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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1958
Page
4
Editorial notes that with flowers, greenery, and outdoor living at peak, global troubles barely register. It contrasts double Latin American riots and Middle East crises with the season's appeal for boating, swimming, and picnicking crowds.
Local readers note a lively outdoor scene with flowers blooming and grills fired up. Residents relish fresh air and small tasks like weed removal and elm bud cleanup as mild exercise. The writer looks forward to warmer days and longer sunny spells.
A jumbled column notes global tension and a vice president’s Peruvian vote, jokes on a home with an autopilot era, and the dream of talking appliances. Ike warns Republicans to seize Congress with force if needed while consumer innovations mix humor with politics and market hopes.
Calaveras County fair promoters urge Navy officials to consider a frog as a satellite passenger. Biologists see potential value while the Navy showcases a Vanguard satellite but remains noncommittal. The note references the famed Dan'l Webster frog, whose flight never happened, as a cautionary precedent.
Tribune Files recalls a holdup near Ottawa Saturday night. Dorothy Hines and Jeanne Taylor, Chanute students at Ottawa University, were forced from a car. Miss Taylor lost five dollars, while Miss Hines had a ring taken.
Rand-Woman argues a Pennsylvania Supreme Court decision upheld a husband as driver and a wife as quiet. A Great Books session notes women’s subjugation, with a matron claiming men decide major issues while women handle minor ones.
A collage of brief exchanges covers letters from a billboard group and a tongue in cheek quip about Joan-lease, fashion notes on toe cap shoes for all, and a joke about a man who kissed a bride at a wedding three years prior provoking a bitter or comic reaction.
Washington dispatch reveals how President Eisenhower ordered troops to the Caribbean amid anti Nixon protests in Venezuela. Army paratroopers and Marine units were dispatched after Amb. Sparks reported a siege and disarray in the Caracas embassy, with Navy observers noting ongoing Caribbean maneuvers. Secret Service guarded Nixon’s daughters during the crisis.
Donna Q., 26, asks Dr. Crane about divorce after her husband confesses to an affair and a venereal disease. The column stresses learning from others, avoiding nagging, and warns liquor worsens affairs while noting Donna’s sins of omission. Follow-up promised in tomorrow’s column.
The Chanute Tribune of Highland Chanute Kansas outlines publication details, editors, and advertising contacts. It lists distribution areas Neosho Allen Wilson Woodson counties with subscription rates for local and outside counties.
Earlton area reports the drowning of 17 year old Albert Bass of Sheridan Arkansas near his home lake. Albert was son of Oscar and Mrs. Bass. Funeral scheduled for Sunday. Several local residents and visitors attend events including Mothers Day gatherings and school activities. David Spurling on 30 day furlough from Fort Benning visited relatives in Grenola and Earlton.
Sunday dinner guests at the Ludlums' included numerous Bartlesville residents and visitors from Kansas City and Olathe. Weekend gatherings followed at the Starlipers and Landers homes. The first six grades hosted a mothers’ program at school with music and dances. Local improvements included interior repainting of the post office. Seventh and eighth graders toured Noel and Roaring River. Junior-Senior banquet at Bronson was attended by Ruth Butts and Esther Ericson. The marching band enjoyed a Chicken Anna's dinner near Pittsburg. County treasurers attended a state meeting in Topeka. Dozier family reports a Mayo Clinic operation for a heart condition present at birth funded by Independence community. Some high school students earned Kansas University music scholarships for summer work.
A dense listing of TV programming and air times for KOAM KOTV WDAF KODE and others. It enumerates morning through late night shows including Captain Kangaroo Today Lux, Price Is Right World News Guiding Light Lux and late movie slots. It reflects a full daily slate across stations with multiple network and local programs.
Visitor report notes Mrs. Ray McNary hosting relatives including Mr and Mrs Frank Court and Georgia of St Louis Missouri. Also mentions Music Camp held in Lawrence in June with scholarship recipients Rollin Roedel Larry Nelson Don Bauer Janice Laver Donna Ludlum Shirley Boler Sharon Munson Deanna De Merritt and Judy Daniels.
Secretary Weeks told an economic mobilization conference that the U S economy should reach 80 million jobs and a 600 billion dollar annual output in ten years. He urged industry to lead recovery, calling four million or more private enterprises the key to revival and future expansion. He projected output rising from 416 to 600 billion dollars and per capita income from 1931 to 2310 dollars by 1968.
American sculptor Gutzon Borglum creator of Mount Rushmore passed away in 1941 after a life spanning 1867 to 1941. His monumental project shaped American memory and national iconography.
Stark reports Stark-Leroy Carlson and Etta Mae Gemmill sang a duet at the Youth Rally held Tuesday evening at Kimball U B church. About 200 young people attended. Cora Hayworth of Lavonburg visited her sister Maude Neville Frank Thomas, who is confined at home with a bad cold and throat infection. Ruby Smith spent Saturday in Chanute for dental work. Ethel Owens helped her grandmother, Mrs. Nettie Johnson, in her flower shop this week.
In manufacturing industries the British worker logs a longer week than the Canadian American or West German workers, reflecting stricter schedules and higher hours in UK plants.
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