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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1961
Page
2
Atlanta AP report quotes Joseph R. Murphy, longtime manager of the Social Security Administration in Atlanta, who plans to retire December 31. He argues health and life expectancy determine retirement value, notes many fear insufficient income, and says retirement is really a change of pace rather than an end.
Rep. Robert F. Ellsworth asks House Armed Services to investigate inequities and problems in the recent mobilization of reservists and guardsmen. He says morale in the services and at home has dropped, manpower wasted, and confidence in the government eroded. He cites un ready troops reporting to camps without equipment and some stations lacking orders.
AP reports hogs 4 000 head with barrows and gilts steady to 50 lower and sows 25 lower, 1-3 190-250 lb 16.50-17.10, sows 250-400 lb 13.75-15.50. Sheep 700 head with lambs 25 higher, ewes 3-5 high, good to prime lambs 15.50-17.25, feeders 11.00-12.50. Cattle 2,000 with steers and heifers steady to weak, cows 25-50 lower, top grades 22.00-23.00, utility cows 13.00-16.00, dealers 23.00-27.00.
The notice covers funeral services for Mrs. Margaret M. Bybee to be held Saturday at 1 30 p m at Johnston Mortuary with Dr Charles Wesley Garrett presiding. Burial in Elmwood Cemetery. Also listed are details for Mrs Opal Lillie Holloway who died of a heart attack at her home aged 41 born March 26 1911 in Buffalo and owner of the E and M Lunch. Survivors include her son Jack Holloway and daughter Billie Sue Howell, plus family in Buffalo Cha nute Neodesha and Yates Center. A graveside service for Oscar B Freed at Morehead and other livestock price listings follow.
Wall Street reports a sharp early decline with blue chips and Uni lever issues among notable losers. The day’s volume was about 4.5 million shares, government bonds gained modestly while corporates were firm to slightly higher in spots.
Chicago grain shows no wheat oats or soybean sales with corn and barley prices moving. Kansas City cash bids for wheat and corn shift while eggs and cream prices show small changes. Local briefs include NF O meeting plans in Altoona, obituaries, church services, and community notices from Wilson County, with various police reports and a recital at the University of Kansas City.
Yesterday admissions to Neosho Memorial Hospital included Mrs. Ray Chard from Iola and Mrs. Gary Hinkle Jr. both listed under medical. Discharges today include Jona Bresh ears Humboldt Max Alter Santa Fe Glenda Alexander Thayer Jess Carder Humboldt Larry Endicott Coffeyville Walter Endicott Coffeyville and Mrs Richard Schommer Malcolm Street.
Snow and rain ended harvest in Kansas late last week after several productive days. Cattle and sheep were removed from grazing as fields softened. Livestock moved through local auctions. some fed cattle sent to market. a few calves lost to shipping fever. Wheat prospects remain favorable. corn and sorghum harvesting progressed before snow delayed further work.
In Topeka the legislature will return for a one month budget session in January. House Speaker William L. Miller has arranged informative sessions where department heads will brief lawmakers on agency history jurisdiction organization and services. Mitchell has issued two suggestions.
A memo directs department heads to present ideas but avoid budget fights. It notes the session opens January 9 and runs through the month, with focus on nonpolitical, procedural proposals to the Ways and Means Committee.
Senator Andrew F. Schoeppel of Kansas has made satisfactory progress after returning to Bethesda Naval Hospital last week. No special therapy has been required, and his office released the first condition update since his readmission.
Topeka AP report states that ABC Board investigators do not enforce 3.2 beer laws. Attorney General William M. Ferguson says cereal malt beverage enforcement is delegated to local agencies.
Police Sgt Kenneth Baker in Three Rivers Michigan issued himself a ticket for failure to have his auto under control after rear ending another car. He said he lost control while searching for a runaway boy rather than focusing on driving.
U S Senator Henry M. Jackson of Washington and Helen Hardin of Albuquerque obtained a marriage license and will marry in Albuquerque this Saturday. Jackson, 49, is described as the Senate's most eligible bachelor.
AP report notes census estimates show California with 16.13 million people by July 1, 1963, potentially overtaking New York as the most populous state if current trends continue. Senator Frank Carlson criticizes U.S. UN policy on Congo and warns against foreign-imposed governance, citing Gizenga and Tshombe tensions.
A fire in a suburban south Kansas City home killed Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Fidlar. An unidentified delivery boy found the blaze shortly after 5 am at 8660 Sleepy Hollow in Santa Fe Hills. Mrs. Fidlar died before firefighters arrived. Mr. Fidlar died at General Hospital. Further details were not immediately available.
The Atomic Energy Commission announced a sixth underground nuclear test at the Nevada site. Described as a low yield blast, it equates to about 20 000 tons of TNT with minimal further detail provided. In Kansas, a 29 year old man died in a truck collision while his wife and two children were injured.
The Chanute Tribune reports a freight train collision on the east edge of Pawnee Rock. Albert Eugene Slinkard, operator of a Pawnee Rock lumber and salvage firm, died in a Great Bend hospital 242 hours after the accident.
Highway Director Addison H. Meschke said he will meet Charles J. Fedell, former 4th District highway supervisor at Pittsburg, in his office Monday afternoon. The session is not a formal hearing and Fedell, released November 30, may appeal through Civil Service if needed.
Mrs. Sarah E Hickman Taylor, 82, wife of Albert Hoyt Taylor an early radar research pioneer, died in Claremont Calif Tuesday three hours after her husband’s death.
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