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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1956
Page
4
A Chanute reader urges residents to leash and pen dogs to curb bites and anxiety from loose dogs. She notes many non rabid incidents this summer and calls for owners to comply with city ordinances to protect residents and homes.
A reader protests a Chanute ruling allowing all residents to swim at the municipal pool if they pay admission, arguing for segregated swimming and a separate pool. The editor notes officials uphold constitutional equal rights for public facilities.
Retired farmers, Mr and Mrs Alva McLaren of 202 South Allen, write to praise Chanute for its warm welcome to new residents. They moved here recently, have found friendly neighbors, and appreciate the city’s churches, clubs, and welcoming atmosphere.
VIENNA The Schoenbrunn castle sits on a hill outside Vienna as a memorial to a mother-in-law who helped shape its fate. Marie Antoinette, daughter of Maria Theresa, married Louis XVI of France and later lost her head. Louis moved her to Versailles, prompting Maria Theresa to begin a competing palace at Schoenbrunn. The yellow plastered four story complex with vast forecourt and two blocks of servants’ buildings dominates a half mile of formal gardens and a longer hillside park. Only 45 of its 1500 rooms remain.
A reader touts simple cooling methods for hot nights. Various options include air conditioning, window fans, and natural breezes. The author recalls sleeping on a second floor with south and east windows offering constant flow, yielding a refreshing sleep despite heat.
The passage contrasts Hapsburg grand interiors with bleak realities of royal life at Schoenbrunn. It notes pompous rooms and vast dining for 200, the obligation to entertain 200 guests, and the lack of personal respite for Franz Joseph, ending that a king’s life, based on the remnants, should not be endured by any monarch.
Twenty five years after a new administration took charge at the Chanute Rotary Club meeting last night outgoing president O A Klingner and new president H H McCall spoke. Mayor Loy discussed city finances and C D Nedgrass noted a Havana Rotary visit.
A reflective note recalls steep staircases and a heater’s stove pipe venting heat into a room. The author contrasts it with hotter second floor bedrooms and the relief of a south window that brings the coolest breeze on hot summer nights.
A Mississippi River steamboat in fog delays navigation after a passenger asks the captain the cause. The captain replies the boilers must stay intact before moving upstream while the passenger notes stars overhead. A local tourist observes an Indian signaling with smoke.
A rugged traveler with a fire extinguisher explains a mispronounced word while a comic tale unfolds of a Dutch housemaid named Rena who cracks a joke about wages. The passerby humor highlights café talk and misheard phrases. The vignette ends with a quip about rapid speech and unspoken thoughts.
Washington columnist Drew Pearson surveys global communist turmoil and argues the current ferment creates chances for the United States. He cites shifts in Italy with Nenni breaking from Moscow, unrest in Poland and Czechoslovakia, anti-Stalin sentiment in France and Britain, and domestic confusion among American Communists reflected in the New York Daily Worker.
Dr. George W. Crane counsels seniors to live independently to preserve freedom as Social Security ages rise. He urges daily activity, walking with a pedometer, and cottage settings to delay senescence while noting strain on families to fund rest homes and caregiving.
Evening program grid lists shows and times across network lineup. Notable items include Spotlight Pinay House at 7:30, The Chevy Show 9:00, Today and Captain Kangaroo early, plus soap operas Guiding Light and Search for Tomorrow. News Weather Sports sections appear late night with Tonight and World Turns.
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Tokyo reports a new U S nuclear test in the Bikini area with atmospheric pressure waves and earth shocks similar to past detonations but noticeably weaker. The Japanese weather bureau noted the event occurred about 3 a.m. local time and cited earlier dates May 28 and June 26 with no confirmation from the U S AEC.
In a London House of Commons session, Labour MP Bessie Braddock brandished a brace of air pistols from a paper bag, calling for government action on crime. She and others cheered as she fired shots, prompting Deputy Speaker Morris to rule her out of order.
A leader urges restraint and caution before any steps are taken, then stores the firearms away to prevent impulsive moves.
A 13 year old boy in Springfield Missouri admitted to stabbing his 14 year old foster cousin Carol Drennon to death. He told police he built a crude shrine in a vacant lot with bricks arranged in a grave like pyramid and a decorative tile and wilted flower. He said he visited the shrine before and after the killing.
The Chanute Tribune lists subscription rates for Neosho Alles Wilson and Woodson counties, with mail options for one month, three months, six months, and one year. Rates vary by county and location, indicating pricing tiers for local and surrounding areas.
The boy reportedly told officers the urge to kill had built up for years. His father John Drennon Jr. feared mental illness as the youth, once a brilliant student, began to fail in school. A psychiatric study will guide juvenile court and county prosecutor decisions. the foster father Lawrence Drennon and John Pat's father are brothers and machinery partners.
Experts believe ancient Egyptians employed honey as a principal ingredient in embalming mixtures, a secret once believed lost through the ages.
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