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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1955
Page
4
Views of the News argue for safer streets over parking. Periscopes at Elm and Highland could help drivers see around corners, while removing a parking space or planting shrubs also improves sight lines. City officials are urged to prioritize safety to prevent accidents and costly repairs.
The article notes Russia ends long standing travel restrictions allowing Americans to visit and view more of life under communism. It argues mutual travel could ease international tensions and urges reciprocal openness, warning of risks if U S excludes Russians while Moscow invites visitors.
Brief item notes two infants saved from a hospital blaze by being dropped to waiting arms from a second story window. The anecdotes blend with humorous asides and reflections on world affairs and social quirks of the era.
A man complains of cold in the boarding house where she stays. He says daytime warmth is lacking and at night he wakes with teeth chattering on the dressing table. Professor plans to dissect Mr Frog to see what makes him croak.
A zoology professor recalls lunch fragments as a frog specimen sits nearby. A man at a restaurant cannot cut a bent steak and requests a replacement, while the waiter notes the impossible cut.
Twenty five years ago five acres of wheat yielding 49 bushels per acre and testing 59 were harvested on Bert Blackburn farm northeast of Chanute this week. Police tracked a German police dog found in a chicken pen at 223 North Western, killing several chicks before escape. Mrs. R A Burkett of Erie owns a 97 year old school reader and family-era chest and stand. Nine Presbyterian youths plan a week at Camp Hollister Missouri with chaperones J L Taylor and Dr Fred Shaw. return early next week.
The U S Public Health Service awarded $6 000 to two University of Kansas professors to study chiggers focusing on life stages ecological relations and how soil climate and environment affect their numbers The report notes adult chiggers are not biting but eggs lay the next generation and dangerous welts result from the immature bites The piece ends with a light call for more powder to deter chiggers as researchers pursue the ecological angle.
A Russian farm delegation arrives in New York July 16 and tours Des Moines and other states, meeting farmers and visiting colleges and experiment stations. The trip aims to build long term friendship with the United States with flexible itineraries and no guards.
Dr. Crane urges patients with dentures to wear them constantly to let gums adjust and avoid fitting problems. He notes people often blame dentists when they do not wear new teeth steadily and compares this to bifocal glasses. Readers are invited to request Dr. Crane’s chart by mailing stamps and a self addressed envelope.
President Eisenhower ordered cancellation of the 107 million dollar Dixon Yates private power contract after Memphis Mayor Frank Tobey pressed for a city built plant. Attorney General Brownell announced immediate termination while Sen Kefauver warned hearings would continue. Ground had been broken for the West Memphis project to replace TVA supply as demand grows.
Chanute Tribune details consolidation with The Daily Timesett under Chanute Publishing Company led by Ernest W. Johnson and James Fehrenbach. The paper, published evenings except Sunday, is a second class matter in Chanute Kansas and a member of the Associated Press and Audit Bureau of Circulations.
Rates listed for subscriptions by mail in Neosho Allen Wilson and Woodson Counties. One month five cents, three months two dollars, six months three eighty three fifty, one year seven dollars. Outside above four counties rates incomplete but noted by mail options.
The set asks five items on grammar pronunciation spelling and vocab. 1 corrects the sentence to As soon as the entertainment ended he stepped outside the hall. 2 pronounces proboscis as pro bos is with second syllable stressed and c silent. 3 identifies boullevard as misspelled. 4 defines gargoyle as a waterspout carved grotesquely on buildings. 5 gives bizarre as a bi prefix word meaning fantastic or odd. adds note on Methodist term origins.
The record shows B Kelsey sentenced under numbers 413-48 and 19-2745 from Neosho County for forgery. He will present his parole application to the Board of Penal Institutions at the next regular meeting in Lansing Kansas.
The Federal Communications Commission was asked to reconsider its June 9 award of channel 3 to Wichita Television Corp. KFH and Taylor Radio and Television Corp. filed the request after their bids were rejected.
Rep Avery urged President Eisenhower to review the opposition to resuming work on the Tuttle Creek Dam on the Blue River in Kansas before signing an appropriation for the project. Avery would not reveal the President’s reply. The report notes a Connecticut stat about farmers from National Geographic.
A dense OCR list shows a full day of TV programming with morning through late night slots. Programs include Today, Arthur Godfrey, World of Mr Sweeney, Howdy Doody, Lookin at Cookin, This Is Your Life, and Navy/Weather updates among regional and syndicated shows.
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