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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1960
Page
2
Kansas City AP report shows hogs steady to mixed with 190-240 lb barrows and gilts up to 10, 250-300 lb up to 25 higher, 400 lb sows down to 25, other weights mixed. Cattle and calves untested. Eggs and poultry markets largely unchanged with wholesale eggs and consumer eggs near stable.
AP summary notes butter receipts at 636,000 with prices largely unchanged or modestly lowered. Butter grades AA to C show slight declines while car value indices edge down. Eggs with receipts of 19,300 see wholesale prices steady to one point lower, with grades A whites and mixed to dirties showing varied quotings.
Chicago reports USDA live poultry receipts totaling 7,000 pounds but with no prices reported due to insufficient receipts. No buyer or seller names are provided.
Kansas City market report shows wheat prices mixed with No 2 hard at 2.00 to 2.04 and No 3 at 2.03 to 2.05, No 2 red around 1.99 to 2.01. Corn holds 56 cars steady to up 1 cent with No 2 white 1.23 and No 3 1.17, No 2 yellow 1.06 to 1.07. Barley 98 to 99, oats and bran around 39.50 to 40.25. Soybeans 1.98 to 2.03. Maize and kafir listed with small ranges.
New York AP reports eggs graded A large and medium small advanced modestly in active trading this afternoon. Current receipts reached about 4.2 million shares versus 3.54 million Thursday. Gains among key stocks outpaced losses as U S government bonds posted gains while corporate bonds edged upward.
Fox Trucking Corp. rehired Feinberg last Monday to work as a checker. Fox is led by Morris Fox with his sister-in-law involved in company affairs.
William C. Merchant of St James Missouri pleaded guilty in police court to driving while intoxicated and was sentenced to 30 days in county jail. Reckless driving and no license charges were dismissed. He was arrested Wednesday night in the 500 block on South Santa Fe.
Rep Newell A. George asks Sen Stuart Symington to block the transfer of the Naval Air Technical Training Unit from Olathe Kansas to Glynnco Georgia. George warns of risks to men safety and Midwest economy and saves millions for the government.
In Meade Kansas a 35 year old oil field worker Monte Strouse was found dead in his four room frame house after firefighters extinguished a fire that gutted the structure Officers said death likely came from suffocation Mrs Strouse and the couples five school age children were away when the fire was discovered
Six men were questioned early today about a car bomb that killed Kenneth Feinberg in front of his Queens home. Police later said the group offered no link to the case, though reports tied the men to possible gang activity and maintained they were being questioned about the slaying. Feinberg, a single man and former union member, died when a dynamite device exploded as he started his car.
Yesterday admissions include C L Mc Millen 119 N Washington Mrs S A Mannoni 220 S Larson and Mrs Maurice Klingensmith Humboldt plus Rondi Ridge Humboldt Dismissals include Mrs Josephine Hibbs 620 S Malcolm Mrs Clyde Ryan Yates Center and today sees James E Mann Eric and Mrs John Kinney Humboldt among medical cases Also district court filing Chanute Lethe Crigger vs Marvin Dale Crigger for divorce detailing marriage June 9 1988 in Kansas City and restoration of former name Cable The Tribune price 35 cents per week.
Taxes due at Main and Highland. Schultz Agy ad. Sloppy Joe Supper December 1 5 to 7 p.m. at St Patrick's Auditorium. Nursery Sale at Muecke Nursery Humboldt with 25 off. Harry Byers and Ruth Anderson report grandson David Price 18 killed near a crane accident. W D Daley Tulsa and W N Chickadonz R3 Marshall trip for aunt’s golden wedding. Mrs Jack Campbell goes to Dayton for son of John and Sandra Campbell Craig birth John Marcus December 8 Erie.
Army Pvt. Clarence L. Snart, son of Mr. and Mrs. William O. Snart of Humboldt, has been assigned to the 4th Armored Division in Germany. The 22 year old, a 1956 Humboldt High School graduate, completed basic training at Fort Leonard Wood Missouri and was last stationed at Fort Gordon Georgia. He is a 1959 graduate of Chanute Junior College and attended Emporia Teachers College.
C E Wiltse of 220 E 12th receives word of the death of his brother Harry Wiltse a retired railroad conductor born in 1882 at Vilas. Survivors include his wife of Rialto the home a daughter Cleo of Dunsmuir California and a sister Mrs Lena Shupe of Wichita.
