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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1957
Page
4
Views of the News notes a Kansas forecast that college enrollment will rise 100 percent by 1970 based on birth rates. The Kansas board of regents confirms the projection, urging funds for buildings except dormitories and stressing the need for enough qualified teachers to educate the growing student body.
The author describes a spectacular Perahera in Kandy Sri Lanka honoring the Tooth relic. A dusk parade along the lakefront features flaming cocoanut husk baskets, bullwhip volleys, three elephants at a time, colorfully robed trainers, and a final giant elephant Raja bearing a gold casket.
A wry Arkansas City Traveler line suggests improvement comes by urging people to place their tongues on freezing pump handles. The quirky quip notes frostbite risk but uses humor to critique civic effort.
Twenty five years ago two men robbed A K McLaren at the Fair mont cream station 314 East Main taking 68 dollars. Sacks of toys prepared for over 600 children for the Memorial building Christmas tree program Saturday. December rainfall records for Chanute were broken with 1 3/4 inches in 24 hours. Sarah Haller traveled to Admire for Christmas, with Hazel K Brown and son Marlin to Cottonwood Falls. Milo Johnson went to Topeka for a few days with friends. Mary Markham hosted a Christmas party at 1021 South Grant for Kress store women employees. Fifty years ago William Kavanaugh Co and Norwalk Iron and Steel Co consolidate creating Western Drilling Tool and Supply Co in Chanute. The mercury fell to 22 degrees. Dressed chickens, 10 cents a pound, at Wilson and Barnes.
The narrator presents Tiny Tim praising a peaceful Christmas week and urges gentler conduct. He laments ongoing feuds in families offices schools and churches and predicts no lasting change, ending with a hopeful but doubtful Merry Christmas.
Reporters at Cape Canaveral face barred access as Maj. Gen. Donald Yates orders fences to block bird watching during missile tests. The plan targets reporter favorite overlooks while crews scrub about 20 to 25 tests monthly amid range issues and a costly picket-ship medical incident.
Dr. Crane recounts a Chicago four fathers train tale where a father offers his son one full day of his time each month. The story argues that companionship beats toys and money, urging fathers to play, teach basic skills, and give praise to strengthen bonds before teens.
Roy Ormer, a 60 year old hermit of Pelican Key in Everglades City Florida, hosts over 6 000 visitors yearly to his three acre island retreat eight miles offshore. He rents out shacks to sportsmen and enjoys gifts from fishermen, while famous guests like Mickey Rooney and James A Doolittle stop by.
The page lists dense prime time and daytime broadcast schedules with dozens of shows across channels 7 and 12. Entries include Restless Gun Burns and Allen Tales of Wells Fargo Twenty One Danny Thomas Zorro December Bride and many more across morning afternoon and night blocks.
A Chanute Tribune feature recalls life on an island with a narrator who describes hard work and contentment. He notes a skull by the path and quips that it marks the demise of the last income tax collector who visited the place.
Republic of China reports most escapees to Hong Kong are elderly or physically handicapped. Officials say those considered useless as laborers seek asylum and safety away from mainland repression.
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