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Newspaper

Chanute Tribune

Location

Chanute, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Jun 30, 1959

Page

2

Kansas City Livestock Market Report Mixed Steers Hogs Lambs

Cattle 3,000 head steady to higher in parts with steers 26.25-38.50, hogs 3,000 head 50 lower, sows down 25, sheep 1,000 head steady to higher on spring lambs. Parson s hogs steady with various weight classes and price ranges listed, mixed stocker and feeder activity noted. Chicago market brief includes butter eggs and grain notes with commodity quotes and futures near steady to mixed.

Kansas City Parsons U.S U_ S U. S Chicago

Wall Street ends broadly higher with gains in industrials

New York AP reports a slightly higher market with industrials near a record late in the day. Volume matched Monday at about 3,000,000 shares as gains and losses stayed in the same fractional range with a few secondary issues surging on chart-based trading interest.

New York

Local News Briefs From Chanute Area

Chanute items report Rita and Gary Turley visiting Kansas City grandparents and two residents returning from two weeks at Olathe Naval Air Station. Jehovah's Witnesses protest Argentina assembly restrictions. A shooting damaged a boat on the river near the city dam. Vashti Star OFS officer attends Lawrence session. Local members attend Topeka VFW Auxiliary reception. Funeral of Odessa Fraker noted in Kansas City. Rural Grange to meet Thursday potluck. Portsmouth natives visit Chanute.

Rita Gary Turley Gene Turley Edith Jim Bracken Kansas City Bas Elmer L. Briley Richard Briley Ronald W. Harp Roy Harp W. Ist Olathe Naval Air Station Chanute Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses Jehovah's Witnesses Argentina Argentine Leo Lambert Frank Russell N. Santa Fe City Dam

Wheat futures close unchanged in Kansas City report

Kansas City AP notes mixed grain quotes with July contracts up to 66.4 for higher type wheat and corn and oats marginally varying. No 2 hard and dark hard wheat listed 1.87 to 2.03, No 2 white corn 1.24 to 1.29, oats steady with white 64 to 72 and 61 to 71. Bran and shorts prices shown, barley and soybeans around 2.0 to 2.17.

Chicago Grain Chicago Ansas City Cash Kansas City

Admittances Dismissals Births and Permits At Local Hospital

Yesterday and today lists show admittances Claude Parker Humboldt Ted Nirschl Parsons Noel Wright Stark and Mrs Melvin French Tulsa medical or surgery. Dismissals include Mrs Robert Cox Thayer Paul J Wilson Mark Brenton and Alan Earnshaw. Births recorded for James and Dennis Vaughn at Humboldt. Building permits granted for storm cellar and additions with estimated costs 1000 7006 1000.

Neosho Memorial Hospital Claude C. Parker Humboldt Frederick Hunciker E. 12Th Ted Nirschl Parsons Medical Noel Wright Stark Melvin French S$. Highland Raymond Erickson Eric Melford Johnson Thayer Robert L. Cox and Son W. 9Th Paul J. Wilson S. Malcolm Mark Brenton Tulsa Alan Earnshaw N. Garfield James Farrell S. Central Dennis Vaughn

Deaths and funerals in Erie and California

Mrs. L. F. Sare learns of her brother John Heady's death in Turlock California. He had lived in Erie until 1948 before moving west. Also noted is the funeral service for Charles H. Weggint at Johnson Mortuary with Rev. Peter Finnegan officiating and interment in Memorial Park. Bearers named include Raymond Kern, Robert Kern, Jim Evans, Boyd Bogle, Pat Catterson and Ed Noland.

John Heady L. F. Sare Grant Turlock Calif Weygint Charles H. Weggint Johnson Mortuary Peter Finnegan St. Patrick's Catholic Church Memorial Park Cemetery Raymond Kern Robert Kern Jim Evans Boyd Bogle Pat Catterson Ed Noland

Mountain Lion Seen Near Wichita Sparks County Hunt

Sedgwick County deputies pursue a mountain lion pack reportedly near Valley Center north of Wichita. Pecenka said the group includes a tall male and several cubs, with at least 25 sheep reported killed by the predators.

Wichita Sedgwick County Frank Pecenka Pecenka Valley Center

Nervous bandit tries robbery at Syracuse bank

A nervous young man demanded $1,000 and implied harm at the First Trust and Deposit Co in downtown Syracuse. A female teller, not identified, urged him to stop and he abandoned the plan after taking back his check and note.

Syracuse N.Y First Trust and Deposit Co

Bank Loot Not Enough To Pay Debts

Wil liam J. Sommer 29 called police I couldn t make ends meet He robbed the Second National Bank amp Trust Co Hempstead N Y taking 3000 to cover debts He turned himself in after sleepless nights and told detectives his wife knew He said she urged confession as he faced his family and jail.

