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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1960
Page
4
A letter notes Chanute will switch to seven digit numbers effective April next year for business and later residential numbers. Local dialing becomes automatic and long distance direct dialing may feel like a slot machine but offers progress. The piece laments loss of personal telephone operators and wishes them good luck post change.
A column argues that public apathy toward quizfix and payola investigations reveals deep ethical decay. It notes two dominant electrical equipment firms pleaded guilty to anti trust price fixing while the public shows no protest, implying national nuclear defenses outpace morals.
A compact clipping notes Psalm 11 7 praising the righteous and a Parsons Sun quip about a smithy failing to find forty other repairs with a Holyrood Gazette line about a gentleman and buxom young things bending forward only because he cannot hear.
A collection of wry observations about American life in the holiday season. The piece jokes about millinery sales, aging, compact cars, seven digit phone numbers, colored telephones, defense reorganization, blue passports, income taxes, Santa with a gun, and banks with tiny elevators for deposits.
The clipping quotes wit on family squabbles sparked by car ignition and ponders what future parents will tell their children about today’s shortages. It recalls the charm of the oldtime blacksmith shop as a memory of the era.
The Tribune reports 25 years ago Roy Larson hosted an oyster supper honoring Mrs. Roy Anderson on her birthday and wedding anniversary. Attendees included Gus Nelson Ray Winders and families, plus the Andersons. A surprise 88th birthday dinner honored Mrs. S L Reece with Chicago guest W F Reece among attendees. Fifty years ago C C McGee was due from Mexico Missouri to visit Hollensheads, and Monarch Cement Company shot a dwell on the Diamond lease in Humboldt’s northeast field.
AP analyst compares John Foster Dulles and new secretary Dean Rusk noting Dulles' aggressive overseas travel and solo leadership with Rusk's team oriented, less traveled initial approach. The piece cites Eisenhower's choices and early 1953 actions predicting differing management styles.
The log lists multiple KOAM KODE KOTV channels with a dense schedule of cartoons talk shows and dramas for Thursday and Friday. A separate report notes plans after Kennedy appointed Dean Rusk as secretary of state with Rusk emphasizing presidential leadership in foreign policy.
Washington column notes discord between Graham Barden and Adam Clayton Powell as Powell seeks to redecorate the committee room while Barden vows no changes. The piece also surveys jockeying for Foreign Relations Committee seats as Kennedy and Green depart, with contenders including Claiborne Pell Ed Muskie George Smathers and others.
The Chanute Tribune lists publication staff and contact details for Chanute Kansas, including publisher Dwight McCreight and department managers. It outlines subscription rates by mail for local and Kansas outside four counties, with monthly and yearly prices and tax breaks.
Lila Latham and Don Harper both in wheelchairs plan a Christmas Eve wedding. Polio struck them as teens. they met in 1955 at Texas Warm Springs Foundation Center. Engaged by Christmas 1957, Harper finished at North Texas State College and Lila at Del Mar College, ready to start life together.
Humboldt residents packed the Lincoln school Tuesday for the annual Christmas program staged by the lower grades with teachers’ help. The event featured recitations, playlets, action songs, and a tree dedication followed by a social hour hosted by the Mothers’ club and Dorcas Society.
In his Your Good Health column Dr Molner explains jaundice as skin and eye yellowing signaling an underlying cause such as hepatitis gall stones bile duct obstruction or liver cirrhosis. He urges immediate medical check if yellowing appears and notes diet depends on the cause with hepatitis cases needing a liquid vitamin rich diet.
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