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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1956
Page
4
Katrie Boogert from Holland arrives as a scholarship student at the junior college supported by AAUW and UNESCO. City schools and the public share the interest in her stay as a friendship bridge for international understanding, with the community urged to make her feel at home.
A postwar craze for structural glass yields glass houses and bright school windows. Light overload blinds teachers and students even as schools prepare to adopt more movies radio and television for education. Curtains may dim the windows but defeat their purpose.
June notes discuss brides and second weddings in June. It forecasts Texas history on whether Fort Worth or Dallas wins the first 18 hole indoor golf course. It mentions Truman, Kansas politics, Labor Day, War and Peace film, Nixon in a white apron, teen boys and gadgets, and a fired emcee from the $64,000 Challenge V program.
Twenty five years ago Guy R Bates a Santa Fe chauffeur was critically injured when the Ford roadster he rode in collided with another car and overturned at 14th and Santa Fe. One hundred Scouts from Erie Independence Chanute and nearby towns gathered in Chanute for an all day program of swimming and games. E L Johnson at 1005 N Grant says tobacco could be a better crop for the area based on his season long experiment and he has 50 to
The annual Thayer homecoming and fair, one of the most successful in twenty years, closes tonight after drawing large crowds over the past three days. An Overland sedan stolen in Joplin July 7 from E C Smith of Chanute was recovered in Vinita Oklahoma. Jeanette Wickstrom returns from Gold Hill Colorado after several weeks away. Corn known as Kansas cattle corn yields 75 to 100 bushels per acre on J W Henry’s 12 acres. Parks Helmick Harry Griggs and Bruce Grigsby attend old settlers meeting at Brewster schoolhouse today.
E Lawson May laments upcoming women’s hat fashions likely to be unflattering. He notes TV driven designs seen in fashion centers may spread to the Midwest and urges caution. He also comments on men abandoning straw hats for colored caps and jokes about farmers as ideal targets for advertising.
A hot day scene shows a smug salesman joking with a bus driver about room on the ark. A tombstone peddler faces an angry widow who reveals her husband left money to another. he laments the inscription cannot be changed and she replies add Till we meet again.
Rep Edgar Hiestand is accused of using irregular payroll practices to fund office expenses. Virginia Timmons and Brooke Gilbertson wrote checks paid from the Republican Campaign Committee, while ex-employees reported personal payments. The Justice Department is drawn into whether these acts violated law.
Dr. Crane prescribes a social strategy for shy girls like Gwen R. to gain popularity without chasing dates. He urges maintaining a casual, confident stance, showing interest with smiles, and pursuing high moral goals while leaving room for self worth. He cites Seneca on love tactics and suggests letting a man feel important before drawing him closer.
Chicago Bears found an unsung rookie in Perry Jeter a halfback from California Poly. He scored four touchdowns in preseason victories over the Cardinals Eagles and Redskins including a 71 yard punt return for a 28 21 win and a 90 yard kickoff TD in the 17 3 win over Washington.
Forest and Glora Richardson advertise a dividend paying savings plan for Northwestern Mutual Life and MFA Insurance. Contact 3199 305 at W. Main for details.
Free polio shots offered to ages six months to 19 on Tuesday with third doses for those nine months past second. Locations include Yates Center court house at 9 am Toronto schoolhouse at 1 pm and Neosho Falls school at 3 pm.
A Tuesday blaze at Glencliff Farms destroyed three empty chicken houses and a storage building while threatening the Harrison Johnson home. Firefighters gained control as high winds fanned the flames and scorched several acres of grass within 50 yards of the Johnson residence. In Fredonia, city school enrollment rose to 871 students from 859 a year ago.
At a Tuesday night city meeting the siren will be moved to City Hall on Main Street and run automatically at 8 am 12 noon 1 pm and 5 pm daily except Sundays and holidays. The usual fire alarm remains in case of emergencies. City Clerk Harvey Steele will study tornado warning options. The Rebekah drill team will.
Chanute Tribune details publication info including consolidated paper with Daily Timesett. Editor Ernest W. Johnson and Advertising Manager James Fehrenbach listed. Circulation and postal compliance statements referenced. Subscription rates by county and mail options outlined.
A IOOF Hall practice session is planned for Tuesday night. Guests include Mr and Mrs Will Raines and son from Oklahoma City, Mr and Mrs Bud Finley and Carol Ann of Carthage Missouri, Junior Bass of Walnut, Mrs Norman Madl and Don, the Dwight Tipping and Cecil Hurst families and Lottie Hoffman. Visitors in Kansas City attended a car dealers convention where Brasier won a portable TV. Labor Day travelers spanned Hardy Arkansas and the Ozarks. The Christian Sunday School Men’s Fellowship class hosted a breakfast with wives, twenty four attendees led by Harvey Steele. Centerville and Galesburg residents visited and California vacation tales were shared.
Ira Sherlock came back from a two week vacation with his sister Mrs C D Guy Jra Gove. Her husband is a county welfare director. Mr and Mrs Lewis Burrows and Mr and Mrs Albert Fowler returned to Fowler Colorado after visiting William E Johnson and Harvenberg of Parsons. Also in town were J B Watts parents.
Newton Iowa hosts the annual national plowing field days September 20 21 22 1956 with Adlai Stevenson and Dwight Eisenhower slated to speak on September 22 and 21 respectively The event mirrors earlier campaigns at Kasson Minnesota 1952 and Dexter Iowa 1948 and draws crowds near 100000 as a major political occasion every four years.
A Marysville man William J. Wehling about 50, died yesterday after a one car accident on U S Highway 36 a few miles west of Marysville.
The log lists TV slots from 7:30 p.m. to 8:45 p.m. with programs across networks including Word Theatre Four Star Playhouse Dragnet Climax and other daytime and late programs. The guide shows morning and afternoon listings such as Today Ding Dong School Morning In Joplin and Band Stand with news and weather slots sprinkled throughout.
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