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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1957
Page
3
The column outlines five drastic cost-cutting proposals for the state. It suggests shooting every fifth school student, cutting welfare grants by a quarter, restoring mental hospitals to squalid conditions, letting other states claim federal highway funds, and diverting local tax money, totaling about 68 million dollars. It urges readers to specify which cuts to enact.
The New Leaf in Effingham Kansas closes after 73 years as its population shrinks to 500 and circulation to 400. The rise of mobility and advertising decline doomed rural weeklies, with Kansas losing socially and economically as many country papers fold.
Letter from Chas C Herrin, 1901 S Ashby, urges ground level mailboxes and clear sidewalks to improve delivery. He complains travel streets and icy conditions hinder postmen, noting Chanute lags behind RFD service as residents walk two to three blocks for mail.
Defense Secretary Wilson sent pecans to cabinet members as a holiday remembrance. The piece notes joy at home during holidays, relief from grandma’s spoiling, and comments on mid-30s record exchanges and tone sensitive phonographs amid forest fires and smog. It ends with remarks on crew cuts and free government doctoring.
A light column by E Lawson May reflects on how quickly time passes from early 1957 to holidays and seasonal changes. The writer muses on New Year progress, family plans, travel, shopping, weather, and mundane comforts, noting how fast events unfold and how priorities shift.
Dr George W Crane explains how adults retain childhood spatial ideas and fears. Gladys T a Miami resident recalls a schoolroom that seemed larger in youth and learns subconscious stride altered distance perception. He urges retraining emotions and offers a booklet through Hopkins Syndicate Inc.
The text notes banks in England encourage overdrafts as a financial advantage, while aging individuals joke about themselves as wolves and the lack of bite from worn false teeth.
A year’s state highway construction cost about 325000 with John F Grady stating progress. Fredonia John Gilmore bought the Wilson County Citizen estate for 22775. County road surfacing aims to cover all miles by year end leaving 15 miles unsurfaced. Optimism for 1932 business revival shared by local officials and citizens. New Year crime report notes a theft from Virgil Mix Kimball with a stolen 1926 Ford used for getaway. Peoples Theater New Year frolic drew large crowds. Fifty years ago a monster gas well near city on Young Bros and A N Allen lease produced 17 million cubic feet daily. Loy Wilson drilled another well. Mr and Mrs Watson Stewart moving to Erie to take register of deeds office. Mrs Rideau and children return from Yates Center.
Washington columnist Drew Pearson surveys Jerusalem and the Near East, arguing Eisenhower's no aggression declaration might reduce conflict if it embraces Arab Jewish coexistence, UN mediation, and cross border cooperation seen in daily life from Hadassah Hospital to Arab-Jewish cooperation on farms and public life.
Global briefs report 2100 Communist rebels in Malaya under 17 leaders facing death capture or surrender at 40 a month. A Japanese fishing ship escapes to Japan after guards drank. a Soviet funeral announced for Avramy Zavenyagin. crowds greet Emperor Hirohito in Tokyo. Eisenhowers aid surveyors in Paris. Eden may cancel visit to the Soviet Union. UN informs Britain about a kidnapped officer in Port Said.
A collection of humorous vignettes features a sailor revealing a fiancée named Maude and a joke about an elderly car sold as “fused.” A judge presides over a noisy neighbor dispute while a Florida correspondent notes business gains. A prankish man asks for food at an inn and a flirtatious teen eyeing Miss Shapely sparks party plans.
Albuquerque detectives say a skeleton found last week is unlikely to be L. L. Brown of Hutchinson who vanished in 1954. Chief Herrera notes dental records and body measurements do not match Brown and the remains, wearing three shirts and two socks, suggest a transient. The cause of death remains undetermined.
Fragmented broadcast times and program entries listed with multiple start times and show titles such as Melody Matinee Life With Elizabeth As the World Turns Our Miss Brooks Christophers and Accent. The text appears as a partial TV guide snippet with inconsistent punctuation.
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