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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1956
Page
4
The Kansas census shows cities gaining and farms losing, with a slight population rise. The state becomes 526 percent urban by U.S. Census Bureau standards, births outpacing deaths, and calls for more industries as legislative apportionment gives taxation without representation amid farm to city migration.
In Chicago this week the American Psychological Association reported that Democratic women tend to be socially oriented while Republican women are more personally oriented and self-assured. The study notes controversy and counters the notion that personality predicts voting, pointing to the husband’s preferences as the common influence.
A collection of witty musings and quick anecdotes touch on Kinsey’s influence, a hypothetical mile high Chicago sky scraper by Frank Lloyd Wright, 1960 TV networks predicting political conventions, a Topeka meat market robbery caught with socks down, and a cliff fall affecting four California women.
Genevieve Russell of Neosho County travels to Emporia Friday for a banquet designating a state queen from counties visited by the Santa Fe beef festival train in cooperation with Kansas State College. Benjamin W. Herndon suffers non serious burns at Altitude Petroleum plant near Chanute in a minor explosion yesterday afternoon. Mrs H H Williams hosts a birthday surprise at 805 S Evergreen for her grandson J T Simmons Jr visiting from Lexington Ky who is ten years old.
Barbara Koch and others joined an Erie visit to view the beef train and enjoy barbecue. The piece notes good cooking and cider apples at a local orchard for 10 cents a bushel for ten days. J. W. Denney advertises bloodhounds for running criminals and pups for sale. Benedict livery stable sold to Ed Banks, formerly with Model Laundry.
Editorial notes cheerful return to classrooms and socializing among youngsters. Mentioned topics include flea circus trivia, spelling problems in schools, and scrutiny of magazines and public figures amid shifting trends.
A Dutch woman knits a black sweater with white Chinese characters from a Chinese menu. Friends laugh when translated as This dish is cheap but most delicious. A doctor advises baths and air. The wife jokes about Atlantic City and new gowns.
Senate investigators probe a stock surge after the Civil Aeronautics Board secretly allowed Northeast to fly the New York Miami route. Reported insiders include aides to Sen Bridges and Georgia GOP chief Robert Snodgrass profiting from the jump. Cab members Gurney Denny voted for Northeast, while Adams Minetti backed Northeast as well. SEC and Banking Committee to hold public hearing, Delta’s Woolman congratulates Gardner.
Dr. Karl T. Waugh promotes the League of the Golden Pen to boost morale through weekly letters of condolence praise or encouragement. The program invites teens and adults, including Hi Y Tri Hi Y Scouts and church groups, to send cheerful notes to strangers or neighbors, with a small fee for booklet materials.
Sunday visitors include Mr and Mrs Melvin Brooks and family of Topeka. PFC Irvin Headley visiting from Camp Polk with parents and kin. Mr and Mrs Bert Byerley of Perry Oklahoma hosted by local families. Fred Ludecke to Wyoming elk hunting with Gene Miller and Moran. Millard Crook of St Louis visiting Humboldt relatives. Neva Crawford of Wichita and local injuries noted. A L Googins hosts Fred Traxel family from Independence Missouri. H H Stewart entertaining daughter A J Hall and Jerome Stewart of St Louis.
Dwight Lilley age 59 died last night in Wichita after a 19 year career with the Kansas Corporation Commission. He served as a public servant and regulator, leaving behind colleagues familiar with his work and dedication.
Time Magazine profiles Humboldt born oilman Dean McGee now based in Oklahoma City as president of Kerr-McGee Oil Company Inc. His career spans Phillips Petroleum head geologist to leading tidalands and uranium projects with a network of 23 states. The piece notes his Kansas University ties and family connections.
Local Chanute Tribune page provides publishing info for Highland Chanute Kas with editor Ernest W Johnson and ads manager James Fehrenbach. It lists editions schedule evenings except Sunday and notes post office classification and AP affiliation with circulation rates for Neosho Allen Wilson and surrounding counties.
Police opened fire on demonstrations in Dacca, killing five and wounding many as crowds demanded food amid an ongoing famine since last year’s floods. East Pakistan faces severe shortages and hunger amid political tension.
The premier said during a news conference that the United States is not ready to establish diplomatic or economic relations with Communist China or North Viet Nam. The United States has been providing economic aid to Laos. In Cyprus a British soldier was wounded and a Cypriot policeman narrowly escaped a time bomb attack in Larnaca. A time bomb also exploded at the Acropole hotel annex in Nicosia, damaging the building but injuring no one.
Mistake corrected sentence uses talk with you. Rio de Janeiro pronunciation favored Ree day zha no ree with stress on the first and fifth syllables. The misspelled word is ransom. Bragadocio means empty boasting. A le word meaning unseemly frivolity is levity.
The towers of the Brooklyn Bridge rest on submerged timber cushions fifteen feet thick. This detail highlights the bridge’s foundation and construction method used to anchor the immense structure.
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