Weekend guests and local notices fill Benedict brief
Weekend guests of Mr. and Mrs. Collie Chambers in Benedict include the Hivelys of Wellington and several other relatives from Miami Oklahoma Chanute Independence and Chanute area. Police reported malicious damage to a home on West Elm and a recent porch paper burning. Aikins of rural Chanute had his disturbing the peace charge dismissed for lack of evidence. Delores Perez will direct Mexican Baptist choir practice at 6:30 with a prayer meeting at 7:30 led by Solomon Florez. The Methodist Men Father-Son Banquet will honor scoutmasters and cub masters at 6:30 Thursday. Katrie Boogert will speak. Mrs. C I Thompson and Mrs. W E Wells joined Mrs. Kessinger on a Hornell New York trip with Mrs. V S Kessinger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Collie Chambers
Benedict
C. B. Hively
Wellington
Lewis Seward
Larry
Ernest Gaines
Miami
Okla
Clyde Chambers
Ed Lowry
David
Independence
Claudia Nation
Regina Chambers
Chanute
Douglas Chambers
Mary Marie
Larry Aikins
Robert Paul Kelly
W. Third
Kelly
Aikins
Delores Perez
Humboldt
Mexican Baptist Church
Solomon Florez
Katrie Boogert
Memorial Hospital Admittances and Dismissals Reported
Tuesday admissions include Mrs. Chester A. Rhoades Valley Center medical and Mrs. E J New 920 N Washington surgery with others listed. Dismissals include Mrs. Robert D Brinkman Humboldt and Monty Barnett Humboldt. Birth records note a girl for Mr. and Mrs Kenneth Patterson. Deeds filed show transfers in Iola and Humboldt with multiple lot descriptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester A. Rhoades
Valley Center
E. J. New
N. Washington
Wilberta Hudspeth
S. Kansas
Richard McCalment
Urbana
Medical
Norman Neptune
Humboldt
Robert D. Brinkman
Monty Barnett
Olen Wacaster
Hickon Mills
Wilbur Lyman
S. Garfield
Sharon Powell
S. Grant
Phillip Richardson
Kenneth Patterson
Kansas
Wisconsin Town Living Up to Name
Wild Rose community council orders about 1 000 rose bushes for spring planting. Village board joins campaign by ordering 200 bushes to be planted around village hall and along the highway into town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wild Rose
Wis
Wisconsin
Wild Rose Community Council
Student Exhausted After Promoting Crowd
Denton Texas junior Berk Kaufhold at North Texas State College promoted radio club attendance with calls and personal contact. The large crowd arrived but Kaufhold, sought for congratulations, slept through the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denton, Tex
Berk Kaufhold
North
Mystery Object Over Channel Traced to France Mirage
London Evening News identifies the puzzling fast object as France's new Mirage jet, a delta-wing fighter capable of speeds around 1100 miles per hour, seen over the English Channel last week and outpacing British Javelin interceptors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
English Channel
France
London Evening News
Deaths and funerals from Chanute and nearby areas
The notices report the death of Hillis C Braden age 15 found dead near Pleasant Hill Oakland suburb suspected suicide. funeral at Elsmore Methodist church. Also Mrs Jessie E Peterson 73 of Chanute died at Neosho Memorial Hospital with service set at Koch Skinner Memorial Chapel. family details and survivors listed. Isabel Percy Winder 85 of Chanute died at Neosho Memorial Hospital with multiple children and stepchildren surviving. funeral at Evangelical United Brethren church with burial Maple Grove cemetery.
