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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1955
Page
3
The piece notes Herbert Hoover's near retirement from public life after 41 years of service and contrasts his 1955 image with 1945. It argues he could still influence history by writing a reflective book on how he would have acted in the White House, had he known then what he knows now.
The Emporia Gazette argues continuing education can make schooling more enjoyable and practical beyond traditional curricula. It cites Emporia State College summer theater, a regional literature workshop with J Franke Dobie, and expanding extension programs as evidence that higher education yields broader community benefits and better returns on investment.
The first volume of Harry S. Truman's memoirs will be published in October with the second due next February. The pair costs $10, advance orders save $1.50 and can be autographed.
A brief item notes an unnamed man rising from a seat and experiencing a wardrobe malfunction that caused his pants to fall, prompting a quick recovery without injury or further detail.
A report notes Emmet Park personnel Kenneth Ripple Roland Showalter Earl Winterrowd LeRoy Durham and Jack Hamilton are expected back today or tomorrow from Camp Wood Hi Y camp after spending ten days away. Also listed are a care trip by Mrs Minnie Eye to Lavonburg for her mother Mrs J Bright who broke her left shoulder yesterday morning.
A column muses on how conversations drift to stories both bawdy and tame. It notes people collect notes of stories, the trouble of losing climaxes, and jokes about using a wife to supply the ending. The piece ends with a quip about seed packets and storage.
A collection of humorous exchanges and puns ranging from a boastful doctor’s brag to a Naples eruption anecdote with Tarkington, quick classroom quips about chiefs and mischiefs, polite diner banter, and country humor about marriage and courting. The items reflect playful dialogue and rural American humor.
Washington reports a White House meeting among Admiral Strauss and Attorney General Brownell as Kefauver urged scrutiny of Dixon Yates. The uproar centers on First Boston and Wenzell's attendance at AEC talks and possible criminal code violations, with TVA stepping in to drop Dixon Yates power for Memphis.
In a column from Dr George W Crane the reader learns a three step method to extend breath holds. First inhale deeply and hold, then after a five minute rest perform 12 rapid deep breaths before a final large inhale and hold. Overload oxygen then use stomach air to boost lung air via belching flutter breaths to reach two to three minutes.
The text advises performing before getting out of bed to reach your best record as pulse and blood pressure are low and the body is sluggish. It includes an instruction to always write to Dr. Crane in the morning.
Chanute Tribune details publication and staff roles. Dateline and mailing authority listed, including editor publisher and advertising manager. Rates section partially garbled but references subscriptions within Wilson Woodson counties and outside counties through Hopkins Syndicate Inc.
Billy Leroy Northern, 17, of Kingman, was killed at the Ralph Suiter farm elevator in Macksville when he reportedly fell into a wheat chute while moving grain between bins. Suiter said the youth became smothered in the chute.
A scanned TV schedule outlines tonight and tomorrow’s line up with many shows listed by time and title. Entries include daytime games and talk segments, classic theater, children’s programs, and variety segments such as Howdy Doody, Pinky Lee, and News Caravan.
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