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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1956
Page
4
Mr and Mrs James W Woods of Hays are proud parents of a daughter named Janece Lynette born Wednesday. Mrs Woods is formerly Jacqueline Bareis daughter of Mr and Mrs George Bareis of 718 S Lincoln.
Daily Transcript lists Wednesday admissions at Memorial Hospital including Mrs Jack D Collins 2100 S Plummer medical Mrs George R Sheffler 517 W Elm medical Mrs Flora C Smith 521 N Highland surgical Mrs Ron W Kirkpatrick 712 N Kansas medical Mrs Harold R Rush 1502 S Edith surgical Mrs Chester Dimond 205 N Washington medical Admittance today Clarence O Denman Iola surgical Dismissals today Mrs Homer E Ostrander R 3 Mrs Dee Akers R 3 Mrs Harold K Rush 1502 S Edith Dwight E Clemens R 2 Raymond Moses Erie.
The New York Stock Market slid for the biggest decline in days as oil metal and chemical stocks fell 2 to 3 points. Investors eyed growing Suez crisis tensions while volumes rose to about 2.2 million shares, up from 1.53 million the prior day as traders awaited a Labor Day weekend.
Funeral service for Mrs. Myrtle McCune Johnson will be held Friday at 2 PM in the Wilson Johnson Chapel with the Rev. William T. Hunt officiating. Interment follows at Elmwood Cemetery. the casket will be open until the service time.
A Canadian airliner with 22 aboard crashed on a bleak Alaskan tidal flat near Kodiak after catching fire over the North Pacific. Twelve dead and three missing after hours of search. Pilot Clark radioed Cold Bay that the ship was on fire before the crash. cause unknown. Surviving crew suffered critical injuries.
In Clinton Tennessee violence flared over school integration at Clinton High School. Three men were seized by police in front of the building as tomatoes and apples were hurled at a passing Negro woman. About 100 people gathered, a jail window was broken, and 12 Negroes were among 500 pupils in attendance.
Mansfield residents guard streets to the local school where a Negro effigy is hanged from the flagpole amid federal court order to admit Black students. Deputies arrive from Tarrant County as registration to start today under court order and tensions rise in a town wary of integration.
Public health officials report spotty sleeping sickness outbreaks among men and animals nationwide. A 1956 AP survey notes seven deaths and similar seasonal patterns, with experts saying there is no unusual epidemic and the trend mirrors prior summers.
An inmate at the New Mexico state penitentiary files a federal court complaint alleging civil rights violations and a broader grievance that his state's rights have also been compromised. He claims he has been framed and given a raw deal.
Topeka David Bartholomew of Topeka is named assistant director of the marketing division for the state Board of Agriculture. He succeeds Jake Abel who resigned to become state field supervisor.
Local advisory urges shoppers to verify sellers, compare prices, and inspect goods before purchase. Tips cover return policies, warranties, and avoiding common scams to protect consumers in everyday transactions.
Former President Harry Truman announced in Kansas City that he will campaign actively, agreeing to two or three speeches weekly as invited by the Democratic National Committee. He plans appearances starting mid September and will travel to Ottumwa Iowa to back Herschel Loveless, speak at a Milwaukee Labor Day rally, and visit with the Trumans' relatives en route to New York.
States' Rights group For America backed T Coleman Andrews of Richmond Virginia for president and former Congressman Thomas Werdel of Bakersfield California for vice president. Brig Gen Bonner Fellers retired national director said the group adopted a Chicago resolution to draft them for an independent ticket. In Fort Worth Texas the Constitution party nominated Andrews and Werdel to head a third party ticket. Andrews, former internal revenue commissioner who opposed the federal income tax, remains a prominent figure.
The report states that twenty six man hours are needed to log, manufacture and distribute one thousand board feet of lumber.
In Forest Park Pennsylvania AFL-CIO Executive Council ordered 140 unions to curb chartering locals to racketeers and avoid creating paper locals that extort from employers. The move followed arrests in New York of John DioGuardi for conspiracy in the La bor columnist Victor Riesel case, tying racketeering to unions.
Cologne Germany the completed cathedral reopened today after wartime damage all sections accessible. Cardinal Adeodato Piazze led a Pontifical Mass with church leaders from around the world as the Kirchen tag opened yesterday. The Gothic structure began in 1928 and suffered heavy damage in Allied air raids.
The project has undergone a long reconstruction period, with significant interior work completed over several years and ongoing improvements continuing to reshape the structure.
