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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1965
Page
4
The editorial argues that Kansas country weeklies wane as rural communities shrink and readers broaden their interests. It notes 265 papers remain with under 1,500 average circulation, four fewer than four years ago, and that past vitality faded as villages vanished. It compares past relevance to current focus on Vietnam and broader news.
A columnist rails at inflated sports and news language, mocking terms like edge and rout and warning that jargon spreads across papers from sports to weddings. He predicts journalism schools may require courses on avoiding blunt terms for common objects and events.
Twenty five years ago tribune notes Santa’s visit to Neosho police, gifting knickknacks and brand new uniforms replacing blue. Also reports on a national mattress aid plan for rural families, surplus cotton aiding the program, two Christmas babies in Chanute, and Elks baskets for the needy.
A devotional excerpt cites I Corinthians 11 14 warning that long hair is shameful and Galatians 6 7 warns that a man reaps what he sows. The verses are presented as moral guidance for readers.
A Milwaukee auto supply dealer who shared a classroom with Leonid Brezhnev during the Bolshevik era recounts letters he sent to his former classmate urging an end to anti Semitism in the Soviet Union. Kruglak notes Brezhnev’s early aloofness and hunger era hardships before later joining the Communist Party.
In the column Dr. Molner explains frozen shoulders stem from surrounding tissues and not the joint itself. Treatments include gentle movement, heat, physical manipulation under anesthesia, and sometimes surgery, with a focus on accepting some pain as movement returns.
Reports from the El Dorado Times note successful field tests of a new alcoholic mud acid in oil field operations. An overheard quip from the Emporia Gavette adds a joke about a woman’s lucky pants, reflecting on the era's humor.
Tonight on CBS the Andy Griffith Show features a cross ing guard mix up as a British rider steps in. NBC presents Andy Williams with Polly Bergen Woody Allen and the singing Sandler and Young for an hour of comedy and song.
A bleak Kamenskoye classroom where poverty and anti semitism shaped two alumni. Kruglak, now writing Brezhnev from Moscow, recalls their harsh teachers and the era of 1918 19, while noting ongoing Jewish persecution and anti semitism in the USSR.
Television listings for KVOO WDAF KCMO WIBW Chanute show daily programs from morning to late night including news, weather, talk shows, dramas, game shows, children’s programs, westerns, and movies. Prominent names include Lucy, Doctor Kildare, Andy Griffith, Perry Mason, and The Fugitive.
Mrs. Gerald Ka ute hosted the Wide a Wake Club Christmas luncheon and gift exchange with eleven members one guest and seven children. Sunflower Club held a Christmas meeting at Mrs Jim Herod home with a turkey dinner. Mr and Mrs Jim Machin and Lou Ann hosted recent guests including Mr and Mrs Kelly Marsh of Galena and Mr and Mrs Jerry Machin. Mrs Lizzie Fugate and Mrs Lulu Doub are patients at Mercy Hospital in Fort Scott. Mr and Mrs Fred King of Wichita visited family in Walnut. Terry Elpers is hospitalized in Girard after a car accident. recovery reported satisfactory. Don Lowé and Patricia Forst spoke on What Christmas Means to Me at Walnut Wonder Workers 4H Club, with Bob Taylor named a new community leader alongside Mrs Josephine Shively. Kathleen O Bryan spoke on Care of the Teeth. gifts wrapped by Patricia Forst and Margaret Modica. Steve Lowe sang. group carols sung. Mrs J L Moore stayed with her sister and husband in Fort Scott. visited rest homes in Iola and Chanute. Bernard Westhoff, after Navy basic training in San Diego, returned to base for Sea duty en route to the Philippine Islands. visited Ersal Sowers in Kansas City. Funeral held for Mrs Ann Stephens of Alton, Ill., at St Patrick Catholic Church with burial in St Patrick Cemetery. former Walnut resident.
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