan include one month three months and six months for readers in the four county area.
The page lists a detailed 7:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. schedule with programs across channels, including Soldiers of Fortune West Point Story Zane Grey Theatre Walter Winchell Stars of Hollywood Crusader Playhouse of Stars Big Story Cavalcade of Boxing and football basketball rounds, children's shows, news weather sports and variety programs spread over Friday and Saturday with times, network numbers, and program titles.
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