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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1956
Page
4
The piece notes retailers core change their closing hours cutting the work week to 512 hours and discusses balancing customer and employer needs. It suggests a trend toward a 40 hour week but doubts it will quickly become common in retail. It emphasizes compromise to avoid real hardship while serving customer needs.
Enrollment at Kansas colleges climbs with Wichita University at 5380 students, Fort Hays State at 2300, and Bethany at 77 percent growth. The observer notes big enrollments reflect a generation of qualified farmers engineers teachers and professionals, while acknowledging questions about funding, teachers, and facilities.
A column notes sly promoters pressure teachers to sell dental damage insurance and speculates who will recruit a boy to extract teeth for 10 percent of the insurance. It reflects on democracy, DDT resistant pests, church membership, Justice Minton retirement, and social trends in cars and editors.
A clipped training scene depicts a sergeant halting recruits and addressing a marcher named Jones as the unit forms. The moment highlights drill cadence and discipline in a military-tinged vignette.
A series of short answers and questions from students labeled Jones Jean Tom Dick and Jane about Army service and personal experiences. The dialogue touches on joining the Army a horse driver a Pacific island and a humorous railway accident.
The Neosho County fair at City Park will feature attractions aimed at drawing the largest crowd in local history. A rural redevelopment angle is highlighted by a proposal to replace road and bridge tax levies with state motor license revenue. A Chanute factory site committee was formed by the Chamber of Commerce with members Elliott Stump Diver Bailey and Wilson. LeRoy Ashley and Walter Lapham came from Lawrence for the weekend.
E Lawson May observes the Cassville Exeter Missouri railroad dissolution after a long career four miles long with no turntable station or roundhouse. The line faded as diesel replaced steam and traffic dwindled, marking the end of an era while contrasting modern life’s rise with nostalgia for diminished rail and storefront landmarks.
Dr. George W. Crane urges parents and teachers to have children memorize 25 Bible verses and other quotable lines. He cites how a clergyman-in-training and a U.S. Army son benefited, noting quotes from John Erskine and Goethe can enrich public speaking and moral outlook. He advises readers to request Crane booklets from Hopkins Syndicate Inc.
Drew Pearson reports on Israeli Jordan Valley irrigation plans led by Dr. Paul Doron. He notes Syrian border guards watching a halted canal link while other sections push toward Galilee and the Negev. Pearson frames the project as essential for population needs and Zionist goals, but cites Arab reluctance and the peace obstacle.
Real estate transfers across Neosho County list many deeds involving Chanute Iola Humboldt and towns in indicating transfers among individuals and couples. Notable parties include J C Oshel Margaret Newland Lyle Kensinger Harold Carl Laura Hastings and Ralph Evans among others with multiple lots and parcels in various additions and towns.
Rescue teams saved a Yugoslav soldier three civilians and a girl student from a stormy Adriatic rowboat near Pola. In Japan five coal miners are missing after a deep Mitsubishi mine fire. Police in Tokyo charged Kunikichi Yabe and five others with stealing 20 000 books. In Cyprus Greek Cypriots began a general strike over imminent executions of three extremists.
The remark warned it would cause serious deterioration in Anglo Greek relations already strained by the Cyprus dispute. It cited mounting tensions and potential diplomatic rupture between Britain and Greece amid ongoing Cyprus issues.
A 40 minute sound color film Regions Beyond will be shown at 7 45 tonight at the Assembly of God church Lafayette and Chestnut. Rev L Glen Ashlf pastor said the Africa filmed picture follows a young missionary couple in the Congo jungles. Mr and Mrs Harold Jones who spent 22 years in French West Africa will present the film.
The Associated Press reports a chilly day with subfreezing temperatures in northern regions and snow flurries in Wisconsin and Michigan. Cold air from Canada flows southward overnight, extending into the north central area as the late summer cool spell broadens.
Publication notices show second class mailing in Chanute Kansas with monthly and yearly subscription rates for Neosho Wilson and Woodson counties. Regional weather reports note temperatures in the 20s across upper Midwest and snow flurries in Wisconsin and Michigan with showers from New York to Virginia.
Police say Leonard Reed left fingerprints footprints and his blood at a burglary scene in Columbus Ohio He admitted the crime after detectives presented the evidence and said he cut his arm breaking a window to enter the home He faces housebreaking and grand larceny charges.
A dense schedule outlines Friday viewing across stations with titles such as Ford Theatre Your Star Playhouse Dragnet Groucho Marx Bob Cummings Show Prank Leahy News Today Captain Kangaroo Morning In Joplin Band Stand Garry Moore Show Strike It Rich Valiant Lady Love of Life It Could Be You Search for Tomorrow Guiding Light Melody Matinee CBS News Stand Up And Be Counted Request Performance News As the World Turns Johony Carson Liberace and a long sequence of midafternoon and evening programs including Matinee Theatre Big Payoff Studio Kitchen Queen for a Day Secret Storm Edge of Night Modern Romance Comedy Time Lookin at Cookin Movie Matinee Nighttime offerings Roy Rogers Gene Autry News and more local airings detailed by time slot
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