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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1961
Page
4
Mary Jane Truitt urges scrutiny over rumors about Les Des and Sub Debs. She defends the two teen clubs, listing four functions from running meetings to budgeting, stresses democracy and community service, and invites people to attend meetings to witness their work.
A tour through the Mandelbaum Gate reveals a ruined border crossing between Jordanian and Israeli zones. An Arab customs official and an Israeli counterpart stamp passports while a Jewish official welcomes visitors, yet the gate is only a block of street and the border remains an uneasy line through old Jerusalem.
Albert Rush of Chanute area merchants a trip to town for business but heads back to fields with work piling up. Wheat and oats cut for J W Ames east of Chanute. prairie view birthday party held for Dean Lassman with many relatives in attendance. Fifty Years Ago jay driving becomes a misdemeanor under city ordinance with speed limits on Main Street and other rules for animal drawn vehicles.
A devotional note presents John 3 36 stating that belief in the Son grants eternal life while disbelief invites the wrath of God. The passage emphasizes faith as the path to life and separation from divine judgment.
Senate Foreign Relations Committee pressed Henry La Bouisse to draft a sharper Latin America aid plan after criticizing current allocations. Sen. Humphrey faulted Haiti Bolivia and Guatemala as poor examples of aid results while opposing a $12 million Haiti grant as corrupt. The article blames slow reform and Eisenhower era appointees for misdirected aid, noting Brazil’s Northeast needs lag behind southern Brazil’s allocations.
Dr Molner argues smoking a single casual cigarette after meals may be harmless but a full package a day is too risky for heart patients. He notes non-smokers also suffer heart attacks and stresses broader causes beyond smoking. A reader asks about weight gain and extreme eating prescriptions, which he methodically assesses. He also mentions mumps and sterility as a test suggestion and promotes his sinus trouble booklet available through the newspaper office with a small fee.
Bernard Baruch urged a global pact to ban atomic weapons with inspection to prevent cheating. The United States faced its own arms race as Russia Britain France and China pursued bombs. By 1961 talks in Geneva aimed to ban tests and establish underground inspection, amid rising radiation fears.
A collection of concise humorous lines from several Kansas papers. Jokes touch on budgets, dieting, secretary speed, time sense, and parental bedtime behavior. Notable briefs include quips about extravagance and finances.
Oklahoma, Kansas and Illinois led a weekly rise in U S crude oil and condensate output, lifting total production by 32,565 barrels to 7,001,250 barrels daily. Oklahoma rose 16,200 bpd to 511,200. Kansas 13,450 to 303,250. Illinois 5,700 to 217,800.
Former actress Marion Davies, treated for osteomyelitis of the jaw at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital, slipped Sunday getting out of bed and fractured a small bone in her left leg. A physician says she is progressing steadily after an earlier recurrence.
The Chanute governing body approves curbing and guttering and paving East Eighth Street from Malcolm to Ashby Avenue with asphalt on rock base. Publication in The Chanute Tribune for six days required. protests by resident owners representing half of liable property must be filed within twenty days after last publication. Mayor Dave Evans. City Clerk Howard Parsons.
Local TV guide lists primetime lineups across KOTV KODE TV WDAF KOAM and others for Tuesday and Wednesday June 21. Programs include Bugs Bunny The Rifleman Father Knows Best Wyatt Earp Alfred Hitchcock Jack Paar movies and daily news weather and sports segments.
The Chanute Tribune lists staff roles including Dwight McCreight publisher and department managers, with publishing history as evenings except Sunday. It notes AP membership and circulation areas in Neosho, Allen, Wilson, Woodson counties and Kansas outside the four counties, plus subscription rates.
The Supreme Court, in a railroad labor case, ruled 5 to 4 that workers in a union shop cannot have their dues spent on political activity against their will. The decision preserves free political choice for union members while clarifying limits on dues. The term's end also involved rulings barring illegally obtained evidence in state courts and upholding a Maryland anti God oath, with Connecticut birth control statutes left standing.
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