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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1955
Page
6
News briefs note a Tribune delivery phone service and opening times, followed by a string of social visits. Mrs. Lester Hodges of Petrolia, Mrs. George Lopeman of Thayer, and Mrs. Nora Weatherford of Moran are listed among visitors. The group, including Mrs. Hershall Worley and Mrs. Reif family, will travel to Winfield to visit relatives, then return.
Daily Transcript lists admissions at Memorial Hospital for Tuesday including Mrs Howard Dryden R8 surgical Mrs Dwight Almond 1207 N Lee medical Frank Emery 402 W 1st medical Mrs Harry Steeves Jr 801 W Main surgical Mrs John Heimberg Humboldt medical Pearl Griffin 621 N Grant surgical and James E Barlow Thayer medical Dismissals include Mrs Harry Ellis 1029 S Santa Fe Mrs Lynn S Kellenberger and daughter 1010 S Evergreen Marilyn M Ostrander Humboldt Births report Mr and Mrs Eldon Knight R3 a daughter.
The Sport Shop Inc on East Main replaces Porter's Drug as Chanute bonded school book dealer. State Board of Education appoints dealers in Topeka, and the Sport Shop will stock approved grade school and Chanute High School books. Mrs Porter assists until new operators acclimate.
President Eisenhower announced at a news conference that Barbara Eisenhower, wife of Maj. John Eisenhower, is expecting a fourth child next Christmas. The President noted his daughter-in-law’s pregnancy amid applause after finishing a discussion on the Geneva talks.
Soviet Premier Nikolai Bulganin and Nikita Khrushchev plan to visit Britain next spring. Prime Minister Eden told the House of Commons the visit was agreed at their Geneva conference, stressing the value of maintaining personal contacts.
Martin Durkin age 61, former secretary of labor, underwent brain surgery at Georgetown University Hospital. Hospital officials said it would be hours before they could report his condition. Durkin, then AFL Plumbers Union president, had a prior brain tumor operation last September.
In Gambell Alaska 60 Eskimos received medals and certificates for aiding 11 Navy crew members after a patrol plane was shot down by Soviet forces on June 27. They arrived at the wreck within an hour, provided blankets first aid and coffee before rescue planes transported the injured to Fairbanks. The community 300 strong gathered for the official thank you ceremony after the Ground Observer Corps post duties.
Orval W. Mosher curator of Lyon County Historical Museum used WWII era reporter accreditation issued to William Allen White to attend the Big Four meeting in Geneva. Mosher, a retired Emporia State Teachers College member, filed first hand articles with the Emporia Gazette and reused the card from wartime shipyard visits aboard the U S S Emporia. He interrupted a Europe vacation to participate and described the event as a dramatic experience with potential happiness or despair.
Funeral services were held for Fred Pech of Nevada with burial in Nevada cemetery. Lily Domitz of Humboldt died aged 93 with multiple descendants listed and services in Humboldt. Minnie M. Kelley’s funeral occurred in Roy Gibson Chapel with burial in Elmwood cemetery in Fredonia.
Kansas City livestock show bulls higher while hog prices slip with steers and cows steady. Nebraska and Parsons reports list mixed yearlings, heifers, and vealers with price ranges for calves, stockers, and sows across markets. Cattle and sheep values vary by weight and grade, with several regions noting steady to higher lambs and steady ewes in the mix.
Kansas City market notes show wheat about 2.10 to 2.32 a bushel for various grades with 290 cars traded, corn around 1.57 to 1.64 for white and 1.53 to 1.63 for others, oats bidding 52 to 67. Rye and barley near 1.01 to 1.05, soybeans around 2.30 to 2.42. Hay receipts include prairie and straw, sales at 18.00 with no current demand for alfalfa.
The market rose in late trading led by select groups as many stocks gained one to three points and a few industrial issues advanced slightly more amid a broad but uneven session in New York.
New York report shows press agent Steve Hannagan left a gross estate of 1 109 551 with 218 399 to film star Ann Sheridan. After taxes the net estate totaled 768 098. Hannagan died of a heart attack in Africa in February 1953 at age 53. Sheridan’s share came as insurance policy beneficiary.
Washington sends word that six major bills remain in the 1955 legislative program a housing bill a minimum wage rise and a multi billion highway measure plus several appropriations items. Senate House talks focus on timing adjournment and key disputes over foreign aid and wage dates.
A spectacular fire drove 286 residents from the Methodist Home for the Aged yesterday. They will be quartered temporarily at Security Benefit Hospital in Topeka where the SBA building, though unused for over a year, has most of its 100 rooms furnished. The insurer Security Benefit Life covers reconstruction, with contracts to be let in a few days. The home’s superintendent, Charles Byers, said the institution was adequately insured.
A Washington dispatch reports Secretary of the Air Force Talbott has submitted his resignation and Indiana Governor George N. Craig is being considered for the post, with timing and confirmation under review.
The Highway 50 North Association proposes renumbering U S 50N as U S 55. The plan would keep the Kansas City to McPherson segment, then route via Larned to the border Elkhart and continue to Boise City Springer and Santa Fe following the Santa Fe Trail. The current U S 50N runs west from Larned to Garden City joining U S 50S to form U S 50.
Kenneth Earl Collins of Abilene received the first annual Ehrsam scholarship of 3000 dollars from J B Ehrsam and Sons Manufacturing Co. He will enter the University of Kansas as a freshman this fall and may receive 750 dollars per year for engineering studies under the terms of the award.
Mrs Mary Donovan 37 and daughter-in-law of Maj Gen William Donavan dies in South Dartmouth Mass with death caused by barbiturate poisoning under undetermined circumstances as medical examiner reports after an autopsy.
Examination of Mrs Donovan’s vital organs followed the discovery of her body in bed Monday by the general’s wife at the Donovan summer home. Gen. Donovan led the OSS during World War II.
Doris Gordon, 20, began in Superior Court facing a two to three year sentence for starting the fire at her apartment. Moments later she awaited an additional one to two year term as the case proceeded. En route she slapped state witness Louise Stanton. Judge Johnston admonished and ordered more prison time to cool her temper. Gordon admitted setting fire to her husband’s clothing June 19 after an argument.
M. O. Ruppert, manager of Western Glass Co. Inc., announced to the Caney Planning and Development Association that the firm will remain in Caney after researching Dodge City Parsons Wichita in Kansas and Blackwell Oklahoma as alternative sites. The current workforce of 110 is expected to double in five years.
Everett Guile aged 24 of Topeka was killed last night when his motorcycle left U S Highway 40 and crashed into a signboard on the north edge of Topeka, the highway patrol reported today.
Spencer IA reports the Soviet agricultural group led by Ve Matskevich arrives in Sioux City after governor Leo Heegh helps arrange the visit. Crowds greet the delegation as Laurens and other towns fly flags and Iowa farmers showcase specialization in profitable crops. Nikolai Gureyev calls Iowa farming practices notable for focused specialization.
Jim Carson, 58, vacancy seeker in WILFORD England, spends two weeks vacation to picket Town Council offices with a banner seeking a municipal four room apartment for his wife and four children. Coffeyville fund drive for housing justice tops its goal as voters demand jobs and city action.
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