Mrs. Harry Gross of Kansas City reports the death Tuesday of her husband Harry Gross 81 a retired general chairman of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen for the Santa Fe lines He retired ten years ago after 25 years as chairman Funeral service held today in Kansas City Charles Thummel of Gray Lumber Co returned home from Bayport Minnesota where he attended a Window Workshop
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In Lansing Kansas 119 convicts were interviewed by the State Probation and Parole Board as a preface to December clemency hearings. Executions of Richard Hickock Lowell Andrews and Earl Wilson remain stayed pending appeals in the Kansas Supreme Court. Attorney General Anderson ruled the board must report to the governor within 30 days, though not to make recommendations. The board opened hearings rapidly with multiple cases, including Arthur Eisenman convicted in Wyandotte County for a 1959 death of a six year old girl.
Elbert Anderson shows off a Christmas display on his Topeka lawn. He dyed most of the zoysia green and left a large brown rectangle in which he outlined Merry Christmas Happy New Year with cardboard stencils.
In Malvern Pennsylvania a special post office box for Santa letters lets children drop in a note, pull a lever, and receive a lollipop. The idea is by acting postmaster Frank A. Santone.
Valparaiso, Ind, recorded a record 10 inch snowfall during a freak storm amid a severe cold snap with temperatures dipping to 10 below zero. The Flint Lake observer reported repeatedly confirming the deep chill. Lighter snow was seen in other Indiana cities as conditions remained near zero.
One of the heaviest early snowstorms in years stranded motorists and isolated communities across the Southwest. Arizona and New Mexico saw up to 15 inches. New Mexico bore the heaviest impact with all major highways closed and Albuquerque and El Paso almost cut off. Santa Rosa recorded 72 inches on US 66 to Albuquerque as locals crowded motels while city facilities housed travelers. Airlines grounded. rail service lagged five to six hours. snow reached Ajo Arizona with three inches and Grand Canyon at 14. The storm also brought cold, widespread delays, and a rain belt threatening East Texas floods.
Sugar the sorrel filly was cast as a walk on in Pittsburg State College play Rashomon when a white horse was unavailable. Vandals painted cross marks on her flanks with yellow lacquer and dipped her tail in lacquer after the show, though most paint was removed before the next performance.
Chicago AP reports the National Safety Council says the nation's accident death rate may reach a record low this year. However fatal mishaps are rising, with the council attributing the trend to factors under review.
The council reports a 51.1 per 100,000 death rate for the year based on nine months data, lower than 52.4 in 1959, while fatalities total 68,500, up 1 percent though the population rose 2 percent. Official results show Kennedy leading Nixon in several states with 300 to 223 electoral votes as recount efforts continue.
Federal and Oklahoma agents ended six months of undercover work with raids that claim to crush a large narcotics operation around Tulsa. At least 39 arrests were made including ex-convict John Dillon. Twenty two arrested on state vagrancy charges. others on narcotics violations. A buried cache of morphine, codeine, and dolophine valued around 10000 dollars was found at Dillon's 40 acre Coweta farm along with dynamite burglary tools and loot described as to be fenced.
Kennedy led Nixon by 144,844 votes as of today from 42 states and 68.7 million ballots, AP tally shows. Official returns from 42 states and unofficial from all but 84 precincts in eight states indicate Arizona 75 and West Virginia 9 missing. other states pending finalization.
President elect John F Kennedy resumes talks with legislative leaders on a health program for the aged financed under Social Security. He met Rep Hale Boggs to discuss the legislative program in general and the medical aid plan, with Boggs noting the proposal may gain easier passage than last year. Kennedy heads to Florida with Mrs Kennedy and their baby after a busy day.
Local page reports on community events and notices in Chanute with brief notices about meetings, school activities and upcoming dates. Names of residents and local groups appear alongside dates and places for neighborhood happenings.
In a hectic Thursday round of 16 conferences he invited Adlai E. Stevenson and two others to take posts. Today his only scheduled caller besides Boggs was Dr. Walt Rostow of MIT, a specialist in Soviet and U S economics, who has been mentioned for high office in the new setup.
New York AP report notes Dr. Leon M. Gecker unveiled a tooth shock absorber at the New York dental meeting. The lightweight device fits over the lower teeth between meals and at night, designed to curb bruxism which can loosen teeth or damage bridgework.
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