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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1957
Page
4
The article argues President Eisenhower, though popular, erred in political strategy during the budget battle. It cites public criticisms from Secretary Humphrey, insufficient support from allies in Congress, and a failed effort to leverage influence for 1958 electoral outcomes, risking defense funding and prestige.
Space enthusiasts predict a bright year for saucer sightings and visitors. The piece recalls WWII training pranks and imagines visiting aliens finding friendly receptions from diverse places from a college basketball team to Congo and the Kremlin, highlighting global curiosity and goodwill.
The writer describes a canal scene near a hotel in Amsterdam. A wide canal passes under a bridge where bicycles, tram cars, and cars stream by. Brick buildings, a large brown church, and a flower market line the canal, with the Old Mint Tower bells audible nearby. There are 70 canals like this.
A shoeshine man argues with a customer about cancer among prize fighters. Parking meters are ignored by out of town cars. Townsfolk note late May weather coats and air conditioning shifts. A reader recalls neckties shed and rising car mud after rain. An Elm Man ponders a four day work week while a yard lacks iris plants. A TV viewer jokes about summer audiences and re runs. A track meet fan hopes for timely events.
The text paints Amsterdam as a city defined by river bridges and canal stretches, each district a distinct entity. It highlights varied zones from coal unloading to crafts, prostitution to diamond cutting, with a harbor and shops, offering a relaxed, slow-paced respite beyond typical guidebook highlights.
Twenty five years ago C M Balch of this city announced his entry into the primary for the Republican nomination to represent Neosho County. Other items note women avoiding green onions at lunch and various regional activities including trips to Kansas City Baldwin and Wichita with community notices about stapled union shipping and fishing camp plans.
Washington reacts to the anti American riots in Taipei as the worst in diplomatic history. Senators who visited Chiang Kai Shek discuss retaking the mainland but the episode triggers a reassessment of relations with Nationalist China and calls for a firm U S response to protect diplomatic property and personnel.
Dr. George Crane endorses Willard Wade's plan to create a 100 acre Family Camp Site near Covington Kentucky to unite families for a week of camp activities. He argues broken homes fuel juvenile crime and that family camps strengthen morals, self reliance, and communal worship. Funds from foundations could aid land development with ponds and recreation for all ages.
A collage of humorous clippings notes stock buying for baseball teams, engraved shares, and tax humor. It cites Topeka and Wichita papers remarking on social behavior and pamphlets about nations. mentions centennial whiskers and a joke on anti itch lotion.
A dense list of TV programs and times for Wednesday and around, including Millionaire, Make It a Secret, This Is Your Life, Highway Patrol, and Dr. Christian. It also notes radio and news blocks, weather, and various local segments with detailed daytime and late-night listings.
Two cattlemen Harold Ross and Harry Diehl tracked a lost plane crash survivor in the Panamint Mountains near Death Valley. Ross, 28, of San Diego, wandered for water in 100 degree heat after his plane ran out of fuel. He was found severely sunburned and delirious, but doctors say he will recover at a Bishop hospital.
Rodney K. McCammon announces a 1956 wheat acreage allotment of 18,638,208 acres for 105 Kansas counties. Area allocations include Allen 23,258 Neosho 39,805 Wilson 41,898 Woodson 13,854. Adjustments reflect 10 year seed averages and weather factors.
Washington charges of corruption and malpractice in the Bakers Union funds go before Senate rackets probes at public hearings to start Tuesday. Chairman McClellan announced the committee hopes to wind up the investigation earlier the same day.
Investigators plan to call Dave Beck Jr and two others in a probe into the Teamsters Union president. The inquiry followed months of investigation before subpoenas could be issued to the trio.
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A short reader ad notes a pewter ink mix using two ounces of quicksilver ground with gun water until fluid, then ground with gun water for use as ink. It advertises the Chanute Tribune by carrier at 30 cents weekly.
Chanute Tribune publication data lists Chanute Publishing Company editors Ernest W. Johnson and James E. Sheridan with AP affiliation and circulation notes. It provides subscription rates by mail within Wilson and Woodson counties and mentions publication schedule and post office classification.
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