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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1961
Page
10
New York AP report notes rural China uses 50 year old butter as medicine and that age boosts cost. The piece riffs on superstitions, quirks in American social behavior, and assorted trivia from wit and politics to pop culture.
The nationwide Hire Now drive, announced in Washington, is led locally by the Kansas State Employment Service Chanute office. W. C. Markley says the campaign will boost employer contact, with more visits, calls, letters, and mail to firms and associations. Mayor Dave Evans urges cooperation from business leaders and civic groups. In Pittsburg a centennial exhibit tour draws hundreds amid coal mining and pioneer farming displays from Cato to Draw.
About 2,000 people attended Friday events in Cato despite high water blocking the main road. Estimates suggest roughly 12,000 turned out Saturday for the continued event.
Thunderstorms lashed Oklahoma causing widespread property damage across the state. Five twisters were sighted around Cushing where the heaviest damage occurred, with hail and heavy rain accompanying the storms. No deaths or serious injuries were reported. Weather agencies warned residents to seek shelter as severe conditions continued.
Slashed houses in Shawnee suffered thousands of dollars in damage while three homes about two miles south of Cushing were destroyed. A hangar at Cushing airport and an oil warehouse were unroofed, a barn on the Paul Groghers farm burned, and rainfall near Cushing reached 4.2 inches. Hail damaged eight homes and many autos. tornadoes were sighted near Stillwater and Anadarko. A feed store burned in Bixby and homes near Coweta and Porter were damaged.
Mahlon Morley vice president of the Chamber of Commerce announces committee chairman appointments for the fiscal year. The release outlines new leadership roles and the members chosen to lead various committees.
New York reports Primatene tablets, a three medicine asthma formula, now available without prescription in most states. Doctors endorse its fast relief from attacks and longer breaks from spasms, promising easier breathing and sleep with no injections at 98 cents a bottle.
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