Editorial: Cat and mouse game over Perry Smith death
The piece denounces the Kansas penitentiary strategy in Perry Smith hunger tactics and the delay of clemency decisions. It compares Smith to other condemned men and argues the court should halt proceedings to answer a prisoner’s life or death question. It notes May 13 as the hanging date and questions gubernatorial timing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas State Penitentiary
Perry Smith
Smith
Supreme Court
Docking
Advertising as a tool in political campaigns
The piece argues campaigns rely on big selling jobs and newspaper ads to reach voters. It notes one candidate often frames the platform and that newspapers, via Audit Bureau of Circulations, provide lasting reach and measurable impact. Advertising services offer strong copy and pictures to attract readers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Humility Exalted in Luke Verse
A daily Bible verse from Luke 14 11 emphasizes that those who exalt themselves will be humbled while those who humble themselves will be exalted, inviting reflection on personal conduct and spiritual perspective.
Belated Fathers Day notes and playful musings
A local woman, worn out by celebrations, leaves at dawn for a three day outing with friends and misses her husband's breakfast. Anecdotes mention Antony Armstrong-Jones earning a notable distinction, a honeymoon theft in effigy, and reflections on gender and risk. The column riffs on television at motels, wedding gifts under seven dollars, and old sign prices.
Clips and Quips and Oddities Mixed in Headlines
A humorous montage of remarks including Wall Street quips about bankruptcy and bonds, a Wellington News note on a Russian space ship dummy, a Wichita Eagle verse praying for less empty campaign talk, and a minister’s pond incident prompting church-switch jokes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milt
Wellington News
Chanute Veterans of Foreign Wars Fourth of July Celebration
Tribune Files recalls Chanute’s Fourth of July with 8000 to 10000 in attendance for an elaborate VFW celebration featuring a parade contests and prize to Bobby Swiler for a new car purchase. Betsy Ross the baby monkey christening and numerous injuries from firecrackers marked the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Chanute
Bobby Swiler
F. C. Swiler
N. Steuben
Monkey
Monkey Hospital
Betsy Ross
Mary Ann Wangler
Otto Wangler
S. Evergreen
Curtis Ard
George Olford
F. H. Bates
W. L. Lee
Art Trabue
George Palen
Seth B. Gray
Shirdon Sweaney
Nora Barnhill
Anna Bell Geer
Frank Rush
Carl Jackson
Kennedy No Johnson Evades Question on Vice Presidency
Sen. John F. Kennedy says he will not accept the vice presidency under any conditions during the Democratic convention race. Lyndon B. Johnson declines direct rejection, saying he would consider a role if offered but remains focused on the presidential nomination. Johnson notes Kennedy has more delegates, while Johnson hopes to win the top spot despite past convention results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Marlow
Associated Press
Washington
John F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Kennedy
Massachusetts
Johnson
Texas
Los Angeles
Senate
Money Talks Big in U S Politics Across Parties
Column argues money shapes U S political power with Kennedy wealth outweighing Rockefeller and Ford fortunes. It details Joseph P Kennedy's rise, his earnings from theatres and pools, and his influence on sons John and Robert, plus connections to Pat Brown and Hollywood figures.
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Drew Pearson
Washington
Senator Kennedy
Minnesota
Hubert Humphrey
Joe Kennedy
Securities and Exchange Commission
Joe
Wall Street
London
Hitler
John
Bobby
Harry Truman
Pat Brown
California
Jack
West Virginia
Peter Lawford
M-G-M
Joe Vogel
Chanute Tribune Local News Summary
Chanute Tribune details publication info and circulation policies for the Chanute Kansas edition. It lists staff roles, postal classifications, and Associated Press rights alongside subscription rate notes and publication schedule.
Draft Rockefeller News Conference Set in San Francisco
A California group planning to back New York Governor Rockefeller for the Republican nomination announced a 2 p.m. news conference in San Francisco followed by a 3 p.m. televised briefing. Attorney William M. Brinton said the event will outline the draft Rockefeller movement to oppose Vice President Nixon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
California
New York
William M. Brinton
Richard M. Nixon
Television Schedule Highlights Wednesday and Thursday
A dense listing of daytime and prime time programs across channels for Wednesday and Thursday. It lists show titles like Wagon Train Reckoning Price is Right Men Into Space and Evening lineup including US Marshall Trackdown Weather News The Detectives and The Tonight shows guiding light days. The schedule also features soap operas cartoons game shows and news blocks with times and channel blocks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
US. Marshall
Weather News
the Detectives
Johny Saccato
Jack Paar
Guiding Light
Burns and Allen
Lantz
Four States
CBS News
I Malone
Captain Kengeroo
Ozle Waters
Rockefeller son starts tours in at least nineteen states
Son A. Rockefeller embarks on a broad campaign tour beginning this week, slated to span at least 19 states as part of a national outreach effort.
