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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1956
Page
2
Government establishes new parity yardsticks for cotton wheat corn and peanuts reflecting modern production costs. The change aims to curb farm price declines and adjust supports under a 1954 farm policy while noting the broader political push for farm aid and livestock market improvements.
Mrs. William H. Cannon organizes a Humboldt women's basketball squad to face the girls' team in a polio benefit doubleheader with Monarch and Humboldt merchants. Officials Dr. Joe Sterling and Marvin Repstine. proceeds aid the polio fund.
Crude oil and condensate output fell by 48 550 barrels to 6 982 975 for the week ended January 28, per Oil and Gas Journal. Kansas and Oklahoma drive the drop, down 23 500 and 23 300 barrels respectively, while North Dakota rises 3 100 to 41 300.
Paul H. Hughes testified in his perjury trial that a top Democratic National Committee deputy, Clayton Fritchey, urged him to create false anti-McCarthy material. He identified Washington lawyer Joseph L. Rauh as national chair of Americans for Democratic Action who pressed the scheme. Fritchey and Rauh denied the accusations, saying they demanded only solid facts. Hughes, 35, an Alexandria, Virginia native and Air Force veteran, faces charges for allegedly falsely claiming Rauh and others discussed payments related to Harvey Matusow, a former witness who later recanted much of his testimony. Yeshiva University is noted as the first American university under Jewish auspices on November 16, 1945.
Inmates at the Sea Goville Federal Correctional Institute held a March of Dimes benefit show last night with a tribute to a fellow prisoner who fell ill and was diagnosed with polio. The event featured the George Woolf memorial award presented February 13 to a renowned jockey who rode over 3,000 career winners and claimed multiple riding championships in the 1930s and 1940s.
Kansas born jockey Lola Adams, noted for rides for Junior College and St. John’s, is set to receive an award in Arcadia California after a 67 63 win by Coffeyville, with Dodge City 73 and Wichita A. prominent in the meet.
In Chattanooga Tennessee a bottle throwing brawl erupted between Negro dancers and white spectators at Roy Hamilton’s concert. Three whites and three Blacks suffered minor injuries while nine Negroes were arrested for disorderly conduct as officers intervened amid bottles and chairs. No crowd count was available.
Police reported a fight at Memorial Auditorium triggered when a Black member of the Hamilton troupe sat in the white section. A second Black man, unnamed, attempted to remove him, and the two fought amid tensions over seating segregation.
Grated orange and lemon rind enhance canned whole strawberry sauce. Optional orange membranes can be added to the mix, yielding richer flavor and appealing texture.
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