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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1955
Page
5
Walter Seid, one of about 200 testers in the United States, samples dozens of whiskies weekly to ensure quality. He explains testers do not swallow samples and note the challenge of evaluating blends that can contain 20 to 30 different whiskies from varying batches.
The article describes scent and flavor tests of whisky with a Kentucky elder and Seid performing brief tasting rituals. It then shifts to a series of social notes: a missionary to India’s reading, a Yellowstone Park trip, hospital treatment for Don Whitworth, visits by Eva Glazier and Mrs Finney, Walter Sharrock visiting from Topeka, John Bass and daughter Anne vacationing in Pampa, various local residents' illnesses, and several trips and visits across Kansas.
Erie residents Mr. and Mrs. G C Freeby entertained Wednesday night for Mr. and Mrs. Robert Anderson as they prepare to move to Kansas City. Guests included Dr. and Mrs. William C Weir and other locals. High and low score prizes went to Mrs. Murray and Mrs. McKinney. Anderson joins the federal agricultural field service covering 10 states. Schultz will replace him at the Neosho Valley Creamery. WSCS meeting at Federated church featured a covered dish dinner and a plan for a food sale next week.
The Associated Press reports continued hot and humid conditions for most of the nation. A seasonal heat wave grips the central and southern plains to the Atlantic, with cooler air moving into the Northern Plains propagating southeastward.
The heat wave stretched from eastern Lake Superior southwest to northwestern Iowa. At least 61 deaths are blamed on the extreme temperatures with 20 in Iowa, 19 in Illinois, 17 in Missouri, 3 in Nebraska and 1 each in Connecticut and Virginia.
Stock control of Flour Mills of America Inc was bought today by a Texas investor group for nearly two million dollars. The firm ranks among the nation’s larger milling companies with headquarters and mills in Texas and plants in Great Bend Kansas and Alva Oklahoma. J. M. Ferguson Jr. of Fort Worth led the group.
A spokesman said the purchase was an investment with no changes in leadership or policy. Other investors listed include Charles A. Sammons of Dallas Kay Kimball Phillip Norris and W P Boman of Fort Worth and A L Liebscher of New Braunfels Texas. Tin-base alloys are common in costume jewelry and ornamental handles for tableware.
Daniel McCarthy, 21, drove his car through a plate glass display window into a vacant store then into another window before stalling the machine. Police say he operated a vehicle under the influence and booked him on the charge.
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