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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1958
Page
4
Editorial compares a Little Rock school policy to a jabberwocky that would privatize public education. It warns the scheme echoes past discriminatory devices like grandfather clauses and voting barriers, arguing that preserving equality in education is essential to ending racial prejudice.
A brief devotional verse urges readers to dedicate themselves to the Lord today, citing Exodus 32 29 as the scriptural anchor. The item presents a religious exhortation typical of daily devotional notices in newspapers.
Westinghouse researchers claim a heat to electricity conversion device with no moving parts could render generators obsolete. Britain’s fishing boats still operate in a prohibited area amid Iceland’s expanded grounds. Nudist Woman of the Year named from Kansas. Contemporary TV praised. farm families fight frost era. Religious affiliation hits 104 million, unaffiliated 69 million.
The article reports on a federal bill granting pensions to 1,400 Confederate Army widows with 900 located by the Veterans Administration and monthly checks from 40 to 75 dollars. It also notes 28,000 widows and widowers of federal employees becoming eligible for annuities, and remarks on evolving views of aging and work for older women.
A reader recalls a dinner in a neighboring city where a colored man and his group were refused service. The letter urges Chanute church and service groups to take a firm stand against discrimination.
The Chanute school tax rate rises to 16.19 per thousand, up 2.10 from last year, due to a 1.766 million drop in assessed district value to 7.813 million. Mrs. Talmadge D. Fry is named house manager of the Beloit state industrial school for girls.
Washington column argues the United States trails Russia in missile development with shocking estimates. It cites production forecasts, stockpiles, engine delays, solid-propellant delays, subs, and an atomic bomber budget squeeze as factors undermining deterrence ahead of 1959.
Dr. Crane discusses how prominent figures in psychology and religion face backchannel attacks from jealous peers. He cites Detroit Free Press editors, bishops, and Dr. Vincent Peale, arguing critics use rhetoric to mask insecurity and claim modern psychiatry as a defense.
Chanute Tribune details publishing staff and postal classifications. The notice lists editor Ernest W. Johnson and ads manager James E. Sheridan under Chanute Publishing Company with AP and circulation info and subscription rates for Neosho Wilson and Woodson counties.
A collection of light quips and jokes from multiple papers. Jokes touch autumn leaves vacations gossip and family roles. The items include a boss on vacation a smoking device for cars and a playful line about a son staying near his mother.
A Thursday and Friday schedule listing KOAM Channel 7 KOTV Channel 6 WDAF Channel 4 KODE Channel 12 programs for September 18 1958 including Richard Diamond Dragnet Sea Hunt Make multiple daytime and evening blocks with news and various soap and game shows. The listing shows time slots for Love of Life Truth or Consequences and Star Performance among others.
The community hosts a fundraising fair on September 20 at 217 East Main to sell India ware for Dollars for Scholars. Readers are urged to support the event and contact the Tribune if deliveries or copies are missed.
The Daily Transcript reports traffic citations including Lewis Bean LaHarpe speeding with 10 dollar fine and 5 dollar costs. Carl R Uden R 2 no taillight with 8 and 5. George E Haltzman Parsons speeding 19 and 5. William Sexton Kansas City speeding 10 and 5. Geneva Haase Neodesha speeding 10 and 5. Calvin B Ellis Lawrence speeding 19 and 5. Lennoa Elizabeth Carlson R 1 failing observe stop light 10 and 5. Charlies D Womelsdorf LaHarpe failing to stop transport at railroad crossing improper log book 15 and 5. James Underwood Cherryvale speeding 10 and 8. Edward E Barry Tulsa speeding 10 and 5. Larry D Sponselier Merriam falling to dim headlights improper registration 15 and 5. James Morrow Tulsa passing in no passing zone 10 and 5. Lew Mervin Snowden Barston R 1 failing to yield right of way 10 and 5.
U S and Chinese Communist ambassadors held a two hour session in Warsaw to probe plans for Formosa Strait tensions. Peiping radio refused a cease fire while talks continue, asserting China is not at war and criticizing Eisenhower. They plan another meeting Sunday.
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