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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1955
Page
6
At the Geneva summit the Soviet leader Bulganin prioritized European security over German unification, denying Western hopes for rapid East German independence. Eisenhower Eden and Faure pressed for unity as a NATO-linked German state, while Bulganin announced Soviet atomic material would join an international pool, signaling cautious multi-lateral progress.
P Rehiring of two Newton County extension agents on a six month probationary basis was recommended last night. Officials of the Kansas Extension service made the recommen
Dation to the county agricultural extension council Armin Samuelson and county 4-H agent were fired June 15 for alleged friction arising from fishing boating and swimming. Roy Bell and his small son visited the White home. The Federated church Youth Fellowship under Rev J M Torrence will hold a Sunday breakfast meeting starting last Sunday with 20 attendees and expected growth through Sept 1.
Noel Rike and family return from a week with relatives in St. Louis and Kansas City. Goughs visit Urbana with Mrs Goughs parents. Verne Craven’s son Lt Col Gene Craven is in an Army hospital in Fort Leavenworth with pneumonia, condition satisfactory. Wells visit their son Gil in Independence. Judith Richey and Barbara Bryan plan a week in Flagstaff. Gambrell, Naff, Wheeles families picnic at Riverside Park Independence. Rebekah and Odd Fellows basket dinner at Lake Neosho drew a large crowd.
Mrs Bessie Trichler visited in Wichita with Etta Trichler and Mrs Walker Camp of Chanute spent a day with her parents Mr and Mrs Matt Wiltse. Mrs Gladys Kuntz and daughter Doris of Wichita visited her son Lawrence Kuntz and family. Mr and Mrs Charles Crowder and Mr and Mrs Howard Samuels and daughter of Bartlesville were supper guests of Mr and Mrs A D Wiltse. Ronald went home with them for a visit. Mr and Mrs Walter Bradford attended a family dinner at the home of Mr and Mrs Carl Stone. The birthdays of Stephen Johnson Robert Stone and Bradford were honored. The county has put up a building across the road west of Thornburg school to house road equipment. Mr and Mrs Sam Sturdevant called at the Walter Bradford home one evening. Most farmers in this vicinity are through combining and putting up second cutting alfalfa. The locks at Sault Ste Marie key to modern navigation of the Great Lakes were first opened June 18 1955.
Washington Senator George Favors Eden plan as worthy of further consideration by Eisenhower and the Big Four at Geneva. British Prime Minister Eden proposed an exchange of security guarantees with Germany and a first step toward limiting arms for a united Germany and its Soviet satellites. Senate Foreign Relations members Smith and Sparkman offered cautious support, urging safeguards to prevent stiffening iron curtain control and insisting on a foolproof armaments plan before demilitarizing Western Germany.
William Booze of Sabillasville received a suspended $5 fine in Southern Police Court after being charged with drunkenness.
Democrats move to pass a bill raising the federal minimum wage from 75 cents to 1 dollar an hour, sending the measure to the Senate for any minor changes. The Senate already approved 1 dollar while Eisenhower had urged 90 cents. about 24 million workers would be covered and roughly 2.1 million in the South would get automatic raises. Organized labor seeks 1.25 dollars, but no House plan to expand coverage was included, to be addressed next year.
Chairman McClellan said the Senate Investigations subcommittee will decide without undue delay whether to hold public hearings on the propriety of outside business interests of Secretary of the Air Force Talbott.
The Tribune presents a brief classific item in its At Your Service column detailing a local service offer or inquiry. It notes a contact point and city context, inviting residents to request or supply help through the page’s listings.
EUB No. 1 shut out Colfax Baptist Church of the Nazarene 14 0. EUB No. 2 earned a 7 0 forfeit win over Shaw. Seger pitched, Robinson caught. Young pitched with Miley catching for the losers. Tonight St Patrick s meets Knights of Columbus. Trinity Baptists face Stark. Remaining schedule lists EUB lineups and church teams through Friday.
About six weeks ago Mrs. Margie Lyons found a shivering soaking wet puppy on the street. She took it home and began nursing it back to health, showcasing a compassionate act that drew local attention.
Mrs. Lyons brought her two dogs to a veterinarian for rabies vaccines this week and learned her new pet is a wild coyote, not a dog. She watched as the coyote attempted to befriend her tiny Chihuahua.
National Geographic Society notes that fireworks caused four deaths in 1954 and one in 1953, compared with 466 deaths in the United States in 1903 due to similar causes.
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