Strawn dam plans gain support amid extreme weather
The editorial argues for $50,000 in new planning funds for the Strawn dam on the Neosho River. It notes prior 1951 flood-driven push, 1956 drought fears, and backing from Rep Myron George and Sen Andy Schoeppel. The project aims to curb flood and drought impacts and secure water supply.
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Strawn Dam
Neosho River
Strawn
Myron George
Andy Schoeppel
Neosho
Britain Faces Disillusion as Eden Falls Under Ditherer Label
A dated critique notes Anthony Eden’s ascent to Prime Minister ends in anticlimax. It laments the end of an era of heroic leaders led by Roosevelt Stalin Gandhi Hitler Churchill and others, predicting a shift to lesser figures and a generation with no strong successors.
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Great Britain
Anthony Eden
Labor Party
England
Roosevelt
Stalin
Gandhi
Hitler
Churchill
Mussolini
Lenin
Eisenhower
de Gaulle
Nehru
Attaturk
Adenauer
Drive Care Fully and News from 1948 Headlines
A collection of witty and pointed quips about safety slogans politics and daily life. The commentary riffs on Truman recognizing Israel the absence of a boiling wife and a sunflowers crop study plus a Nebraska paper cutting headlines to save words and an umbrella sale.
Double‑talk and a church encounter in punchy clips
A humorous exchange has a man who crossed the ocean twice without bathing teased as a dirty double-crosser. A Humboldt preacher faces an interrupter, a woman who confesses her mirror‑check unsettled him as he entered the church.
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Humboldt
Morning reflections and romance in a local rumination
A fragmentary item notes a Returned Missionary describing a jungle scene as seen at a golf course. It mentions a calm Humboldt preacher and a light romantic exchange where a proposal occurs in an automobile and is accepted in a hospital setting.
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Teil
Humboldt
Augusta Gazette
Stolen car thief nabbed in Coffeyville three hours later
report notes Willard Bonesburg of Chillicothe Mo was arrested with the stolen automobile after Sheriff Lloyd Sands and the owner pursued the suspect to Coffeyville. The day also records a Chanute Sea Scout training ship opening, visits by local residents, a birthday party for Mrs Gaughan, and older news on a parsonage move and a business sale in Chanute.
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A. H. Johnson
South Grant
Coffeyville
Lloyd Sands
Willard Bonesburg
Chillicothe
Chanute
SeKan
H. H. McCall
Wilfrid Cavaness
Independence
William A. Halsey
Patsy Markle
Humboldt
O. P. Dunakin
Adrian Smith
Erie
Barston
Sarah Gaughan
Publicity Debunked in a Kissing Cold Risk Tale
A satirical column questions publicity laziness and tests a tale about catching a cold from kissing. It jokes about fever blisters and Miss Monroe, noting only a rough ten percent risk and noting the absurdity of marketing claims for remedies and rapid cures.
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Miss Monroe
Rayburn assails bipartisan run around in Democratic caucus
In a closed Democratic caucus Rayburn denounces the Reagan era like bipartisanship as a one party show. He accuses Republicans of ousting Democrats from boards and appointing Democrats who are Republicans at heart. He cites Mead and Lee as fired for representing the people.
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Pearson
Jim Mead
New York
Federal Trade Commission
Josh Lee
Oklahoma
Civil Aeronautics Board
Sam” Wrothier
Nixon
Treasion
The Worry Clinic Final Crime From a Long Series of Incidents
Judge Marion W. Gooding of Jacksonville urges parents to set clear moral standards after a string of juvenile cases. He warns that social hypocrisy and permissive behavior, like debutante parties vs bars, fuel delinquency and urges community action. Dr. Crane promotes psychologist voices warning against moral ambiguity.
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George W. Crane
Marion W. Gooding
Jacksonville
Florida
Gooding
Sigmund Freud
Jesus
Average American Man Is Getting Bigger
The International Association of Clothing Designers reports that over 25 years the average American man has grown in clothing size. Designers note that 25 years ago the typical man wore a Size 38 suit and today the size has increased, reflecting broader trends in body measurements.
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Cincinnati
International Assny of
Average Man Height Shifts Over 25 Years
The report notes a rise in average male height from about 5 feet 8 inches to a range around 5 feet 10 inches. It cites measurements taken over a 25 year period and indicates a general trend toward taller stature.
Better English questions about grammar and spelling
A set of five English language questions asking about phrasing of proof, pronunciation of Carnegie, misspelled option among four words, meaning of novi tiate, and a word meaning extreme in effect. The first item begins with a partial sentence: Say I have proof that this.
Pronunciation and usage notes in Chanute Tribune
The Chanute Tribune page notes include guidance on pronouncing kahr may gee with stress on the second syllable, plus definitions for novitiate and drastic. It also mentions the Panama Canal orientation, clarifying it runs north south rather than east west as commonly believed.
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Panama Canal
Television Log Highlights with Daytime and Evening lineup
A dense TV log lists programs across stations with times from morning through midnight. Shows include Bob Hope Mayor of the Town and various classic daytime and night offerings with channel and time stamps throughout an active broadcasting schedule.
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Bob Hope
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