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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1958
Page
4
Editorial reflects on a daytime power outage affecting 11 000 residents and downtown services. It cites banks, gas stations, restaurants, traffic signals, and refrigeration losing power and questions how a larger city would cope under an atomic event.
The Manhattan Mercury quotes from the Lawrence Journal World praising Kansas University band music and dress after a 42 to 0 loss to Texas Christian. The piece notes crowd enthusiasm for future home games and expects ticket sales to grow with more performances.
A devotional note cites I Corinthians 1 27 stating God chooses the foolish things of the world to confound the wise. The line invites readers to rethink worldly wisdom and trust divine purpose.
A Augusta Gazette item describes Lisbon as a newly built city on seven hills with modern apartments and crackerbox blocks, white and black tile sidewalks, and clean streets kept by workers. It notes a government-led low income housing program, hotel and office booms, plus Lisbon’s status as a secondary capital and a pleasant, vibrant urban image.
Tribune notes city will apply to the Public Works Administration for a grant covering 30 percent of the cost to install a 2500 kilowatt turbine at the municipal power plant, estimated at $80,000. NRA compliance board members listed, wind damage reported near Chanute, junior college attendees, Boy Scout hikes, and local social notes included.
Washington report notes an unlikely alliance between Mississippi Senator Jim Eastland and U S Attorney General Bill Rogers shaping the Little Rock school integration fight. The pair’s cross-cutting ties coincide with delayed grand jury action on riot incitement and a shift in the Justice Department’s handling of race clashes tied to Faubus and Karam.
Dr. Crane explains stage fright as a safety valve that protects the body and offers practical ways to manage nerves during a speech. He suggests using a tug of war with notes to drain excess energy, starting with a strong theme and anecdotes, and ends with a punchy close or verse. He invites readers to request his Public Platform Strategy booklet from Hopkins Syndicate Inc. in Mellott Indiana.
Published evenings except Sunday and entered as second class matter at Chanute Kansas post office. Rates for Neosho Allen Wilson and Woodson Counties list monthly three month six month and yearly options by mail. Outside four counties rates are shown for one three six and twelve months. The paper is a member of the Audit Bureau and Associated Press.
A collage of editorials and jokes from multiple Kansas newspapers. Snippets lampoon spaceflight mishaps political talks and local quirks. The punchlines poke at travelers, beauty parlors, and cattle debates while notes on elevators and history offer regional humor.
A detailed Saturday and Sunday TV guide lists page by page what to watch across stations KOAM KOTV WDAF and KODE. It catalogs prime time lineups including news sports westerns dramas game shows and variety programs with many titles such as Gunsmoke Wagon Train Perry Mason Mickey Spillane shows and Lubin era specials.
A Scotsman Jock MacGregor organized a Dublin flight to watch Michael Anderson direct James Cagney in Shake Hands with Devil on a location built by Louis Elliman. The day featured Eamon de Valera, Dana Wynter, and a chaotic news conference at 16 000 feet. At Dublin Airport Cagney praised Ireland, Noel Purcell greeted guests, and Irish whisky flowed at a reception before a dramatic sabotage rumor.
In Louisville, Mr and Mrs L D Shryock pick up a hitchhiker who is their son Paul returning from Korea with leave. In Detroit, 70 year old Frank Grentz struggles to mail a letter until firefighters point out the mailbox is across the street. In Albuquerque a five year old named Jakie Garcia is hit by a car while crossing near his home.
A 153 pound black bear that entered Buena Vista wandered into an orchard then climbed a tree. Game Warden Bryan Denton shot the bear on Thursday as a safety measure after attempts to drive it back to the mountains failed. Jakie suffered minor injuries earlier when struck by a car and then by a parked vehicle.
Insurance company statisticians predict a national upswing in marriages in the early 1960s as postwar babies reach marriageable age.
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