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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1956
Page
4
Views of the News argues that $60 weekly wages enable a rapid rise of middle class comforts amid rising debt totals of $29 billion. The piece praises mass production and consumption with job and social protections, noting many households enjoy luxuries while the bearer risks only high living costs.
The piece argues federal and state desegregation orders falter in Tennessee and Texas as white communities resist. Police curb violence but fail to integrate classrooms. Boycotts and intimidation highlight that law depends on broad public support, not courts or army alone.
A collection of witty observations touches on table manners mass society and politics The writer notes Americans lag Europeans in dining etiquette praises trees as lasting memorials and mocks fat soldiers faced with court martial The Suez crisis and a potential tax cut loom with pun and irony
About 300 Neosho County residents, united for lower levies and broader economies, gathered in Erie to form a taxpayers league. A central committee was appointed Saturday afternoon, with plans discussed for a weekday school.
Representatives of the Ministerial Alliance presented a religious education project to the board of education last evening. Board members expressed sympathy and requested a detailed written plan before formal consideration. Also noted was a refinery accident involving Robert C. Kennell and a brief recovery update.
E L Lawson May recalls a late dinner of corn on the cob half ears and butter that fails to satisfy the eater. He reminisces a farm picnic where corn was boiled then buttered along kernels, followed by homemade ice cream and garden tomatoes, a day of hearty eating and plentiful memories.
In a small town scene Bobby learns manners as a clerk gives him candy and his mother prompts him to say please. A secretary jokes about a man with a dual personality while a boss tells him to go chase himself. The piece hints at a grave climate where abuse is an open topic.
Treasury agents study tricks to quiet dogs during mail rounds. A private sheet suggests carrying chopped liver in trouser cuffs to stop barking. The piece also flags Florida sun deck homes on land bought near Homestead Air Base and potential insider tips, plus actions by Chotiner and the FTC.
Dr George W Crane notes 12 year old Mac Frampton of Anderson South Carolina shows early business savvy as a newspaper carrier. He buys papers wholesale and must merchandise them by delivering on porch fronts regardless of weather while learning credit, profits and costs. He balances books and understands net profit.
The text cites an old story about a book salesman and a farmer, then quotes David Starr Jordan former Stanford president. It emphasizes that wisdom means knowing the next step while virtue is taking action.
Errors involve of instead of have and from not than. The correct form uses have and from. The sentence should read You should have told me that your suit is different from mine.
The Chanute Tribune from September 8 1956 lists publication details publisher staff and AP affiliation. It includes subscription rate tables for Neosho Allen Wilson Woodson counties and outside areas with monthly quarterly and annual options.
Roy Juergens, a 24 year old amateur archaeologist from Sullivan, found a six foot seven inch skeleton of an Osage Indian in a Meramec River cave during a Labor Day expedition. He uncovered the seated skeleton in three hours and plans to call professional archaeologists for study.
In the probate court of Neosho County Kansas a petition for final settlement has been filed by John N Sherman Jr administrator of the estate of George Harlan Pugh deceased. The court will hear defenses on September 19 1956 at 10:00 a.m. in Erie Kansas. If defenses are not filed judgment will be entered.
A dense listing shows Tony Bennett at 6:00 p.m. and many programs across channels including People Are Funny, Director's Playhouse, Festival of Stars, Your Hit Parade, Honeymooners, Queen for a Day, Secret Storm, Edge of Night, Modern Romance, Comedy Time, Matinee, Lookin at Cookin, Dr. N. Ventor, Bob Cummings, Terrytoons, Children's Hour, Roy Rogers and Gene Autry news, Little Rascals, Frankie Carle, News Caravan Homemaker and late programs ending at 10:00 p.m.
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