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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1959
Page
5
Neosho County Pomona Grange plans a Friday 8 p.m. meeting at Rural School with pot luck refreshments. The item also notes a Fort Hood birth, Eureka Springs music camp enrollment, a 1954 Ludebaker accident, and various local visits and travels among residents and officials.
Kansas City man Joe OFill faces two counts of perjury linked to testimony at a 1957 Kansas Corporation Commission hearing on Doctors Motels stock. Assistant Shawnee County attorney William Brady filed the charges two days before the statute of limitations. The case stems from alleged false statements about broker commissions and stock sales, with Atty Gen John Anderson referring the matter after a state securities commission order.
Kansas City AP report shows cattle 1 200 head and calves 100. steer and yearling trade barely steady. cows weak. bulls and stockers steady. Hogs 3 500 head moderately active with steady to strong prices. sows steady to strong. Sheep 1 500 head slow. spring lambs and ewes mixed gains and steady ranges. Parson hogs and U S grades listed with price ranges. cattle steady for grain fed and stock calves. Kansas City wholesale and regional prices for eggs, butter, poultry, and grains noted.
In Perth Amboy New Jersey the city celebrated its 275th birthday with green painted sidewalks and linoleum laid along part of the main street. A local merchant installed linoleum for two blocks to test its durability against a parade featuring fire engines horses floats and many units. The floor coverings were generally in good condition with minor damage where an armored vehicle left tread marks.
A fast paced stock market rally softened late in the afternoon yet steel stocks continued strong. Trading volume was about 2.9 million shares, up from Tuesday’s 2.6 million, with gains mainly fractional to around one point and some favorites rising 2 to 8.
Kansas state personnel director Walter F. Kuiken announced civil service examinations will be held at Chanute Junior College on the morning of July 18 to fill clerical openings in state county and local offices. Tests cover clerk stenographer clerk typist clerk bookkeeping machine operator and fiscal officer IV with good promotion and benefits promised. Applications available from the State Personnel Division Topeka and due by July 9.
Topeka reports Kansas traffic fatalities in the 24 hours ending at 9 a.m. with totals for 1959 and a comparison to 1958. The release notes one earlier fatality not previously reported and lists year to date figures.
The Chanute Junior Chamber of Commerce will hold its Inaugural Ball Saturday at the Chanute Country Club. Rich ard Coykendall, chairman, announces installation of new Jaycees and Jaynes officers with Lee McKay of Caney as guest speaker. The event runs 9:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. with social hour, dinner, and installations beginning at 6:30 p.m. Reservations due by Thursday.
Two holdup men will ride Key System buses at the expense of the transit agency after stealing tickets and tokens from bus driver Joseph Troutt. The loot totals 83 dollars in tickets and tokens plus 34 dollars in cash.
A vintage ad touts Doan’s Pills as fast relief for nagging backache headaches and muscular pains with a soothing effect on bladder irritation. It claims mild diuretic action to aid kidney function and promises a good night’s sleep, noting long-running use for over 60 years and a new large size for savings.
Arthur Godfrey while convalescing at his Leesburg Virginia farm informed CBS he will not take over Edward R Murrow's spot on Person to Person. A staffer said the show will wind up permanently Friday after years on air since October 1953.
Washington AP reports three Kansans received grants under the International Education Exchange Program. Ewing C. Scotto of Iola, associate professor at Syracuse University, will lecture in chemistry at Anghai University in Taichung Taiwan. Carter Conran Umbarger of Topeka, Harvard student, will study social relations in the Danish Graduate School for Foreign Students at the University of Copenhagen Denmark. Priscilla Ann Balch of Wichita, Emporia State College student, will study literature and language at the University of Poitiers Faculty of Letters France.
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