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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1958
Page
4
In Chanute and Erie the editorial notes the deaths of two influential women, expressing sorrow and reflecting on their contributions to the community. The piece honors their impact and the sense of loss felt by many.
A collage of opinions and notices notes travel, car design, parking costs, social commentary, plus obituaries for Mrs Milo T Jones and Mrs Cleo I Dalton. The piece contrasts future transport, taxes, and social roles with brief biographical blurbs.
Wit and Wisdom notes a decline in shoe use with 3.5 pairs in 1956 and 3.47 in 1957, projected to 3.3 in 1958. USC biology professor Jay M. Savage predicts humans will be bald and toeless by 8500 A D with a giant bottom and spindly legs, as pants rise and shoe leather wanes.
Two witticisms on self reliance and social response. The first extols a perfect do it yourself kit to avoid embarrassment. The second contrasts two types of people: those indifferent to your troubles and those glad you have them.
J. M. notes that Moscow launched a three satellite group with a heavy sputnik rivaling a car in size and shape. He argues the craft proves Soviet capability for intercontinental ballistic missiles able to reach Moscow targets, including Boeing in Wichita, while U S missiles remain intermediate range.
W H Riley heads a 25 member closing committee named by the Chanute Chamber of Commerce to designate holidays for local stores. Other appointees include Roy Mec Cune H W Loy M W Blair M B Shirley John Gardner and several others. The Tribune notes other local social items and school achievements from Chanute and nearby towns.
Dr. Crane advises Don G. a 32 year old new grocery store owner, whose poker face and introverted streak alarm his wife and risk finances. A plan includes deliberate smiling, mirror practice, and a weekly compliment habit to convert introversion into sociable salesmanship. The piece notes personality shifts from birth order and suggests door to door sales as a quick method, with psychology class tools and a request for a mailed inquiry packet.
In the matter of Laura Rebecca Stipp deceased a petition by Alfred P West administrator seeks sale of an undivided three fourths interest in part of the South Half of the Northwest Quarter Section 1 Township 29 South Range 18 East lying west of the MK&T Railway right of way Neosho County Kansas for funeral expenses debts taxes and costs of administration filing defenses by May 29 1958 at 10 00 A M Erie Kansas hearing set. Also notice of appointment in Alice N Cubbage estate with Harriett Elizabeth Snyder administratrix creditors must file demands within nine months from first publication.
Paris dispatch notes that General De Gaulle remains opaque on Algeria and North Africa policy. Insiders say his federation plan links Morocco Algeria and Tunisia with Algeria near independence. The piece cites wartime debates with Churchill over Egypt Syria and North Africa and highlights his reputation as a symbol of liberty despite public relations flaws.
State of Kansas Neosho County in the matter of the estate of C A Davis deceased a petition by E Davis administrator requests final settlement and determination of heirs with assignment of real and personal property hearing set May 28 1958 at 10:00 AM in Erie Kansas Creditors and heirs must file defenses or judgment will be entered Balch Bailey listed as counsel
Evening publication details state second class mail, Chanute post office, and Associated Press ownership. Subscription rates for Neosho, Allen, Wilson, and Woodson Counties list monthly, quarterly, semiannual, and yearly prices.
Wednesday primetime listings span KOAM KCOTV WDAF and KODE with shows including Disneyland I Love Lacy Wagon Train and Gunsmoke. Prime slots feature This Is Your Life Dragnet Sea Hunt Highway Patrol Playhouse 90 and Decoy among others.
In 1943 Churchill eyed removing de Gaulle but Eden argued he remained a symbol the British could not dismantle. Churchill held a press conference denouncing de Gaulle as latent fascist and arousing French and Arab discontent in Syria to push French Soviet influence, while de Gaulle proved anti Russian and anti communist.
Bakersfield report says Vir ginia Tyson, 28, Los Angeles, led officers on a 20 mile chase at speeds up to 115 mph before capture to testify in a friend's sanity hearing. She claimed she was en route to San Francisco.
Dayton report notes the newly elected secretary of the Third Street Baptist Church Sunshine Circle for youth was tasked with recording minutes. On her second day, she read the minutes aloud stating the last meeting lasted 20 minutes and 6 seconds before taking her seat.
A Columbus School Board meeting featured a 9 year old read a composition by Harold H. Eibling. The child expressed wishes to be a bank president with a good record and no time in the pen and to be a father of two children.
Hollywood reports Kim Novak and Rafael Trujillo Jr shared a brief farewell aboard his private railroad car. Trujillo plans to return in July after Army Command School studies in Kansas. a Mexican divorce is expected to be final then.
In Cheyenne Wyoming a demolished old church drew a cheeky sign on the wall. It invites sidewalk engineers with better ideas to leave a note in a rooftop suggestion box.
A letter style Q&A answers copper stains with a small amount of denatured alcohol applied by a brush. It also offers a tip for appetizers using olives and bacon by suggesting rolling stuffed olives in slices of bacon.
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