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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1961
Page
4
An editorial notes a pioneering airborne television instruction plan beaming lessons to about half a million students across six states, with a full academic year planned and five million pupils expected to participate. It emphasizes the nationwide reach and cross-boundary potential of in-flight televised education.
The piece questions funding for a nationwide televised education program and asks whether the federal government would cover costs for blanket coverage. It imagines a TV transmitter on a plane over Chanute reaching multiple cities and regions while local authorities fear loss of control over curricula and funding.
Newton Minow the youthful FCC chairman targets television programs as stinking and corrupting, warning license renewals may hinge on constructive use of public airways. The column notes industry fear, public taste, and calls for protest via viewing choices and sponsor reactions.
Twenty five years ago Clar K Jones won the fifth Palma rifle match sponsored by the Chanute Rifle and Pistol club on Sunday. Rudolph Sandberg was the previous year’s trophy winner.
A line from St. Matthew 12:35 contrasts a good man’s good treasures with an evil man’s evil treasures, underscoring the moral link between inner values and outward deeds. The verse urges readers to keep a virtuous inner storehouse.
In Washington a Pearlson column notes Kennedy sent 400 U S marshals to Alabama amid mob violence. Ironies include Kennedy backing Meriwether despite Klan ties, Patterson’s mob-linked history, and easy telephone ties between Kennedy and Patterson during campaigns and appointments.
Dear Dr Mother explains that TB germs need a suitable environment to survive and can linger briefly. Toys made by patients in TB hospitals are generally safe once cured or cleared by airflow testing. open air and sunlight aid safety, and proper cleaning is advised.
Wednesday and Thursday listings show prime time lineups across KOTV KOAM WDAF and more with programs from Wagon Train to Naked City and Evening News plus afternoon and daytime soaps, game shows and cartoons. Includes movie nights like Black Arrow and Captains of the Clouds.
New York humor column by Hal Boyle recalls a college senior named Sidney facing dismissive postgrad talk. The piece lists cynical parental lines about money, careers, and marriage, plus ironic anecdotes about Birmingham's Bull Connor and mock job pitches. It captures postwar expectations and the humor of disillusionment.
Clips and quips mix notes on Russia’s shortages and local abundance. A Dorado Times jab contrasts meat shortages with plenty here including crow. A Manhattan Mercury quip profiles a grandfather who doubted his daughter’s husband yet praises the grandson’s genius.
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