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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1955
Page
7
Mr. and Mrs. Tommy McQuin arrived Saturday from Bakersfield California for a visit with their parents Mr. and Mrs. Tom McQuin and Mr. and Mrs. Lee Uden.
Memorial Hospital list of Saturday and Sunday patient admittances and dismissals. Includes names and addresses for surgical and medical cases, plus births and a traffic citation, and notes on a fire run and a cat rescue.
Six masked bandits stormed the Volunteers of America headquarters in New York as two Santa Claus workers loaded a truck with chimney props. They demanded the safe combination but failed to seize the $3,000. The pair were tied up and released after the robbers fled.
Wall Street opened higher with a generally firmer market though motor shares lagged. Volume ran around 2.4 million, vs 2.31 million Friday as several issues posted gains and losses near two points, with most moves in the plus column.
Death notices for Mrs. Lee Walker of La Grange and Mrs. Viola Powell outline funeral plans and survivors in Illinois and Coffeyville. Also reported are detailed cattle hogs and produce market movements from Kansas City and Parsons, including top hogs and steers, lamb prices, and dairy quotes.
TOPEKA The Kansas traffic and safety director said December shows the worst month for traffic accidents. Claud R. McCamment reported the first 17 days averaged two fatalities per day, higher than the roughly 1.5 daily average for the first 11 months. He urged stricter adherence to safety rules to prevent most crashes.
Kansas State College protests a trimmed $80,000 preproposed appropriation. The Agricultural Council on Research and Education criticizes the Board of Regents and Gov Hall for reducing funds while arguing for higher research budgets to aid state welfare.
Rodney Dee Brodie, a twin who survived a separation operation, is back home in Ferris to spend about two months with his parents Roy and his five siblings before returning to the University of Illinois Medical Center in Chicago for further brain hemorrhage treatment.
About fifty people attended the Neosho-Allen County Underwriters Association Christmas party at the Tioga Inn ballroom. Mrs. Edna Petterson led as association president. Attendees included insurance agents from Chanute Iola Garnett and Fort Scott with wives as guests. The program featured Dorothy Haines dancing numbers and group singing led by Boyd Burns. Ralph Willcott Kansas life underwriters committeeman received a district award presented by Art Krone Chanute for full enrollment in life underwriter groups.
Soviet leaders Bulganin and Khrushchev left Kabul for Moscow after pledging a 100 million dollar long term loan for Afghanistan. The aid targets agriculture and power, doubling the scale of U S assistance, with a 10 year extension of the neutrality pact and mutual promises to expand friendly political and cultural links.
Leaders voiced solidarity with peoples still deprived of freedom and national sovereignty. They pledged adherence to five principles of coexistence and non interference, praised Geneva conference results, and demanded a U N seat for Communist China. Nutritionists warn washing rice before cooking erodes flavor and nutrition.
Chanute Kansas edition details local news and notices for December 19 1955. Community events weather, school and city notices provide updates on residents and institutions serving Chanute and surrounding area.
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