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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1957
Page
9
Secretary Benson asked Congress to remove corn from the preferred price support and control group beginning in 1959. He proposed a zero to 90 percent parity range for corn, aligning it with oats, barley, and sorghum, and aimed to give farmers more production freedom while cutting government costs.
Aiichiro Fujiyama resigns as foreign minister in Japan and gives up all private business roles, leaving 140 executive positions. In Tokyo, Rear Adm J M Higgins becomes chief of the U S Military Assistance Advisory Group in Japan, succeeding Maj Gen William S Biddle who moves to Fort Hood Texas to command the Army's 3rd Corps. In Stockholm, the Swedish tanker Justus Waller reports 22 survivors from the Panamanian freighter Clarisse in the Indian Ocean. fate of Clarisse and Waller's exact position are not provided.
Recap of local events across Southeast Kansas. A milestone birthday for former Governor Fredonia’s Ben S Paulen draws about 150 greetings. A Neodesha boy suffers finger loss after a combine accident. Oswego considers electric rate adjustments. Dalton M Holt faces larceny and driving charges in Coffeyville. Jean Springer sells interest in Gales Bill McNaught and moves to Cherryvale. Iola boiler explosion injures no one. cause cited as gas ignition. London reports on a private detective named Le Roy Baas.
A 46-year-old man, John Lintern, blamed his wife Nancy for their split claiming she kept 50 poodles at home and vented him out for complaints about the odor. The judge granted the divorce. In London, Prime Minister Macmillan’s government survived a Socialist censure on Cyprus policy with a 326 to 260 vote.
Balances show April 1 receipts totaling 62 926.60 and 121 902.88 with various funds listed. Memorial Park Cemetery Fund stands at 1 620.90 as of June 30, alongside Civil Defense Fund balances of 948.48 and 1 935.14. Wayne Umbrager, City Treasurer of Chanute Kansas, is noted in the financial note. The remainder lists retail prices for home textiles such as wash cloths, blouses, skirts, bedspreads, drapes, Priscillas, and chenille spreads with sale prices.
Five teams enter the Third District American Legion baseball tournament with games starting Thursday at 7 p.m. at City park field and continuing through Sunday. Semifinals are Saturday and finals Sunday with Coffeyville Columbus Parsons Chanute in the mix and no seedings. Winners advance to the state tournament in Neodesha.
James M. Cox longtime Ohio politician publisher and 1920 Democratic presidential candidate died at his Dayton home after a stroke following a fall. He led multiple Ohio newspapers and national outlets and operated WHIO WHIO TV and Atlanta stations.
The Twentieth Century Fund reports that Americans will spend two billion dollars more on recreation in 1960 than in 1950 due to rising incomes and shorter working hours.
Alamagordo dawn marks the first atomic explosion twelve years ago as nations rush arms and advocates see the atom as a path to peace. The piece notes Hiroshima Nagasaki deaths, rising A and H bombs, and growing civilian power plants and practical uses in industry farming medicine and transport.
Washington chairman Loyd Wright of the Commission on Government Security says there is no room in the federal service for disloyal citizens. He notes suggestions that loyalty may not be required for jobs not involving restricted information or policy making, but asserts the American people deserve trustworthy employees and some positions are hard to identify as safe.
In prepared testimony Wright tells House Civil Service Committee that approved bills embody the 12-man commission’s heart for national security. He notes a Supreme Court decision last year questioned parts of the current program and says Executive branches have continued with temporary measures.
In the Probate Court of Neosho County Kansas Hazel Thompson executrix petitions to sell Lot 7 Block 2 Fair View Addition Chanute to pay debts taxes and administration costs. Defenses due by August 8 1957 at 10:00 A.M. in Erie Kansas. judgment to follow if unchallenged. Balch & Bailey attorneys for executrix.
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