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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1955
Page
5
A short news item notes a Norelco shaver given as a Christmas gift from Wilson's Davis Paint Store. Police reported the mishap involved a bus carrying an a cappella choir from the college. The group had performed at RUB Church and Senior High School.
Daily hospital notices list admitted patients Mrs John McCall Mark Dix Mrs Martha Durland with addresses and medical or surgical cases. Dismissals include Mrs C W Hupp Fred Collins and others. births recorded for Burghart Kirkpatrick and Keighley families. Divorce suit filed in Chanute Joye Schooley vs James Schooley cites extreme cruelty.
Three year old Kirk Rollow, son of Mr and Mrs Alan Rollow of Route 3, suffered a head bump when a car driven by his mother collided with a car driven by Claude J Crater of 1215 South Washington at 801 South Garfield yesterday afternoon. Police said Crater was pulling from a parking spot into the lane as Mrs Rollow was southbound. The Rollow car’s right side and Crater’s left front fender and bumper were damaged. A separate crash damaged the front fender of Mrs Carl Wortman’s car at Third and Forest when it struck a Westmar College bus from LeMars Iowa driven by E L Firegoods. The bus rear bumper was damaged and Mrs Wortman was westbound on Third while the bus driver turned onto Forest.
The Kansas Corporation Commission is weighing permanent intrastate freight rates after interstate rates were made permanent by the ICC with no traffic diversion. The 1951 temporary Kansas rates faced a protest at the hearing. Harry L. Ryan of Ash Grove Cement Co. Kansas City argued Kansas cement rates remain too high.
In Vatican City and Rome, President Giovanni Gronchi and Pope Pius XII led ceremonial exchanges marking a treaty framework from 1929. Gronchi's first papal audience since his April selection emphasized the Holy See’s independent status within Italy.
Robert Eugene Williamson aged 39 of 102 N Central was taken into custody south of Chanute last night by Captain Clarence Shelton of the Kansas Highway Patrol on a charge of operating a motor vehicle under the influence. He was released today after posting a $100 bond. Hearing on the charge is set for December 19 in city court.
Cattle steady overall with calves and steers mostly holding, stockers weak, hogs slower with no big gains as barrows and gilts trend lower than Monday. Sheep volumes steady with prime lambs about 17 to 18 dollars and ewes around 3.5 to 4.5, while Kansas City and Parsons reports show mixed price movements across regions and weight classes.
Chicago grains show firm wheat while corn oats and soybeans swing in late dealings. Wheat closes 14 14 higher at 2.0647 percent up. corn down to 1. lower by 1? Dec contracts. Oats move 5s higher to 635 14 with December. Rye slips 14 to 1s up at 1.12 percent. Soybeans at 1 down to 1 percent higher with January at 2.3614. Kansas City hay receipts show none this week versus 17 last year.
Chester A. Sterling president of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Topeka for 23 years will retire February 1 next year. He announced his decision today and will end his long tenure overseeing the bank and its operations in Topeka.
The funeral for Mrs. Weaver Blake of Humboldt who died yesterday at Neosho Memorial Hospital will be Wednesday at 3 p.m. in Wilson Johnson chapel with Rev. Paul Life officiating. Interment at Memorial Park cemetery. Margaret May Stewart born May 24 1896 in Trenton Mo, married to Weaver Blake on June 20 1920 at Independence. husband survives.
The National Flying Farmers Assn awards four flight scholarships for youths aged 16 to 19 through an essay contest. Participants must be sons or daughters of farmers or agriculture-connected families. Essays of 500 words on attempted flight before Kitty Hawk earn rewards, with free flight training hours for top four placements.
The St Louis San Francisco Railway Co. asked the Interstate Commerce Commission for authority to acquire a majority stock interest in Central of Georgia Railway Co. Frisco already owned 158,197 of Central’s 337,236 common shares and 81,512 of 170,417 preferred shares as of Nov 25, valued at about 15.29 million dollars. It will not make a general offer but may buy more with ICC approval. Frisco operates 5000 miles across eight states, while Central owns about 2000 miles in Alabama Georgia and Tennessee.
Three masked men robbed a Cimarron veterans stag party at 2 30 a m taking 150 in checks and 50 cash from the club and wallets watches from more than 35 guests. Sheriff Charles Thomas said road blocks were set from Dodge City to the Colorado border and into Oklahoma within 15 minutes.
Commissioner Russell Chase Harrington told 51,500 IRS employees that no new shakeup will occur. He said after four years of reorganizations the service needs a settled period to consolidate changes.
President Eisenhower and British Prime Minister Eden plan January talks to align Middle East policy and counter threats to stability. High on the agenda are Israel Arab tensions, UN partition references, and broader Western relations as Russia links to India Burma and Afghanistan are reviewed. The British press welcomes Eden’s visit as a sign of renewed Western unity and policy reshaping.
A marine whatsit, 16 feet long with a snake like head and a fin tail, washed ashore yesterday at Venice. It was alive recently though its exact identity remains unknown.
A massive mysterious sea creature, estimated at about 800 pounds a week ago, astonishes old mariners and lifeguards. Norman Bishop, an 18 year veteran of coastal life, says he has never witnessed anything like it and remains unsure of its identity.
Albert Gondal aged 93, a veteran of Indian, Spanish-American and Mexican campaigns, arrived at a San Francisco hospital after a traffic accident. He was knocked down by a car and suffered a broken arm and a black eye. He explained the lipstick marks on his bald head as the result of a nightcap in a neighborhood tavern.
Esther Twente chairwoman of Kansas City University social work to lecture at University of Adelaide Australia on a Fullbright grant. She will take sabbatical leave and be absent through the 1956 spring semester, summer session, and fall semester.
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