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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1959
Page
2
Kansas City AP data shows hog prices rising while cattle trend weaker. Hogs 1,200 with gilts and boars steady to up 25, sows steady to weak. butcher and feeder prices listed, sheep steady. mixed grain and egg prices across Chicago and Kansas City markets.
A laborer named Haynie, a father of six, allegedly tossed his son from a tow once during a disturbance at about 4 45 am. The boy suffered possible internal injuries a broken right arm and a cerebral concussion as a result. Haynie faces charges of self inflicted assault.
Washington reports a heated war of words as Lewis Strauss denies allegations from Davi Inglis. The exchange centers on truth and denial claims amid Senate confirmation fights for the secretary of commerce post. In New York, Day McDonald of the Steelworkers touts strong first quarter profits at U S Steel amid a near-record earnings period.
French singer Chevalier met President Eisenhower in a White House encounter arranging a handshake and a brief chat. First Lady noted a morning meeting before the president and she depart for Gettysburg, with ambassador Alph as escort.
An Ottawa area obituary note reports the death of Howard Eugene Young son of Mr and Mrs Young with funeral arrangements still incomplete. The notice also mentions Carl Yourl Washington and references St Peters and St Aubolie church services forthcoming.
New York police report a 3 year old boy and his father were seriously injured after the father Horace Havale 34 of Long Island City allegedly threw the child from a high window of a building. The incident left both in critical condition as investigators probe motive and custody details.
Royster Junior High won seventh and eighth grade divisions and lost the fifth. Chanute’s Dana Williams led in hurdles and relays, while Gary Eastburn and Tom Goodwin starred for Chanute in the eighth grade. Royster hosts Fredonia next Friday.
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United Mine Workers pickets were ordered home after a second temporary restraining order against the union. The five day court order followed dynamitings and heavy gunfire in the 54 day strike. Judge H Church Ford also set a Monday hearing on NLRB charges of violence and unfair labor practices.
Lochle Ky man Lowell F Kennett told a Christian Science lecture that practical religion must work in daily life. He urged that healing power of Christ is available today as in Jesus time, with prayer-based healing as a central practice.
The speaker emphasizes that understanding God is not supernatural but divinely natural, framing belief as an intrinsic, nature-based insight rather than miracle. The statement highlights a view that divinity is inherent and accessible through natural perception.
Jack L. Hobbs former Chanute resident will receive a 1959 National Science Foundation Summer Institute stipend for high school teachers of mathematics and science at New Mexico State University. He will study chemistry and biology while teaching at Cedar Vale High School. He and his wife Nyla and son Kent will accompany him to the program.
New York AP reports a mixed stock market late afternoon with a minor uptrend. Turnover was light for the week though activity remained fairly brisk, estimated at 3 million shares versus 3.51 million the previous day as key issues moved up and down by fractions to over a point.
Daily Transcript lists yesterday admittances Mrs. Stanley Allen at 819 S Garfield surgical Joe Skraznas 307 N Central medical Mrs W H Wilkins 318 N Steuben medical Lois Kern 1413 S Katy surgical. Today admittances include Mrs Anna Orr 401 W Main surgical Charles L Dighero Earlton surgical Mrs Tony FE Biele 1022 N Santa Fe medical Mrs Mary M Bower 1019 S Forest medical. Dismissals yesterday Dale F.
Samuel E. Lux Jr. a founder of Lux-Witowa Co a wholesale grocery firm in Topeka died after a long illness. The note mentions Mount Olympus in Greece at 9 730 feet high, reflecting fragmentary OCR context.
Special today and Saturday at Peter Pan Ice Cream shop with half gallon car on offer and multiple flavors 902 W Main. Dismissals and births listed, Alpha Pi Epsilon honor recognition for John Rubow at Baker University, local library story hour, surface notices of divers club meeting and community visits across Baker, Chanute, and nearby areas.
The House and Senate approved similar bills increasing rail road retirement benefits by 10 percent and unemployment pay by about 20 percent. Funding comes from payroll tax increases on both management and workers, with industry covering liberalized unemployment costs.
A semi annual meeting of the Silver Beavers in Southeast Kansas drew 19 adult recipients last night in Humboldt. The gathering reviewed growing Boy Scout activities in the area with dinner hosts N. A. Armel and J. W. Morelan of Humboldt.
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Proclamations by President Eisenhower and Governor Docking mark Law Day U S A to honor human rights and the justice system. Kansas Bar Association leader Jay Scovel notes communism relies on force, calls Law Day a preface to the state bar meeting in Hutchinson May 7-9 with 300 lawyers expected.
Members of the Francis J. Meeker post and its auxiliary will travel to Pittsburg for the VFW 4th district convention held tomorrow and Sunday. Key attendees include post commander W. J. Althaber and auxiliary president Mrs. Grace Wilmoth along with numerous officers and members.
Reading notes place her in line for the presidency while Johnson serves as district quartermaster. The Chanute auxiliary will oversee the convention memorial service for the event.
A 50th anniversary ceremony for the Mirza Temple in Pittsburg will be attended by Chanute Shriners group of 20. Novices include Junior T Zimmerman James E Beech and Carl W Kelley. The group leaves the fire station at 8 15 a.m. with wives joining later for activities ending in a dance.
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