Local News Briefs From Chanute Area and Nearby
Daily notes report visits by Chanute residents to Ottawa and Burlington Iowa. A musical segment features Sperry and Lovett on KOAM-TV with plans to return next Monday noon with their teacher Don Cooper. Zion Methodist Church sets 10 a.m. service with 9:30 a.m. Sunday school led by Rev. Judd Jones. A Kansas Veterans' Commission rep will assist veterans at the Memorial Building on the first and third Wednesdays monthly 9 a.m. to noon. Mrs. Walter Lapham and Mrs. A. R. Jackson attended granddaughter Joan Lapham Gordon’s Fort Worth wedding. Adoption rights are discussed for same-faith placements. The Ellises moved to Florida to avoid surrender under Massachusetts welfare orders, facing a kidnapping indictment. Florida Gov. Leroy Collins declined extradition.
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Clifford Dean Sperry
R. O. Sperry
Lawrence Lovett
H. E. Lovett
Melody Matinee
Koam-Tv
Don Cooper
Zion Methodist Church
Chanute
Judd Jones
Walter Lapham
A. R. Jackson
Fort Worth
Tex
Joan Lapham
Thomas Gordon
Hildy
Massachusetts
Ellis
Brookline
Mass
Florida
Ellises
Leroy Collins
Daily Transcript Memorial Hospital Admittances and Dismissals
Memorial Hospital lists Tuesday admittances including Mrs. Sergio Lopez Chicago medical Mrs. Charles Steinman 1703 S Evergreen surgery Mrs. Viola Bennett Humboldt medical Mrs. Hugh T Jones Jr 222 S Steuben surgery Mrs. Julius Baker 915 W 14th medical Mrs. Harry More Erie medical Admittances today include Charles Moore Erie surgery Emma Osborn R. J. medical Verna Brooks 719 N Evergreen surgery Charles Haas 1321 S Grant medical Mrs. Robert Carlison 614 W Beach medical Dismissals Tuesday include Paul R Beust Independence Mrs J E Shurtz and daughter Humboldt Mrs Gladys Hoffmeier 1426 S Evergreen Dismissals today Steven Brinkman Humboldt Robert L Spencer Humboldt Leonard Dupuy Humboldt
Drought Aid Questioned Over Robbins Ranches
Senator Williams reports Robbins Ranches Kansas received about 4500 in drought relief not 400000 as claimed in a Senate subcommittee hearing. The panel investigates 212 million dollars in drought aid from 1954 to 1956 and disputed figures suggest 296000 bags of livestock feed valued at 1.50 per hundred pounds.
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Washington
Sen
Williams
R-Del
Robbins
Kansas
Senate Agriculture Subcommittee
Symington
D-Mo
Subcommittee
Agriculture Department
Symiington
Judge Rules Hilda May Adoptable by Jewish Couple
In Miami, Circuit Judge John W. Prunty ruled that 6-year-old Hilda McCoy may be adopted by Melvin Ellis and his wife, who have raised her since infancy. The decision declares Hilda suitable for adoption and the couple fit to adopt. An appeal to the U S Supreme Court is expected by both sides.
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Miami
Fla
John W. Prunty
Hilda McCoy
Hilda
Melvin Ellis
Massachusetts
Marjorie McCoy Doherty
Hildy
U. S. Supreme Court
Ellis
Deaths and Rites for John Thomas Bybee
Funeral rites for John Thomas Bybee will be Thursday at 10 am in Johnson Chapel with Rev Judd Jones of First Methodist Church officiating. Burial will follow in Elmwood cemetery. Eunice Willson 88 died at her great niece’s home in Chanute after short illness. She was born Jan 18 1869 in Garnett and lived there most of her life. Surviving are a nephew Ed Hiner of Kansas City and several great nieces including Mrs Willard Wilson and Mrs Raymond Wilson of Chanute. Funeral services were at Faris Funeral Home Garnett. Gibson Funeral Home handled local arrangements.
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John Thomas
Johnson Chapel
Judd Jones
First Methodist Church
Elmwood Cemetery
Eunice Willson
Willard Wilson
W. Main
Eunice Tyler
Garnett
Stilley Willson
Chanute
Ed—€. Hiner
Kansas City
Raymond Wilson
Fariis
Gibson Funeral Home
Wall Street Rallies Late As Volume Surges
Wall Street in New York moved higher late in the afternoon after early irregular trading. The market showed active turnover with the list reaching new highs for the year. Daily volume was estimated around 2.7 million shares versus 2.45 million the previous day.
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New York
Steels
Wheat Market Edges Higher in Kansas City Reports
Kansas City and Parsons Livestock markets show cattle and hogs steady to mixed as slaughter cattle and calves move unevenly. Prices span steers 18.00 to 23.50, pigs 16.00 to 20.50, lambs 14.00 to 22.50, with produce and grain futures firming on Chicago exchanges.
