Editorial Hazard on the Lawn
A Hoisington resident faces a puzzling misadventure that stirs local suspicion about an over rated household scene and its unexpected fallout.
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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1959
Page
4
A Hoisington resident faces a puzzling misadventure that stirs local suspicion about an over rated household scene and its unexpected fallout.
The piece juggles anecdotes on taxes from Gardens California poker venues, barbershop routines, and police curiosity about Yale students, alongside reflections on Prohibition, Lyndon Johnson critics, Elliott Roosevelt legal issues, and barbecue hazards from gasoline and charcoal. It blends social quirks with cautionary notes on household safety and outdoor living.
The daily verse presents Romans chapter six verse twenty three noting that wages of sin is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ. The line emphasizes salvation through faith.
In a Tribune Files report from 25 years ago, nearly one million dollars was to be distributed among area farmers under the government scorn-hog adjustment program. Neosho County would receive about 225,000 with 1,035 applicants and average benefits around 217 dollars.
Bushell County House agricultural subcommittee backs a bill to cut wheat acreage 20 percent, raise support price to 85 percent parity, tighten penalties for overplanting, and reduce uncapped planting from 15 to 12 acres. It argues the measure will hardly affect surpluses as farmers will retire unproductive land and improve yields, showing Congress reliance on ineffective acreage limits.
A Washington dispatch reports Kansas State Chamber of Commerce annual dinner remarks by John N. Landreth president of the Kansas Chamber and Santa Fe general manager. He says Docking is doing well holding line on expenditures and taxes and has won friends among railroads chambers and union labor. Republicans are left wondering whom they had.
A Florida tourist and hotel clerk spar over distinguishing seasons with humor. Kansas turnpike drivers average 75 mph amid wives’ warnings. Coffee prices hit a 10 year low. A judge known for reconciliations speaks to a women's club, introduced with a playful line from the club president.
The State Department told the Senate Disarmament subcommittee that a world war is unlikely in the near term. It favors continued Soviet and Chinese expansion mainly through political, economic, and psychological means, with regional moves in the Middle East, Africa, and Southeast Asia and possible limited clashes along Asia’s perimeter. Khrushchev is deemed secure in Moscow, with Europe’s Eastern Bloc consolidation the priority.
Washington column notes shifts in Senate alignments around Mrs Luce nomination. Dirksen and other Republicans clash with McCarthyism labels while debates touch Bohlen Strauss and Oppenheimer. Magnuson bachelor status and a salmon incident add light local texture.
Chanute Tribune masthead lists editors and department managers and notes publishing schedule and postal classification. Subscription rates for Neosho Allen and Woodson counties and surrounding areas are given with annual and quarterly options.
A long list of real estate transfers in Neosho County shows Madge Miller and others selling to multiple buyers, including James Lindsay and others, with numerous lots, tracts, and additions described. The record covers transfers across Maywood, Carpenter's Add, Lakeside Add, Union Central Life lines, and several sections and townships, detailing buyers and conveyed parcels.
Monday May 4 1959 TV listings show a dense schedule across KOAM Channel 7 KOTV Channel 6 WDAF Channel 4 KODE Channel 12 with programs including Father Knows Best Wyatt Earp Gunsmoke The Price Is Right Love Lucy and Captain Kangaroo among others.
AP reports French confidence in broader trade expansion as de Gaulle pushes austerity. Exports outrun imports for a month, inflation fears ease, and the Bank of France lowers the discount rate to 4 percent. Paris expects relaxed import quotas and reduced red tape for American firms, with stable living costs linked to wage and price controls and favorable farming weather. A brief note links lynching etymology to Judge Charles Lynch of 1780.
Myrtle Beach Methodist men's Bible class adopted a resolution urging President Eisenhower to invite Billy Graham or another Christian leader to represent God at the May 11 Big Four foreign ministers meeting in Geneva. R. G. Hanna urged that divine involvement could help end the Berlin crisis and the cold war.
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