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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1955
Page
6
Police booked Charles McElhaney of Tulsa and Tommy Lynn Yoakum of Kansas City on public drinking charges early today and intoxication. both posted bonds and faced possible forfeiture Sunday. Also notes ongoing stock reduction sale at Fawcetts and Tribune delivery contact.
Tuesday admissions include Mrs Paul Harris 329 W 5th surgical Mrs William Hutchison Thayer surgical and Mrs Harold Richart 1610 W Main medical Also admitted Mrs William Spurling Earlton surgical Dismissals include Mrs Dean Chatterton Yates Center Alice Shields Petrosia Fred Thielenhaus Earlton Recent moves list Clifford Behmedier 1617 S Edith to 1610 Evergreen M F Seefeldt 118 Gretchen to 9 E Std Richard Ashier 112 E 2nd to 46 Highland Dale Biele 1016 S Highland to 110 S Allen
Mrs. Robert Gardner was hospitalized in Chanute with a broken arm and hand injuries after a Sunday crash at Cherokee and Third in Humboldt. Her small son was present. the other vehicle was driven by Mrs. Mary Opal Valentine of Iola. Valentines family members were riding with her. no other injuries were reported.
Southeast Kansas county welfare directors converge for an all day session to discuss service integration. State Board of Social Welfare representatives will lead. attendees include Ade line Fortney Neosho director and other division heads. About 17 county directors expected in Memorial Building with lunch at the Tioga Hotel.
Eleven members of Pleas ant Valley Rockets 4-H club met at Green Valley school for a Monday night program. Plans were made for 4-H Sunday and the spring tour. Electees included two council members. Program items featured group singing, grooming talk, table setting demonstration, malaria history, home safety, and a student health number. A performance by Ronald Wiltse and Miss Fail plus a 4-H talk were noted. Recreation was led by Mrs. McMillen. eleven members, three readers and 17 guests attended.
Funeral services announced for Mrs Sus an M Peters at Wilson Johnson chapel with Rev C Edgar Rains officiating. Interment in Emporia cemetery. Eliot Thomas Benson 64 ticket clerk for Santa Fe since 1912 died at Santa Fe Hospital Topeka after three weeks ill. Survivors include three sons and four granddaughters. Funeral in Chanute with arrangements incomplete. Edd Malson 72 retired farmer died suddenly at home. Born 1882 Missouri, survived by wife Retta and several children and grandchildren. Funeral Sunday at Heaton Dietz Erie with burial in East Hill cemetery Erie.
A city court jury awarded D. L. Driscoll of 1203 N. Kansas and Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Co. Inc. $129.78 in a civil action against the Santa Fe Railway Co. The case stemmed from damage to Driscoll's car at the Santa Fe depot on March 11, 1954, when a truck reportedly rolled backward after being left unattended. Jurors included Clifford Gibson Vesta Lightfoot Paul Brennecke H. O. Turner Maxine Koch and Lyle Holman.
JP Maj. Gen. Joe Nickell Kansas adjutant general will depart Thursday for two weeks of active duty with the Air Force in the Far East. He will inspect defense forces in Japan Korea and Formosa during the assignment.
President Eisenhower said he would accept a top level Big Four meeting to test Russia's sincerity and ease world tensions. He noted no definite summit date and suggested neutral countries as a possible host with talks possibly in July in Switzerland.
President Eisenhower expressed strong belief that the Salk vaccine will eliminate polio in time. He cited ongoing reviews by doctors and scientists, with vaccine supplies possibly resuming inoculations and a Public Health Service check of Parke-Davis manufacturing methods in Detroit.
Gov Fred Hall appoints Gerald Gordon of Topeka to the Governor s Committee on Employment of the Physically Handicapped and designates him its chairman Gordon serves as secretary of the Associated Industries of Kansas The Kansas City IP section notes eggs and butter unchanged and poultry prices for heavy hens up 4y lb with other items steady
U S Surgeon General Leonard A Scheele says a halt on mass inoculations of school children may end soon. He expects release of Parke Davis and other manufacturers supplies by early next week pending plant rechecks and safety reviews.
The Kansas Legislative Council proposes restoring the lieutenant governor’s power to appoint council committees and refer proposals. The change would reverse a 2 year shift that stripped the presiding officer Fred Hall of those duties, returning authority to John McCuish if adopted.
Kansas City livestock report indicates cattle gains for steers and heifers with steady beef cows while bulls and vealers hold. hogs mix with some declines. sheep show soft spring lambs and shorn lambs easing. Prices noted include steer 18.00-22.00 and vealers 17.00-21.00. hogs 190-220 lb 16.75-17.25. sows 12.00-13.00 depending on weight. Market activity described as fairly active with limited midweek supply.
Hog prices rise to a top of 16.85 with ranges from 13.25 to 16.00 for various weights. Cattle steady with steers 14.00 to 22.00 and cows 5.00 to 12.00. veal prices 7.00 to 20.00. lambs steady with top at 21.9 and ewes around 4.50.
Julio Villareal Jr. told police after awakening in hospital that the overdose was not an attempt on his life. He said he simply wanted to sleep for four days straight following the incident.
Chicago price data shows butter and eggs steady with receipts noted for wholesale markets. Live poultry prices mostly steady though hens and broilers show small changes. wheat and rye futures slipped while oats and soybeans edged lower to unchanged on the Board of Trade.
Kansas City market notes show Wheat at 132 cars with a 3 percent drop to 14 higher in quality. No 2 hard dark at 2.60 percent, No 3 2.49-2.79 percent. Corn steady to higher with No 2 white 1.61, No 3 1.51-1.60, yellow and mixed 1.59-1.63. Oats trade listed as one car with a lower gene value.
The fragment lists prices for higher and assorted grains and stocks such as maize, Katir, Rye, Barley, Soybeans, Bran, and Shorts with varied cents per unit. It notes Kansas City hay receipts and a lack of sales with steady conditions and stray unreadable letters and comments.
A fragmented notice mentions eggs and creams with coded pricing terms and weights. It also reports Cam Mortimer of Boden, Pa arriving in Hope Kansas to visit his 91 year old sister Bessie Lay, whom he has not seen in 35 years.
Unionized workers along the 4,737 mile Louisville and Nashville line returned to work today, ending a 58 day walkout that disrupted service and labor relations.
John Dernovish of Parsons entered a plea of guilty in city court Monday to a charge of taking fish with an illegal device. He was fined 100 pounds and assessed 3.50 dollars in court costs.
Harold E. Stassen special adviser to President Eisenhower will lead a Protestant laymen's rally in Topeka this week at Fawcett's venue as announced in an advance notice.
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