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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1959
Page
2
Editorial argues automation elevates the service man to a leading role in modern living. It says push-buttons automate tasks from washing to manufacturing, creating more goods and higher living standards while preserving or increasing employment in skilled service roles.
A devotional note presents Romans 12 verses 1 and 2 urging believers to present their bodies as a living sacrifice holy and acceptable to God. It calls readers to renew their minds not conforming to this world to discern God’s good will.
A reflective column notes Frank Lloyd Wright’s death at 89 and his stature as a pioneering architect. It wryly records small local vignettes including a retiree care home superintendent, astronauts nicknamed by space division, and Churchill looming at the White House.
A collection of cheeky lines from various papers features jokes about work, a museum mummy mystery, and social satire. Notes reference the Dalai Lama on tour, club life, and parental responsibility in light humorous quips.
Weekend events reveal Topeka residents dominate in fast-draw contests with a Topekan defeating a Dodge City rival. A Chanute competitor claims third place, seen as Southeast Kansas’s strong showing. Dodge City earns second in the Kansas fast-draw. The piece notes playful rivalry and regional pride.
City officials say long and short tailed monkeys will soon roam City Park after an importer in New York was asked to supply a new island for the primates. Real estate in Chanute valued at 4.261 million dollars, down from last year by 18 thousand. School board adjourns with no president after 13 ballots. Warm May weather tops 93 degrees last day.
James Marlow notes U S state department answers show disarmament needs enforceable inspections and balanced steps. Nuclear stockpiles and China’s potential growth complicate any ban, making a final accord unlikely while Cold War tensions persist. The outlook remains cloudy with a chilly temperature for progress.
Drew Pearson discusses Clare Boothe Luce’s brief Brazil mission and potential as a vice presidential candidate. The column compares women in Congress highlighting Margaret Chase Smith and Frances Bolton among others, noting differing styles and influences on U.S. diplomacy and politics.
The Chanute Tribune lists editors and staff including Ernesty Johnson and James Sherman with department heads and office details. It notes Associated Press affiliation and mis-typed circulation and subscription pricing for Neosho, Wilson, and Woodson counties, with unclear rate figures.
Kansas civil service exams for Account Clerk I and II will be held in Chanute on June 13. Eligible applicants include those with bookkeeping or clerical experience or high school graduates with accounting training. A Switchboard Operator I exam is offered the same day with related qualifications.
The page lists day long broadcast timing across several stations KOAM KOTV WDAF KODE with programs such as Wagon Train Death Valley Days Flight The Price is Right Rescue Millionaire Danger is My Business Emmy Awards U and I Owe Get a Secret and more including daytime serials The Guiding Light Our Miss Brooks As the World Turns The Edge of Night and late evening features Channel 7 12 4 6 12 7 9 15 30 10 30 12 90
Eva P 36 a cultured woman praises Dr Crane for praising Edgar Guest and simple poetry. She says college training helped her grasp human relations while condemning elite jargon. The column denounces educated pretenders who inflate intellect with polysyllables and genealogy bragging.
A 1920s style note quotes Overbury on boasting of ancestry and praises poets who capture human emotion. It mentions Edgar Guest and reprinting in The New Yorker, then offers a booklet How to Write Salable Copy with a self addressed stamped envelope to Dr. Crane, Hopkins Syndicate Inc.
A reader asks how to reduce polishing. The answer suggests rubbing shoes with a soft cloth and lightly applying petroleum jelly daily to extend wear and lessen polishing needs.
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