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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1956
Page
1
Members of the Left Hand Pitch i TM group from Center Ridge EUB church brought tractors to Virgil Solomon's home Monday to prepare ground and plant forage crop. They plowed and disked fields for fall seeding as Solomon, recently hospitalized, stays home.
Reports from Tokyo indicate the United States conducted the year’s largest nuclear blast at Bikini. Dulles urged Russia to restore independence to satellite nations to prove decentralization. Eisenhower announced nearly 3 billion dollars of surplus farm products disposed of under the 1954 act. In Jerusalem civil defense drills reached new highs. Stevenson appears set to lock Georgia’s 32 Democratic votes. The Navy expects soon to equip ships with ballistic missiles carrying high yield warheads.
Henry T. Heald of New York University will become president of the Ford Foundation, a multibillion dollar nonprofit, starting October 4. The selection places Heald at the helm of a major philanthropic institution in New York.
London AP reports the Maharajah of Jaipur says income dropped to 335000 dollars yearly after becoming governor, forcing him to reduce staff from 600 to 300 and convert one palace into a hotel for family use. Jaipur with three million people lacks a luxury hotel yet attracts tourists. Some rulers may leave palaces entirely as inheritance taxes rise.
Mrs Fran Bera flying the Aero Duct Inc Beechcraft Bonanza won the 1956 Powder Puff Derby in Flint Michigan finishing a 2336 mile California to Flint course. She set a new 183 mph average speed. Second place went to Mrs Alice Roberts of Phoenix with copilot Mrs Iris Critchell in a Beechcraft Bonanza.
A thief gained entry through a basement window at 124 S. Western into Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Keas home and stole $11 from Mrs. Keas purse. Cans of oil and shotgun shells were scattered on the basement floor as police reported. The couple were away at the time.
Kansas public schools will receive 943 785 from the U S Department of Agriculture for noonday meals under the national school lunch program. The allocation marks an 18 percent increase from last year due to higher Congress appropriations and a strong Kansas program administration.
Gov. Averell Harriman accuses President Eisenhower of a lack of leadership in handling the nationwide steel strike. He says the President shows no conception of presidential responsibilities and a lack of understanding of mediation functions in the national administration.
The August blood drive announced by Mrs. Howard Winans from the local Red Cross Chapter will have the Wichita center bloodmobile at Memorial Building on August 1 and Federated Church at Erie on August 2. Quotas are set at 150 pints for Chanute and 100 pints for Erie with donation hours 9 a.m. to 2 15 p.m. Local leaders include John Nation as chair for Chanute and Virgil Moody as Erie chair. recruitment and publicity teams are named from Chanute and surrounding communities.
Union electrical workers of Kansas City Power and Light Co. ratified a new contract with a 62 percent wage increase. Nearly 800 Local 1464 members of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers voted nearly unanimously after a strike that began Thursday night ended last night.
President Eisenhower is expected to deliver a major farm address in Chicago to energize a Republican drive for farm votes. Dan Thornton, head of the RNC Midwest farm HQ, reports White House staff indications of a possible campaign speech.
London reporters say the House of Lords has postponed abolishing Britain's sole capital punishment, hanging, with the measure pushed back to at least March of next year.
Donald Eugene Hancock, 16, and Frank Graham, 16, escaped injury when Hancock’s pickup rolled over a tree and overturned on West Beach. No collision with Bobby Dean Roles occurred. both drivers cited for reckless driving. A bystander, Dave V. Shultz, was summoned for interfering with officers.
Mrs Robert Allen fired a sub par 38 at Parsons Katy golf course to set a new women amateurs course record and win the SEK women's league event. The Parsons meet drew 21 players of 112 entered, largest SEK field this year with players from Parsons Pittsburg Coffeyville Independence and Chanute.
In Heidelberg Germany a spokesman for the U S Army European Headquarters said letters threaten U S Army officers and demand they leave Germany or face action by a group calling itself the Fighting Association for an Independent Germany. The spokesman compared the letters to Chinese Communist tactics in Korea and noted a neo Nazi possibility.
Kansas traffic fatalities reported by the State Accident Records Section show 0 deaths in the last 24 hours. To date in 1956, 314 fatalities. for the same period in 1955, 293 deaths.
President Eisenhower will meet with Republican National Chairman Leonard W. Hall at the Eisenhower farm home in Gettysburg to discuss campaign plans after Eisenhower's June operation. Hall will hold a news conference after the visit, with Hagerty declining to disclose tactics or a formal blueprint for July to October.
Federal mediators hold a preliminary meeting with U S Steel at Washington as talks aim to revive negotiations with the United Steelworkers. A Pittsburgh session tomorrow is planned to resume bargaining after a July 1 collapse that halted operations and idled about 730000 workers. Chief mediator Joseph Finnegan called the scene grave but said cooperation is possible.
New York reports the National Citizens for Eisenhower unveils a cross country touring bandwagon plan. Six tractor trailers will carry a jeep two station wagons four bicycles and two 40 foot barrage balloons. Local sponsors fund helium for the balloons and a projector will show films of the President. Ike Girl recruits will wear pink dresses on each stop.
The Associated Press reports party switching for the August 7 Kansas primary is light in most counties with pockets of movement. Labor voters showing interest in Republican crossovers, especially in Sedgwick Wyandotte and Pratt counties, while some counties report higher Democrat to Republican changes than usual.
Mr and Mrs J G Wilhite of Monroeville Pa reunite with George Baker of Hobbs New Mexico and his 7 month old son Larry after a traffic light chain of events ends in Washington Pa and Monroeville police locate them. Two cars paused near Lebanon Mo opportunity fragment ends.
S. C. Hudson, a 58 year old farmer from Shaw precinct Erie township, announces as a Democratic candidate for Neosho County second district county commissioner. He farms 800 acres with W. E. Hines, has served on the district school board, and belongs to Shaw Christian church Masonic Lodge Erie Mirza Shrine and Chanute Elks. He pledges to treat public affairs as he does his business.
Leavenworth coroner ruled the death of Mrs. Marjorie E. Wells a self inflicted gunshot. The 43 year old Army wife was found by her husband Sgt. Grover L. Wells at 4 30 p m in their home after a note on the kitchen table said see you later hon. The couple recently moved from Germany eight months ago.
The Topeka forecast shows a warming trend across Kansas with the west seeing light showers last night and more possible today. Highs yesterday ranged from 83 at Dodge City to 94 at Manhattan and the five day outlook calls for near normal temperatures in the 90s with cooler conditions in the west and north tomorrow.
Washington approves two story federal building to house a post office, courts, and offices at Leavenworth. Budget Bureau signs off on the project.
In Westbury New York a man snatched baby Peter Weinberger from his carriage. The FBI delayed entry for seven days by federal law. a note demanded $2000 then $5000. Police found no trace of either kidnapper or child and the infant’s survival depends on special milk and vitamin formula.
Kansas Rural Letter Carriers Association approved a resolution urging higher postal rates to fund operations. The three day convention named new state officers and delegates to the national carrier convention in Louisville. Auxiliary and juniors also elected officers for the coming year.
Elias Meadows aged 60 was shot to death in Spartanburg South Carolina as he lay in bed police say 31 slugs entered his body Casper Meadows 38 his son confessed to the slaying An inquest is scheduled for Thursday two weapons were used a .38 pistol and a .22 rifle no motive yet learned
Detroit scene reports Gerald Crary 63 a lumberman from Deadwood South Dakota sworn in as imperial potentate of the Shriners succeeding Walter Guy of Little Rock Arkansas. Crary assumes duties today in a ceremony.
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