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Kansas City
USDA
U. S
Parsons Livestock
Parsons
Chicago
White Rocks
Plymouth Rocks
Admiral Theme
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Allis Chal Teeenne
Tel
Am Tele Tereteeres
Atchison
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Ncaa
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Plain
Beth Steel Wee Eneee
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Eens
Thee
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Chi Ri&Pac Aee
Chrysler Te Neenenee
du Pont
Eagle P Sr
Ford
Goodyear
Gulf Oil
Minn
Phill Pettterene
Proct & G
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Sy Rayonier Theene
Reyn Met
Jos
St Reg
Sears Roebene
Sinclair O Teers
Socony
Spen Chem
Stoke van Ceee
Sun Chem
Trans Air
Eesewe
US Steel Cee
Woolworth Tree
Kansas City Grain Prices Report
Kansas City market notes show wheat at 980 cars with 2% higher bids, No 2 and No 3 grades around 2.11 to 2.17. Corn ranges from 1.83 to 2.00 for No 2 white to No 3 mixed. Milo maize, rye, barley and soybeans quoted with current bid spans and by product.
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Kansas City Cash
Kansas City
Eisenhower Library Plans Fundraising Conference in Chicago
Gov. George Docking will join Harry Darby Benjamin Fairless and William Robinson in Chicago to form a nationwide fund raising group for a 40 000 square foot Eisenhower library at Abilene. The project, to be completed by 1958, will cooperate with the Eisenhower Foundation and library commission.
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Chicago
Eisenhower
Abilene
George Docking
Harry Darby
Kansas City
Benjamin F. Fairless
Pittsburgh
U. S. Steel Corporation
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New York
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Robinson
Presidential Library Commission
Darby
Kansas
Docking
Fairless
Library Commission
Eisenhower Foundation
Colorado Springs
Colo
Eisenhower Museum
State Purchasing Post Applications by 25
Twenty five persons have applied for the position of state purchasing director in Kansas. Henry Knouft, acting director, is among them. Deadline passed but postmarks dated July 9 will be accepted. Qualified applicants will be interviewed by a special rating board. no written exam.
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Topeka
Kansas
Henry Knouft
Governor Blair Undergoes General Physical at Mayo Clinic
Missouri Governor James T. Blair, age 54, began a general physical examination at Methodist Hospital in Rochester after several days of prior checkups in Kansas City. Mayo Clinic spokesman said the process could last three to four days. Circuit Judge Sam C. Blair, his brother, accompanied the governor and described him as tired and worn out.
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Rochester
Mann
James T. Blair
Missouri
Mayo Clinic
Methodist Hospital
Blair
Kansas City
Sam C. Blair
Jefferson City
Farm Workers Employed Rise in June Figures
The Agriculture Department said 8,798,000 people worked on farms in the last week of June, up about 7 percent from May but down about 160,000 or 12 percent from a year ago. Farm wages climbed to a record high near July 1 at 71.7 cents per hour.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Local Social and Travel Notes From Iola Area
A crowded note lists ill health at Cha nute Memorial hospital and a return to Iola by Mrs. Mayme Donoho. Several families visit Lavonburg and nearby towns, with trips to Oklahoma City and Toronto for work and family events. Also noted is the U S marriage rate in June running about 45 percent above the yearly daily average.
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Toronto
Ole Nelson
Kenneth Nelson
Jeanie
Wichita
Russians Demand Two Year Ban On Nuclear Tests
London reporting on the U N disarmament subcommittee shows Moscow insisting on an unconditional suspension of all nuclear weapon tests for at least two years as a first step toward disarmament. Soviet delegate Valerian Zorin and a Moscow commentator are cited supporting a testing halt despite Western demands for inspections and material controls.
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London
Moscow Radio
Valerian Zorin
U.N
United States
Moscow
Zorin
Subcommittee
Conference Critique on Enforcement Draft Sparks Debate
The Chanute Tribune notes July 1957 remarks arguing that a conference of scientists to draft an enforcement system would be a waste of time. The quote reflects skepticism about coordinated federal or scientific oversight and suggests a need for practical, action oriented measures in policy discussions.
85 Year Old Man Becomes Citizen After Century Vote
Chicago man William C. Marchant, 85, received U.S. citizenship yesterday. He first voted for William Jennings Bryan in 1896 and voted in many elections until 1940 when he learned he was not a citizen. He believed his Illinois National Guard service granted citizenship. His parents brought him from London to Chicago as a child in 1279 but his father never naturalized the family.
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Chicago
William C. Marchant
William Jennings Bryant
United States
Marchant
Illinois National Guard
London
Langur Monkey Peaks in Himalayan Foothills
The Langur, a large monkey, avoids tropical climates and thrives in the cold Himalayan foothills. It demonstrates adaptation to high altitude environments and cooler temperatures away from tropical regions.
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Himalayan
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