Water shortage fears spur flood control and reservoir plans
Ash Grove officials push a large reservoir fed by river pumps to end water shortages at the cement plant. Dams at Burlington and Council Grove move toward final planning as farmers back watershed projects. Parsons probes a reservoir to secure municipal and industrial supplies amid growing public and private efforts to conserve water and soil.
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Council Grove
Parsons
Peoples Forum The Fools Will Die
A letter from Art Carlson of 216 S. Wilson argues for banning slow drivers by forcing all cars to travel at 100 miles per hour, claiming safety would follow as those labeled fools would be dead.
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Walnut
Sunflower Club
Mabel Kensinger
Elvis Presley Home in Memphis Sells for Sixty Five Thousand
The piece notes Elvis Presley’s Memphis home is on the market at 65000 dollars and offers a playful memorial pledge toward the purchase. It also surveys varied topics from Edsel to Red China permission and Eisenhower flying a plane.
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Elvis Presley
Memphis
Red China
United States
Clip and Quips Gift Shop Gaffe and Courtroom Gibe
A tightwad buys a broken glass vase for almost nothing and asks it be sent as a gift. He hopes his friend believes it broke in transit. An acknowledgment arrives thanking him for wrapping each piece separately. A courtroom exchange questions a wife's supporting by washing.
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Parental discipline debate stirs editorials in Wichita Eagle
The Wichita Eagle weighs in on child upbringing and discipline amid public debate. A caller questions spanking and generational norms while editors critique loud self promotion in music and taste.
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Public school enrollment shows slight drop this year
Early figures indicate 2054 students enrolled, down from 2116 a year earlier. Fred Miles reported catching about 140 pounds of fish in the Neosho using a trot line with perch as bait. Merle Blinn, CT Camp section sergeant, wins a large trophy for best camp section. Buffalo defeats Stark 3–2 in Erie reunion game. Wayne and Wendell Brant visit from Earlton. Rev. A. E. Belstrom accepts call to Forest City Iowa. Fifty years ago A F Leverenz joins C D Smith Drug as traveling salesman. Route 4 rural mail carrier orders automobile work gear. F C Warren family relocates from New Cumberland Iowa.
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Neosho
Merle Blinn
Leavenworth
John P. Blinn
S. Grant
Buffalo
Stark
Erie
Lamonn Trammell
Chanute
Wright
Friedlan
Wayne
Wendell Brant
Earlton
Dorothy Greve
A. E. Belstrom
Grant Avenue Baptist Church
Forest City
Iowa
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C. D. Smith Drug Co
St. Joseph
T. W. Reynolds
F. C. Warren
New Cumberland
Family Reunions Should Be Held Only Annually
A humorous take argues family picnics work best once a year with distant relatives enhancing conversation. It notes food as the main draw, warns against dull gatherings, and suggests men should share dishwashing duties to balance chores.
Teamsters Converge in Miami Amid Racketeers and Scandal
Miami Beach hosts a Teamsters convention while Senate sleuths led by Bob Kennedy stake out the area. The column spots racketeers in Collins Avenue haunts as mobsters mingle with businessmen and society figures. Investigators interview police and trace calls in a wider probe of links between labor, crime, and elite circles.
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Miami Beach
Teamsters
Bob Kennedy
Senate
Collins Avenue
Worry Clinic Notes on Women and Urban Trends
Dr. George W Crane discusses Beth G s fear of mental decline linked to menopause and relationship jealousy, then shifts to Miami Beach growth and hotel rivalries. The column blends psychiatric advice with observations on population shifts and postwar urban redevelopment.
Menace to morals prompts bold medical claims
A controversial piece argues that the womb is inert and not a wife’s primary organ, urging hysterectomy to solve sexual dysfunction. It cites Dr Crane and a pamphlet offer, then shifts to local club notes and community updates from Walnut and nearby towns.
Red Skyscraper Plan Tops Manhattan Ambition
Louis J. Glickman proposes tearing down Carnegie Hall to build a bright red 44 story office tower in central Manhattan. At 24 million dollars, the project aims to revive urban vigor with imaginative daring and downtown renewal ideas.
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Louis J. Glickman
Manhattan
Carnegie Hall
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Chanute Tribune Plans September 3 1957 Local Page
Chanute Tribune details publishing schedule and offices at 13 18 S Highland Chanute Kas with editors Ernest W Johnson and James K Sheridan. It lists subscription rates for Neosho Allen Wilson Woodson counties and outside areas, including monthly and yearly prices.
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Kas
Daily Timeset
Chanute Publishing Company
Ernest W Johnson
James KE. Sheridan
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Neosho
Allen Wilson
Woodson
Birthday dinners mark weekend gatherings across families
Saturday guests of their great grandmother Mrs Leroy Martin included Dr and Mrs O A Crowder Pittsburg Norma Jean Plum Cha nute Mr and Mrs Howard Plum and Mrs Katie Plum. Sunday dinners honored birthdays of Mrs Howard Plum and Norma Jean. L L Sherbenow and Lee of Loveland Colorado visited recently with Violet Greve Mrs James Herod and husband and brother George Greve and family. Ike Smith visited his brother Ed Smith of Parsons. J L Moore were Thursday dinner guests of his sister Mrs C L Wilson and Mr Wilson of Gas City. Emily Wilson of Stephan Point Wisconsin also visited in the Wilson home.
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Ike Smith
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Parsons
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Stephan Point
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Common English errors and word meanings from The Tribune
A reader asks about grammar and vocabulary. The piece answers five items: correct punctuation of I like fruit especially apples for special occasions. pronunciation of marital. misspelled word among Tafetta tabernacle Taciturn tantamount. meaning of vacillate. a dep- word meaning sad grievous with pronunciation notes.
Television log highlights daytime and late night lineup
The page lists a dense TV schedule with morning daytime and evening programs including Stand Up and Be Com, As the World Turns, Liberace, Bride and Groom, Art Linkletter, House Party, Bob Crosby, Queen for a Day, Secret Bloom, Edge of Night, Modern Romance, Jimmy Dean Show, Water Front, and various matinees and news segments.
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