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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1956
Page
1
A former pump house in the northeast Santa Fe Park was moved about 100 yards and placed on a new foundation. City manager Ross Cooper said it will be converted into a park dining shelter with capacity for clubs and organizations, with reservations required.
Chanute area banks report continued growth in 1955 year end statements. Combined assets for Bank of Commerce and First National Bank reach 13,361,035.46 with deposits of 12,338,008.36. Thayer and Stark banks add 2,221,475.06 to assets, bringing total assets to 15,582,510.52 and deposits to 1,971,893.42. Loans and discounts total 4,377,242.63.
A countywide vaccination effort at Neosho Memorial Hospital Saturday counted 631 polio shots given, with Mrs. Margaret Wood noting a later accuracy check may adjust the total. Earlier clinic recorded 620 for ages 5 to 9 on Dec 3. many children missed or delayed earlier vaccination rounds. Also included is a Kansas forecast noting warming trend after a brief cold snap with temperatures rising Tuesday across the state.
A two car collision on U.S. Highway 75 near Lebo Kansas Saturday killed three people and critically injured a fourth. Deceased are Richard Lowe 66 of Topeka and Mrs Ralph Koppenhaver 57 of Strawn Kansas. Koppenhaver's husband was hospitalized in Emporia with critical injuries.
Traffic fatalities listed by the State Accident Records Section for the last 48 hours and year-to-date. For 1956 the figures show 3 in the latest period, 16 year-to-date, with 22 in the same period of 1955.
Fort Worth reports experiments with an atomic reactor in a B 36 as part of a program to develop atomic powered aircraft. The joint Air Force Convair statement says the reactor is used to study shielding radiation effects on aircraft materials and systems. Safety measures include no operation during takeoffs or landings and flight over designated areas with local officials informed.
President Eisenhower reappointed Bernard Shanley as appointment secretary after Shanley’s brief resignation following the heart attack. The move signals a return to a more standard White House staff rhythm as Eisenhower weighs a second term and resumes daily staff briefings.
About 100 county officials from 17 districts gather Thursday for the Southeast Kansas County Officials Assn quarterly meeting in Erie. Sessions begin at 10:30 a.m. in the courthouse with welcome by Mayor Cleo I. Dalton and a traffic safety talk by A J Basile.
About 1,500 rabbits were killed by club swingers in a drive covering six sections of land northwest of Liberal in Stevens County Saturday. An estimated 1,500 people took part. a Garden City group bought the carcasses for seven cents each. The rabbits are skinned and frozen for sale to mink ranchers as farmers seek to thin jack rabbit numbers amid drought hurting winter wheat.
Hugh Allen, treasurer of his class at Decatur Presbyterian Church, missed Sunday school for the first time in 34 years after suffering a blood clot on a lung. He was taken to Emory Hospital for treatment, breaking a 1 769 week streak of attendance.
In Bar Harbor Maine an AP report notes a step toward giving humans new glands kidneys or hearts to replace sick ones. A chemical nicknamed ES unlocked transplants of living tissues between mice and could allow use of deceased donor skin and organs as spare parts. Roscoe J Jackson Memorial Laboratory and the American Cancer Society announce the work led by Dr. George D Snell with several collaborators.
Prince Rainier of Monaco sails to Palm Beach Florida for ten to fourteen days of fishing and visiting friends before heading to Hollywood to join his fiancée actress Grace Kelly. The news notes Charles Eden and Dwight Eisenhower plans and other White House updates.
Southeast Kansas law enforcement officers are invited to attend an automobile theft conference here on February 1. Percy Wyly II of Kansas City will lead an open forum discussing auto theft rings, spotting stolen cars, wrecked title racks, fictitious registrations, lab tools for altered numbers, tracing stolen vehicles, and theft prevention ideas from other departments. The meeting place is to be announced.
An explosion believed caused by gas wrecked a south Loop apartment building killing 8 year old Joseph Fernandez and injuring two women. The blast damaged a three story structure, firefighters said, with victims treated after the blaze.
Gov. Fred Hall says Kansas budget session success depends on strict adherence to the law creating the session. He argues the $262,900,000 plan is near the minimum to avoid cutting essential services and notes possible pressure for tighter spending. Leaders will meet over Fatzer’s opinion on session limits as House and Senate organize and await the governor’s budget message delivery.
A broken water main cut Abilene’s water supply from 1 30 a m to 6 30 am yesterday. An estimated 114 to 124 million gallons were lost and two storage tanks holding 750 000 gallons were emptied. The break occurred in the main water line from a pumping station two miles west of the city.
President Eisenhower outlines a nine point program to ease farm problems including a Soil Bank plan to retire about 40 million acres from production. The proposal could increase farmer income by 750 million to 1 billion dollars while limiting price supports and boosting rural development and research.
President Eisenhower urges a broad plan including a Soil Bank with cash and commodity payments totaling about one billion dollars to remove land from production and conserve resources. The package covers surplus disposal, corn and wheat controls, livestock price supports, price loan limits, rural development, Great Plains stabilization, increased research funding, and a tax relief on farm gasoline.
Chanute continues to hold the distinction of being the only second class city in Kansas operating without a general property tax. The 1955 State Tax Rate Book shows Chanute’s 1955 population around 10,433 with assessed real and personal property at $8,940,990. Other cities’ mill levies and bonded indebtedness are listed, along with county tax rates, school district levies for 1956, and comparative valuations for nearby communities.
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