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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1957
Page
7
Billy Graham told 17 000 at Madison Square Garden that preachers must discuss sex to curb rising immorality. He warned America faces internal moral deterioration worse than communism, citing porn, loose dress, idle youth, and shifting education as drivers of sexual license.
Mrs Charles Payne learns May 27 that her nephew Harold French was accidentally killed in Van Nuys California He was the son of Mr and Mrs Glen French and formerly lived nearby Mr and Mrs Jerry Lambert returned to Omaha after visiting at the E J Stitt home Mrs Joe Powers and children visited Parsons Ferne Holtzman works at Home Lunch in Chanute Mr and Mrs Frank Meek and daughters hauled radishes to Wichita Mrs Florence Cranor helps at the Orville Holtzman home while he is in Texas Mr and Mrs Charles Bender and family moved from Moynihan farm to Neodesha Mr and Mrs Roy Powers and Keith and Mr and Mrs Charles Payne and family attended a dinner at the Christian Church Sunday
Day in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Cheeseman marks a move to Wichita. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Payne bought the Thayer Lumber Yard and started operations Monday. The Thornton family and Mary Meek visited relatives in Wichita and Spivey, Kansas. Mildred Chrisman helps with Roy Powers D.U.B. School at the Christian Church Monday morning. Mrs. Kenneth Frankenberg and Mrs. Bob Frankenberg assist, along with Mrs. Charles Payne. Mrs. Orville Holtzman visits Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Richards in San Antonio, Texas.
A White House session in Washington will address the Kansas Ordnance Plant's standby status. Attending are Rep Myron V. George of Alta Mont, and Kansas US Senators Andrew F. Schoeppel and Frank Carlson, plus other officials.
President Eisenhower and top aides will observe naval maneuvers from the new supercarrier Saratoga off the Florida coast next Thursday and Friday. The voyage signals a high level of executive interest in naval exercises and carrier operations.
An eight ton bronze equestrian statue of Simon Bolivar, liberator of five South American countries, will be presented by Venezuela soon to the United States.
Revenue from a one-cent cigarette tax increase enacted by the 1957 Legislature may exceed estimates. May receipts totaled $652 892, up from $443 739 a year earlier, suggesting annual gains near $800 000 beyond forecast. For 11 months, total receipts rose 0.45 percent to $115 118 237 while income taxes increased to $17 197 435 and sales tax declined to $40 461 060 as exemptions shift effects begin to show in June.
Oil and condensate output fell 11 725 barrels to 7 418 175 for the week ended June 1 per Oil and Gas Journal. Oklahoma led declines down 18 900 to 588 300 with Kansas off 10 100 to 331 500 and Nebraska down 2 125 to 52 000. Wyoming rose 10 350 to 293 350, Colorado up 1 600 to 155 200. Arkansas slid 200 to 85 300. year earlier total was 1 098 277 159.
PITTSBURGH Guy Ferrara reports his car stolen on Sunday night and later recovered after he did sleuthing. He estimates a loss of 236 dollars for missing items and damage.
The witness said the item was found far from home and described changes: four white sidewall tires replaced by worn substitutes and a new battery swapped for an old one. Radio aerial and rear view mirror remained unchanged.
Gov Vernon Thomson announced a special election to fill the unexpired U S Senate term of the late Joseph McCarthy. Five Republicans now seek the seat as no definite Democratic candidates have committed, with others considering entry after McCarthy’s death May 2.
In New York a Mohawk man and William W. Martin faced charges after a park woods incident. Martin, 48, was accused of carrying a tomahawk while intoxicated but a Felony Court magistrate dismissed disorderly conduct and related weapons charges. The tomahawk was returned to Martin who said he used it to open crates on a Hudson River pier.
Lawrence crowd witnessed KU conferring 1,844 degrees in a commencement ceremony led by Chancellor Franklin D. Murphy. About 12,000 attended as three alumni received citations for distinguished service, including Wendell E. Green, presiding judge of the Cook County Circuit Court, Illinois.
F Kohman of Merchantville New Jersey noted as a food technologist joins Dr Elias H Sellards of Austin Texas a geologist and retired educator in a roster of technical specialists.
New York dispatch reports Hank Bloomgarden 28-year-old public relations man defeated Jim Snodgrass 34-year-old Greenwich Village artist on NBC-TV Twenty-One. Bloomgarden's winnings rise to 92500 while Snodgrass secures 4000. After six prior ties Bloomgarden edged ahead by answering Shakespeare, American Revolution, political leaders and quotations. Snodgrass faltered on Kwame Nkrumah as Ghana's prime minister.
Gene Wandell installed a shotgun device to deter thieves after they stole $1,650 in tools and materials. The setup fired twice but yesterday morning the owner was robbed again for $50 in loot and the shotgun, leaving a note reading Ha, ha.
FAIRBANKS Alaska A C47 transport ferrying men and equipment to Alaska radar sites crashed last night at McGrath 290 miles southwest on the Kuskokwim River killing two men and wounding two others. Five aboard escaped serious injury when the two engine craft smashed to the ground a quarter mile from the McGrath airstrip and burned. Ladd Air Force Base officials said the plane had taken off from Talkeetna for the 200 mile flight to McGrath around 5 30 p.m. and the pilot reported after takeoff.
A transport aircraft from the 5001st Operations Squadron at Ladd went down after an engine trouble incident. A civilian pilot reported sighting the flaming wreckage minutes later, confirming the loss.
Kansas Lions Clubs elected eight district governors at the close of their three day convention in Manhattan. The new governors are Dr Robertson Strawn Pittsburg M C Rogster Winfield Frank E Godding Topeka Dr Willard Fox Emporia G G Gaddert Inman Donald Boyd Stockton Dan L Brayton Little River and I N Hewitt Medicine Lodge. About fifteen hundred members and wives attended the final banquet.
Texas and Oklahoma farmers face ruin from ongoing floods despite some fields yielding promising wheat. Flood damages total 1,567,755 acres affected in Texas and pasture loss plus crops totaled 27 million dollars per the Texas Defense and Disaster Office and Extension Service. Not all of Texas is suffering from heavy rain.
A young German hairdresser in London invented a device in 1906 to curl hair into a permanent wave. The design required the woman to remain under the machine for 18 hours, replacing the marcel wave method.
An advertisement section promotes cautious consumer purchasing practices. It highlights how ads can guide buyers to safe products and reliable sellers, advising readers to verify quality, prices, and warranties before making purchases.
The Hi Wide 4-H Club met at Walnut public school on May 23. Members will observe 4-H Sunday at their churches and hold a club picnic. A garden display for the fair and parliamentary issues talk were on the evening program. Several local families shared visits and long weekend travel plans.
A stream of weekend visits unfolds as a Chanute event marks May 25 with relatives arriving to see family members. Mr and Mrs Edd Reed of Stark travel to see Mr and Mrs Lloyd Audiss while Mrs Frank Mitchell recovers from surgery. Weekend guests of Mrs Myra Hess include her daughter Mrs Olin Church and Mr Church with their children from Eskridge. Mr and Mrs Forrest Johnson and their children from Overland Park stay with Mrs O V Misener's family.
Funeral services will be held tomorrow for R R Patrick 63 president of the Farmers State Bank in Bogue who died Sunday.
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