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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1960
Page
2
A $400000 burglary at an armored car service in Tampa involved inside help and a timed plan. Thieves entered after midnight, used a door key and a password routine, dialed an alarm, then fled with nineteen moneybags. Losses were uninsured and the vault held about $1 million in cash and checks.
Grace Episcopal Church will hold Sunday services at 7 30 a m and 11 a m with nursery available at 11. The notices also list Christmas visit relations from Acme North Carolina Amarillo Texas and Benedict Coffeyville and other towns with relatives and extended families visiting from Chicago Produce Chicago poultry butter eggs and grain market notes follow with commodity receipts and price ranges for various items.
Canadair and Proct & Gamble report a small decompression chamber device aiding labor by relaxing abdominal muscles and easing contractions. A prototype was used at St Marys Hospital months ago with a second improved model in trials. A Canadian Medical Journal note cites cautious optimism pending broader testing.
Geral dine R. Stoll 65 of rural Yates Center will lie in state then funeral Friday at 2 p m at Colfax Baptist Church with Revs. R. B. Noblett and E. M. Pearson officiating. Burial at Buffalo Cemetery Koch Sk inner Memorial Home in charge.
Arthur C. Sellegren 76, prominent Odense farmer, died yesterday at Neosho Memorial Hospital after a month of illness. Born March 2, 1884 in Savenburg, he lived in the Odense community his entire life and is survived by his wife Selma, a son Clyde, and two daughters Mrs. Florence Olson and Mrs. Pauline Morlan. Funeral services set for 2 p.m. at the Friends Home Lutheran church with Rev. Bertil Gustafson officiating. burial in Swedish Cemetery.
An AP report notes a KC-135 jet tanker from the 34th refueling squadron landed at Offutt Field Omaha after a Guam departure at 7 40 a m Guam time. It arrived 3 30 a m Omaha time the same day, having crossed the international date line and seemingly beating the sun by about 42 hours.
Steels paced a mixed market rally in heavy late afternoon trading on Wall Street New York with volume around 4.1 million shares. Gains of fractions to a point favored by industrials were countered by various losers as U.S. government and corporate bonds showed strength.
Court reduced Augustus L. Mayo's sentence for driving while intoxicated and no license, granting parole after five months of an eight month term. Other cases include custody arrangements, a $500 verdict with costs, and a sheriff's sale disbursement order. Marriage licenses issued for Whitworth and Kustandorter. Real estate transfers noted in Humboldt and Moran areas.
Kansas City livestock prices show cattle light with calves up to 25 percent and steers and heifers scarce for market tests. Cows mostly steady, feeders steady around 24.00, hogs down to 25 lower in some lots, sows steady, lambs and sheep generally steady with good and prime lambs around 16 to 17.50. Parsons livestock notes hogs steady with US No 1 and 2 grades 190-240 pounds at 17.25 to 17.50 and 230-270 pounds at 15.75 to 16.75.
President elect John F Kennedy chose Robert V Roosa New York banker as under secretary for monetary affairs and planned a broad policy review with Sen J William Fulbright. Archibald Cox was named solicitor general as the president moves his staff to shape foreign and domestic policy with golf on deck and a New York visit planned before the January 20 inauguration.
Mrs. Olmstead and her 18 month old daughter Karen now live with her parents in Plainfield New Jersey while awaiting Topeka arrangements. Mrs. McKone offers shelter for Mrs. Olmstead and her three McKone children until a permanent home is found. Mrs. Olmstead expects a child in March.
Adlai Stevenson said he would do everything to obtain the release of two Forbes Air Base officers jailed in Russia. He called their imprisonment an outrage and noted the matter lies with the State Department. The men, Captains John R. McKone and Freeman B. Olmstead, were aboard an RB47 shot down near Russian waters last July. one crewman was killed and three others missing.
NEW YORK AP Mother earth is slimming down the bulge around her middle but so slowly you’d notice. Experts report from satellite studies presented to the AAAS meeting by Dr Gordon J F MacDonald of NASA. Earth’s shape is fuller than expected and a Vanguard satellite’s orbit varied by up to half a mile daily. The slowing rotation adds a hundredth of a second per day each century, predicting a 15 minute longer day in 100 million years and gradual crust adjustments as the bulge recedes.
Rep. Robert B. Scallorn announces plans to introduce a Kansas bill permitting state takeover of the University of Wichita. Regents and Dr. Harry F. Corbin back the idea citing debt and plant value. Washburn study suggests state aid rather than full transfer. Gov elect John Anderson and leaders may back next steps.
The former Geo. Greenman & Bros. shipyard, once renowned for square rigged 19th century ships, is now the site of Mystic Seaport in Connecticut, a recreated coastal village reflecting that era.
The American Museum of Natural History in New York City reported 1,788,392 visitors in the fiscal year ending June 30. This milestone underscores strong public interest and ongoing exhibitions drawing large crowds.
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