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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1959
Page
3
A western Kansas newspaper offers an apology to graduates. It laments the strife torn, war fearing world they face and expresses hope for a brighter, peaceful future. The piece addresses high school and college seniors preparing to leave academia.
A brief religious note quotes Romans 15 1 urging the strong to bear the infirmities of the weak rather than seek personal pleasure, reflecting a call to support others within the community.
Ode argues years pass quickly and moral tone shifts yet praises human genius and progress. It notes fast news, rapid invention, and global improvement while urging graduates to strive for better outcomes and not seek excuses.
A collage of brief jokes and quips from multiple papers. Items include school protests, job application humor, travel joke about Paris, a jab at modern families, and light social observations.
25 Years Ago A D Elder of Grant township announced his candidacy for county treasurer on the Republican ticket in August. The report also notes Mamie Hayes returning from Emporia for her daughter Mary's graduation.
Pittsburg Headlight weighs in on future car steering. Engineers propose a half wheel with variable ratio to change steering as the wheels turn. The piece argues that better control hinges on the driver, not the wheel, and cautions against blaming the wheel for driver faults.
James Marlow reviews how Vice President Nixon's travels, especially his Moscow trip and upcoming 1960 campaign plans, keep him in the public eye. The piece notes mileage, countries visited, staff additions, and the potential path to the Republican nomination while cautioning against slips on international trips.
Pearson notes a Senate session where Gale Mc Gee pressed Adm. Strauss testimony and Nixon limited discussion. The Congressional Record allegedly altered next day to downplay Mc Gee and misrepresent presiding officer Steve Young, while Javits Engle and others saw edited timelines. Truman quip follows about shooting from the hip and at Francis Walter.
Relman Morin notes that 1920s works celebrate a surface of security and serenity. He argues the era’s “wonderful nonsense” masked underlying tensions and foreshadowed upheavals to come as global conflicts and domestic challenges loomed beyond the tranquil decade.
Chanute Tribune issued by OCRANUTE PUBLISHING COMPANY with staff including Penest W Jenneon Gillor publisher department managers James F Sheridan advertising Dwight Walingford Nellie Hollenshead office Far Clopine city circulation T Ward and Dorsey Osborn. Entry indicates mailing under Post Office act of March 3 187? and standard second class status.
The notice outlines Associated Press republication rights for Neosho area news and lists subscription options for Alee Wilson and Woodson Counties. Rates include one year Byl Mail and shorter terms, with prices shown in a garbled form.
TV schedule entries list daily lineup for KOAM Channel 7 and sharing stations with times from 7:08 p.m. to midnight. Programs include Restless Gun The Texan Father Knows Best Wells Fargo Peter Gunn Danny Thomas Show Zorro Ann Sothern Wyatt Earp Highway Patrol Lawrence Welk Show and more across channels 4 6 7 12 with late night news weather and movie slots.
The text recalls a pacific postwar era with hopes for peace and prosperity, then shifts to a 1930s crash into depression and wartime years. It also includes a street scene where a woman chases a daughter as a train on the tracks approaches, and an engineer in Duluth reports observing something on the rails ahead of a fast Northern Pacific train near Wrenshall.
In Waned seconds a mother rushing to rescue her 2 year old Jan Newsum from a tracks side near Wrenshall Minnesota failed to reach her before a passenger train at about 60 mph struck and killed the child. The mother started toward the child from a friend’s car after calling her name, while the little girl sat with a sand pail by the track.
A day-old baby boy found in a ditch on a dead end Ozarks road near Reeds Spring, Missouri. Luther Burk, a milk truck driver, located the infant and the infant was taken to a hospital in Aurora in good condition. Residents recall seeing two women in an out of state car around 3 p.m. Saturday.
Kansas State University awarded 1,004 degrees at commencement in Manhattan with about 8,000 people in attendance. Dr. James A. McCain presided over the exercises and delivered remarks.
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