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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1955
Page
4
D. J. Cox, director, said rehearsal will be held Wednesday at 8 p.m. in the memorial building Community room. Mr. and Mrs. Carl E. Jones of Los Angeles arrived Saturday night to visit his mother Mrs. A. C. Jones at 6198 Malcolm.
Lester Malcolm 63 of San Leandro California former Chanute resident died Sunday night. Born September 8 1891 two miles southeast of Chanute he traveled between California and Kansas. Survived by wife Jessie daughters Verna Berscheid Vera Euler son Bert two brothers Ralph Ray Malcolm and John Malcolm sister Ada Pratt. Funeral service set for Wednesday in San Leandro.
Saturday and Sunday admissions include Joseph Pfeifer Buffalo and Mrs Doll Wing Humboldt, with multiple patients listed for Monday and today. Dismissals note Anita Umbarger Thayer and several others at various addresses. births occur Sunday and Monday for multiple families. Traffic citations include Carol Weldin and Rope Ham item with fines listed.
Cattle and calves at 7 000 and 800 head respectively show gains. Slaughter steer and heifer prices up about 50 cents, hogs 25 to 50 cents higher, sows steady, and sheep lambs 50 to 75 cents higher. ParsonS hogs steady with top around 19.25. cattle at Kansas City and Parsons show broad gains across weights and grades with varying stocker activity and prices across categories. Also mentions eggs butter and grain quotes in Kansas City and Chicago reports.
The 1955 Harmon Aviation Trophies go to Navy blimp commander and Navy XFY1 test pilot Marion H. Eppes and J. F Skeets Coleman. Coleman logged over 60 vertical takeoffs in the Convair XFY1 and aided in history’s first vertical takeoff to level flight and back to vertical landing.
Kansas revenue totals for the fiscal year ended show a record 120.8 million dollars, up from 114.2 million the prior year. Major gains come from sales, motor fuel, and income taxes, with June alone adding 1.67 million compared with last year.
New York stocks rose with broad gains, Du Pont up about 11 points at one stage and most issues up 1 to 5 points. Aircraft stocks lagged, trading active in favored sections, about 2.7 million shares traded versus Fridays 2.54 million. The note adds a 1954 U S steel industry natural gas use of 280 billion cubic feet.
The data itemizes charges for private car line tax 274277 and 285484, motor carrier tax 324460 and 335995, express company tax 5882 and 6432, plus miscellaneous fees total 275793 and 259141.
Combines cut a swath through about one fourth of the 1955 Kansas wheat crop last week as harvest entered high gear. Federal and state departments of agriculture report the harvest now 54 percent complete.
Kenneth Washington of 216 North Malcolm was arrested on a charge of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated after his car went into a ditch on a country road east of Chanute Monday night. In city court he pleaded guilty and drew a $125 fine plus $4 costs. the car was undamaged and he was uninjured.
The nation’s major steel producers, assured of labor peace by a 15 cent hourly wage settlement, pushed mills toward normal production following the shortest strike in industry history.
Norman White, 29, was fired from a job hours after starting it four times in three weeks, each time earning a week’s pay. A city court heard he impersonated a police officer to obtain money by false pretenses and sentenced him to eight months in jail.
President Eisenhower sent personal wishes for a speedy recovery to Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas who was hospitalized after a heart attack. Johnson remained in serious condition at Bethesda Naval Hospital with no change in the last 24 hours after a bulletin had said he was making satisfactory progress.
Sen. Sparkman said the Defense Department admitted under congressional pressure that Russian strength in jet fighters and modern light jet bombers exceeds that of the entire free world. He asserted that Republican officials disagree with the assessment.
Administration officials backed by President Eisenhower disregarded military experts in 1953 and curtailed a planned Air Force expansion. The cuts were restored in 1954, Sparkman said, but the nation’s defense program has not yet recovered.
House Speaker Rayburn says passage hinges on Republican support for the omnibus housing bill. Rep. Martin asserts Republicans will push a housing bill before adjournment. The Rules Committee deadlocked 6-6 after voting against sending the measure to the floor amid GOP Democratic disagreements.
Hillsboro Oregon saw a tragic Fourth of July stunt as Mike Kelly of Goshen Indiana rode a bicycle down a ramp leaped through fire and glass over two cars and into a fatal fall after missing the landing ramp before about 1000 spectators.
State Highway Patrol identified two young victims from Kansas and Missouri in a late night auto accident near Highlandville. Beverly Jean Hubbell of Jetmore Kansas and Leo J. Busch of Branson Missouri, both about 20, were killed in the wreck.
Antonio Segni seems to have won his effort to rebuild the four party center coalition that Mario Scelba governed Italy with for 16 months.
Mrs. Martha Owens aged 82, a retired Disciples of Christ minister who served in Kansas Missouri and Nebraska, died today in Tongoxie Kansas.
The House approved a resolution granting consent to extend and renew the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact for four years and sent it to the White House for signing. The action formalizes continuation of a multistate agreement guiding energy policy and cooperation.
The note invites readers to stop by the showroom to see and test a favorite firsthand, highlighting an effortless driving experience and the option to experience the product directly.
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