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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1961
Page
2
The Labor Department reports factory workers earned a record average of 64.24 dollars per week in June, up 1.54 from May and 2.64 higher than a year earlier. The average work week rose to 40.1 hours, restoring pre recession levels amid broad gains in steel autos and hard goods. Employment climbed by 240000 to 16 million.
Erie Christian Church Women’s Fellowship forms new group officers across four groups. Group 1 elects Mrs. Wright as leader and Mrs. Palmer as co leader. Group 2 names Mrs. Bass leader with Mrs. Hoppus as co leader. Group 3 selects Mrs. Bass leader with Mrs. Blaine as co leader. Group 4 picks Mr. Watkins leader with Mrs. Simmons as co leader and Mrs. Harvey as secretary treasurer.
The Justice Department charged that about 4,800 Black voters were illegally purged from Ouachita Parish rolls by a white registrar with a White Citizens Council. A court was sought to restore names and register qualified Black applicants. Attorney General Kennedy said state and local guarantees were insufficient to ensure equal voting rights.
Wichita AP report notes toll rates on the Kansas Turnpike to rise for autos from 3.90 to 4.25 across the full length, a 45 cent increase, with commercial vehicles up 5 percent to the nearest nickel. The hikes, proposed June 12, aim to boost earnings as interest on bonded debt has not been covered.
A House vote approved a measure to repay Stella Missouri school officials $1500 after the Army allowed use of a vacant Ft Crowder barracks as a temporary classroom. The bill by Rep Durward Hall moves to the Senate for final action.
A Kansas Gas and Electric Co line foreman, William H. Seery, 57, was accidentally electrocuted Monday in Newton after he threw a switch that activated a lifting device touching a 12 509 volt powerline.
Kansas City livestock reports show cattle steady to strong with cows up to 25 higher, steers and heifers varied, vealers and stockers mixed. Hogs, sows and feeders mostly firmer, with Parsons Livestock noting higher prices for 190-270 pound hogs and 400 pound sows, while cattle for grain fed and stockers posted gains and steady to higher calf prices across weights. Kansas City produce mixed with eggs and poultry, butter steady, and grain quotes steady to higher in regional exchanges.
Death notices and funeral details for Frank L Hathaway Harold L Bud Wilson Dr Lloyd E Jackson Ward Lola Carl Hanson Theodore W Leavitt Mary Ellen Thornton list service times burial places and survivors with locations in Chanute Iola Wichita and Pittsburgh plus churches and cemeteries referenced across the notices.
The text lists assorted commodities and prices including oats, maize, rye, barley, soybeans, bran, shorts, and flour grades. It mentions current receipts and various product line items such as cream, hides, and rations with numeric ranges and incomplete entries, reflecting an OCR pulled from a market page.
AP dispatch from Hutchinson says work on the new 4-H exhibit hall at Kansas State Fair grounds will be completed in time for the fair. Sept. 16-21, Virgil Miller, fair secretary, announced today. The current 4-H building will become a women s exhibit center in 1962.
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower urged the U S to stand firm in Berlin and not be scared, calling Berlin an explosive but noting American spirit and unity with allies. He spoke at Gettysburg College after meeting Gov Nelson A Rockefeller of New York amid talk of New York mayoral race and the 1964 campaign.
Howard Alger reported a BB gun fired through a window of his parked 1951 Ford on North Santa Fe. Police noted the glass had been shot.
In Kansas City a 35 year old woman Lois Eisler shot her son Jackie Daniels 13 in the head as he slept and attempted to shoot another son Larry 11. She then forced her three daughters Sherry 7 Diana 4 and Kelly 2 to drink poison before taking some herself. Police say she left a six page note and showed no remorse. The children were rushed to Neurological Hospital in satisfactory condition after stomach pumps.
Daily Transcript lists admissions at Neosho Memorial Hospital on Sunday including Lydia Eaton health board patient. Edward Wade Humboldt and others for surgery and medical care. Dismissals include Glen Freeman and Irving Ingraham. Births record a girl for Forest Hosack and others. additional births noted for Alvin Knight Larry Byers and James Pullman. The Tribune subscription rate noted.
Lutherans defeated EUB 11 to 4 as Ronnie Burghart pitched and Brinkman caught. Gerald Burghart homered for the winners while Jim and B Leroy formed the EUB battery. In the other game the Methodists defeated the Presbyterians.
The Urban Renewal Administration granted 31 950 to Wichita Kansas to draft a comprehensive slum clearance plan. City officials announced the approval on Monday outlining steps to assess housing conditions and prepare redevelopment strategies.
The New York market showed uneven moves in moderate session activity with about 3 million shares traded. Most key stocks shifted small amounts while some advanced or retreated sharply. Corporate and U S government bonds yielded mixed results.
The First Presbyterian church Mary Martha guild dinner in the church basement heard Rev. Fred Shaw discuss trips to Japan Hong Kong and the Philippines. Mrs. George Eaton presided and guests included Mrs. Kathryn Lock Mrs. Vada Strean Mrs. E. G. Niederlander Edna Niederlander Mrs. Ethel Likens and Mrs. T. W. Boman.
The Associated Press reports showers dampened drought in the Dakotas with heavy rain in some Grand Forks and other spots. Broad area showers spread from Montana to Minnesota and into the upper Mississippi Valley while thunderstorm activity occurred in New Mexico, the Texas Panhandle, and near Norfolk, Nebraska.
The Screen Actors Guild will not investigate the death of actor Jeff Chandler saying the inquiry would serve no useful purpose. Chandler died at 42 after four operations for a slipped spinal disc at a Culver City hospital. Actors had petitioned the Guild and the directors pledged cooperation with the State Bureau of Hospitals, which completed an hospital inquiry.
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