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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1960
Page
2
Kansas City AP report shows cattle 300 head with calves scarce and cows near steady. Hogs at 2,200 head steady to 25 higher with barrows gilts sows mixed. 200-240 lb hogs 16.75-17.50, 400 lb sows 14.00-15.00. Sheep only 50 head and not enough for market.
A mixed news brief notes Casey Drug Co advertising insecticides and quick tan products, Peter Pan Ice Cream flavors at the Peter Pan Store, plus Chicago AP market updates on butter eggs poultry and grain. It mentions the Ashley Clinic moving from 211 W Main to 505 S Plummer and Kansas City produce outlook with commodity prices and receipts.
Community notices include library story hour at 10 30 a m tomorrow featuring Anatole and the Robot and Blues Broken Heart read at the Public Library. Other items note a funeral in St Louis for H F Montee 64, a Pittsburg native, and local visitations and car accidents.
Shawnee District Court declares newspaper sales subject to sales tax. Revenue Department to collect on newspaper sales. about 300 Kansas papers to begin, yielding roughly 500000 dollars annually versus 250000 if the ruling had favored the department.
Mrs. Claude C McGee 108 N Evergreen died yesterday at Memorial Hospital. She married Claude C McGee in 1907 and moved to Chanute in 1915. Survived by husband three sisters and a brother. Funeral Saturday 2 p m at Johnson Mortuary. burial Memorial Park Cemetery. Carl Turley’s funeral set for Saturday 2 p m at Roy S Gibson Funeral Home.
Don McDonald funeral held at Grace Episcopal Church with Rev. Boyd C Latimer officiating. Organist Edna Petterson performed Sanctus by Gounod. Pallbearers included Roy Wiggens Jim Cooper Ted Ahlers Dwight Wallingford Cole Leverenz and Fred Harris. Burial at Mt Hope Cemetery Independence. Johnson Mortuary handled arrangements.
Visiting hours are posted daily 2 to 4 pm and 6 30 to 8 pm with no visitors under 16. Admissions yesterday include Mrs. Juan Serrato medical and Ella J. Hamilton surgery. Today adds Mrs. John Grady surgery, George Hansen medical, Craig Cauble medical. Dismissals yesterday include Nancy L. Bishop and others. today includes Mrs. Raymond Markham and daughter Elmer Crumline and Mrs. Freddie Bright. Birth yesterday: Homer L. Cauble and wife welcomed a boy.
An Alaska peak's eternal snow will serve as a grave for 13 of 14 people killed when a Pacific Northern Airlines plane crashed into 9 550 foot Mt Gilbert. Officials said no body recovery will be attempted for the mail plane cargo due to avalanche danger. An unidentified woman was retrieved from the mountain by a rescue team.
Kansas City AP report says Frank LaRocca a 71 year old retired grocer hosted a reunion for his sister Caterina Perricone 66 of Buenos Aires who arrived from Argentina. They had not seen each other since 1906 when he left Sicily for America.
Atty Gen. John Anderson said guard H C Marrs transporting two dangerous prisoners left Hutchinson reformatory last week. Prisoners Jayea King and Carl Roy Chase escaped, were recaptured after five days. Anderson urged proper transfer procedures and noted second commitment to state penitentiary was required.
Mrs Wanda Zeller 24 of Oskaloosa was killed in a one car crash seven miles northwest of Lawrence Thursday night Authorities said the accident occurred in Kansas city suburb area with no other persons involved.
In Miami a family gathering brings together Mrs. Gaetana Ferrantelli and Mrs. Maria Cortese of Kansas City with 24 LaRocca family members. Ferrantelli had not seen her sister for 54 years and Cortese 32 years. Mrs Perricone, widow, moved from Sicily to Argentina five years ago and now holds a six month US visa.
The Kratter Corp announced it contracted to buy the 34 story Kansas City Power and Light Building in Missouri for more than 5.59 million dollars. Edward L. Lane of New York is the seller, having purchased it from a syndicate led by Roger Stevens. Lane arranged a 43 year net leaseback of the property.
Kratter Corp signs a lease with an initial 22 year term. Lane can renew for 21 years at a gross rent exceeding 20 million dollars for the full lease period. The building sits on a plot measuring 100 by 130 feet.
Kansas crude oil production in the week ended June 13 averaged 282,710 barrels daily, up 14,810 from the prior week. The estimate falls under the current allowable rate of 293,000 barrels daily, per the Conservation division.
A 19 month old girl named Debra Douglas died after a two car collision at a Coffeyville street intersection.
City of Chanute Kansas Mayor Dalice Rush proclaims a special election on August 2 1960 for a supervised recreation system and a one mill annual tax in School District No 2 Neosho County. Polling places listed across wards and attached territory. Ballot text explains yes or no votes.
Police report two cars driven by the girl's mother Mrs William Douglas and Harold Armstrong Jr., 26, involved in the crash. The child was thrown from the car and the vehicle overturned on her.
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