Local Social Notes and Military Moves Highlight Urbana Area
Mr and Mrs Byron Dawson visited Urbana relatives while Mr and Mrs Edgar Heilman hosted in Westminster Calif They also saw Ralph and Mrs Heilman and Mrs John Powell Parsons. Tuesday guests included Mrs Lawrence Nearmyer and Grace Ann Parsons. Paul R Thompson reports to Kansas State College to pre enroll in mechanical engineering. Navy recruiting moved to Independence with weekly Chanute office hours. Pvt John Crownover left for Germany July 21. wife Janet Crownover to stay with her parents in Urbana. family previously stationed at El Paso Texas.
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Edgar Heilman
Westminster
Calif
Ralph Heilman
Heilman
Urbana
John Powell
Parsons
Ralph Heilmans
Lawrence Nearmyer
Grace Ann
Paul R. Thompson
Kansas State College
Manhattan
John Crownover
Germany
Crownover
Kent
Orval Ebert
S. Wilson
Janet Ebert
Crownovers
el Paso
Tex
Memorial Hospital Admittances and Dismissals
Daily records show multiple ad mittances at Memorial Hospital on Thursday and today including Betty Thurman medical Dallas Hart John Golay and John Thielen. Dismissals list Blair Rope Arthur Meyer Mrs Vaughn Brooks Marilyn Masters Timmy Tilcher. Birthday notices report a boy for Mr and Mrs Duane Knapp and a girl for Mr and Mrs Caley Clough Jr. A local North Santa Fe Toad telephone pole item appears.
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Marilyn Masters
Timmy Tilcher
Humboldt
Duane Knapp
S. Evergreen
Caley Clough, Jr
N. Highland
Seaton Urges Mineral Plan at Grand Junction Dedication
Secretary of the Interior Fred Seaton urged abandoning makeshift minerals legislation and backing a long range plan. He spoke at the 16 million dollar American Gilsonite refinery dedication, linking the program to aid for lead zinc and strategic minerals and to research driven policy.
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Grand Junction
Colo A
Fred Seaton
Seaton
American Gilsonite Co
Bill to Lower Age for Social Security Deductions
Rep. Rees of Kansas introduced a bill to reduce the age at which outside earnings no longer trigger deductions from social security benefits from 72 to 70. The measure aims to expand earnings freedom for older beneficiaries.
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Washington
Rep
Rees
Loan Fund Differences Block Foreign Aid Bill
Conferees from the Senate and House seek an early meeting to resolve differences in a billion dollar foreign aid program. The Senate cleared the way by agreeing to a conference after delaying civil rights debate. Senate aid totals 3.617 billion versus 3.864 billion requested by Eisenhower. the House cut 500 million from the Senate figure.
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Washington
Senate
House
Eisenhower
Teamsters threaten to leave AFL-CIO over merger plan
The Teamsters Union warned it may pull three million members from the AFL-CIO in protest of the proposed merger with the CIO. A Detroit Building and Construction Trades Council resolution backed the move while opposing the Meany peace plan, citing contracts that discourage outside contractors. The Teamsters plan a special Atlantic City meeting to vote against the merger.
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Washington
Teamsters Union
Building and Construction Trades Union
Afl-Cio
Detroit Building and Construction Trades Council
James R. Hoffa
Detroit Building Trades Council
Detroit Council
Teamsters
Afl-Cio Building and Construction Trades Department
Atlantic City
George Meany
CIO
AFL
Total Polio Victims May Be Cut in Half
A Public Health Service spokesman said polio cases this year may be less than half of 1956’s 15,400. Weekly updates show 51 paralytic cases for the week ending July 27 and 5 the prior week, far below 1956 levels. Through July 27, 2,244 polio cases were reported versus 4,546 in 1956.
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Washington
Public Health Service
Wheat export quota under international agreement missed by five million
Washington reports the United States failed to reach its wheat export quota for the year ending July 31. The quota stood at 128 million bushels, but sales totaled about 122 million bushels, leaving a shortfall of roughly five million bushels.
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Washington
United States
Cattle and hog prices slip in Kansas City market report
Kansas City livestock receipts show cattle light with calves around 700, steers and heifers mostly in the high choice range. hogs down 25. sows steady to down 25. Sheep light and prices mixed for utility to spring slaughter lambs and ewes. Produce and grain notes include eggs, butter, and Chicago futures slight gains in wheat and corn.
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Kansas City
USDA
U.S
Chicago
Kansas City Market Reports and Livestock Note
The summary covers Kansas City grain and hay trading with price ranges for wheat corn oats and soybeans, plus notes on hay receipts and a brief livestock relief inquiry. Government concern cites Gov Gary seeking USDA relief funds for farmers and dairymen facing livestock losses due to anthrax.
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Gary
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Anthrax Quarantine Tightened in Oklahoma Counties
Officials expanded a two county anthrax quarantine in northeastern Oklahoma to halt cattle and hog movement. About 200 animals have died, Dr L C Crow calling it the worst outbreak in 25 to 30 years. Guardsmen man roadblocks as authorities seek to vaccinate some 70 000 cattle and hogs in Craig and Ottawa counties.
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Welch
Okla
Oklahoma
L. C. Crow
Craig County
Ottawa County
Kansas
Missouri
National Guardsmen
Farm and Health Department
State Highway Patrol
Oklahoma Crime Bureau
Game and Fish Department
Raymond Gary
Chauffeurs Licenses Renewal Deadline Set by Kansas Official
Kansas drivers holding chauffeur licenses that expired July 1 must renew by Sept 1 or risk arrest per state motor vehicle superintendent Jack Jenkins. He acknowledged a large backlog area with about 120,000 chauffeur licenses in circulation and about 115,000 to 120,000 drivers held.
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Topeka
Kansas
Jack Jenkins
Jenkins
Hawaii
Kansas license rules shift to birth date based expirations
The Chanute Tribune notes a two year license reform: ordinary drivers licenses now expire on dates tied to drivers' birth days, intended to spread the Vehicle Department workload. Chauffeurs licenses keep their existing expiration. Only 72,000 renewals reported. Chauffeurs and common carriers must hold valid licenses.
Richard L. Stokes Dies at 74 in New York
Richard L. Stokes, 74, a noted author critic lecturer reporter and opera librettist, died yesterday in New York City.
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New York
Richard L. Stokes
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Byron Dawson
Chester Bercaw
Navy
Independence
Chanute
Daily Transcript
North Santa Fe
RAF
Warton
Eng
Faye Wray
Vickie Riskin
Hollywood
Don Campbell
Georgina
Bluebird
England
Canandaigua Lake
N. Y
United States Testing Company, Inc
General Electric Dis
General Electric
United States Testing Co
Home Appliance Co
Tiree
Diehl Miner
Joy Enith
Varvara
Kentucky
Wilson’s Davis Paint Store
E. Main
Zenith
Cinebeam
Cinelens
Naff & Bolze Hdn
W. Main
Kansas City Livestock
Kansas City Cash
Kansas City Hay
Scsee
The
Chanute Tribune
Richard Stokes
Chanute Grade School
Chanute SR
Vernon's Sporting Goods Co
East Main
Penney
Rick Rack
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