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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1961
Page
2
AP dispatch notes Kansas City market shows hogs active and up to 25 cents higher across weights with 2 500 head traded while cattle and calves listing scant to no established bids. Sheep around 400 head without set prices. produce and grain prices move in Chicago and national bids. poultry prices unchanged.
In Garden Grove California a disabled veteran fired on officers during a gunfight at a rest home for the elderly. Officer Edwin Robertson 30 was wounded in the wrist and chest. Helen McAdorey 62 the home operator was hit by a tear gas projectile and hospitalized. Her husband Leo 38 had threatened to kill her prompting police response and evacuation of five of six elderly patients.
Weather woes bring variable fishing conditions across Kansas this weekend as heavy rains affect several waters. Southeast: Fall River Reservoir, Lake Bluestem, El Dorado fair to good for bass, catfish, drum, and crappie. Verdigris and Fall rivers report fair crappie and catfish activity.
Kansas State University basketball forward Larry Comley will leave college basketball to turn professional. Coach Fred Winter confirmed the decision after Comley met with Kansas City Steers coach Jack McMahon and Steers owner Bud Hoeber. Scholastic troubles were noted as a factor.
Voters in Shawnee County joint rural high school district No. 10 approved a $654,000 bond for a $1.5 million building. The tally 579 to 299 follows a rejected $800,000 issue last month. The new school will serve Tecumseh Richland Berryton and nearby rural areas.
Marine Pfc Ronald L Tonkin serves with First Marine Division off California during Exer cise Green Light Phase III. USS Volador crew to visit Portland June 7 12 with nine ships for the 53rd Portland Rose Festival. George B Carlos serves aboard Volador. Rev Jack Mathis becomes pastor at Earl ton Evangelical United Brethren church with new worship times. Birth notice Diane Lynn born June 9 to Darrell and wife in Milwaukee. Royster Junior High band to meet for Centennial Parade. Sue Williams to serve at 1961 Sunflower Girls State at University of Kansas Lawrence. Girls State participants include Pam Gray and Marcia Blackston. Eldon Ladd family return to Hattiesburg after visit with relatives. Wright graduates noted. Kansas Union events mark 50 year KU reunion. Chanute grads at Kansas State Teachers College Emporia also listed.
Charles Day and Jack Haight and John VanLeeuwen returned from Atlantic City after four days at a Philco distributors convention. A Centennial Ice Cream Social with E.U.B. Church events followed, including a program listed for June 9.
A Neosho memorial hospital roundup lists yesterday dismissals for Melvin Owen Clyde Howard Brian Burghart and today’s admissions of Mrs Richard Keenan and Sharon Shively with surgeries. It also notes multiple dismissals including John Simms Mrs Wendell Bowyer Dale Thornton and others plus traffic citations and two district court filings and actions in Chanute with judgments and costs.
Bertha Niemeir 81 of Hutchinson dies at Broadacres Hospital after six months of declining health. Survived by three daughters seven grandchildren and two brothers. Konantz Mortuary Fort Scott handles arrangements. Elmer Swanson mother of Mrs Charles L Hall and Mrs Una Faulkner dies in Puyallup Washington. Funeral service set for Tuesday at Rigly Funeral Home in Puyallup.
Seventeen planes carrying 33 women took off from Tulsa Riverside Airport in a 578 mile race tied to the Women's National Aeronautical Association convention, marking derby action in Tulsa.
Erie city council discussed a new building code and routine business with no action. Bridges in the county near Urbana and Shaw were completed, with more projects planned and eligible for federal funds. Local residents and visiting families are noted, including Whitworths and Harrison relatives, along with community events and summer work.
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