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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1957
Page
2
Car tags at Coats Agency are noted as a local item. Winners of $100 merchandise certificates in a national contest are announced for Mrs. J. E. Guinette and Mrs. P. W. Kyle. Community meetings, school activities, military updates, and local incidents fill this roundup.
The Chamber of Commerce schedules multiple committee meetings this week starting tonight at 7 30 for water resources and 3 p m on Monday for the legislative group at Tioga coffee shop. Industrial and retail committees meet 3 p m and a Spring Farm Show panel is planned for 3 p m Thursday at the chamber office. A Wednesday 7 30 p m session on the Unfair Practices Act will involve grocery operators and County Attorney Forsyth.
A panel of parents will discuss Do Parents Teach the 3R s with special music and a nursery provided. Mrs. Fred Reno hosted 14 attendees at 14 W Pine. Harry Eugene Green has returned from 15 months in Germany with the U S Army. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Harry H Green of Altoona with wife Betty residing with her parents. The Greens will be at home northwest of Earl ton.
Thursday admittances include Mrs Viola Downing and Mrs Merle Newlove. Dismissals list Walter C Cline William G Jones John Barnquist Nancy Moore and others. Traffic citations include Ralph Hoffman speeding and Thomas Krokstrom stop sign failure. Fire run notes G W Edgerle home furnace explosion with no damage.
Ann Nicholson said a man abducted her on the way to school in Kansas City and tied her to a country tree after assault. She freed herself, found a farmer Cameron Crabtree three hours later, and reported the incident to her parents Mr and Mrs Wayne Nicholson.
Red Skelton reports his 9 year old son Richard is being treated for leukemia at a Los Angeles hospital. A spokesman says the boy will return home in about 10 days and that physicians will not speculate on his recovery chances.
GREELEY Colo A 16 year old girl Virginia Scott aided by Eddie Knoll 17 escaped from a Colorado jail after stealing cars across state lines. They left Hill City Kan as authorities pursued six stolen vehicles since Monday night. The pair signed extradition waivers and will be returned to Hill City for trial.
FT. LEWIS Washington an army search fails to find a use for a wrinkle chaser named George R Hamann 32 of Rawlings Missouri who once chased leather boot wrinkles with a hot air jet. His assignment ends up as a communications section wireman after experts review more than 800 occupations.
Officials say the planned changeover may occur days before or on January 14, with Jay Parker becoming chief justice that date. Hall will not receive cases until the January term starts January 21, a court official stated.
The 450 foot U S Navy freighter Arneb was freed from crushing ice near Cape Hallett in McMurdo Sound by the Coast Guard icebreaker Northwind. Captain Nels C Johnson reported hull damage and flooding under control after repairs began. The vessel had been pinned to the Ross Ice Shelf since New Year’s Day amid hurricane force winds and massive ice floes.
R C Woodward resigns as El Dorado city attorney after losing bid for re election to the Kansas Senate. He says the move will avoid embarrassment for the incoming city manager in personnel decisions.
The government reported a November annual personal income rate of 3332 billion dollars, with wage and salary payments driving most of the gain. The auto industry contributed about 750 million, while nonfarm property and investment income rose about half a billion. Farm property income fell by a similar amount.
Kansas City reports cattle meager with 300 head, calves 100, market not established. Hogs 2000 head, active. barrows and gilts steady to 25 cents lower, sows steady. Mixed lots US 1 3 200-250 lbs 16.75-17.25, mixed 2 and 3 grade 250-270 lb butchers 16.50-17.00. sow lots 300-550 lbs 14.25-15.25. Eggs poultry and butter unchanged in Kansas City Produce.
Wall Street notes mixed movements with butter prices steady, eggs unsettled, and wholesale buys largely unchanged. Grain closes with soybeans rising on oil prices while wheat and corn edge lower to higher, reflecting market volatility.
The clipping lists grain and feed prices including white corn Maize, Kafir, rye, barley, soybeans, bran and shorts with ranges. It notes Kansas City hay receipts and egg prices alongside cream, hens and roosters. Manhattan reports Kansas State College projecting over 200 new teachers and a placement bureau estimate of 269 graduates in 1957 with about 55 not entering teaching.
Washington announces C. Tril Lingh am superintendent of Los Angeles County public schools is named president elect of the American Association of School Administrators. Wendell Godwin of Topeka Kansas is re elected to the executive committee. Both assume office March 15.
Wheat and corn trading data listed for 160 cars of wheat with several grade prices led by No. 2 hard at 2.35 to 2.42. No. 2 white corn at 1.66, No. 2 yellow and mixed at 1.40, and No. 2 oats unchanged.
Topeka Kansas governor Fred Hall resigned yesterday afternoon to join the Kansas Supreme Court. John McCuish was sworn in as the new governor and assumed Hall's executive office, while Chief Justice William A. Smith has yet to move out. Other justices’ offices are currently occupied.
TOPEKA Robert Ballou an assistant secretary under Gov Fred Hall will become superintendent of the Kansas State Industrial Reformatory at Hutchinson on Jan 10 The appointment announced by Martin Kiger new chairman of the State Board of Penal Institutions Ballou a former Dodge City school instructor will succeed John Munns who resumes his duties as chief clerk Munns resigned as acting superintendent
In Kleberg Texas on January 4 a freight parcel broke open during shipment. Twelve frogs escaped, scattering under tables as five clerks led by Supervisor Arthur Roach chased them through the post office. The final frog was captured beneath the office safe. the lot was bound for a medical laboratory.
Traffic fatalities in Topeka are listed by the State Accident Records Section. In the last 24 hours one death. to date in 1957 two deaths. for the same period in 1956 twelve deaths.
A concise guide advises readers on safe purchases and prudent shopping practices. It highlights checking seller credibility, comparing prices, reading guarantees, and keeping records to avoid scams and faulty goods.
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