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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1956
Page
9
News briefs note Harmony Grange will meet Monday at 8 p.m. at the school house with Mrs. Ladd and Mrs. Rickerson in charge of refreshments and Mrs. Strack baking birthday cake. Several local families and visitors are mentioned with community and social activity details.
State Trooper C L Wood identified one victim as Shelby Jean Venable 16 of Laurel Maryland. A second nude body was found about 10 miles away near Potomac Bridge Brunswick Maryland identified by a relative as Mary Elizabeth Fellers 18 of Beltsville Maryland.
Daily Transcript reports hospital admits Thursday for Ralph Craig Richard Baughn Noble Winterrowd Mrs Emma Godding Frank Sinclair Mrs Ethel Frankenbery Carl Magill and others with details including addresses and medical or surgical status Admittances today include Mrs Vern Wilson DismissalThursday James Beord Dismissals today include Mrs Al LaSalle Mrs Ira Uden Ina Bouray Frank W Sinclair Beulah Fields and Sharon Cowen
Heat wave relief spreads into the Great Lakes and Upper Mississippi Valley as Eastern regions remain sweltering. New York records 96.1, Newark 99, Columbus 92, while cooler fronts lower Western temperatures by 5 to 20 degrees. Four fishermen drownings linked to a Wisconsin thunderstorm are confirmed. A Gulf tropical disturbance with heavy rains has largely dissipated.
Baltimore inmate Robert Lee Daniels writes to Judge Joseph L. Carter asking reduction of a twenty year sentence, saying he has only small jail terms on his record and describing twenty years as a long time. The letter was found in an office file.
Kansas City market report shows cattle and calves larger than recent Friday, with stockers moved for Monday, about 350 cows offered. Hogs active with varied weights and steady to higher prices. sheep slaughter lambs steady with good and choice grades quoted. Wheat and soybeans trend lower on the Chicago Board, with cash receipts anticipated at Southwestern terminals Monday.
A Wichita stolen 1956 Chevrolet was abandoned near the US 50S and 75 intersection as a fugitive fled patrol. Patrolman Roy Phillips called in reinforcements and bloodhounds were used in the search east of Emporia. No major clues were reported as officers pursued the suspect.
The New York stock market held steady with quiet trading in the late afternoon. Prices showed mostly small changes as about 1.6 million shares traded, compared with 1.67 million yesterday, marking another indecisive session with no dominant market move.
Great Bend reports continued harvest weather as wheat nears maturity across the southern half and toward the northern border in central and eastern counties. Cutting is advanced or near completion in the south line counties, with 42 state employment offices noting adequate custom combines. A few machines stand by in areas where cutting is starting, and harvest workers are arriving as needed despite small regional shortages.
The Air Force gave only a noncommittal reply about whether the B52 that dropped an H bomb over Bikini last month hit the target. The Atomic Energy Commission declined to comment. Reports have circulated that the bomb missed the intended burst point in midair.
In Topeka the Kansas Supreme Court receives an appeal of a restraining order banning picketing at Smoky Hill Air Force Base in Salina and a motion to dismiss. A similar order against Marymount College construction work in Salina also faces appeal. Jarvis Construction Co. employees seek the orders claiming interference with their right to earn a living. The union argues the court lacks jurisdiction under the National Labor Relations Act.
Funeral services were held Thursday at Buffalo Christian Church for Mary Jane Thouvenell age 12 born April 4 1944 in Buffalo She was the 11th child of J C Thouvenell Survivors include her parents seven sisters and five brothers Also two half siblings attended songs were performed by Mrs Thursa Braman Mrs Ima Jean Rutherford and others Burial took place at the Toronto Cemetery.
Kansas City reports that Army engineers announced bids will be opened June 28 at Junction City on an estimated six million dollar construction program at Fort Riley in Kansas.
Two notices from Neosho County Kansas courts publish suit to quiet title on Lots 20 21 22 and part of Lot 23 Park Place Chanute with July 21 1956 deadline. and a probate hearing on descent of B T Lewis Bayard T Lewis Roths Addition Chanute with July 2 1956 defense deadline. Plaintiffs Roy Gibson and Harry W Lewis seek relief and heirs and creditors are named.
The Tribune lists cash terms for ads with a 10 cent discount for payment by the first insertion day and 25 cent extra for blind ads. It notes six month rates for regular users, out of area charges, and deadlines. Also included are political notices for county positions, a gospel meeting invitation, a cafe ad, and a tax notice urging payment by June 20. The content references Lee Francis, Dwight Diver, Walter Chappell, Lee Montgomery, and K R Mong among Republican candidates. Public notices and business ads follow local deadlines and contact details.
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