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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1959
Page
4
Editorial notes President Eisenhower’s bronchitis and public sympathy for illness. It calls for transparency on his health and suggests a gubernatorial run as a joke. The piece predicts Kansas Legislature budget talks in three months, a possible surplus, and Docking’s plan to cut taxes while restraining spending.
A daily scripture excerpt citing Hebrews 4 12 about God s word being quick powerful and sharper than a two edged sword and a discerner of hearts and thoughts.
Nelson Rockefeller story about memory for names at a rally and a precinc t worker. A switchboard operator’s frank line about a businessman’s unavailability. Gypsy Rose Lee farewell tour teased. World War II leader George Marshall praised for not writing a book. Elks Stag Mountain Oyster Fry ad and patriotism quip about hash. Cat Week queries and a joke about milk as catnip.
Three restaurant experts spoke at a state restaurant association gathering while all avoided the subject of cooking. A traffic expert quipped about cars and passing. A comment described a woman in ill fitting slacks with a droop in her stoop. The Kansas City police chief dismissed a rock concert as a so-called musical program.
1872 account recalls Marcus Muntz and Vincent Hartman establishing a cave brewery on Village Creek south bank two miles north of Chanute. They excavated a hillside cave to house vats and apparatus, opening the area’s first manufacturing plant of any note.
AP recap notes rising stock and bond activity as negotiations over the steel strike loom. U.S. Steel and Bethlehem reports show heavy losses while GM earnings surge amid a steel shortage. Retail sales rise, with forecasts for a stronger Christmas season.
Confidential minutes from 1957 reveal plans to keep Teddy Nadler as perpetual champion on the $64,000 Question show. Producers debated using big-name contestants vs relatable averages, discussed sweepstakes ideas, and considered a contest against Charles Van Doren while noting waning ratings.
Local stations KOAM KOTV KODE WDAF list primetime lineups with Perry Mason Bonanza Wanted Dead or Alive Donna Reed Mr Lucky U S Marshal Bourbon Street Beat Have Gun Will Travel Gunsmoke It Could Be You Lawrence Welk and morning blocks feature Today Looney Toons Popeye News Captain Kangaroo Dough Re Mi Morning Playhouse Treasure Hunt Price is Right I Love Lucy Concentration December Bride Love of Life Truth or Consequences Search for Tomorrow Guiding Light and more across channels 4 6 7 12 in a single TV guide snapshot.
The Chanute Tribune notes brisk Christmas giving as merchants praise spreading cheer. Hunters, especially women, buy more gear despite a Canadian drought lowering duck numbers. An insurer reports strong demand for a 50 cent daily life or limb policy for hunters. A Japanese firm exports prefabricated teahouses.
Dr George W Crane offers advice for clergymen facing sleepy congregations. He cites a seminary graduate seeking methods beyond study and suggests adopting an adaptable motto and borrowing effective habits from heroes to energize sermons.
The excerpt outlines a six step sermon method drawn from Reader's Digest style and Christ's parables. It urges clergymen to use current life texts, famous quotes, local narrative examples, include three parishioners, quote a poem stanza, and keep a 20 to 30 minute duration. It ends by offering a booklet from Dr. Crane via Hopkins Syndicate.
In 1928 New York City audiences witnessed the first talking motion picture demonstration. The event highlighted synchronized dialogue turning silent cinema into a new era of film entertainment.
Time Hill in Cincinnati, once the Gruen Watches home built in 1892, is now owned by Osborne Kemper Thomas Inc calendar makers. The name Time Hill will remain and time will still be measured there, with only the tempo changed.
The Phoenix Chamber of Commerce faced a difficult relocation to new quarters. A booklet titled Six Ways to Make That Move Easier was used to shield a desk in the new space.
The article argues that moral influence acts like radiation from each person, shaping society through thoughts desires and actions. It warns that daily behavior, honesty, humility and love determine the positive or negative impact one has on others and thus on civilization.
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