Mineola N.Y William J. Sommer Second National Bank & Trust Co Hempstead Sommer Holtsville

Satchmo Ventures Into Hot Sun

Louis Armstrong braved the noonday sun during a luncheon at Countess Alicia Paolozi’s home while recovering from pneumonia. The jazz icon donned dark brown attire and plans to fly to New York on Thursday for his 59th birthday on July 4.

Rome Louis Satchmo

Personnel turnover in Kansas City City Hall continues

Kansas City AP reports the city appointed Howard McMahan as director of research and budget, succeeding Jerry L. Brownlee who resigned. McMahan, ex assistant to the city manager, is a KU graduate from Rossville, Kansas. Billy F. Musgrave, MU graduate, becomes McMahan’s former post as administrative assistant to the public works director.

Kansas City City Hall Howard McMahan Jerry L. Brownlee McMahan Rossville Kan University of Kansas MccMahan Billy FE. Musgrave University of Missouri

Education Act Funds Mailed to 37 Schools

TOPEKA AP The first checks for National Defense Education Act projects were mailed to 37 Kansas school districts totaling 11,677. Reimbursement at 50 percent applies after proof of spending on science math and foreign language instruction. May 1 deadline projects total 321 405 across 240 schools with 296 projects. About 900000 more federal funds will be available next school year. Deadline for applications is Oct April 1958. Oranges are considered berries. Earlier in the day three new botanically speaking.

Topeka Kansas Adel F. Throckmorton State Superintendent of Public Instruction Throckmorton

City Officials Sworn In After Election Overthrow

City officials were sworn in following the April municipal elections. John Antonello directs Municipal Auditorium, Richard Koenigsforf serves as city counsellor, and Vince Guerra Jr. is clerk of Municipal Court. The changes follow the Citizens Assn overthrow by a Democratic faction coalition. The Citizens Assn. had run City Hall for 19 years as reform against the Pendergast machine.

John Antonello Richard Koenigsforf Vince Guerra Jr Ciizens Assn Citizens Assn Pendergast

Chanute man envisions buffalo park as tourist draw

Hutchison proposes using a fenced four acre site behind the Chanute Armory near Santa Fe Park to stock buffaloes and elk for tourism. He suggests donating buffaloes to start the project and notes his long career as a general store operator and Rest postmaster before retirement in 1955.

Hutchison Chanute Rest

Soviet Exhibit Opens 42 Day Stand in New York

The Soviet Union begins a 42 day science and culture show at New York's Coliseum with 10 000 displays across six acres. Frol Kozlov and Anastas Mikoyan lead the tour as Nixon Eisenhower Herter plan talks on trade and peace.Admission is one dollar for adults and fifty cents for children. Soviet cars priced at six to seven thousand dollars.

New York Kremlin Frol A. Kozlov Richard M. Nixon Kozlov Anastas I. Mikoyan Soviet Union Washington United States Eisenhower Christian A. Herter Coliseum Columbus Circle Manhattan Outer Space Moscow

Childs Body Found In Laundry Washer In OKC

In Oklahoma City two women found a boy's body in a self service laundry washer. Police said the body was unidentifiable at first and investigators considered whether the child was placed inside or fell in as the machine operated after the door shut.

Oklahoma City E. B. Mears

Missing Boy Reported in Chanute Neighborhood

A young boy aged 4 to 6 was reported missing in the Chanute neighborhood on Tuesday June 30 1959. Officers were not certain he was the victim as the search continued.

The Chanute Tribune

President Signs Bill for Veterans Housing Aid

President Eisenhower signed legislation authorizing 100 million dollars in direct loans for veterans housing and raising interest rates on VA loans. The Veterans Administration will issue the loans to veterans unable to obtain financing, with guarantees on conventional home loans. Law increases interest rate to 54 percent on both direct and guaranteed loans amid earlier congressional veto threats.

Washington Eisenhower Veterans Administration Congress House Senate

Law Steps Aside For Action by Cupid

In Overland Park Johnson County District Court Judge Raymond H. Carr waived the three day waiting period for marriage so Ruth Hughes 65 and Linford C. Marville 82 could wed Wednesday. The couple, both widowed after knowing each other 30 years, said they wanted to enjoy life left.

Overland Park, Kan Johnson County Raymond H. Carr Ruth Hughes Linford C. Marville Marville

Popular Portuguese Riviera Tops Vacation Areas

The Portuguese Riviera emerges as the most popular vacation area in Portugal drawing tourists and visitors to its coastal towns and scenic beaches. The region attracts travelers seeking seaside resorts, historic sights, and favorable climate.

Portugal Portuguese Riviera

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