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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1961
Page
2
Kansas City livestock news shows hogs active with barrows 16.50 to 17.00 for 200-240 lb, sows 14.75 to 15.50 for 250-400 lb. Cattle and calves mix steady to slow, with steers 22.30 to 25.00 and heifers 22.00 to 23.50. Parsons stock lists include varied weights and prices for hogs, cattle, and bulls.
Mr and Mrs Carl Weiner report a four day Ozarks trip covering 850 miles from Rogers Arkansas through Hot Springs Conway Harrison Branson Springfield and Missouri enjoying pink dogwood blooms. They call this spring the most beautiful in years while noting parks ablaze with color. Zone managers from the Southeastern Kansas Divisional Sale office in Chanute held a sales meeting at the Tioga Hotel led by M J Blackston with twenty seven attendees from Chanute Baxter Springs Neodesha Coffeyville Garnett Pittsburg Fort Scott and Emporia.
The New York market gained on a broadly based advance with fairly active trading. Estimated volume for the day stood at 4.1 million shares, up from 3.71 million on Monday.
Ten year old Jerry McCammon of Picher Oklahoma got his first driving lesson Sunday in a Baxter Springs parking lot. The pickup left in gear and a rear wheel ran over his father James McCammon causing bruises.
The annual spring dinner of the Student Education Assn. was held last night in the Senior High School clothing laboratory. Attended by SEA members and guests including Supt. and Mrs. Buford Fisher as well as several sponsors and supervising teachers. Marvin Huffman of the Kansas State Teachers Assn. served as speaker.
Cornilious Ernest Strickland 36 challenged in district court the contempt injunctive order at his Kansas City residence. Police seized 49 half pints of liquor and nine cases of beer May 17 1959. padlocks secured doors. Strickland said he cut a new door and ignored nothing. judge Claflin III sentenced him to three days in jail.
Daily Transcript reports Neosho Memorial Hospital admission of Mrs Florence Freidline of Earlton for medical treatment yesterday.
Admission today includes Richard Cleaver and James Be 1 angy for medical care while June Hargrove undergoes surgery. Dismissals list Helen Larson and Marvin Elrod with Thayer noting Mrs Helen Ackerson. Birth reported for Arthur and Mrs Wells. Traffic citation issued to Charles Strom for overtime parking with a $2 bond posted.
Pittsburg area board accepted a $1 472 70 bid after trade in for 12 Singer sewing machines and home economics benches. They tabled 180 new folding chairs for the Junior College theater and discussed chair trade in value. They approved selling a fallout shelter for 600 and funded a driver education car, plus janitor hour changes and new custodial hire. A Social Security budget outside the general fund was discussed but no action taken along with year end activities and next year budget planning.
A six engine Air Force B47 jet bomber crashed in Giles Flowage, Iron County, Wisconsin during a simulated bombing run. Two crew members survived Capt Frank Meade III of Orange California and Capt John Hill with Hill sustaining a broken leg. Meade walked from the scene with a rescue party two hours later.
Mrs Nina Long is appointed to succeed Mrs Rena Ferguson as deputy register of deeds in Erie. Long has prior service in the county clerk s office and will oversee duties while Mrs Ava Jeffrey appraises the transition. A drive in eating place is under construction near US 59 and State Street by Jay Samples, owner, with completion forthcoming.
Red Cross chapter launching an orientation course for new Gray Lady members next week. Sessions run Monday to Wednesday from 7:30 to 9:30 PM in the American Legion auxiliary room at the Memorial building, led by Mrs. Le Roy Barker and Mrs. Don R. Abbeuh. Additional volunteers are sought to support services at Neosho Memorial Hospital. enrollment info is at the chapter office.
Dr. Leon Wells testified at Adolf Eichmann’s trial that Nazi brutality in World War II crushed thousands of Jews’ will to live. He described breakouts, executions, and a camp diary kept to face later danger, detailing his time in the Janowska death brigade near Lvov and the cremation of victims.
An advertisement column highlights clear guideposts to the best readable merchandise. It promotes accessible shopping and reliable selections for customers seeking quality goods.
Minnie Pearl with the Grand Ole Opry show appears tomorrow at 8 in Memorial Auditorium. Hawkshaw Hawkins Jean Shepard and the Grand Ole Opry band co star. Vernon McCune sponsors say many people from southeast Kansas plan to attend.
Joint services planned in St Patrick High School auditorium Walnut for Marilyn McClung 18 Kathleen 14 Ruth Carroll 18 and Carla Carroll 15 all of Walnut killed in a two car crash near St Paul Kansas Sunday night. Survivors include parents six brothers and two sisters for the McClung family and Gerald Carroll and siblings for the Carroll family with relatives listed in St Paul Wichita Derby Bartlesville and Newkirk Oklahoma.
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