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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1956
Page
2
Billie Solomon and Mike Sparks of the Lasater School of Dance will travel to Pittsburg on Thursday for a 5 p.m. appearance on the Bunny show. Their teacher Mrs. Robert E. Hosack accompanies them during the appearance.
Hospital adoptions and admissions list patients by name and diagnosis with locations and units. Dismissals include residents from Yates Center and Humboldt. Births report a daughter to Humboldt parents Raymond Ridge and a son to I G Perry. Traffic citation reports Richard Detrander fined after speeding bond posted. Fire and grass fires logged with times and streets. Foregoing cases note two Chanute divorces and maintenance actions. A set of recent moves records residents relocating within Lincoln and nearby towns.
Funeral services are listed for Dan E. Bower 86 of Chanute and Oran Haugh of Humboldt. Bower died at his home after a 10 day illness and will be memorialized Thursday at 2 pm in the Wilson-Johnson Chapel with burial at Elmwood. He leaves a large family including wife Laura, four sons, three daughters, grandchildren and a great grandchild. Haugh, a retired threshing machine operator, died Thursday in Iola. he served on the local school board and belonged to the Humboldt Christian church, survived by Emma his wife and a daughter and two granddaughters.
In a tight race for governor, Shaw defeats Hall amid Republican Party unity calls. Docking leads in 3rd and 1st District races as Anderson Jr. retains attorney general renomination. McCuish also tops incumbents. Shaw wins major counties Sedgwick Johnson and Shawnee, while Hall loses rural-urban balance despite labor support. Collected returns show Hall’s setback with limited Wichita-area gains.
In Missouri a tight Republican U.S. Senate primary looms as returns from 3,915 of 4,555 precincts show Herbert Douglas leading Albert E. Schoenbeck with 73,056 to 71,221. Douglas gains in Kansas City and outstates Schoenbeck, facing Democrat Thomas C. Hennings Jr. in November. Hennings had no primary opposition.
Unofficial returns from Neosho County show Coffeyville in the third district nominating a candidate to oppose Myron George in the general election. Results list various state and federal races with vote totals for Republican and Democrat candidates across offices including U.S. Senator Secretary of State Attorney General and others.
Kansas City livestock markets show cattle steady with gains in hog prices. bulk good to choice fed steers 19.50 to 24.50 with varied weights and classes across regions. Parson hogs down 25, but bulk good to choice 200 to 240 pounds at 16.00, sows 14.25 to 15.50, and cattle prices broadly steady across districts amid mixed stocker activity.
The stock market rose in late trading in New York continuing the rebound started yesterday from Monday's selloff. Leading issues gained about 1 to 3 points with the biggest increases early trading. Volume estimated at 2.5 million shares, up from yesterday's 2.18 million.
Denver police arrested a purse snatcher who said he was clean and had no police record. A 7 page report showed 59 prior arrests for drunkenness. The suspect insisted he never spent time in a penitentiary or concentration camps.
The statement rejects the ancient notion that snakes emit venom through breath. It notes no scientific evidence supports venomous respiration in snakes, aligning with biology that venom delivery occurs via fangs or other injectors rather than breath.
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