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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1962
Page
4
The Saturday Evening Post once dominated weekly magazines under Franklin heritage and a series of editors. A decade of redesigns and leadership changes failed to revive it. Publication cuts to 45 issues yearly and a retrenchment program raise doubts about its future as the magazine nears fading relevance.
Two explanations rise for the weekly’s decline once a fixture in American homes. One cites costly subscriber gains without proportional ad revenue. The other notes fickle taste as readers shift to new magazines or editors, eroding long-standing success.
The Central University of Venezuela, once a symbol of autonomy and free inquiry, is described as a focal point for Communist influence with freely elected Communist-led faculties and activist students, amid a history of resistance to colonial rule and dictatorship.
The piece contrasts eight days of disturbances at Central University with rising student activism in Caracas. It notes armed youth, frequent shootings, and jail for faculty leaders while highlighting high school autonomy and Communist influences aided by Fidel Castro’s example. It argues U S youth focus on football and TV over politics.
Chanute city officials announce a WPA assisted plan to build concrete sidewalks at about half the usual cost. A 4 by 4 inch foot walkway across a 50 foot lot is quoted at 14 dollars, roughly seven cents per square foot.
Officials told the House Appropriations Subcommittee that the federal helium program would cost about 15 dollars per thousand cubic feet and aim for immediate procurement of 65 million dollars in the year starting July 1 to conserve supply. Most helium goes to the Air Force for missiles. some could be sold privately or to allies at 35 dollars per thousand cubic feet to offset storage.
Gov John Anderson named nine members to an oil and gas advisory committee to assist with Interstate Oil Compact Commission activities. Members include H D Moore Wichita Earl W Unruh Independence Roscoe Mendenhall Emporia Vyrl W Levan Ness City J A Mull Wichita James G Gould Wichita Walter Kuhn Wichita Ralph Booker McPherson and Charles Holmes Wichita with Richard C Byrd ex officio and Moore as chairman.
A reader asks how to stop chronic blushing. Dr Molner explains blushing stems from autonomic nerves and boosts confidence through deliberate self-improvement and public-activity steps. He cautions against relying on willpower or long term medicine, endorsing steady, practical effort to reduce blush triggers.
A Harris Committee debate over leasing the new space satellite to AT and T and other firms signals a move toward private control of global communications. Kennedy warns against government subsidized monopoly while lobby groundwork shifts congressional support toward industry interests. Note on Kefauver anti trust hearings adds a possible counter course.
Gov. John Anderson appointed Milo M. Hewitt of Ottawa to the Industrial Development Commission succeeding Earl Bigbee of Hugoton whose term expired. Anderson also reappointed Wesley Sowers of Wichita. Hewitt is a director of Peoples National Bank and vice president of the Ottawa Savings and Loan.
Marvin E. Larson, director of the Department of Social Welfare, urged upgrading job qualifications and salary boosts for county welfare office employees across Kansas. The Finance Council will study the proposal, affecting 85 of 505 workers initially, with a July 1 salary increase totaling 2377 dollars per month.
Saturday lineup across KO TV channels lists Perry Mason to Gunsmoke with late news, Cain’s 100 and a movie sliding into 1:15 p.m. wrestling slots. Program grid shows WDAF and KOAM schedules with Tonight in Smark and Donna Bee options.
Hal Roach Jr, son of famed producer Hal Roach, declares assets of 39,633 and debts of 1,050,802 in federal court. He lists himself as unemployed motion picture producer with earnings of 2,500 last year and 500 this year.
Christopher Colles drew the first American road map in 1789 as part of his cartographic work for the Army, marking a milestone in U.S. mapmaking and infrastructure planning.
Rusty Marshall, eighteen, suffered a head injury when a hammer fell on him while he worked on homecoming decorations at Arizona State University in Tempe. Police investigated the accident.
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