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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1960
Page
4
An editorial notes a Lawrence co op chemical plant, now valued at 17 million dollars with a planned 10 million expansion, creating several hundred tons of chemicals daily while employing 276 people including office staff. It highlights the era of industrial life and the plant as a model of modern engineering.
A brief verse excerpt from Matthew 16 26 invites reflection on worldly gain versus spiritual value. The line questions what profit a man has if he gains the whole world but forfeits his soul.
A reflective column notes the March of Dimes’ 20 year span amid inflation and politics. It contrasts Lyndon Johnson’s Senate maneuvers with national growth, jokes about fashion, flu names, and the costly burden of training workers to fill jobs.
A collage of light jokes and wry quips from multiple papers. Entries poke fun at Mom sauerkraut scenes, egotists, curious relationships, old fashion norms, and playful word puns through brief captions and cartoonish lines.
Lawrence Journal World quotes Northwestern University education professor Paul Witty who argues TV is not to blame for children’s problems but parental behavior. He urges parents to adjust home life instead of condemning television.
Ira K. Moore age 28 of Chanute died when his airplane lost a wing and plunged from 3 000 feet late Tuesday. It marked the first local fatality in 15 years of flying.
Adlai Stevenson declines attending the Democratic dinner in Washington saying he is not a candidate and speaking would imply he is. The article also covers Alaska’s steamship rate hikes and the Maritime Board's decision, with senators Gruening and Bartlett criticizing the process and President Eisenhower’s inflation stance.
Roy L. Smith argues that disillusionment comes when religion promises comfort or escape from hardship but delivers moral challenge and trial. The piece recalls Paul and Silas in Philippi, noting persecution, a jailed night, and a midnight hymn as proof that true faith endures and even sings in prison.
Chanute Tribune published in Chanute Kansas with staff listing department managers and printing details. Subscription rates listed for Neosho Wilson Woodson counties and outside four counties include yearly, six month, three month and monthly options.
A dense listing shows Saturday and Monday TV highlights across stations KOAM KODE KOTV WDAF. It includes Perry Mason Wanted: Dead or Alive Mr Larks It Could Be You Gunfight It Could Be You The Lawrence Welk Show and various daytime and prime time blocks with cartoons news Weather and sports coverage across multiple channels.
The Pomona Tile Co at Strother Field in Arkansas City drives a postwar building boom with 3,640,000 square feet produced in 1959 and 10,000 square feet daily capacity. The Tile Council of America notes 241 million square feet of tile produced last year, as Pomona expands with 17 warehouses and shows rooms and a Kansas factory since 1950.
In Montgomery the State Parks Division issued Confederate gray uniforms to its employees. Conservation Director William C. Younger said the change provides a living remembrance of the gray color tied to historical heritage.
The United States has filed a tax suit in Los Angeles seeking 230424.22 in back taxes for the Andrews sisters Patricia Laverne and Maxene Andrews for the years 1949 through 1953. U S Attorney Laughlin Waters announced the action on Friday.
A community Mardi Gras event is hosted this evening at the High School gymnasium. The program includes parades, music, and festive activities for students and families. Proceeds support school programs.
Havana AP reports U S Ambassador Bonsal flies home to report on Fidel Castro's anti American campaign. Observers say Castro may seek to break Cuban U S ties to gain control of nearly a billion dollars in foreign investments and oust the U S from Guantanamo.
A cold wave across Florida caused citrus and vegetable crop damage in Pensacola and Miami with temperatures down to 31 and 43. The loss is estimated in the multimillions and could rise as observers forecast deeper freezing in northwest Florida and the eastern half of the country.
A Kansas man said he was a stowaway in a car to Pike's Peak summit last summer and hid in the trunk to avoid the toll. He sent a note with 30 cents to cover the fee, but city officials declined to release his name.
SALINA Kan AP a district court jury Friday acquitted James Lee Griggs Jr of fourth degree manslaughter in the shooting of his wife.
John Howard Payne wrote Home Sweet Home as part of the opera Clari or the Maid of Milan. The song gained fame beyond the stage and became a staple in American music history.
A father places a $1 challenge to keep his 11 year old son home during summer. The boy finishes a two sided jigsaw quickly by using a hidden map and a picture of George Washington on the back. The tale closes with a patriotic note on youth shaping the nation.
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