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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1955
Page
4
An item notes a 1915 Kansas statute requiring anyone harboring an unowned dog to kill it in the assessor’s presence, criticizing the harsh rule as out of step with modern attitudes toward animals.
Last year admissions to Kansas three state mental hospitals totaled 1614, an all time high, while average daily population declined. The piece argues mental illness can be treated, not just confined, and urges expanding psychiatric care beyond hospitals into penal institutions. An investigating body is drafting a report to guide action.
A humor column riffs on a Swedish Miss Universe, the AFL CIO name, and idle boasts. It jokingly critiques labor titles, party decadence, and social trends. The piece lightly mocks travel motels, highway safety schemes, and the evolving American road culture with satirical asides.
A comic exchange has a man with multiple marriages asking a lawyer for free guidance on avoiding alimony. The lawyer offers two sure-fire options stay single or stay married. The snippet closes with a quip about a daughter and Esperanto and ends with Florence Ryerson recounting a churchyard Easter morning poultry anecdote.
A comic collage describes a man finding Easter eggs on a porch and visiting hens then a peacock, a dinner scene with a restaurant manager evaluating a new cook, a quip on humanity’s division, a fan tumbling from a mezzanine at Madison Square Garden during rough play, and ushers asking for a seat stub.
Twenty five years ago work on the new Neosho River bridge north of Chanute was set to begin within a week with J S Vance of Parsons as contractor. The same issue notes various residents visiting relatives and traveling to events in Kansas and beyond.
Paris dispatch argues NATO relies too heavily on U.S. bases and manpower. It notes French withdrawal from units, Norwegian base concerns, delayed French modernization, Tito’s neutral stance, and German civilian defense doubts amid a broad anti rearmament mood.
Dr Crane explains love at first sight versus earned love. The coed Violet, 19, seeks guidance after a marriage-spiral. Earned love grows from dating and familiarity, while first sight can be one sided and unsafe. Dr Crane suggests dating others to build a true, lasting romance and offers a tests-for-sweethearts mail-in program.
Elk City visitors include Donald Heck and Clyde Heck families while Ned Potter from Thayer spends time with daughter and Fred Holtzman. Coffeyville and Chanute outings feature Thornton and Powers families, with Carol Mae Thornton visiting Coffeyville. Hidden Haven camp ends with 79 youths including Ferne Holtzman and Raymond Fowler. Thayer Park playground project eyed by Chetopa Homemakers HDU. Public sale planned by Merle Chapman and family after farm rental. Fresno business in Fredonia. Comments note land use for highways and rural schooling trends in 1950.
Ernest W. Johnson editor and publisher James Fehrenbach advertising mgr published evenings except Sunday and entered as second class matter at Chanute post office under act of March 3 1879 member Audit Bureau of Circulations and Associated Press The AP is entitled to republication of local news and AP dispatches Sub subscription rates listed for Neosho Wilson Woodson counties and outside counties by mail notes to read the advertisements.
Television listings show 7:00 p.m. features including Ray Milland and various reels and films throughout the night. Channels KOTV Channel 6 KOAM Channel 7 KSWM Channel 12 WDAF Channel 4 list times from early afternoon to late night with multiple program blocks.
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