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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1959
Page
2
Kansas City livestock report shows cattle 3 600 head mostly steady with varied classes and calf weights. Hogs 3 600 head steady to 25 lower across Nos 1 3 grades and weights from 150 to 300 pounds. Sheep 3 000 head steady to strong. lambs and pelts priced with multiple weight brackets and grades.
Prices for oats and milo list ranges with no cars and unchanged oats. White corn prices hover in mid 60s to low 70s, kafir and rye at slight declines, barley around 97 to 105, soybeans 224 to 230 with bran and shorts around mid 30s to 40. Wheat futures closed mixed from percent lower to one cent higher.
Trading turned uneven in late afternoon on the New York Stock Exchange with sugar shares retreating after news of a Cuban agrarian reform program that limits ownership in Cuban sugar plantation firms. Volume for the day was about 3.4 million shares, vs 2.97 million Monday, with some pivotal issues up about a point.
Mrs. Clifton Daniel daughter of former President Truman gave birth to her second son at Doctors Hospital. The baby was delivered by Caesarean section at 8 45 am weighing 7 pounds 3 ounces. Maternal grandparents could not attend due to Mrs. Truman undergoing surgery in Kansas City Missouri. No name has yet been selected.
Three area students at Kansas University Manhattan received honors on Honors Day May 14. Senior class top is M Colleen Cady Hayes of Bronson. Junior top is Mrs Mary J Harbour of Fredonia. Mrs Donna Sallee Snodgrass, daughter of Floyd Sallee, 204 Wilson, is in the upper three percent of the senior class.
Sunday guests included Mr and Mrs Jesse Splane and her parents Mr and Mrs Arthur Raish and Mr and Mrs John Franklin of Humboldt. Admittances to Neosho Memorial today included Mrs Luther Klinefelter and Mrs May Rensing. Dismissals listed for Humboldt Worth Ir and others. Kansas Runoffs set for attorney elections with districts named and candidates. Parsons teens and theft reports followed by local civic notices and YW-YMCA picnic details.
AP reports wholesale egg prices hold. poultry and butter steady. Chicago notes quiet grains with no wheat, oats, or soy sales. corn values mostly unchanged. Kansas City cash grain shows slight shifts across wheat and corn contracts amid varied class prices.
Mrs. Quentin Nelson and Earl R Bevan head the first public relations workshop at Kansas State College Pittsburg this summer. Bevan, Pittsburg superintendent of schools and KSTA president, speaks June 6 at 1 p.m. Nelson, PR director for Kansas PTA, leads a session on the PTA program. The course offers two semester hours and runs June 6 to 10.
William E F Baker 72 died of a heart attack at 145 am Saturday at his home 1215 S Edith He was a retired locomotive engineer born March 16 1887 in Ottawa came to Chanute from Ottawa as a child Married to Elizabeth M Frye who died May 7 1950 Survived by a son Buford of Atlanta Ga a grandson a great granddaughter and a brother Arthur A of Coffeyville Funeral at 2 pm Wednesday at Johnson Mortuary with Dr Fred Shaw officiating Burial in Elmwood cemetery Masonic service at the grave
Juniors College students and faculty invited to a day of games at Fe Park including a tug o war between freshmen and sophomores. Mr and Mrs Robert Lopeman Bill Doug Stevie R 1 with Mrs Viola Lopeman attended an oil show in Tulsa Monday and met Milt Greve. Stevie stayed longer with Greve, his great great uncle.
Cedar Lodge No 105 A F and A M will hold a Stated Communication on Wednesday May 20 at 7 p m There will be work in the Third Degree Refreshments served Visiting brethren are welcome Francis J Meeker WM Noy J Chapple Secy adj 33 11
New York AP reports Americans burned 59 billion gallons of gasoline in 1958 and paid out more for fuel, reflecting rising consumption and costs across the United States.
The American Petroleum Institute reported that the United States consumed 59.154 billion gallons of gasoline in a year, the largest on record, up 1 percent from 1957. Federal, state, and local taxes on gasoline are estimated at 467 million dollars. Kansas was among states with more than a billion gallons. In a separate court matter, Caril Ann Starkweather’s attorney argued that Starkweather’s testimony influenced Caril’s conviction at the State Penitentiary trial.
Lincoln Nebraska AP District Judge Harry Spencer denied a second motion for a new trial by 15 year old Caril Ann Fugate, accomplice of mass killer Charles Starkweather. Starkweather, 20, faces execution in the electric chair for the Bennet slaying of Robert Jensen, 17, as part of 11 admitted murders. Caril serves a life sentence in the Nebraska Women's Reformatory. The judge found no factual basis for the motion.
Ogden R. Reid told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee his sole aim is to serve his country not pursue a political career. He denied reports he sought an Israel ambassadorship to boost a future run for New York City mayor.
Topeka AP reports state accident records show 0 fatalities in the last 24 hours ending 9 am today. For 1959 year to date fatalities reach 171, compared with 165 in the comparable period of 1958.
Mrs. Harry S. Truman, 74, rallied after surgery to remove a breast tumor at Research Hospital. The operation lasted two hours and 45 minutes on Monday. Biopsy results were awaited for two to three days while tests checked for malignancy. Former President Truman appeared in good spirits returning home after the long day.
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