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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1958
Page
8
The Agriculture Department reports farmers net income at the annual rate of 13.3 billion for the first half of 1958, up 22 percent from the same period in 1957 after downward revisions to last year’s figures. Exports for the year ended July 1 fell 15 percent to about 4 billion dollars with declines in wheat, cotton, and rice.
AP dispatches report U S 16th Fleet rushing to the Middle East while Malta alerts on 24 hour standby In Washington Defense Secretary McElroy returns from observing U S nuclear tests Adlai Stevenson visits Moscow after 32 years Pope Pius XII calls for prayers for world peace Kedah proclaims Halim sultan as father Badlishah dies and Typhoon Winnie lashes Formosa with 172 mph winds and heavy rains, causing fatalities and export concerns
Humboldt residents and visitors from Mt. Vernon Iola Chanute and Yates Center share weekend activities. Families attend bridge events picnics and church cruises while others recover at home and begin community textile painting classes in Lola with BPW club support.
Kansas State College agronomist Ray A. Keen warns bagworms may damage eastern and southeastern Kansas this summer. Evergreens are primary targets but willow, maple, locust, cedar, arbor vitae and fruit trees may also be affected. The best control is now with an arsenical spray. mix 22 lb lead arsenate and 2 oz soybean flour per 50 gallons of water, escalating to 4 lb arsenate and 4 oz soybean flour per 50 gallons when caterpillars are half grown.
Tokyo AP reports the U S Army returned Camp Whittington along with 204 buildings and a 172 million square foot reservation to Japan as part of postwar arrangements.
The Humboldt Past Presidents Parley will observe Family Night with a picnic in Lincoln Park Tuesday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Don Martin of Lawrence are parents of a son, Gregory Grover, born July 13 weighing 6 pounds 9 ounces. Roscoe E. Kimerling Jr. has been assigned to the Air Force base in San Antonio after returning from Scotland due to his father’s illness.
A 15 year old left his name and photo at a break in to return to reform school and finish schooling. He told police his parents are separated and his mother works nights as a textile worker. Deputy Sheriff L L Hamrick declined to identify the boy, held for juvenile authorities.
The Puerto Rico Economic Development Administration reports a rebound as 54 U.S. manufacturers signed expansion contracts in April to June, adding 4715 jobs, $7.40 million in annual payroll and $9.10 million in capital investment. The total year reaches 91 contracts, though overall U.S. expansion lags 1957 levels and national construction trails.
Economists see spending weak but hint at shifting business mindset from retrenchment to expansion and modernization. Puerto Rico’s recent experience is unclear, making prompt conclusions unlikely. Read the advertisements.
In Buenos Aires the world’s only surviving quintuplets, Franco, Car, and siblings, turn 15 and reunite after six years apart. The Diligenti children return from five English boarding schools for a family fiesta at the suburban estate, with relatives traveling from Italy and Canada.
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