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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1963
Page
2
Readers share teen dating gift issues and manners questions from 13 to 17. A girl’s boyfriend gives a $5 card and parents demand its return. A co worker’s missing teeth prompts tactful dental help. A breakup advice crisis urges direct talk to avoid heartbreak.
Associated Press survey finds school officials nationwide interpreting the Supreme Court ruling as allowing Christmas in public schools. Teachers and students decorate, rehearse, and plan events while debates focus on avoiding sectarianism. Diversity of approach seen in Albuquerque, New York, Colorado, and Illinois with historical exercises, holiday programs, and optional participation.
Welfare workers in the southeast Kansas area met in Erie with about 75 attending. BIS officials from Topeka spoke on training and procedures. The meeting opened with coffee, a Legion dinner, door prizes, and a student chorus performance. John Shireman announced the high school honor roll for the second six weeks. A new baby boy to Harold and Margaret Thompson was reported. Services announced for Sunday at the Baptist church amid slick roads and a blizzard forecast.
Washington lawmakers say the August civil rights march cost taxpayers 805000 dollars. Rep. George Huddleston Jr. called on Comptroller General Joseph Campbell for a cost accounting of the government funded event.
Tuberculosis is up 7 percent in Kansas for the first time in years, while Christmas Seal returns fall. Mrs. Bruce Burris urges continued use of seals and funds to bolster detection, tuberculin testing, and X-ray programs as Dr. James Brown notes 272 cases and 52 deaths last year in the state. Contributions may be sent to Tuberculosis and Health Association Chanute Kan.
Chanute High School senior DON POTTER wins the local Bausch and Lomb science medal chosen by Chanute science teachers. He becomes eligible for the 1964 University of Rochester scholarship and is a Washburn University finalist after November testing. Potter is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Potter of 502 N Highland.
Ronald Fornera, 22, vanished Friday from Manhattan Criminal Court where he was brought as a witness in a burglary case. Police say he slipped away after lingering in the plaintiff’s section, wearing pajamas over blue pants, with no immediate suspicion.
The Humboldt HUMbOLDT AM chapter hosted a Christmas party at Mrs. David S. Woods home. Mrs. Robert Sharp assisted, Santa distributed gifts, and a gift exchange followed. Twenty two members attended the party and twenty attended the dinner with guests from Wichita and Chanute.
The Past Presidents Parley and families met at the Legion Hut Sunday night for the annual Christmas dinner. Turkey and dressing with all the trimmings, including dessert, were served. Tables featured Christmas decorations and a tree held gifts for a social hour gift exchange.
A meeting followed a business session with eight members listed: Mrs Potts, Mrs Rensick, Mrs Cress, Mrs Starkey, Mrs Cress, Mrs Bake, Mrs Palmer and the hostess Mrs Kaufman. The next gathering is set for January 2 at Mrs Clements home.
Local edition of December 14 1963 reports brief items from Chanute Kansas. Community notices, school updates and city happenings provide a snapshot of a Saturday in Chanute. Names and places are drawn from the township and surrounding area.
Two blasts rocked the Allegany ballistic laboratory at Rocket Center near Cumberland, Maryland, damaging an experimental area. One worker was hospitalized in satisfactory condition with neck injuries, and plant officials said damage amount was not yet known.
Morse and Sen. Ernest Gruening condemned press coverage of a $3.6 billion foreign aid authorization. Morse accused the newspapers of concealment and abusing press freedom, calling out the American Pravda label for the media’s treatment of speeches opposing the bill.
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