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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1958
Page
2
AP reports Kansas City livestock with cattle scarce and hogs rising. Cattle supplies thin. 1,250 lb steers scarce at 27.25 while hogs gain 25-50 cents, sows soft. Sheep also light. 1,090 head not priced. Eggs steady in retail markets. butter and grain futures mixed with modest movements.
Charles W. Ditmars 89 of Chanute and Lawrence, died after illness at Neosho Memorial Hospital. Ralph George Gregg 54 of Erie died at Mercy Hospital Parsons. Mrs. Mattie E. Guiou of Yates Center died at Neosho Memorial Hospital. Edward Davlicek 70 of Elsmore died of a heart attack. Funeral details list Koch-Skinner, Pierce, Johnson, and Elsmore churches and cemeteries. services in Erie Federated Church and Elsmore Methodist Church.
Leavenworth AP reports David H. Nelson a 62 year old melon peddler living near Lawrence was robbed of about 80 dollars by a sports car driver on R32 west of Linwood. The car halted near 9 30 pm and the thief asked to borrow a jack then produced a pistol demanded money and took the currency and Nelsons truck keys.
A full day shift started at the Buick Oldsmobile Pontiac plant in Kansas City Kansas but GM says the operation is touch and go due to ongoing parts shortages from East division strikes. About 600 of 1,400 day workers were sent home as operations were curtailed yesterday.
J Palmer Cann, manager of Universal Atlas Cement division plant at Independence Kansas, named operating manager at Atlas headquarters. He will start September 1 and be succeeded in Independence by Alfred H Zimmer man. Robert P Jarrett moves from Fairborn Ohio plant to Independence as assistant. Louis M Funderburg, U S Steel vice president in charge of manufacturing, announced the changes.
Community news lists business ads and price cuts at Royal Tires Easy Terms. Local teaching moves include Martha Finney taking a seventh grade English and social studies post in Newton. Library Story Hour features The Cow Voyage and The Fishing Cat. Family updates note travel and reunions for the Taylor and Kinfolks gatherings. Military trainees Mock and Fosha completed basic training at Fort Leonard Wood.
In Neosho Memorial notices Cath erine Herndon and Burton Barkley list admissions for surgery. Dismissals include Richard Holtzman Mrs Arka Mann and others. A birth to Mr and Mrs Max L Tharp yields a boy. District Court at Chanute Agnes Braumann vs William Braumann seeks divorce custody child support and costs.
Investigators seek positive ID after a man was found dead in a car that ran off a county road six miles east of Scott City Kansas. Papers on him indicated he was Donald William Young of Pueblo.
A passerby found the car yesterday almost hidden by high weeds. Highway patrolmen said the man died of chest injuries and the accident occurred probably Wednesday or Wednesday night.
The Talk of the Month Club begins Sept 23 at the Tioga Hotel with five Tuesday dinners at 7 pm. Membership is $5 for the series, meals not included, and at least 100 members are needed. Speakers include Charles Strong, Virginia Sales, George Jason, Howard Klein, and Maj. Gen. Orvil A. Anderson.
Nineteen youths will leave for army pre-induction examinations Tuesday with medical checks set for the following day in Kansas City. Names include Freddie R. Leroy and Dale F. Cox among others, with Mrs. Gene Wall noting additional call ups for Forrest A. Russell, Gene W. Johnson, and Jerry D. Noakes who will report in Tucson, Manhattan, and Parsons respectively.
Larry Marcellus of Dodge City named managing editor of the Fredonia Herald and will assume duties Monday. Ed Hudson, who edited since his father Ben Hudson’s death, will return to Texas. Marcellus previously managed a Dodge City printing firm and owned a weekly publication.
Ronald D. Mooers pastor at St. Paul Lutheran Chanute and Bethel Vilas will finish service next week and return to Rock Island Illinois to resume studies at Augustana Theological Seminary A basket dinner at Bethel follows Sunday services for farewell Also Rev Arnold Thoren of Lincoln Nebraska is expected to lead services Sunday September 7.
Hurricane Daisy moved northeast along the New England coast with reduced threat to land. The Boston Weather Bureau said the storm was weakening and offshore waters near Cape Cod remained the primary danger as the center lay about 70 miles south of Nantucket. President Eisenhower postponed Newport travel due to uncertainty.
In New York the market showed a mixed, sluggish tone late in the day as drugs and selected issues rose while most stocks changed little. Volume was about 2.2 million shares versus 2.54 million the previous session, with many issues moving fractions to around one point.
AP dispatch notes an epidemic of sleeping sickness affecting U S airmen and dependents in Japan and Korea, with one airman in Korea confirmed ill after a monthlong outbreak. The report covers other brief world items on births pills, war crimes, NATO drills, radios in flight, Cambodia aid, and a cash disappearance case involving Diana Dors.
Wichita AP reports Kansas crude oil pipeline runs averaged 327 319 barrels daily in July per the State Conservation Division.
IOLA officials announced the Board of Commissioners accepted bids for tearing down the Allen County courthouse with demolition likely starting the first week of January. The clock and furniture are not included in the contract.
Southport officials report a man appeared at the city auditor’s office with a stack of bills claiming he had rigged his home power meter a quarter century ago to run slower. He sought to settle the situation and faced possible scrutiny.
Charlotte Sheffield, Miss United States 1957, will start a teaching career next week at South High School in Salt Lake City. She declines several show business offers as she shifts to education and drama instruction. A second Regulus II missile test from Point Mugu lands safely near Tonopah, Nevada after a 450 mile flight.
Paul Johnson son of Mr and Mrs Roy D Johnson R 2 has been named to the Top 50 in his class at the Naval Reserve Officer Candidate School Newport Naval Base He ranked 20th in an original class of 267 with a 3292 average He served as assistant commander of P company Upon completion of nine more weeks training and college graduation he will be commissioned an ensign in the Navy Reserve He will be a junior at Kansas State College this fall.
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