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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1962
Page
4
Editorial notes a doctor’s frank flu prescription for healthy adults and reports hundreds of students missing classes last week as the illness spreads. Parents now suffer similar aches while worrying about possible complications.
The article recalls how adults with the flu avoided solid foods, felt strength to work, but found taste altered to pasteboard with glue. It notes orange juice tasted odd, no smoking signs were unnecessary, and symptoms seemed mild yet bodyaches and chills dominated. A doctor proclaimed the illness not serious barring complications.
Chanute High School physics students rebut an editorial claiming -4 Fahrenheit equals -36 Centigrade. They state Centigrade uses 0 to 100 for water freezing and boiling, note 0 Celsius, and argue -4 F equals -20 C. They urge informed readers and support Centigrade.
President Kennedy reports the nation is in a state. Bing Crosby had kidney stone removal surgery and questions arise about the stones. A neighboring city considers buying new radio gear for its gendarmerie. A salesman’s persuasiveness is noted regarding new equipment. A local businessman finds a note from his wife reading There is plenty.
An editorial titled Orchids to the Medical Profession prompts satire as a speaker at a club discusses Homemaking and the 1962 Year of Decision. The piece notes Americans’ constant movement and cites railroads losing 485 million dollars and airlines 30 million, recalling a Two Black Crows joke about volume and profit in chicken farming.
Twenty five years ago Police Judge W W Alcott and Patrolman Benjamin Myers poured eight gallons of whiskey and home brew into the sewer after confiscations by the police. The judge called the booze undrinkable. Local action followed from recent enforcement.
A devotional note presents Isaiah 6 8 where the voice of the Lord asks who will go and be sent. The speaker responds Here am I send me signaling willingness to serve.
President Kennedy attends How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying in New York with 10 seats arranged by Sol Hurok. Evelyn Lincoln sits on the balcony as Secret Service scours the venue and a fire department summons follow. Eleanor Dulles exits the State Department amid renewed scrutiny of her role in shaping postwar Germany policy.
Dr. Molner explains that corns and calluses form from persistent pressure and will gradually disappear if the pressure is removed. Suggestions include weight loss, foot mechanics check, proper shoe fit, arch supports, and expert evaluation rather than home remedies.
Education critic Dr. Nason argues European schools keep music as a learning subject rather than a performance focus. He notes group singing fades in American high schools, harming less-talented students who then lose interest, and praises Europe for maintaining singing as an inclusive, modern subject. He urges schools to revive group singing for relaxation and equal enjoyment.
Local channels list prime time offerings from 6:30 p m to 11:15 p m including Perry Mason Tales of Wells Fargo Rawhide Detectors Route 66 Father of the Bride Twilight Zone and Jack Paar News Weather and a movie Coroner s Creek plus wrestling and other late night programs.
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