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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1956
Page
4
The TB hospital design emphasizes containment with a through wall food pass, glassed nurse stations, sterilization, and sewage treatment to protect staff and patients. A contrasting travelogue notes German postwar tourism surpassing other nations, signaling economic recovery through spending power and hotel demand.
Secretary Benson pressed for a dollar of surplus reduction per dollar spent in the soil bank but election year demands broadened the program to cover land burned flooded or cropped out. A new bill would raise payments to farmers unable to plant or harvest major crops due to weather. Is this a conservation measure or a crop insurance law, and should relief be separate from the soil bank?
Lugano to Garda among the principal Italian lakes noted for blue still waters and scenic shores. The region attracts many American tourists, with bustling steamers and village villas dotting the slopes as weather shifts from sun to rain.
A farm diary notes chiggers thrive after a dry spell despite cautions about wet summers. Observations include potato digging, corn treatment for chinch bugs, and lasting chigger bites. Ponds stay full with government helped irrigation, while a farmer’s son shows anti administration sentiments.
Twenty five years ago C M Morehead the theater veteran who moved to El Dorado five months earlier will come back to town this Sunday to manage the Fox Peoples and Plaza theaters. Local Fourth of July events at Fegeles grove featured baskets a bountiful dinner swimming and a showered ball game. Mrs Claude Willoughby visited from Buffalo and Louise McCary returned from Moline.
A farm district notes grasshoppers growing despite drought while a boy praises them as fish bait. Fireflies have not yet appeared for the season, causing a farm wife to spend time each day digging up bottles of gathered fireflies from the previous night.
The Professor delivered the final lecture of the term. He noted that the examination papers are in the hands of authorities for grading.
Gen Joe Swing, immigration chief and Ike classmate, faces calls from GOP and Dem leaders for a full investigation of alleged improper use of government property. Reports cite hunting trips to Mexico, a drafted Mexican maid, a government plane used for a political tour, a daughter hired in the service, and secret testimony confirming car use on hunting trips. The episode echoes a broader pattern of swift official ousters, as FHA scrutiny in Montana leads to resignation after alleged private wool buying and other improprieties.
The excerpt blends quirky dialogue from a meeting with a printer, a marriage bureau sign, a humorous soup incident, and a lawyer’s will twist. A girl denies a named beneficiary while confessing awareness of a will. A wry reflection notes that sharing secrets imparts a sense of importance.
Dr. Crane’s reader Benny O. and wife narrate how a wife taking the household purse improves finances and reduces stress. The couple shifted to a budget plan with the wife as treasurer, cutting debt and end-of-month shortages while warning men against overreliance on the purse strings.
An advertisement promotes a Budget Booklet with budget car buying advice. Readers are instructed to request the booklet by sending a stamped self addressed envelope and 20 cents to Dr. Crane, Hopkins Syndicate Inc., Mellott Indiana, for a 90 day trial.
Humboldt events recount a Perry Oklahoma visit by Mr. and Mrs. W F Jones as guests of the Crawford Van Nice family with birthday celebrations for Herman Crawford and Neva Crawford. Bridge and missionary society plans, Texas trip notes for Merle Morris and daughters, and hospital moves wrap the local social roundup. Edna Henrichs reaches New York en route home.
In Topeka the State Park Board will inspect Kanopolis reservoir Cedar Bluffs reservoir and Fall River reservoir next Tuesday and Wednesday as part of a proposed park system study. The board signed agreements with Ranson and Co and First Securities Co of Wichita for a financial feasibility survey funded by bonds repaid from park revenue. Ray Dillon Jr of Hutchinson was elected chairman of the Kansas Park Authority.
Miss Henrichs reenters area life after Copenhagen visit and is due in Humboldt Thursday evening. Mrs. H J Wilhoyte returns from Philadelphia, joined by Mrs. H J Wilhoyte Sr. of Gary Indiana. Center Grove Ladies Aide set to meet at Mrs Glen Barnett’s home. E N Hill and wife visited Wichita with grandson David Hill of Meade returning with them. Francis Barnet hosted Jim Hay and children. Robert Barnett visited Sunday. W L Drake discharged from Allen County Hospital. Jerome Stewart returns to St Louis after a Humboldt stay and Kansas City trip.
Lawrence Dr Raymond C Moore professor of geology at the University of Kansas has been named the 1956 Hayden Memorial Geological Award recipient by the Academy of Natural Sciences Philadelphia. He is the 29th honoree and the first Kansan to win since 1888. Moore has taught at KU since 1916 and served as state geologist from 1916 to 1954.
The questions cover English usage spelling pronunciation and word meanings. Answers correct issues with verb tense pronoun agreement spelling among Perspiration perspicuity prerogative and the meaning of aquiline noting a historical quote about great men.
A noisy OCR fragment lists monthly and multi month subscription prices for Neosho Allen Wilson and Woodson Counties and outside counties. The text repeats rate figures and indicates mail delivery options. No further context or dates are provided.
The Gordons publish Campaign Train a fast paced Bantam mystery with June release. The novel follows a governor candidate amid peril as killers loom, featuring a fictional Chanute Tribune editor and spouse among its cast.
A Kansas gas utility plans a 22 million dollar refund in a rate adjustment. A spokesman estimated 125 thousand dollars to process the refunds and issue about 400 thousand checks, with attorney Jerry Dugan and KCC chairman Harry Snider Jr. discussing the matter.
Detailed list of programs and air times across channels KOAM TV and others. Includes Today Captain Kangaroo Morning in Joplin Garry Moore Welcome Neighbors Arthur Godfrey Strike It Rich and late night lineup with News Weather Markets and Movie Matinee.
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