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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1960
Page
4
The piece warns that open houses invite window peepers and theft and urges neighbors to stay vigilant. It recommends two rules: lock the house when away and not admit unknown surveyors or salesmen without proper credentials, emphasizing private interior space and shared neighborhood responsibility.
The 1960 wheat crop, initially weak, benefits from heavy snows and rains, prompting grain merchants to foresee a near record Kansas harvest. City residents face higher prices and taxes to subsidize a larger surplus, with political consequences as overproduction looms. Farmers may oppose controls or face possible government intervention if production remains unchecked.
Refrain reproach and contempt from me for I have kept thy testimonies. Psalm 119:22 presents a prayer for divine approval and steadfast fidelity to God’s word.
A collage of lighthearted vignettes and sharp quips ranging from Long’s Peak clouds to Nixon Rockefeller debates. The piece riffs on travel, motels, and politics with sly humor about television, dessert quips, and the year’s public works like water projects.
A colorful collage of jokes and wry notes from small town papers. References include a missing big game hunter, two jailbirds escaping from a prison farm, an oldtimer asking about a living person, a Reno millionaire charged with tax evasion, and a preacher asked about bowling alleys in a church basement.
In Chanute territory 25 years ago binders work fields that remain too wet for cutting. Some crops are heavy and drooping. Enoch Wiggans near Earlton reports a strong yield from seed imported by Henry Kamping near Elsmore.
New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller may become the Republican Party’s untouchable in 1960 as he criticizes Eisenhower Nixon and party leaders. He dropped out of the 1956 nomination race, spurred debate over a possible draft, and continues to press his views despite a growing party rift.
In a closed session the Senate finance committee approved a du Pont amendment to cut a tax windfall for the du Pont family from 650 million to about 43 million dollars. The plan would tax large gains from General Motors stock at a much lower rate, aided by seven Democratic votes and notable Republican defections.
Walnut HDU presided by Mrs. Amy Clapson at a home meeting with six members and two guests agreeing to aid with December TB chest x rays. Farmette unit led by Mrs. Grace Elpers held a June session with sewing hints and the charter seal affixed by Mrs. Greve. 4 H and library board meetings followed with talks on 4 H Roundup and breakfast, library finances, and book donations. Graduation exercises noted for local residents.
A detailed schedule page lists KOAM KOTV KODE WDAF programs for Wednesday and Thursday June 1960 including Wagon Train Reckoning Price is Right and news bulletins. Prime time features Murder in Greenwich Village I Love Lucy and The Best of Groucho along with sports Weather and movie listings.
Local residents and visitors share trips to Yellowstone and Glacier parks, hospital updates in Coweta and Fort Scott, family gatherings in Ferdig and Garnett, plus social events in Wichita and Dennison. Community life includes travel between Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, and Missouri with health and teaching milestones.
Advertisement notes a 3 horsepower heavy-duty filler priced at 118.88 and a lighter 2 horsepower filler at 99.88. Promotion includes $5 down and $7 monthly payments with a contact phone number 100 for orders.
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