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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1956
Page
4
A collection of brief tributes highlighting local figures C C DeBolt H H McCall Forrest Junod family Ruth Eltzholz Katrie Boogert as contemporary jewels of the community. Each profile praises character, service, health, or cultural ties, projecting appreciation for personal contributions and hopeful futures.
A column lampoons wartime and postwar quirks with biting wit. It notes desegregation progress, crowded trains, long Washington expansion, a Santa Claus nod, price gaps in poultry, French bicycle use, and a Texas towel joke, highlighting public habits and laws.
A compact January 1957 ELManack recalls notable dates and figures across American history. Entries mention battles, explorations, and events from Washington’s 1777 era to the 1927 coast-to-coast opera broadcast, plus notes on Benjamin Franklin in Paris and Jefferson’s library, with concise trivia tied to each calendar date.
Twenty five years ago the Chanute Betterment Committee urged a 20 foot concrete central slab on Main Street with brick surfacing on both sides. Plans cover from Central east line to Steuben west line while local labor would be used. City politics begin campaign season with a new candidate for commissioner of streets and public utilities, C W Smith, and rumors of multiple candidates for the March 8 primary. The Rev H A Bolle was elected president of the Chanute Ministerial Alliance. One thousand metal discs were received for State Highway Commission experiments to mark a center line on oiled highways for night driving. Fifty years ago the Chanute Royal Arch Masons installed officers and T J McClure was ill. Mr and Mrs W B Young returned from their wedding trip.
National to global forecast spans politics economy and science. It cites Virginia Warren Earl Warren's daughter as a TV figure, Nixon aide Chotiner influence peddling probes, Kefauver big business monopoly inquiry, Bricker amendment, and conflicts over missiles. Also notes potential cabinet resignations and Eisenhower's peace aims amid Cold War tensions.
Dr. Crane offers time saving tricks for busy professionals and clergymen. He urges making a nightly list of tomorrow’s tasks, using phone calls instead of walking, and writing briefs to reduce wasted time. He also advises organizing surroundings and providing a writing setup for spouses to keep tasks concise.
A buyer complains the advertised busy locality failed to deliver, saying too much foot traffic spoiled the business. The exchange with the selling agent reveals the mismatch between representation and outcome, ending with a frustrated recall of the deal.
The provided text appears to be masthead and subscription pricing details for the Chanute Tribune rather than a news item. It lists editors, publishers, and circulation information for Neosho Allen Wilson Woodson counties, plus postage and licensing notes.
A Greyhound bus rear-ended a semi-trailer loaded with soybeans 43 miles east of Rock Springs Wyoming on U S Highway 30. Two front-seat passengers died Gail Demos 10 Cheyenne and a Seattle woman identified as Mrs Adolphine Tonar about 45. Twenty eight others injured including Irene Emperira do about 40 Los Angeles in critical condition. The truck driver John Collins of Columbus Nebraska escaped injury.
Defense Department releases names of nine airmen killed in Friday crash of an Air Force weather reconnaissance plane near Yokota Air Base Japan. Among the dead is Capt. Dewey A. Keithley formerly of Pratt Kansas son of Opal M. Keithley of San Diego California and husband to a wife living in Japan.
Robert L. Oleson, a 37 year old turnkey at the Detroit House of Correction, picked up two hitch hikers who complained of a missing bus. A car cut in and one man taunted the driver. Oleson stopped and the pair fled. police caught James Anglin, 28, serving 5 to 15 years for assault.
A Chanute Tribune item notes an intent to rob and references Donald R. Gray born 1932 sentenced for breaking and entering in 1949. It also mentions trusties who had walked away from a house of correction dormitory.
Ft. Riley—An American soldier born in Hungary donated $1,000 to the Hungarian refugee relief fund. Sgt. Steve Bero, 50, who has lived in the United States 38 years, said he was grateful and hopeful his gift would aid relatives and victims in Hungary. His contribution raised Ft. Riley’s total for Hungarian relief to $1,393.
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