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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1956
Page
4
Views of the News support a proposed state legislature resolution to form a committee to inspect all state offices and boards. The probe would assess efficiency, employment, and purchasing to judge if taxpayers get value, and could suggest reforms such as appointing minor officers, reducing overlap, and creating a unified revenue department.
The piece derides Secretary of Defense Wilson and Secretary of State Dulles for provocative statements. It notes Dulles claimed three brink-of-war moments in a year and suggests such rhetoric harms diplomacy and widens tensions with Red China and the Soviet Union.
A compact collection of light, satirical notes on politics, home life, and current events. The column mixes humorous observations on storage gadgets, common sense, Prohibition history, and national figures with playful, nonpartisan commentary.
The article notes that self-praise printed on behalf of entities worsens an ongoing newsprint shortage. It warns that such statements aggravate a scarce resource affecting newspaper production and distribution.
Twenty five years ago comedian Jules Brazil, a nationally known entertainer, is set to speak at the Kiwanis Club meeting in Chanute on February 11, inviting Rotary members and their wives.
An old Montreal Star reminiscence recalls snowy days of youth with sleds and hitching rides on cars and bobsleds. It warns against hitchhiking on busy streets and notes safer, simpler pastimes, ending with a light joke about a long marriage.
In Washington and Arizona, a secret pact emerges between Sen. Carl Hayden and Sen. Barry Goldwater with token support exchanged to aid respective reelection bids. The piece also notes Ike’s health remarks, Civil Rights tensions, and the violence against NAACP workers during voter registration drives in Mississippi.
In a Worry Clinic column Dr George W Crane argues Americans neglect God and worship hospitals and sleeping pills. He cites pharmacist Roger R and figures on sleeping tablet sales, urging readers to seek medical facts and spiritual balance rather than chemical relief.
The city council of Chanute Kansas adopts Ordinance 1465 creating Sewer District 1956-1 in Neosho County. The district will include Roth's Addition areas, authorize sanitary sewer construction, outline assessment and payment methods, authorize bonds up to five percent interest, and set effective date ten days after publication. The measure was passed January 12 1956 with Mayor Charles W Rice and City Clerk Howard Parsons.
Gladys Waunita Griffin sues Walter William Griffin Jr in district court at Chanute for property settlement divorce and related relief. He must answer by February 27, 1956. failure to respond may lead to judgment. Attorney Charles F. Henshall represents the plaintiff.
The item lists five questions about English usage and pronunciation with concise, corrected responses. Answers address removing of, pronouncing edible, identifying ecstasy as misspelled, defining altruistic, and giving expatiate as a verb meaning to enlarge in discourse.
In Neosho County Kansas the probate court will hear JOEF BALCH petition to admit EMA Huey Hos shaw will to probate and appoint BALCH as executor without bond. Defenses due by February 7 1956 at 10 00 AM in Erie Kansas. BALCH and BRILEY Attorneys for petitioner.
Alexander G. Ruthven, president emeritus of the University of Michigan, argues in the Journal of the Michigan State Medical Society that medical schools should charge no fees. He says brains exist on both sides of the tracks and education should be accessible regardless of parental economic status.
The report compares two cross country travel distances: 13 185 miles via the Straits of Magnesian from New York to San Francisco versus 5 262 miles through the Panama Canal, highlighting a vast difference in routes.
A request is written to Spears Chiropractic Sanitarium and Hospital in Denver Colorado seeking testimonial proof or results for arthritis cancer polio epilepsy rheumatic fever multiple sclerosis cerebral palsy muscular dystrophy strokes heart liver skin stomach kidney and many other ailments.
A dense list of TV time slots and programs across day parts, naming numerous shows such as Caesar's Hour Talent Scouts I Love Lucy Amos and Andy Modern Romance Queen for a Day Pinky Lee Howdy Doody News Weather Sports Martha Raye Show Joplin College Chorus The 64 000 Question Motorama Show and other entries, with inconsistent times and channel references.
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