Junction City candidate Harry O. Lytle announced a Whirlwind Caravan tour for the Prohibition Party ticket. The campaign starts September 4 from Junction City to Wichita for an evening speech, with stops in Emporia and Kansas City and a finish in Topeka by September 7.
New York Attorney General Jacob K. Javits, seeking the Republican senatorial nomination, says vicious rumors are spread to block his chances. He would not confirm whether he would appear before the Senate Internal Security Subcommittee led by Senator Eastland or whether he had requested a hearing. One rumor claims Communists backed his 10 year old House election.
NBC plans a Sept 16 attempt to receive a live London television signal for Wide Wide World from Riverhead New York facilities after an earlier 1953 failure during Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation. The network seeks a live feed of the London telecast for its audience.
Cattle in Kansas City and Parsons lists steady to mixed changes across classes. Cattle including steers 16.00 to 23.00, cows 8.00 to 11.25, calves 12.00 to 21.00. hogs 14.75 to 16.50 for mixed weights, sows 12.00 to 15.75. sheep and lambs 15.00 to 20.50 for native spring lambs, ewes 2.00 to 7.00 with assorted grades and weights noted.
Butter steady to firm with 450 000 receipts and wholesale prices largely unchanged. Eggs mixed with slight price moves and 28 current receipts. Live poultry steady with caponettes hens and broilers price ranges listed. Chicago grain index shows narrow limits with corn oats rye and soybeans moving modestly. Kansas City cash grain prices posted for wheat corn oats and soybeans with several No 2 and No 3 grades noted.
TOPEKA Frank Theis the Democratic state chairman said a contested election by the Butler County Democratic Central Committee has not been decided. A report claimed the August 23 officers’ election was nullified and a new vote needed, but Theis denied any ruling yet. An El Dorado Times spokesman cited a committee finding in favor of petitioners, which Theis barred.
In Golden Colorado a 14 year old Explorer Scout Robert Cito credits a religious medal for grounding a lightning strike as he climbed Table Mountain. He fell 18 feet to a ledge on the north face and suffered a broken shoulder and severe head cuts. Golden firefighters helped in the rescue.
Kilby Prison officials considered manslaughter charges after two convicts escaped in a dump truck carrying 28 prisoners. A pursuit ended when the truck overturned during a tire shooting incident, killing two prisoners and injuring 13, with one seriously hurt. Guards rounded up the group and routine fire control on national forest lands was started 40 years ago.
Deputy Prison Director Frank Lee said questioning would continue on 30 convicts but officials believe only two were responsible for the attempted jailbreak near Montgomery. The two killed in the wreck were Noah O. Hasty Jr. and James Williams.
Political observers say a Chicago man from Cook County could be chosen by the Democratic State Central Committee to replace Herbert C. Paschen as governor nominee after Paschen resigns amid a fund controversy. The fund in his treasurer office is under county and federal grand jury scrutiny. The resignation comes less than ten weeks before the November 6 election. The committee meets in Springfield on Tuesday to decide.
President Eisenhower expressed happiness over a Republican women’s drive to boost voter registrations. Miss Bertha Adkins announced 3,000 party women will organize a nationwide registration push through November. Adkins wore notable stockings and a gold elephant pin during the White House meeting.
Police answered a call about a playful cow near a play area in North Little Rock Arkansas. Officers removed the animal and restored order for the children at the scene.
Banker Edward A. Hintz, a principal in the Orville E. Hodge scandal, was sentenced in Circuit Court to one to three years in prison for conspiracy after changing his plea from innocent to guilty. He was fined a total of 3060 dollars on two indictments before Circuit Judge L. E. Wilhite. In Denver, a strike by 300 railroad workers at Denver Union Station persisted into a second day causing delays up to ninety minutes as trains operated with reduced service.
Adilai E Stevenson charged President Eisenhower and his associates with failing to curb the nuclear arms race and criticized the administration for slow peacetime nuclear energy development under its policies.
London announces the expulsion of two Egyptian Embassy staff in retaliation for President Nasser's order to remove two British diplomats from Cairo. The move raises tensions as the diplomatic dispute between Britain and Egypt escalates.
In Newton County seven suspected typhoid cases are linked to a July 20 29 church camp at Monark Springs. Federal Public Health Service investigators traced 25 attendees and found the seven cases among them.
The United Nations Mission to inspect the Trust Territory of New Guinea is composed of representatives from Britain Belgium India and Guatemala.
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