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Hillis C. Braden
Oakland
Calif
Pleasant Hill
George McClammy
Elsmore Kas
John E. Peterson
Jessie E. Peterson
S. Lincoln
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Ladies Auxiliary
Brotherhood of Railroad
Marvin Peterson
Los Angeles
Lillie M. Peterson
Clara L. Walden
Clay Center
Koch- Skinner
W. A. Winder
Isabel Percy Winder
Isabel Percy
John Henry
Humboldt
W. A. Windsor
Chanute
Evangelical United Brethren Church
Wesley Brinkmeyer
Delbert Lieurance
Homer A. Winder
Veterans Hospital
Little Rock
Ark
George V. Winder
Ray
P. Winder
Postal Budget Increase Sought for 1958 by Summerfield
Postmaster General Summerfield urged Republican congressional leaders that mail volume growth may require a multi million dollar boost to the 1958 postal budget. He asked for 49 million while Knowland cited 43 million in emergency funds already provided. Eisenhower plans a public appeal to back his 72 billion dollar budget.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Summerfield
Eisenhower
Senate
House
Knowland
California
Congress
Post Office Department
Union Head's Pose Questioned By NAM Official
New York NAM executive vice president Charles L. Sligh called the union leadership concern for the worker a pose. He spoke after AFL CIO leader George Meany accused NAM and the U S Chamber of Commerce of posing as friends of labor while backing laws that could damage unions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
National Assn. of Manufacturers
Charles L. Sligh
NAM
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Meany
Friends of Labor
El Dorado High Drops Vocational Agriculture
El Dorado High School drops vocational agriculture as enrollment of farm boys declines. Superintendent Max Bickford cites reduced student interest and says the board cannot support the program, which began in 1937.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
el Dorado School
EL Dorado
el Dorado High School
Max Bickford
Board of Education
Gum Trouble Blamed For Loss of Teeth
Boston reports a dental expert citing that 60 to 70 percent of tooth loss stems from gum trouble rather than decay. Dr. Clifford Ochesnbein from Austin Texas told the Massachusetts Dental Society convention that brushing gums is as important as brushing teeth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Clifford Ochesnbein
Austin
Tex
Massachusetts Dental Society
House Panel Approves Third Class Postal Rate Hike
The House Post Office Committee approved a two stage rise in third class postal rates to raise about 128 million dollars in two years. The current plan sets 3 cents for the first two ounces and 2 cents bulk rate, with a further 2 cent increase by July 1, 1959. First class rates were increased to 4 cents per ounce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Post Office Committee
Post Office Department
Oil Workers Back Plan To Seek Higher Pay
O. A. Knight says oil workers will back a strike to support a revised campaign strategy by the Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers Union. The AFL-CIO policy committee ended a strategy conference in Denver and will pursue wage increases for hourly oil workers, aiming for a 27 cent per hour rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers Union
O. A. Knight
Afl-Cio
Knight
Wall Street Holds Early Gains Amid Slower Afternoon Trade
New York stocks remained mostly higher as aircrafts and rails led early gains. Trading slowed in the afternoon but stayed above the previous session with estimated volume of 2.4 million shares versus 2.3 million yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
FHA Mothers Honor Career Day At Senior High Banquet
Mothers of the Future Homemakers of America at Senior High School were guests at a campus banquet marking the career day program. Speakers included Mrs Ebur Schultz Chanute and Dr Coretta Hoffmann dean of the Kansas State College school of home economics in Manhattan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mothers of the Future Homemakers of America
Ebur Schultz
Chanute
Coretta Hoffman
School of Home Economics
Kansas State College
Manhattan
Texas Railroads Slash Freight Rates on Emergency Hay
Several Texas railroads cut freight charges by fifty percent for emergency hay shipments destined to drought areas to support cattle producers. The move aims to ease supply costs during the drought and help farmers deliver feed more cheaply amid livestock stress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Hog and Cattle Prices Steady Across Kansas City Markets
Kansas City livestock prices show cattle and hogs steady to mixed with strong demand for fed steers and vealers. Receipts include hogs 3500 head and sheep 1500 head. beef and pork prices list ranges for multiple weight classes and grades, with Kansas City and Parsons markets reporting similar steady trends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City Livestock
