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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1957
Page
4
Views of the News contrasts purges in Soviet leadership with U S memory of presidents and leaders. It notes Molotov Malenkov face a purge while urging Moscow to send leaders to Siberia to reduce global worries.
The piece discusses a new Civil Defense gadget that plugs into a wall outlet to provide automatic alarms in every home. It notes existing tornado warning systems with multiple alerts and questions the reliability of home alarms during power outages, citing Hurricane Audrey and Cajun stubbornness as cautionary examples.
A collection of quips on writers wages, media rights, politics, and social issues. Observations about Emerson, Khrushchev, hot dog month, coffee, and a welfare program small kindnesses and age earnings are noted with humor and critique. The piece blends cultural commentary with sharp one liners.
Twenty five years ago the Community Betterment Association outlined efforts to help needy families by urging home canning of vegetables for next winter. A two month campaign includes a demonstration canning factory to be set up in City Park with preliminary arrangements made. Miss Frances Coulter hosted a gathering last night.
Picnic at Riverside Park Iola hosts club members and guests including Ann and Kathryn Redelberger Lola Mae Low ey Mrs Carl Behmer and Mrs Charles Gardner. Dance pavilion engagement secured by Rounsavell Club Royale orchestra members Eugene Shepard Robert Mee Junior Maclary. Two travelers fly to Wichita for pilot exam amid ongoing local flying lessons. Fifty years ago teachers institute enrollment grows with 110 and expected to reach 140 plus long list of Chanute attendees from surrounding towns.
E. Lawson May notes Miss Grape is named for the Grape Fair in Cuatro Cienegas Coahuila Mexico this month illustrating the wide reach of queen contests. The piece reflects on how short a queen’s reign is and compares queening to professional sports careers and TV work.
Dr. Cranes analysis links atheism to emotional backlash against controlling fathers. Alex J a 31 year old college instructor is described as arguing religion in class stemming from a rigid upbringing. The piece suggests atheism and communism arise from parental domination and inner grudges.
Washington reports a secret clash over a high dam at Hells Canyon as Congress debates a bill already passing the Senate. Powell of Harlem, key Public Works ally, faced White House pressure and probing tactics from Oregon’s Edith Green to vote, while protests and political maneuvering swirled around the civil rights stakes and travel favors.
A series of humorous vignettes and jokes feature family scenes and wordplay. Gags involve eggs freshness, canoe talk, Columbus names, a hospital visit, a worm imitator, and a drum mishap highlighting domestic wit and playful misunderstandings.
Grace Anna Goodhue Coolidge, widow of former President Calvin Coolidge, died at 73 in Northampton Massachusetts. The death follows heart disease and kidney complications after a restrained public life. Born January 3 1879 in Burlington Vermont she taught deaf and dumb children before marriage and supported her husband’s thrift and popularity during the 1920s.
Newleywed GI Williams Girard gains four hours of Supreme Court attention in a bid to avoid trial by a Japanese civil court for fatally wounding a Japanese woman. Government lawyers urge surrender to ease international friction. Girard’s side says they are sacrificing him to appease agitators and seeks immediate release from Army custody. The Ottawa Illinois specialist, married last week in Camp Whittington near Tokyo, says the shooting at a firing range was an accident and denies enticement or tossing cartridges toward the woman.
Chairman Cannon of the House Appropriations Committee said Congress may still slash five billion dollars from the presidential budget as talks continue. The statement signals potential reductions amid ongoing negotiations over federal spending plans.
In remarks attributed to a Senate plan, critics say the public should demand deep reductions as the Senate appears to loosen earlier resistance to bigger appropriation levels. President Eisenhower had sought 73.3 billion in new funds, and Cannon notes signs the Senate may yield.
Captain J Knight Reeder aged 83, grandson of Kansas first governor Andrew H Reeder, died yesterday at his daughter's home. His father Howard J Reeder served on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.
The board supervising Stanley Park in Vancouver refused a gift of an elephant, deeming it too cumbersome and troublesome for the park’s management and facilities.
The listing outlines a Monday TV schedule with time blocks from 7:00 PM to 11:30 AM including shows like Twenty One, Those Whiting Girls, Arthur Murray Party, Burns and Allen, Ted Mack, Science Viction, Dr. Hudson, Frontier, Wells Fargo, plus various late night and noon slots.
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