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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1959
Page
4
The Neosho County chapter trails its $9,894 goal by over $3,000, risking the local blood bank. F W Robertson urges donors to increase gifts after noting $6 cost to process each pint and $16,450 saved in transfusions last year from 654 pints.
A devotional quotation from Romans chapter ten urging belief in the heart and confession with the mouth to attain salvation. The passage emphasizes faith leading to righteousness and saving grace.
A fragmented column mocks ambitious space programs and tech progress. It notes NATO’s anniversary, lampoons extinct state birds, jokes about party lines and tape recorders, and predicts a return of gasoline levers in cars. It laments automation as an old fear linked to past unemployment.
Hans W. Wolpers of Kansas State College writes from Pittsburg praising the UNESCO dinner at Hutton School. He contrasts friendship and tolerance with military threats and urges global unity over weaponry, noting his West Berlin home and scholarship context.
A collage of cheeky quote snippets from Russell News Hiawatha World Yates Center News Wall Street Journal Augusta Gazette Topika Capital and others. The bits joke on manners money science fashion and TV dinners.
Erie area reports deputy assessors see higher real estate valuations and a population move from farms to towns. Also noted: local seniors finalists for Summerfield scholarship tests May 11 12 at KU. Chanute Livestock Shipping Assn meets at Memorial building. Erie missionaries in Belgian Congo send letters. PTA officers installed at Royster Junior High. historical items include civil service appointees and Erie baseball preview with players and lineup.
Washington column notes liquor executives and lobbyists shaping policy via entertaining lawmakers staff and sessions. Clinton Hester hosts Democratic aides at Virginia estate with Harry Livingston aiding, while Nixon aide Robert L. King faced scrutiny. The piece recalls liquor scandal reach and Rockwell’s court encounter with Judge Holtzoff offering free counsel, amid calls for enforcement.
Kansas filings list operator names such as Weiner Petroleum Co and Aylward Willie Chanute among many, with details on well locations and surface pipe volumes. The notices cover Allen and neighboring counties from March 1 to April 17, naming Chanute, Iola, and nearby townships, plus references to Bee and Neosho counties and multiple Sec and BeE designations.
Chanute Tribune notices list publication details, staff roles and office locations. It also outlines subscription rates for Neosho Alles Wilken Woodson counties and other districts with annual and short-term terms.
Chanute Tribune lists KOAM TV Channel 7 KOTV Channel 6 WDAF Channel 4 KODE Channel 12 with 4 pm to 12:10 am programming. Perry Mason Face of Danger Gunsmoke Gunslinger Welk Show Lawrence Welk Show Jack Paar late news and sign off notes.
Thelma Ritter suggests Hollywood adopt a star rating system similar to military generals. She notes that many fine actors aren’t stars and vice versa, reflecting on her own Oscar nominations and decades of stock work before fame. Ritter recalls loneliness, a long marriage, and the demanding nature of modern acting, urging realistic rewards and pressures for aspiring performers.
Gov. George Docking has appointed Harold W. Powers of Topeka to replace L. E. Peckenschneider and J. Alan Bradbury of Topeka to replace Fred Ogilivie on the Kansas State Board of Health. A third member’s term has expired with no action taken.
The governor weighs reappointing Richard E. Stone as Wichita hospital administrator whose term ends today. New appointees include Peckenschneider and Ogilvie, former Gov. Fred Hall selections, with Docking noting unclear political affiliations. Other appointments cover Arthur Creten Jr. as state grain inspector, Dr. Harold J. Edwards to dental board, Dr. R. H. Hill as Meade County coroner, and Merle Hendrickson to veterinary exam board as the veterinary board expands to five under a 1959 law.
The production is cited as a widely staged play with performances in 43 towns on a single evening. It showcases enduring popularity and broad reach across regional theaters and touring circuits.
The piece discusses how better weather increases highway travel and hazards. It cites studies suggesting accident-free drivers are more conservative and churchgoing, while accident-prone drivers engage in risky activities. Billy Graham frames highway safety as a spiritual issue, praising the Golden Rule at the steering wheel.
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