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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1956
Page
4
City officials must speed up the roundup of stray cats and dogs after a rabid cat was captured two weeks ago following three bites. The effort requires more than one man to finish this week. Pet owners should keep dogs and cats confined to prevent further bites.
The Air Force is building an 18 million dollar guided missile center in New Mexico. Construction stops as 3,000 workers picket to pressure unionizing 21 subcontractor employees. The piece argues big labor warrants restraints similar to big business, noting public interest may permit limiting coercion.
A nearby town eye doctor refuses a flashy coat citing his wife chose it. The column riffs on optics, aging, and the era’s politics with quips about eye tests, a grandma’s care by a family doctor, and political branding from Estes Kefauver.
Gerri Cannan an 18 year old farm worker for C C Jackson northeast of Chanute dislocated his left shoulder when a bull knocked him to the ground around 8 am He escaped by scrambling to a nearby locust tree He had been building fence in the barn lot when attacked Nearby residents discuss Main Street widening to create employment Urbana Urbana sends several students to Chanute High School and a city tax collection slump is reported by City Clerk C G Wood
Fifty years ago the state taxed male citizens with a $3 payment due by September 26. Santa Fe Railroad sold 125 excursion tickets to Kansas City. F. L. Breyfogle of Star Drilling Machine Co. returned from a business trip to Oklahoma. C. E. Allison left for Miami Oklahoma due to his wife's illness. Co. S. Nation traded a 160 acre Woodson County farm for a 40 acre tract near Rural School house south of Chanute with Jean Williams.
E Lawson May criticizes campaign tactics as politicians accept Indian chief head dresses in photos. He questions the value and fate of these decorations and whether tribes profit or suffer from such displays, comparing them to carnival props and costly trophies. The piece laments repeated use of honorary chiefs in politics.
A collection of jokes and quips features a would be groom seeking marriage after rejuvenation, a tennis anecdote about chasing the net, a father in law’s quip about his daughter, and punchlines about after shave and a screen test. The tone mirrors a midcentury humor column with light, non violent humor.
Ex assistant air force secretary Trevor Gardner heads Hycon Manufacturing, accused of bypassing bidding rules for a $2 million foreign aid telecom contract in Thailand, Vietnam, and Laos. ICA allegedly altered specs to let Hycon and Page Communications bid, while Hycon disputes its status as a major equipment maker. A second story notes Utah runoff primary feuds between Sen. Watkins and Gov. Lee ahead of the governor’s race.
Dr George W Crane argues clergymen should use simple language and storytelling to engage parishioners. He cites Jesus and stage techniques, outlines four sales psychology rules, and offers a booklet on making speeches.
Five questions about grammar and vocabulary with a compiled answer: 1 who did you say was with you when it began to rain. 2 correct pronunciation pree seed ens with stress on the second syllable. 3 tailless is misspelled among tapestry tailess tantamount tarantula. 4 impending means threatening or imminent. 5 is a word starting isu meaning clever sly cunning.
Humboldt resident Mrs A J Trueblood was appointed promotion chairman for the southeast Kansas area of Kansas PEO. She attended a three day PEO seminar at Cottey College in Nevada Missouri with about 300 delegates from across the United States and Canada, accompanied by Mrs George Works, president of chapter AM.
The Women’s Missionary society of Humboldt Baptist Church met at Mrs. A. L. Chaney’s home with 18 members two children and guest Mrs. C. M. Ferguson attending. Vice president Mrs. Ray Middendorf presided and worship leader Mrs. Sherman Olyphant led the program.
Consolidated with The Daily Times et al Chanute Kansas publishes local news and classifieds. Ernest W Johnson editor James Fehrenbach advertising manager. Rates listed for Neosho Allen Wilson Woodson counties by mail monthly and yearly. AP rights reserved.
Mr and Mrs Walter Clum with Arnold and Lyle visited Manhattan for a social hour on Sunday. Lyle has entered Kansas State College and the Clums attended a reception for new student parents. Mrs Alfred Gordon returned from Clinton Missouri after visiting daughter Mrs Rath and family. The Rath family recently moved from Kansas City to Clinton. The Mariners class opened the fall and winter season with a ham burger fry at Skip Pers home hosted by Courtney Moles and his wife. Courtney Moles presided. Mr and Mrs Lauren Ryan also noted.
The text notes a weekend at Yates Center and a Sunday family reunion at the home of Mr and Mrs Emil Beine in Yates Center. Mr and Mrs Herman Crawford and Neva left Monday for Palestine Texas to visit friends and will visit relatives in Dallas Ben Wheeler and Channing while away.
An inquest was scheduled today into the death of John A. Crowther former Saline County attorney about 35 found shot in his office last night Police Chief John Howell said the .45 caliber pistol lay near the body and no struggle was evident Crowther served as Workmen s Compensation examiner and was county attorney 1950 54
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