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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1962
Page
4
Citizens and businesses are urged to clear snow and ice to prevent injuries and lawsuits. Hidden dangers include pipes in parking lots, curb cracks, and vapor from cooling towers near the underpass. The piece also notes labor costs and safety priorities versus liability insurance.
A column muses that a producer receives a new encyclopedia and begins reading halfway through. Survival experts advise a fortified fallout shelter with a mat outside and a shotgun inside. A disputatious friend doubts his views as neighbors agree with him. A wife notes her husband returning to work after a week of grouch.
Twenty five years ago a rain hail sleet snow storm hit Chanute, leaving ground and buildings buried under three inches of packed sleet. Ev a King, grade school supervisor, announced an anonymous donor will fund milk for needy students for at least a week. Neosho County awaits about $60 000 from the government Soil Conservation program. Bids open Jan 27 for the new Senior Trade School. Senator elect Wilfrid Cavaness heads to Topeka after a briefing.
A brief note quotes I Thessalonians 5 2 about the day of the Lord arriving as a thief in the night urging readers to stay vigilant. The line appears as a daily devotional insertion in the paper.
Washington columnist Drew Pearson argues that John McCormack’s likely speakership, with Catholic leaders in three branches, pressures JFK to press the separation pledge. He urges McCormack to publicly commit to Kennedy’s school aid stance and clarifies the president’s ongoing opposition to church schools.
A Las Vegas tailor shop signs joke invites customers to have clothes cleaned while they are there. The collection notes women buying men’s pajamas as unembarrassed, while a man buying a nightgown seems like a risky deal. Another quip mocks a man who won’t assist his girlfriend with breakfast dishes.
The Chanute Tribune announces subscription rates by mail for Neosho Allen Wilson and Woodson counties with yearly and monthly options. Names of staff managers and departments are listed including advertising news circulation and mechanical.
Parents ask how to stop crib rocking and manage four energetic children while Dr. Molner reassures normal behavior. He suggests cribs securely fastened, doors shut, and accepting healthy activity rather than discouraging it. He also advises dermatologist consults for leg lesions and practical care for a funeral home worker’s hand condition.
Dr. Nason argues that tests alone cannot determine scholarship and praises the Education Act of 1958 which funds testing and guidance counseling in secondary schools. He notes group tests mislead on individuals, urges skilled counselors, and cites summer 1960 institutes training about 3,000 future counselors.
President Kennedy and Gen. Lucius Clay affirmed full agreement on how to respond to future Berlin crises after a one hour White House discussion. The White House released a statement noting Clay’s reports on West Berlin’s resolve and outlining the policy to be followed during upcoming months.
TV listings show a Monday through Tuesday grid with programs across KOTV Channel 6 KODE TV Channel 12 WDAF Channel 4 KOAM Channel 7 and others. Entries include Loretta Young Verdicts Youre Our Five Daughters and various daytime shows followed by prime time dramas comedies cartoons and news. Notable titles include The Edge of Night Thirties Thriller Jack Paar Your First Impression The Price is Right Concentration and a late movie The Wheat's On.
A Sabena airliner en route from Tehran to Istanbul with 27 aboard was forced to land just inside the Soviet Union by Soviet jet fighters. The plane carried 19 passengers and eight crew. nationalities were not known, but one passenger was bound for Istanbul, two for Athens, three for Frankfurt, and 13 for Brussels.
Real estate broker William S Read, 80, landed his single engine Cessna safely after coming in too low over power lines. He and passenger Vincenzo Sesti Jr., 34, walked away unscathed as Read vowed to keep flying.
Red stone Arsenal search ends without a cannon to fire a 19 gun salute for Belgian Ambassador Louis Scheyven. An appeal to Ft. Benning, Ga., brings a unit of the 10th Artillery Battalion to assist.
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