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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1962
Page
3
Editorial asserts John Glenn is a pilot and space age scientist with outstanding public speaking ability. It argues education focuses on technical skills more than the arts, aided by the Defense Education Act, and calls for broader cultural and artistic emphasis for youth.
A reflective piece notes that heavy U.S. involvement in South Vietnam may not intensify into a hot war. It contrasts global reach with personal communication, urging individuals to become more articulate despite technological advances and widespread media.
The column notes six to seven cent gas price gaps and dismisses quitting business sales. It comments on Khrushchev’s statements stirring American nerves. It questions the persistence of hidden taxes and foresees faster communication once messages reach orbiting objects.
Twenty five years ago a library board delegation urged a two story reading room for the city library while Osa Johnson planned lectures in Chanute. She may return late spring or early summer to present a Memorial Auditorium program. The Chanute Garden club urged an anti nuisance remedy for scattered handbills on lawns and porches. A newborn son arrived for Mr and Mrs George A Bareis at 217 West 6th Street.
The Ku Klux Klan presses Alabama senators over the 100 million UN bond issue. Sen. John Sparkman supports Kennedy and the UN, while Sen. Lister Hill opposes the bonds after a letter from Imperial Wizard Robert Shelton. Shelton, once linked to Meriwether, warns Sparkman with a hostile note about voting records.
A collage of humorous and local notes from small papers reports quips about police questioning a pinned driver, a boss uncovering a payroll shortage, and neighbors shoveling walks. It also notes sports jokes, civic club scenes, and residents like Walter Noltensmeyer and Hazel Lamb in town postings.
Mr and Mrs C E Hines were dinner guests at the R D Scott home Sunday. Current Event Club met with Mrs R D Scott Friday. Carers in Fredonia Wednesday.
The Chanute Tribune page lists publishing staff and office roles for Chanute Kansas with department managers and editors named. It notes publication as evenings except Sunday, second class mailing, AP content rights, and subscription rate structures for local counties and outside the region.
Advice urges consulting an ear specialist to determine if the issue is nerve related or due to impeded sound transmission. Treatments vary from earwax removal to surgical openings or bone reinstitution and hearing aids. The column notes migraines and offers a booklet on headaches, plus readers’ questions on olive oil calories and weight gain with practical guidance.
New York humorist HAL BOYLE jokes about March being a dull, unpredictable month and muses on erasing it from calendars. He recalls a Feb 28 misdated column, ribbing from colleagues, and reflects onMarch’s fickle weather and mood. He ends by asking readers not to mail calendars with March circled.
Thousands of posters offered a $1,000 reward after Maud Crawford, a 60 year old Camden Arkansas lawyer, vanished March 2 1957 from her home. Clyde Crawford returned home that night found a lit house and missing wife. he still believes she is alive.
President Kennedy sought camera approval before his Friday night address. He first wore a light gray suit, then switched to a dark gray suit with a blue shirt after television technicians advised a darker shade.
Charles C. Shafer Jr. city councilman sues the Kansas City Star for 150000 claiming 1959 and 1960 articles and editorials damaged his reputation by linking him with political faction bosses.
Alma Maier reports that about 380 faculty members and 14,000 students have left the University of Havana over the last three years, reflecting a major brain drain and disrupted academic community.
A dense, readible TV schedule fragment lists programs across KOTV KODE TV WDAF KOAM for Saturday and Monday including Perry Mason Gunsmoke Dr Kildare Have Guns The Defenders and News with multiple daytime and primetime slots. It also shows local morning and afternoon airings like Today College of the Air and Edge of Night with a mix of soap operas game shows and children's programs.
Wilson County to host a grain grading school next Wednesday at 9 am in the courthouse meeting room. Dan Pherigo says Kansas State University speakers Hugh McDonald and Howard Wilkins will present on the sedimentation test for wheat and related industry discussions.
Wallace Jernigan, executive secretary to Governor Vandiver, reveals he is immune to bee stings from years in the honey business and often demonstrates it on television. He says a mosquito bite bothers him.
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