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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1955
Page
2
Community briefs detail city band rehearsal for Friday in Memorial Building and other events. Visitors include Gleen Rundle of Clay Center and members from Wichita Buffalo and Minneapolis while naval graduates and parole cases appear alongside hospital and travel notes.
In Washington the foreign aid bill faced a House showdown as budget cutters and boosters clash. The measure, trimmed by 627.9 million below Eisenhower requests, would fund current military and economic aid to non Communist nations and add 8.717 billion from prior unexpended balances. Debate centered on whether further cuts are warranted, with Rep. John Taber opposing deep reductions and Rep. Passman predicting minimal changes before Senate consideration.
Russian church leaders announced at a news conference they would invite Billy Graham to Moscow as a guest of the Evangelical Christian Baptist Council of the Soviet Union. Rev J L Zhidkov spoke for a group hoping he can come to preach the Gospel during his European tour. Metropolitan Pitirim of Minsk had signaled interest in inviting him.
Civil Defense Administrator Val Peterson warned in a House committee testimony that some American cities could be permanently unusable after a nuclear attack New Orleans was cited as a prime example due to its low elevation and waterlogged soil Peterson said a crater could flood the city creating a lake eliminating entry.
High Prairie Pioneers 4-H club met in the church fellowship room for a safety tour and selling safety tape for cars. Members reported trips to Round up and leadership camp Coffeyville. Programs included group singing, talks on Lawn Improvement and Fire Prevention, a piano solo, and project book updates.
Nervous excited cadets registered at Lowry Air Force Base for the dedication of the third service Academy. The first cadet to sign in was Valmore Bourque from South Hadley Falls Massachusetts followed by Lee Roy Dorey of Henrico Virginia and Zachary Anderson Coles Jr. of Nashville Tennessee all aged 18. Air Secretary Harold Talbott and General Nathan Twining were scheduled as principal speakers at the temporary site dedication.
Wheat cutting nears the final stage in extreme western and northwestern Kansas. Haskell, Hamilton, Greely and
Rawlins counties report 65 percent of their grain in while Kearny and Sherman reach 70 percent complete and Cheyenne County is nearly half through. R B Gilkison head of the labor control office of the Kansas Employment Service says the 30th and final wheat harvest bulletin of the year will be issued tomorrow.
Tax workers walked off the job today in Tokyo demanding summer bonuses and higher pay while handling tax notices. Sit-down protests halted overtime as taxpayers welcomed the disruption.
Salt Lake City New York editor Howard Rushmore complains publicity around a secret trip has forced sources to clam up. The Confidential editor, a 6-5 200-pounder, appeared in Butte under an assumed name while searching for a top Communist leader, saying the coverage felt like a gold fish bowl.
He fled from Chicago seeking another man and said reports of his disappearance were a big mistake after missing a Friday appointment with a Chicago detective. He denied the claim that his disappearance was a publicity stunt.
The Kansas Junior Chamber of Commerce urged Jaycee International to explore a goodwill tour of Russia in conjunction with and preceding the Jaycee International Edinburgh. The July board meeting approved the resolution to welcome foreigners behind the Iron Curtain and consider Khrushchev's offer.
The junior chamber adopts a $14,750 budget for the next fiscal year. State Rep. John Crutcher of Hutchinson offered the resolution, approved unanimously, with officers from all boards in attendance.
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