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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1962
Page
4
In letters to the Tribune dated Monday July 23, readers from Chanute and visitors condemn Highland Park. They describe a neglected zoo like shed conditions with broken benches, litter, overgrown shrubbery, a closed fountain, decaying sunken gardens, and a rat infested cage for pheasants. Local families sign the appeal for prideful city parks.
The article discusses The Experiment In International Living pairing American youths with Swiss hosts to foster understanding. A brochure for Swiss hosts cautions about American youth habits, noting late rising, appetite, makeup use, and perceived casualness, then questions how accurate that portrayal is.
The Du Pont family has sold about 150 million dollars of General Motors stock, fueling questions on reinvestment to avoid monopolistic concerns. The piece notes broader economic pressures from the White House on steel prices, farmer power dynamics, and shifts in Minneapolis media closures amid labor strife.
A column reflects on penitentiary writing and a veteran editor's regrets after 45 years at a newspaper. It argues for nationalizing carriers to match 1962 traffic, noting other nations have done so. The piece also muses on Joe Kennedy's seven sons and previews the department's next move amid editor exchanges with Soviet journalists.
Tribune notes four thousand dollars will be distributed in premiums among fair exhibitors the week of Labor Day September 6. Premium lists are being distributed as city officials weigh WPA funded airport improvements with only about one month of work funded. A protest by unemployed workers from four southeastern Kansas counties ended when police removed strike leaders Joe Saia and Ralph Ridley from WPA offices.
A practical overview of Raynaud's disease in women, its non fatal nature, and treatment focus on avoiding cold, managing stress, and remedies. Smoking worsens attacks. secondary forms may stem from nerve pressure or drug effects.
New York AP columnist HAL BOYLE notes the daily ritual of middle aged men rising for work. He contrasts zestful youths and early risers with the tired middle ager who battles a dragonlike alarm clock and a pension countdown. A domestic scene follows showing a wife prodding him to leave for the day, then he steps out to face duty.
Local residents and relatives gathered for visits in Urbana Thayer and nearby towns. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Bill Marinee of Erie, Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Plake of Miami Oklahoma, and numerous family members visiting urged by hospital stays and Scout meetings. Funeral attendance for Slim Peck noted, with area families traveling to Thayer. Betty Heilman and Ruth Heilman featured in family visit activities.
Washington reports on thalidomide linked deformities abroad and the Merrell company delays in withdrawing samples. The piece links the drug scare to calls for stricter animal testing and notes Jackie Kennedy’s fox hunting sparks SPCA debate, with Kefauver pressing for reforms and a showdown with hunt clubs.
Two men quarrel over a third man in a clipped exchange. A second brief item notes eight former U S warships being prepared to power ports in Ecuador and Colombia, risking accusations of gunboat diplomacy by the United States.
Evening publication notice with second class matter designation and postpaid service details. Mentions Chanute Kansas and Associated Press copyright and republication rights for local news. Includes terms for subscription durations: 1 year 3 months 1 month.
A dense daily air schedule fragment lists KOTV KODE KOAM WDAF. Highlights include daytime soaps As the World Turns World News Password and To Tell The Truth. Evenings feature Law of the Plainsman Perry Mason and The Tonight Show among cartoons and Westerns.
GOODLAND Kan AP The Nemecheks greet their newly adopted daughter Diane Marie in Chicago after a yearlong wait. Diane, a 30 month old from Turin Italy, recognized her father from a picture and then called her mother when she wore a dress. The couple began adoption through Catholic Charities in Salina and received Diane’s health record and photo early in the process. Diane is like other children in many ways but dislikes dolls and prefers reading books.
The guide advises following the majority in group dining, seating parents two minutes before a church wedding, and notes that offering a gift to a boyfriend's mother is in poor taste and not proper etiquette.
Mrs Edna Osborn and Dan of Thayer visit with Mr and Mrs George Phillips and their Chanute children. Larry Nordstedt paid a call Tuesday on Butch and Terry Gillett at the Ernest Gillett home.
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