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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1955
Page
2
Brief classifieds line reads contact numbers and service pointers for Tribune readers. Includes a policy note to call 17 during early evening hours for delivery or subscription issues and mentions POLIO INS and B M A with a phone contact. No dated events or named people beyond organizations.
Wednesday admissions include Mrs Oscar Nelson of 202 N Washington and Mrs Adelaide Johnson of Jacksonville surgical. Dismissals include Mrs Edith Cooper of Yates Center and Warren Carter of 223 S Lafayette. District Court in Erie notes Marilyn Hase in divorce case against Dwayne Hase with decree and alimony. New case filed lists Jensen and Schupbach vs USDA and county committees. Various marriage licenses issued in Fire District with multiple couples. Property transfers and partitions listed for several Humboldt and neighboring towns.
Kansas Supreme Court ruled Phillips County District Court lacked jurisdiction to stop picketing at Kirwin Dam. The case, brought by Texas Construction Co. against Hoisting and Portable Engineers Local Union 101, involved interstate commerce and did not file with the NLRB. The court directed dismissal and setting aside the injunction.
Kansas City livestock markets show cattle steady toward mixed utility grades while hog prices dip. Parson's livestock lists steady cattle and hogs with top hog price 18.25 and steer ranges 19.00 to 21.00. Kansas City produce and Chicago grain and eggs also noted with varied price moves.
Hollywood actress Suzan Ball, who lost a leg to cancer and returned to film work and marriage, is reported in a serious condition at City of Hope in Duarte. She has been a patient there since July 5 and is in an oxygen tent as doctors conduct diagnostic tests.
President Eisenhower will be accompanied to the Geneva Big Four conference by his son Army Maj. John S. Eisenhower as personal aide. The major is on official leave between Army assignments after a transfer from Fort Leavenworth to Fort Belvoir, with Mrs. Eisenhower already announced to go.
Zeigler of near Abilene will be the first Kansas State College engineering student to obtain the $3,000 four year scholarship established by the J. B. Ehrsam and Sons Manufacturing Company of Manhattan Kas. The award marks a milestone in the college's scholarship program.
Topeka reports the 1955 Kansas wheat crop shows protein content at 12.4 percent and average test weight 61.2 pounds from 4,064 carloads sampled nationwide. The 1948-59 average protein is 12.3 percent and test weight 58.9 pounds.
Victor Rork an 11 year old from near Wichita drowned at Rock Springs State 4 H Club camp south of Junction City He was a Mulvane 4 H Club member and son of Mr and Mrs Victor L Rork Sedgwick County delegates had arrived at the camp two hours earlier
Funeral services for William F Netzke 79 longtime Humboldt area resident were conducted at St Peter s Lutheran church Iola Rev Delmar Brack officiated with a quartet and church soloists. Burial followed in Mount Hope cemetery Humboldt Survivors include daughter Mrs Marie Thornton of Iola another daughter Mrs Sophia Beck Albuquerque two sons Lawrence Peoria Ill and Erwin Escondido Calif ten grandchildren three great grandchildren and three brothers and three sisters.
A nine mile relocation of State Highway 13 from Strong City north toward the Chase Morris County line has begun. Appraisers named by the Chase County District Court will appraise land values and damages and report by July 26. The project aims to close the gap in the asphalt road through the Flint Hills between Council Grove and El Dorado and will straighten seven sharp curves.
Classified ad from Houston suburb seeks summer employment for a teacher with a family dependent on food. Published in The Tribune by carrier at 30 cents per week.
The first of 38 Globemasters arrived at Ft Bragg at 6 06 am under light rain, part of Operation Gyroscope. They disgorged 77 men as 3100 troops of the 187th Regimental Combat Team known as the Angels From Hell returned from Itazuke Air Force Base Japan, leaving Tuesday.
A new Michigan law enables construction of an international bridge or tunnel between Sault Ste Marie Michigan and Sault Ste Marie Ontario. It separates U S and Canadian ownership at the border and removes a prior railroad abandonment requirement.
Philadelphia is announced as a winner among 56 college scholarships in the Elks National Foundation program. The top awards total $1,000 each, recognizing students for academic merit and service.
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