Hog and Cattle Prices Fall at Kansas City Market
Kansas City AP reports cattle receipts 13,000 with calves 800. slaughter steers and heifers slow to steady, some 50 lower on high good and choice. Fed steers 1,250 lbs 24.50 to 26.25, feeders 800 lbs up to 25.65. Hogs 4,000 with barrows and gilts steady to weak, some 25 lower. sow prices 18.75 to 19.75 for 400+ lbs. Sheep 2,000 with lambs 50 lower, yearlings 20.50 to 22.00. Parsons Livestock quotes 180-200 lb hogs 18.50-19.25, cows 17.50-19.00, bulls 19-22, sheep 22.00 top. Kansas City Produce lists eggs and poultry prices. butter and grain prices noted.
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Kansas City
USDA
U.S
Parsons Livestock
Parsons
U. S
Dotto Quiz Show Probed After Sudden Cancellation
New York prosecutors investigated why the nationwide quiz show Dotto was abruptly dropped by CBS and NBC. District Attorney's investigators focus on possible fed answers to questions and a contestant complaint. The probe may extend to other TV quiz programs if leads arise.
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New York
State District Attorney
Columbia Broadcasting System
National Broadcasting Co
David S. Worgan
Manhattan
Worgan
Federal Communications Commission
Local Briefs Roundup From Chanute Area Families
Chanute residents hosted visitors including Mr. and Mrs. Ray Barker of Wichita and Mrs. G. E. Barker at 1413 S Central. Meade Alcorn led a GOP session in Washington noting labor racketeering concerns. Walter Mathews, a 1953 Chanute High graduate, prepares for a New York City store transfer. Loree Baltz and family visited relatives in Warrensburg Mo and Chanute. The Hamiltons depart for Tampa Fla to join MacDill AFB. A 1960 GOP convention site committee will be chosen Wednesday.
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Ray Barker
Wichita
Chanute
Barker
G. E. Barker
S. Central
W. H. Martin
Ross Cooper
Don Cooper
Howard Parsons
Willie Warner
Elk City
Denney
Martin
Parsons
Vincent Wilane
Kansas City
Alice Shansesy
Omaha
Walter Mathews
Elmer Mathews
Edith
Chanute High School
Korea
Tulsa
Fifth Avenue
New York City
Bill Capehart
New York
Capehart
East
Ale
Floyd E. Hamilton
Colleen
Tampa
Fla
Hamilton
MacDill Air Force Base
North Africa
Floyd W. Hamilton
N. Highland
Meade Alcorn
Washington
Congress
America
Missouri Governor Urges Bus Strike Talks
Governor James T. Blair called for immediate resumption of negotiations between American Bus Lines and its striking drivers. The company serves parts of Missouri and other states, with drivers seeking a 15 percent wage increase from about 395 dollars per month. Blair asked the three local unions to meet with the Missouri Board of Mediation in Springfield to settle the two month old strike.
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Jefferson City
Missouri
James T. Blair
American Bus Lines
Lincoln
Neb
Blair
Missouri Board of Mediation
Springfield
Omaha
Salt Lake City
Amalgamated Assn. of
Street Electric Railway and Motor Coach Employees of America
Mediation Board
Police Investigate Hit and Run Accidents
Police investigated two hit and run incidents. The first at 26 West Main around 2 15 a.m. damaged the left rear of a parked 1958 Ford owned by Benny Mendez of Wichita. Officers traced paint to a 1955 Ford at 1126 South Garfield about 45 minutes later. They then went to the house and aroused neighbors.
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W. Main
Benny Mendez
Wichita
S. Garfield
Mendez
Osawatomie Man Avoids Charge After Admitting Damage
Joe Vasquez of Osawatomie admitted hitting the Mendez car and agreed to pay for the damage, avoiding charges. Police investigated a hit and run on a 1946 Ford owned by R W Lind’s son near his home but found no other vehicle. A separate minor collision at 102 E Main left the right rear fender of L D Perry’s 1955 Chevrolet damaged.
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Joe Vasquez
Osawatomie
Mendez
Vasquez
R. W. Lind
Charles D. Donovan
L. D. Perry
S. Highland
E. Main
Perry
Possible reopening of Smolan Bank settlement explored
Kansas officials weigh methods to reopen a $250000 lawsuit tied to the Smolan State Bank closure of 1956. The bank’s shortage triggered cashier Raymond Holmquist’s prison term after admitting use of funds for commodity market speculation. The suit against a Kansas City grain firm settled for $22500.
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Topeka
John O'Leary
State Bank
Smolan State Bank
Raymond Holmquist
Kansas City
John Young
Salina
Saline County
O’leary
George Docking
O'Leary
Robert Berkley
Jerry Berkley
Holmquist
Berkley
Chimps Survive Wind Test in High Speed Ejection Study
A chimpanzee survived a wind blast of 4000 psi at 1400 mph in a test at Holloman AFB New Mexico using a special dacron suit. Three other chimps died when their suits blew apart. Col John B Stapp of Wright Air Development Center says humans might survive similar tests.
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Dayton
Ohio
John B. Stapp
Aeromedical Laboratory
Wright Air Development Center
Here
Stapp
Holloman Air Force Base
N.M
Holloman
Allen County Bank pays top price for Angus steer
IOLA Moran buyer Ronnie Strong sells 1000 pound Angus steer to Allen County State Bank at 41 dollars per hundred, securing a strong bid in Southeast Kansas livestock trading.
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Iola
Allen County State Bank
Ronnie Strong
Moran
County fair yields top livestock and local school changes
The Chanute Tribune reports Iola State Bank bought the top hog from Gary Gordon for 22 per hundred and Howard M. Immel paid 37.50 per hundred for a prize lamb owned by Lanny Lind. Parsons schools reopen Sept 2 with 6 3 3 2 system and racial integration progress. Independence sees a 1200 damage three car crash on Highway 160. Neal Craig and Alva Gillen treated. Craig booked on DWI.
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Iola State Bank
Gary Gordon
Howard M. Immel
Lanny Lind
Independence
Highway 160
Neal Craig
Cherryvale
Alva Gillen
Craig
Thomas Clennan
Clennan
DWI
Card deck mirrors the calendar year
The 12 face cards stand for the 12 months and the 52 cards equal 52 weeks. Counting Jack as 11, Queen as 12, King as 13 plus a Joker, sums to 365 days in a year.
Republicans Plan Bid for Labor Vote
Republican leaders prepared a strategy to win more labor votes in the November elections. The GOP National Committee and the party’s financial committee will meet for two days to plan intensive campaigning in September and October using material drawn from the record of the Congress.
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Chicago
GOP National Committee
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Mazda
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Gator
Tribune
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Warrensburg
Albert A. Baltz
Loree
Illinois Institute of Technology
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CCRHS
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Coney Drive-In
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