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Son A. Rockefeller
Eisenhower poised to cut Cuban sugar quota
Washington reports President Eisenhower prepared to slash the Cuban sugar import quota citing Cuba’s reduced dependability as a supplier since Fidel Castro took power. Congress had enabled action with a new sugar bill, and a 700000 ton cut could end most Cuban shipments this year as the Agriculture Department halted exports.
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Washington
Eisenhower
U.S
Cuba
Administration
Fidel Castro
Congress
United States
Agriculture Department
Castro
Havana
Moscow
Doan’s Pills Offer Fast Relief for Aches and Pain
An old advertisement promotes Doan’s Pills claiming rapid relief from backache headache and muscular pain. It also mentions soothing bladder irritation and mild diuretic effect to aid kidney function and improve sleep. A new large size is advertised as a money saver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean
Doan
Cuba Subsidy Loss Linked to Reduced Export Quota
The subsidy to Cuba amounts to about 150 million dollars annually. Cutting Cuba's quota by 700 000 tons could cause Cuban growers to lose 35 million dollars in U.S. subsidies, with greater losses if they cannot find alternative markets.
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Cuba
U.S
Former Wife Killed With Butcher Knife
In Memphis Tennessee an unemployed cook killed his former wife Ella Porter 26 with a butcher knife while she lay in a St Joseph hospital bed. Porter was seized by two orderlies after stabbing her in the chest left arm and shoulders as another patient fled the semi private room. Police said the Porters had a history crowding exposure to mental health concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Sheriff Sale in Chanute for Alliance lots in partition
In Neosho County Kansas the sheriff will auction at the Memorial Building Chanute on July 30 1960 at 10 00 A M the real property Lots 17 and 18 Block 4 Alliance now in Chanute with appurtenant wall rights and half interest in the west wall plus drainage rights through the basement of Lots 19 and 20 Block 4 Alliance Chanute No redemption and bids must be at least two thirds of appraised value per partition commissioners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chanute Tribune
District Court
Neosho County
Kansas
Chanute
C. H. Smith
Effie
Memorial Building
Chahute
Alliance
Arthur
J. H. Portmann
Cochise Oil Company
Nevada
A. W. Pautler
C. A. Tarantola
Fred Ball
Laverne Girvin Ball
Earl W. Hamman
Jewel Hamman
Jim A. Harshman
Office of the Register of Deeds
Nora
Sullivan
State OF Kansas
Mildred Johnson
Nora B. Sullivan
Erie
Balch & Bailey
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Wall Street Journal
Wichita Eagle
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George Benson
Evelyn Lucille
Ray Dean
Petrolia
Roscoe E. Kimmerling
Pleasant Valley Baptist Church
Earlton
Central Park
Fred Shaw
First Presbyterian Church
Frank E. Ryerson
First Methodist Church
E. A. Ham
First Christian Church
Lloyd E. Griffeth
First Baptist Church
Donovan W. Smith
First United Brethren Church
D. K. Wickard
B. H. Grigsby
J. C. Hays
Milo T. Jones
W. E. Cutler
William Burghart
Charles Hawks
John Bower
J. L. Terril
Phil Dunning
Charles Hays
William Foose
C. M. Blackburn
J. H. Holloway
E. L. Johnson
Richard Ashcroft
Rollin
John G. Hemphill
County Teachers’ Institute
Sen
Lyndon Johnson
Pearson
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Henry Fords
Pews
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Whitneys
Fortune Magazine
Joseph Patrick Kennedy
America
Old Joe
Boston
John F. (‘Honey’) Fitzgerald
Fords
Colonial
Auto-sight-seeing Co
Harvard
Joseph P. Kennedy
St. Highland
Chanute, Kas
Chanute Publishing Company
Dwight McCreight
James E. Sheridan
Dwight Wallingford
Fay Clopine
T. O. Ward
Dorsey Osborn
Kas
Member
Wilson and Wood
Rockefeller
the Chanute Tribune
Koam.tv
KOTV
Kode-Tv
Wdaf.tv
Ranger Ee
Roy Rogers
Fun Club
Three Stooges
NBC — News
Doug Edwards
CBS Reports
Playhouse of Stars
Real Or
People’s Choice
Sea Hunt
Zane Grey Theatre
Markham
The
Wrangler
Adventure Theatre
Groucho
Jonny Aeons
Pat Boone
Wah
W. Main
Lie
Philco
Pioneer
E. Meise
Porter
Gerald D. Sloan
BUICK
Buick ‘60
Mitchell Motor CO
Oak
Chanute, Kan
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