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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1957
Page
4
Views of the News notes the first Atlas intercontinental missile test in Florida, with a failed flight after an erratic one mile. It confirms ICBM potential but shows deployment is not imminent, while stressing the long gap between idea and actual use.
Pisa visitors marvel at the Leaning Tower which tilts about 13 feet from vertical atop a 160 foot height. The site sits in a green open area with cathedral and baptistry nearby. A parking attendant jokes about a morning service as speakers broadcast from the tower.
A columnist notes two teen groups 13 and 19 differ greatly in interests. Thirteen year olds enjoy marble games and playground swings, while nineteen year olds face adult responsibilities whether married or courting. The piece discusses the term teen-ager and its persistence in media usage.
The text notes a promise to bless a car the next day at no charge, but the schedule prevented attendance and the vehicle, identified as number 1100, departed without a blessing. It mentions an overtime parking ticket incurred in Florence two days earlier.
Twenty five years ago Mildred Cummings returns to her post as Western Union manager on Saturday. Various local residents visit relatives, travel to Benedict, and attend music and business plans while small grocery prices are listed. Fifty years ago theater renovation and local graduates are noted with brief career details.
A collection of light one liners and exchanges. An old man jokes about family relations and misheard lines. Household mishaps and comical misunderstandings appear in brief sketches. The tone resembles a weekly humor column with witty, domestic setups.
Washington reports the new conservative Canadian government may divert the Columbia River portion flow to the Pacific, reducing west coast power in years of low output. Experts cite a 1909 treaty giving Canada control on its side, slow U.S. talks, and Liberal-to-Conservative shifts in B C politics as risks to joint power development.
Dr. George W. Crane counsels wives in Case V-312 Mona M 32 to work harder to retain husbands. He cites financial, erotic, and ego dynamics, advises seeking full facts, and promotes a booklet on impotence prevention as cheap divorce insurance.
Mrs. C. L. Cox hosted Wide Awake Unit at her home last Friday afternoon. Mrs. R. D. Scott visited her son Robert Dale in Independence to meet her new grandson. Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Clinesmith spent Sunday with the Robert Collins family. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Carver and children along with Mrs. Pearl Short visited O. E. Hines Sunday. WSCS met at Roper church and quilting was done in the afternoon. Roy Harkrader bought a farm southwest of Elk City and plans to move soon. Imogean Colan dined with the W. A. Noltensmeyer family Sunday. Chester Cauble and family attended the wedding of nephew Val Lindquist at St. Paul Saturday morning. William Payne and O. E. Hines attended events in Fredonia Saturday afternoon. Calvin Clinesmith and Delbert Johnson hosted callers Sunday evening.
A reader asks five English usage questions and provides proposed answers. Topics include subjunctive form, pronunciation of naivete, misspelled word among options, culinary meaning, and a pa- word for inheritance with answers supplied.
Chanute Tribune provides regional updates from Highland Chanute Kansas for Wilson Woodson Allen counties. Community notices and short items reflect daily life and local affairs across the four counties.
Dr Hasrol lah S Fetemi, former Iranian UN delegate and current Farleigh Dickinson University professor, discussed ongoing diplomacy in a public Tucson talk. He analyzed how daily negotiation efforts shape international relations and regional responses.
A discussion highlights that the annual risk of house fire is 1 in 102, versus 1 in 19 000 drowning and 1 in 3 400 car death. The speaker advises Mark to adjust his policy to match these odds, stressing the cost of aligning coverage with risk to protect the home.
The Chanute Tribune reports a June 1957 lecture on foreign policy featuring a remark contrasting U S feeding a cow with milking, the British feeding but milking less, and the Russians eating the cow. The note appears on page 4 of the Saturday edition.
The text discusses how joke quality depends on timing and context. It argues jokes must fit the subject, respect audience feelings, avoid mockery or sacreligious content, and not harm or exclude people. It favors avoiding offensive humor and cautions against laughter at others misfortune.
A fragmentary theater schedule lists various matinee and evening show times and titles including Welcome Neighbors Showtime Matinee Life Rascals Adventure Time My Little Margie Johnny Kemm and Laurel and Hardy among listed screenings. The scattered entries hint at a local cinema lineup with multiple time slots throughout the day.
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