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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1962
Page
6
Editorial argues that land blessed with natural rainfall and distant from big cities deserves national recognition. It notes limited tillable acreage, the risk to irrigation gains, and contrasts eastern highways’s scenery with western rainfall patterns impacting future farm production.
A Kansas observer notes California rapid population growth driven by irrigation and development. He warns newcomers may not farm, threatening existing farmers, reversing western land use, and risking food overproduction turning to underproduction with a short notice. The piece contrasts rainfall, land value, and the impact on Kansas agriculture as migration reshapes production.
Three new police stations are planned in Washington over the next two years signaling rising business activity. The national average haircut price rose to 1.56 dollars last year from 1.16 dollars eight years earlier and 90 cents in 1948.
The piece mocks Huntley and Brinkley adding separate programs as risk of overexposure grows, likening TV expansion to the self help era, while noting other chaotic images from Congo conflicts to American postal dog policies and Pope John XXIII.
Tribune Files recalls Twenty-Five Years Ago when Mrs. W. S. Leighty learned her daughter Mrs. Martin Johnson and husband Martin were aboard a missing Salt Lake City to Los Angeles airliner on a lecture tour. Chanute could host Hanford Airlines Kansas City Tulsa run after Martin Johnson field runway upgrades. Seven men were elected to Grace Episcopal vestry.
The verse urges reverence for the Lord and wholehearted service, recalling how greatly he has acted for his people. It emphasizes truthfulness in devotion and gratitude for divine deeds.
President Kennedy appointed John A McCone to head the CIA amid questions about his past profits from wartime shipbuilding. Congressional hearings showed government funds and materials financed the California yard, with McCone and Kaiser earning profits and salaries reimbursed by the government. McCone claimed government facilities were transferred and obligations relieved by the Maritime Commission.
A compilation of witty lines about map makers bringing nations closer, Thanksgiving stability without date changes or cranberry condemnation, and a note on hold up threats conveying gendered tensions. The Coffeyville Journal and Parsons Sun items reflect humorous and social commentary from local papers.
Sacramento AP report notes California holds more than a third of US swimming pools. The pool total rose from 25,000 in 1956 to 111,390 as of the report.
Dr Leslie J Nason argues for introducing algebra languages and sciences in elementary grades to accelerate learning. He traces educational shifts from 19th century standards to modern readiness, noting benefits of early immersion and the impact on future college prep and science literacy.
Dr. Molner answers reader questions on breast lump malignancy in young women noting rarity, cyclical cystic changes, and safe biopsy to confirm. The column also warns against an uncle niece marriage and discusses rectal itching, hemorrhoids, fissures, and treatment options with a request for his booklet on hemorrhoids.
The deadline for calendar year taxpayers paying the last installment on estimated Federal income tax returns for 1961 is Monday. Gus F Koehler Director of Internal Revenue Wichita District urged taxpayers. If income in the last quarter will differ from the estimate file an amended declaration by January 15. Mark it amended and file with the same district director. A blank amended declaration is printed on the back of the notice of payment due mailed to taxpayers.
A dense OCR listing shows prime time lineups across KOTV KODE-TV WDAF TV KOAM TV and other channels. It lists shows by time including Donne Reed Roaring Twenties Gunsmoke The Golden Showcase and many favorites along with weekend blocks like Wrestling Wrestling and various children's programs.
An IRS official explains that taxpayers first liable for estimated tax in 1961 must file Form 1040ES by January 15. Those required to pay installments or amend declarations in the last quarter may file a full 1961 return on Form 1040 and pay by January 31, 1962. Farmers have different deadlines and residents can request Publication No 111 from the Wichita district office.
A set of language questions and proposed answers. They cover grammar, pronunciation, spelling, and word origins. Items include identifying errors in a sentence about a disturbance, the correct pronunciation of ceramics, selecting misspelled words, defining wariness, and finding a word beginning eng meaning to produce or bring into being.
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