New K39 Highway Modernization Opens Fast Route
The Bourbon county cutoff is almost finished with a dustless surface, promising an all weather link between Fort Scott and Wichita. A remaining bottleneck near Stark will receive highway department attention, but the east west trafficway will greatly shorten travel and fulfill years of highway campaigning.
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Kansas No. 39
Bourbon County
Fort Scott
Wichita
Stark
Highway Department
Congress Clears Plan to Lift Federal Minimum Wage
Congress negotiators reach agreement to raise the interstate minimum wage to one dollar an hour, from 75 cents, amid near full employment. The move is more political than economic, recognizing decade long inflation and a $40 weekly standard pay that would have near 22 dollars in purchasing power today.
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Congress
United States
Observations on Bulganin Ike and American pretensions
A humorous collection of jests about Bulganin's Geneva trip and Ike's plane interior, a Texas purchase of Colorado's Royal Gorge, rising luxury car sales, prison strike outcomes, and reflections on presidential image and youthful styles. It folds current events into wry social commentary.
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Bulganin
Geneva
Ike
Clips and Quips by Courtney Ryley Cooper and others
The excerpt presents quirky dialogue and anecdotes including a Florida fishing scene with references to a deserted cabin and a mystery about a baroness. It also mentions a Boston spinster shocked by workmen’s language and a telephony repair foreman’s report about a job with Spike Williams.
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Florida
Courtney Ryley Cooper
Hanted
Boston
Spike Williams
Fragmented Anecdotes and Jokes From Postal Humor
A collage of quips and vignettes includes a worker scaring Spike with a hot lead, slipshod talk about lady soldiers and the GI Bill, a Veterans Bureau clerk quip about service disability and maternity care, and a joke about a financial genius.
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WAC
Veterans Bureau
Local Legion elects officers led by Leif Nelson commander
Twenty five years ago Leif R Nelson was elected commander of the American Legion succeeding J O VanValey. Watson Johnson named vice commander W Marcus Barbee second vice commander, and T Willis Gee reelected adjutant. Other officers elected included Wilbur Williamson treasurer Curtis M Bean chaplain A R Blank sergeant at arms and Frank N Vaughn historian.
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Leif R. Nelson
American Legion
J. O. VanValey
Watson Johnson
W. Marcus Barbee
T. Willis Gee
Wilbur Williamson
Curtis M. Bean
A. R. Blank
Frank N. Vaughn
Bert Endsley
Oscar Freidline
Joplin
William A. Sailors
W. K. Mathis
Kansas City
Football Season Near Prompts Crying Towels From Alumni Fans
A July column muses on the approaching football season and the recurring cycle of coach changes and alumni pressure. It argues sportsmanship blends with winning and losing, notes alumni griping, and warns the nation may rely on avid fans regardless of results.
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Alma Mater
Eden Fails to Emerge Leader Ike's Proposal Scares British
Geneva report notes Anthony Eden failed to dominate the Big Four talks and Eisenhower's air inspection plan unsettled Britain and alarmed German observers. The piece outlines shifting power dynamics between the United States, Britain, and Russia and reflects on Teheran era alliances and postwar balance of power.
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Eden
Ike
Geneva
Anthony Eden
Eisenhower
USA
Ussr
Winston Churchill
Mar- Pearson
Stalin
Roosevelt
Konrad Adenauer
Germany
Adenauer
Russia
United States
Jin
Harry Hopkins
Joseph Davies
Averell Harriman
Jimmy Forrestal
United Nations
Churchill
Balkans
Teheran
Rumania
Bulgaria
Britain
Greece
Yugoslavia
Tito
Draja Mihailovitch
Worry Clinic column warns against riding Dad's coat tails
Dr. George W. Crane counsels youths on self reliance and work ethic. He contrasts Steve, a rich boy relying on his father's money, with self supporting peers who earn and pay their own way, citing newspaper routes as prime examples of enterprise and maturity.
