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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1961
Page
4
The Tribune salutes the farming industry as Kansas marks its centennial. It notes farming as the region’s top industry, with hard work, risk taking, and resilience through floods from the Néosho and Verdigris rivers, and celebrates farmers, cattlemen, and related processing and marketing businesses.
The 24 million workers getting a raise from $1 to $1.15 an hour will extend minimum protections to 42 million more. The piece notes the boost is small but beneficial as U S industry sits with idle capacity in steel, aluminum, textiles, and more and needs higher wages to spur demand.
The piece reflects on American money use and identity in pockets and wallets through time. It contrasts past speakeasy memberships with today's card ladenage, notes punch card processing in daily items, and recalls FDR’s Forgotten Man era evolving toward Forgotten Grandchildren. It also mentions farm life with roosters and hens as a humorous aside.
In Tel Aviv debates on Zionism stir opinions as Cuba and Laos figures are viewed as distractions from the Eichmann trial. Marital strains arise from differing diets and roles as breadwinner. The Kitty Hawk supercarrier arrives, questioned for size. Each year in the United States 38,000 lives are lost to experiments testing automobile safety.
Twenty five years ago rain drenched Chanute and surrounding Southeast Kansas, with a general statewide soaking reported. The piece notes graduation activity for local students, a tennis court project by city hall, a Big Creek Ladies Aid session, and a tax sale on the electric plant lot totaling 25.18 dollars as revealed to the city council.
A brief verse from Mark 10 44 reminds readers that leadership is expressed through service. The line states that whoever desires to be first must become a servant to all. This daily reflection emphasizes humility and stewardship.
Drew Pearson recounts the Bay of Pigs operation dubbed Pluto. The plan hinged on mining roads in swamp terrain and destroying Castro’s planes, but Escondido gas and shells sank, planes attacked beach, and intelligence missteps doomed the assault. US forces stayed inactive until a 3 am White House meeting.
Santa Fe Magazine quotes a businessman sending a sharp note through his secretary. a gentleman cannot speak his mind and the recipient will infer the message. The Russell News notes Britannica’s shark attack data collection without Uncle Joe who survived a 1946 Hoisington pool hall incident.
Dr Molner explains phantom limb pain is real and treatable. Nerve endings, neuromas, and stump pain contribute. injections or nerve sleep can relieve it, while preoperative techniques have mixed results. Psychosomatic factors may influence pain magnitude, but physical causes require attention.
A dense list of prime time and daytime TV slots across KODE TV KOtv WDAF KOAM and equivalents shows a full daily slate. Programs include Bugs Bunny The Rifleman Wyatt Earp The Thriller Red Skelton Stagecoach West Garry Moore Hawaiian Eye Alfred Hitchcock Jack Paar Eight Bells Weather News Hawaiian Eye and more across channels and times.
Neodesha and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hoffman of Topeka visited Saturday with Mr. and Mrs. John Doub. Garland Bowman of Ashton Idaho was a Monday dinner guest of Mr. and Mrs. Darrell Kelsey and family. He also visited his uncle Tom Fugate, a patient at the veterans hospital in Kansas City, and Paul Smith at the Wichita veterans hospital. W. A. Smith and son Jimmy returned from Kansas City after a checkup at K U Medical Center. Jimmy visited his uncle Leo Purdon and family. Mrs. Ed Carlos returned from New York City with her daughter Mrs. Victor Trucci and family. Mrs. Trucci and children stayed to visit relatives. Mrs. Fred Warzel of Parsons visited Friday. Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Jones recently went to Hutchinson to visit their daughter Lola, a city schoolteacher.
James Marlow analyzes Kennedy era choices between military action and political programs to win allegiance of backward peoples. He argues Laos shows the danger of relying on force, urging more for the people to counter Communist promises, with Berlin as a Western unity test. He cites Warren Anna's Laos report and warns Southeast Asia could fall to communism if the U S does not offer tangible gains.
Evening newspaper from Chanute published with city circulation details and legal notices. The text lists staff roles including department managers and mechanics, mentions newspaper posting at the Chanute post office, and cites subscription rates for Neosho Allen Wilson and Woodson counties.
At Columbus Ayrshire cattle show Mrs. Ed Shively and children attended as Wayne Shively received the heifer calf prize for an essay entered through his 4 H club. Frances Shively won first in cattle judging and Wayne Lorraine and Frances Shively topped a 4H judging team. They competed with Future Farmers of America and 4 H members from the area. Meanwhile Mr and Mrs Jack Jarboe announce the birth of Roger Henry at Mercy Hospital Parson April 24 weighing 8 lbs 2 oz. Grandparents are Mrs Rose Jarboe and Mr and Mrs Charley Kennedy. Mrs Jarboe and the baby are staying with her parents. Lois Finley remains a medical patient in a Kansas City hospital for observation and treatment as Mr and Mrs Paul Doub of
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