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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1957
Page
4
The wheat crop, long deemed dead after heavy rains, has recovered enough to meet market demand. Santa Fe handled half as many cars as in 1956, with future loadings likely two thirds of last year's. Growers worked hard and despite delays, the harvest yields more than salvage value. Death, fortunately, doesn't come easy for a wheat crop.
Senator Anderson of New Mexico urges caution on civil rights legislation limiting guarantees to voting rights only. He argues that enforcement could require bloodshed and warns that enforcement without broad support could trigger civil war, while stating that securing voting rights in the South would be the initial essential step.
A collage of light anecdotes on rail tariffs misreads, air conditioned cars, and window shades. The piece jokes about butterfly collections a pet dog food mishap, then ponders Wilson and a world fair. It reads as humorous miscellany with light social satire.
An officer admonishes a private for failing to salute. the private explains he won’t salute with a cigarette in his mouth. A church bulletin mocks stiffness in devotion as new steel barrels and automobile tires change leisure use.
A Kansas state tourism push fuels local comment as promoters seek travelers. The Lawrence Journal World quips that the unofficial motto would be Keep Kansas green Bring Money, while Arkansas City Traveler notes youths outdoors and hoops.
Twenty five years ago two Chanute pilots who soloed recently will join Lindbergh Earhart and Balchen in New York on July 21. The gathering marks the opening of a new Martin Johnson Africa film with Chanute audiences already viewing Con gorilla on June 27.
A reader notes the humor of rerun TV programs and penguin antics outshining monkeys in zoos. The writer laments summer reruns and predicts further airings may drive him away from television while sharing light observations on fashion and everyday quirks.
Washington One of the most skillful jobs of Senate maneuvering in years has been done by Sen. Dick Russell of Georgia and southern leaders in the civil rights debate. They craft private deals to win about 90 percent of their points though Nixon opposes liberal Democrats led by Paul Douglas. The article outlines plans to trim the civil rights bill to a skeleton, including jury trials and voting rights limits, with Knowland and Mundt as key negotiators.
Dr Crane urges fathers to actively coach and play with children before age ten to build basic skills such as catching swimming biking and safe social behavior. He argues busy dads must invest time not money to shape character and readiness, offering a 200 point test for good parenting via the Hopkins Syndicate Inc.
The Atomic Energy Commission postponed the eighth detonation of the current test sequence at SEFE Nevada. Officials did not set a new date, citing unspecified technical reasons and safety considerations.
Mrs Vera Shepard reports her husband Lester A Wooster Jr a Gulf Oil Company petroleum engineer of five years is transferred to Cabimas Venezuela as district engineer for a new Mene Grande project near Maridiabo. He will begin in August and be joined by his wife Anne and Jane once housing is found. Born in Erie and a graduate of EHS and KA, he is the son of the late Lester Wooster.
The AEC postponed the event scheduled for 6:30 a.m. today citing unacceptable wind conditions. The change delays the planned activity and authorities have not yet announced a new time.
At Centerville Iowa Mr and Mrs Hubert Strandberg say they asked the FBI to help locate their daughter Zanna Lee Strandberg 23 who disappeared in Cleveland Ohio on July 8 They note Cleveland police could not find any trace after Zanna and her roommate both Chicago workers flew to Cleveland on July 4
A Tax Foundation survey estimates the average American must work about two hours and twenty six minutes daily to pay taxes. The report is referenced in a local newspaper context with Associated Press material noting republication rights.
The page lists daily soap and game show airings with times and channel placements from 7:00 pm to 12:00 pm. It includes Bob Cummings, Dragnet, Guiding Light, As the World Turns, Liberace, and Bride and Groom among others with scattered morning and afternoon entries.
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