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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1959
Page
2
Kansas City AP notes cattle 3 800 head with calves slow and steady. Steers and cows show wide price ranges, hogs down to 25 lower with 1 3 200 260 lb at 15 00 25, sows 12 00 13 75. Sheep active steady to 25 50 higher. Parsons Livestock lists hogs and cattle with varied grades and weights.
The House Banking Committee approved the Senate passed housing substitute by 194 to 0. The billion dollar measure, vetoed earlier by President Eisenhower, advances despite GOP misgivings. Rep. Gordon McDonough and Rep. Albert Rains indicate fast floor action and House Rules clearance.
Linda Martin a 21 year old California piano student was slain after confronting an intruder in her fiance G Robert Kinzie 27 USC ceramics instructor. Police say Kinzie passed a lie detector test and had an alibi while investigators pursue the case. Neighbors Gerald and Gertrude Jump heard her screams as she tried to escape through a shattered door pane.
Wheat prices held steady with 41 cars traded and No 2 hard and dark with bids near 1.95. Corn and oats moved within narrow ranges with No 2 white corn around 1.19 to 1.23 and No 2 white oats 68 to 72. Soybeans quoted around 2.10 with minor changes. rye and barley quoted in lower to mid ranges.
Firemen fought a blaze at the Cato Oil & Crease Co. late Monday night and kept it under control today. Seven firefighters were treated for burns, oil tanks and railroad tank cars exploded, and the plant owned by Kerr-McGee Oil Industries sits at Oklahoma City east edge. Nightwatchman Homer Rogers said the fire started soon after 10 pm. In one warehouse, Southern Louisiana is noted as a major fur-producing area.
Dr Hardy C Powers of Dallas will preside over the Joplin district assembly at First Nazarene Church Coffeyville September 2 3 Pastor J J Steele leads host church officers Nazarene churches from Butler Joplin Nevada Springfield Chanute Fort Scott Girard Independence Iola Parsons Pittsburg Kansas are listed with 56 districts and about 3500 members and 6500 in Sunday school.
Paul Parsons, 20, received a 10 to 21 year term in the state reformatory after pleading guilty to first degree burglary. A rape charge was dismissed. Three Pittsburg homes were burglarized and two women raped last spring. Parsons and Donald Hinton were arrested in Colby, Kansas, in June. Hinton later hanged himself in jail.
Hot humid weather persists across the eastern half of the country with temperatures rising from the Plains to New England, the South, Midwest and Southwest. Forecasters offer no relief soon, while cooler conditions prevailed west of the Continental Divide from Montana to the Pacific Coast.
News briefs list weekend guests and travel, including Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Lowe and others visiting Butter. NASU Memorial Building Fund announces $1,100,000 goal with Woodworth Willcott as national committeeman. Brigdens visit from Holcomb to Chanute and plans after August. A Sales Conference in Memphis featured Blackston presenting.
A slow market improved late trading with gains in steels motors and some aircraft issues. Volume reached about 2 million shares versus 1.66 million on Monday as most blue chips rose slightly while a few stocks posted larger advances.
Daily records show multiple admittees including LaVerne Cox and Thomas H. Deck with surgery and medical cases from Humboldt Eureka and nearby towns. Dismissals include Alonzo Deweese and Lee Rice, with other names and addresses listed for today and yesterday.
Birth announced for Mr and Mrs Kermit Adelgren a girl. Police traffic citations list Donna Streicker Lola Charles Crowder Katherine Marrin Raymond Friederich Greg Senultz with various traffic fines posted. Piling District Court Chanute Thelma Peacock versus Norman Peacock divorce filed March 23 1943 divorce decree sought. Southeast Kansas tuberculosis hospital admittances and discharges by county totals listed.
Pauls Valley Oklahoma AP reports Marvin Love 22 of a Wichita college, charged with murder for the shotgun death of Wichita man Paul James 22. Love's brothers Wilson 34 and John 23 are held as accessories. Sheriff Abney says James was killed late Saturday. Marvin claimed being beaten at a party.
United Steelworkers President David J. McDonald warned that invoking the Taft-Hartley Act would not resolve the steel strike. He argued forcing a return to mills for 80 or 86 days would damage labor relations for years. McDonald urged genuine bargaining and said workers are prepared to stay out until demands are met.
Frank McWilliams father of Dale McWilliams, formerly with Standard Oil in Chanute, died Sunday while visiting his son and wife in Hiawatha. He was brother in law to Harlie Wolgast of 508 S Lincoln. Funeral service planned in Alta Vista on Wednesday.
Larry Lord Motherwell, 43, accused of killing a Washington widow for cash, said he did not know she was dead. He was jailed on a 50,000 bond after a preliminary hearing was postponed. FBI agents arrested him as he tried to board a plane to Cleveland.
Humboldt Allen County 4H fair closes with top honors to Jerry Middendorf for Hereford and Angus stock as well as fat lamb and swine. Joe Works earns three blue ribbons in farm shop and household items. Leana Smith wins two year old American Saddle horse, Tonya Karr and Phil Wolford gain sheep ribbons, and Gerald Brinkman takes yellow corn. St Peter's Lutheran hosts open house with visitors from Chanute Iola and others. Elvin and (Mrs.) Upton celebrate 25th wedding anniversary. Upton family ties noted with Santa Fe work and Humboldt phone post. Ronald Dubro of Wichita visits parents en route to Topeka for nursing boards.
Mrs Waldo Adams and Jr. and Mrs. Wilcoxon of Iola traveled to Wichita on Sunday to visit Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Smith at Wesley Hospital. Mrs Smith is being treated there for a broken collarbone sustained in an automobile incident.
The article notes a Wichita bile accident Wednesday evening injuring Smith who suffered a severe cut to an arm requiring ten stitches. It mentions Mrs. Adams and Mrs. Wilcoxon as Smith’s sisters. The piece also covers relatives visiting Humboldt and Los Gatos with extended family in Humboldt and Wichita, including Mrs. A D Coe and Mrs. Charles Clemmons undergoing surgery in Alabama, plus family visits from Independence Missouri and Richland.
A baby chicken on James and Mrs Shatzer's Route 7 farm in Trenton tries to become a weather vane perched 36 feet above the barn. The frightened chick skitters along the ridge while the mother hen spends about two hours coaxing it back to safety.
Fresno’s leading industry moves toward drying and packing fruits as primary activities. Factories retool operations to handle fruit processing, signaling a shift in local manufacturing emphasis and employment opportunities.
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