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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1960
Page
4
The piece warns readers there is only one week left to finish gift lists and urges early planning. It notes last minute buyers may face low stock and limited choices, with some resorting to gift cards or cash, while early shoppers have already completed purchases and wrapping.
Mrs Catherine Shultz urges readers to thank business firms for calendars that aid daily organization during Christmas and New Year. The note appears alongside a brief aside from Hays News indicating a ball was a bust.
A London doctor cautions against smoking for men over 40 and suggests flirting as a healthier alternative while a rival sues for damages after an imprudent remark. The piece surveys jokes about planes for dwarfs, Kennedy’s frontier talk, unemployment aids, candy bar sizes, and a Santa suit worn by a VP. It contrasts holiday campus behavior with a Yale Yale joke and notes Mobutu’s Congo struggle amid UN attention.
The column compiles quips from Florence Bulletin Norton Telegram and Manhattan Mercury. It notes a line about a girl hoping for a carat and a remark on traffic versus funeral processions alongside a comment about garbage cans and a report from the Artists and Models Ball in New York with a score or descriptor 41-19-37.
Today a Bible verse urges believers to be swift to hear and slow to speak and anger. It highlights patience and restraint as a moral guide for daily conduct.
Washington discusses how the choice of Kennedy's secretary of state could shape Berlin policy and potential U.S. posture toward Khrushchev. Dean Acheson favors a tough line, while Dean Rusk offers a middle path with WWII and Korean War experience guiding his stance.
A radio TV star laments tape playback of songs he loves and urges that true value lies in the heart not the voice. The writer notes many sing for fun in showers and cars, warns about distractions while driving, and ends with a call to keep one’s heart full of warm tunes and sincere spirit.
Elliott H. Bobo 19 of Oakland asked Alameda Superior Court for permission to change his name to James Richard Elliott saying he is tired of his surname and the jokes about it. He challenged anyone to try the new name.
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