Kansas City
USDA
U. S
Parsons
Grain futures steady as market recovers from losses
Chicago grain futures moved higher from recent declines with old wheat up about 2 to 2 and May prices around 2.18 to 2.24 for new wheat. Soybeans slipped about 1 cent while soybeans in May traded near 2.40 to 2.41. Corn rose to roughly 1.29 to 1.34, oats gained about 4, and rye held firm near 1.134 to 1.44. Kansas City hay receipts reported none.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Plymouth Rocks
Kansas City
Board of Trade
Plans Start For Kansas Centennial Celebration 1961
The Kansas Centennial Commission met to plan a statewide event for Kansas 1961 centennial. Chairman Maurice Fager urged a major public celebration including license plate design, highway billboards, city pageant, TV shows, flower-planting programs, brochures, and a commemorative stamp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas
F. W. Brinkerhoff
Pittsburg
Commission
Marins Des Cyne
Wyandotte
Abra
Lincoln
Voter Control Of Tax Levies Suggested In Kansas
Gov George Docking urged the Kansas Legislative Council to study barring local tax levy increases without voter approval. He said state action should limit mill rate hikes to require ballots in individual taxing units and emphasized fiscal restraint and efficiency to ease citizens' financial burdens. He argued government should follow sound business practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
George Docking
Legislative Council
Docking
Kansas
Centenarian Defies Retirement Norms in Endicott
John T. Smith, who retired from Endicott Johnson Corp. in his 70s, turns 100 and jokes he would work again if allowed. His 74-year-old son Charles, still employed at Endicott Johnson, has no plans to retire. The pair highlight differing attitudes toward retirement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Endicott
N. Y
John T. Smith
Endicott Johnson Corp
Charles
Endicott Johnson
Traffic Fatalities Reported in Topeka Area
Kansas State Accident Records lists traffic fatalities in the Topeka area over the past 24 hours with three totals. the year to date figures show 1957 179 fatalities and the same period in 1956 shows 207 fatalities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas
Centennials and plates discussed by Kansas commission
The Chanute Tribune notes a planning commission discussion on a special license plate and mentions that Kansas tourist maps issued yearly will feature the centennial. T. T. Riordan of Solomon, Kas., a banker, was added to the commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Docking
T. T. Riordan
Solomon, Kas
Nonpoisonous Gas Fells Sixty Plant Workers
At the Maxwell House coffee plant in Hoboken New Jersey a nonpoisonous choking gas was released today in a caffein extracting machine. About 60 workers were affected with 18 hospitalized and several treated on site. One worker sustained a head injury and remained in serious condition at St Marys Hospital. C W Cook the plants general manager said operations would resume tonight. The 300 man day shift was sent home. The gas odor was described as resembling chloroform and caused dizziness among employees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoboken
N. J
Maxwell House
St. Mary's Hospital
C. W. Cook
Money policies prompt GM official to oppose Eisenhower
Detroit GM steering gear division official P W Doermer declares in a letter to President Eisenhower that he will no longer back him. Doermer accuses the President of unsound monetary policies and outlines his stance in the missive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
W. H. Doermer
General Motors
Eisenhower
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Hornell
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Caney
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Allen County
Tola Abstract Co
Bessie Marsh Cundy
Arthur T. Cundy
Iola
D. Oberhelman
Henry W. Byler
Lot
Hillis Charles (Skippy) Braden
Charlotte Mee- Clammy
Hillis R. Braden
Tulsa
Charles Braden
Elsmore
Jack
Skippy
Tribune
Elsmore Methodist Church
Postal Service
White House
GOP
Daniel Greene House
Foodtown
Wall Street
Close Nethn Am Tel&Tel
Anaconda Sree
Penney
JC Ween
Phill Pet Steer
St Jos
Steeeee
Sears Roeb
Sun Chem
FHA
Parsons Livestock
Kansas City Cash
PEST
W. Davis
Dallas &, Texas
Kansas’ Centennial
the Limerick
Jim WA
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The
Chanute Tribune
Money Policies
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Calvert
Navy
Nelly Don
Mrs. Geo. Alford
Lavonburg
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