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George W. Crane
Bert B
Steve
Mamma
Daddy
Budget Notice for Swede Center Cemetery District 14
Notice sets the annual meeting of Swede Center Cemetery District No. 14 Neosho County Kansas for August 1955. Directors Lynn Erickson Henning Barnquist C A Johnson Andrew G Nelson Jr R O Bark present budget figures and tax levy proposals.
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Swede Center
Neosho County
Kansas
Swede Center Cemetery
Swede Center School
Clnning
Bindset
Tex Levy
High school carriers and their own way of earning
The piece notes that newspaper carriers work through rain and heat to earn NET PROFIT by collecting from customers. It suggests girls seek boys who earn their own spending money and compliments carriers for handling courting costs themselves. It advises writing to Dr. Crane via the Hopkins Syndicate for a psychological chart, including stamps and a dime for costs.
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Daddy
Mamma
Tn America
Papa
Crane
Hopkins Syndicate Inc
Mellett
Ind
Ice cream supper draws crowd in Pleasant Valley 4‑H
Rural Earlton notes a well attended event hosted by the Pleasant Valley Rockets 4-H club. Local families visit kin, farmers relocate, and a rain shower is recorded. Donald Tharp will show slides on Okinawa and Korea at a church ice cream supper. Government pay totals for 1950 reach 22.1 billion dollars.
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Earlton
Pleasant Valley Rockets
Jack Brown
Chanute Field
Inl
John Whian
Bert Matzeh
Eileen
Delores
Paul
John
Clarence Klauman
Donald Tharp
Korea
Okinawa
Earlton Church
A. Baker
Penny
Kansas City
Bill Miller
Olathe
Bill Hisel
Karen
Sally
Sunflower Village
Alva McLaren
W. O. Fafl
Thornburg
Green Valley School
Carl Bundy
Olney
Wilbur McMullen
Farm Safety Week Observed Nationwide Proclaimed by Eisenhower
Farmers are urged to join a nation wide observance of Farm Safety Week opening Monday and continuing through next Sunday. The event was proclaimed nationwide by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in an advertisement sponsored by local groups.
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Eisenhower
Europe
Grandpa
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Chanute Tribune Publication Details and Rates
The Chanute Tribune announces its publishing details including staff roles and format. It lists edition timing, post office designation, Associated Press affiliation, and subscription rates for Neosho Wilson and Woodson Counties as well as outside areas.
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Neosho
Alle Wilson
Woodson
Muntion
Observing Week Emphasized By Local Merchants And Safety Groups
The Tribune notes a call from county agricultural agents and national safety groups to reduce farm accidents. Advice includes home safety, orderly farms, machinery caution, and keeping children off power equipment. The piece also mentions German folklore about storks delivering souls to newborns.
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the Tribune
Public sale of household goods and firearms at Chanute auction
A sliding sale at 1114 West Main Chanute lists numerous items from furniture and appliances to tools, garden gear, and a gun collection. Rest of text notes a Remington .22 rifle two 12 gauge shotguns and several other firearms among items to be auctioned.
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State
West Main
Chanute
T.V. Net
Singer
Kensington
Television Tonight’s Late Schedule Highlights
A dense list of TV slots from WDAF and KOTV detailing afternoon to midnight programming. Notable entries include Today and Today in the 4 States morning lineups, classic soaps like Love of Life and Guiding Light, game shows, variety hours, and news blocks.
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Sheilah Graham &Shoow
Arthur Godfrey
Guiding Light
Jack Paar
Joplin
Robert Q Lewis
Art Linkletter
Ted Mack
Bob Crosby
Studio Kitchen
Oklahoma
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Chanute Publishing
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James Fehrenbach
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Mr. Sweeney
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Carousel
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Superman
Melody
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Doug Edwarde
Mat Dennis
Julius LaRosa
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Bill Hickok
Burns and Allen
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