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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1976
Page
9
University of Chicago researchers test a mechanical pancreas that monitors blood glucose and automatically releases insulin from a reservoir. The 15 inch device, connected via a tube to the liver, was tested over three weeks on about 10 volunteers and could aid diabetic coma or surgeries in coming months.
Neosho County attorney Raymond Radford said the office seeks complete files before closing the case. Pathologist Dr. James Broiles listed death from a skull fracture, attributed to a fall from bed.
Kenneth Collins reported the theft of a 23 channel Midland CB radio from his locked car, valued at 180 dollars. Bruce E. Perry received a careless driving citation after a two vehicle crash at 905 West Main Iola causing 1700 dollars in damage and destroying Perry’s 1971 Ford pickup.
Thayer third graders will continue summer gardening. Edwin Greer donated land and mothers helped prepare plots for 23 students each with a 46 by 15 foot plot. Lettuce and radishes have been harvested. some vegetables replanted. flowers included. one nearby garden was damaged by cold.
Daily transcript shows visiting hours from 2 to 4 PM and 6 30 PM. Patient census lists 51 adults and pediatrics plus one baby. Tuesday admissions include Fern Lassman Humboldt Ray Morris 624 S Malcolm Ned Allen 905 S Malcolm. Today adds Jeff Tucker 1007 S Malcolm Jana Noland 1030 S Evergreen MarcellA Roberts 106 S Tennessee. Dismissals Tuesday list Linus Lofgren 418 N Steuben Mrs Edgar Youngberg 1802 S Highland Mrs Thomas Hudson 615 W Elm Carl Barfoot Humboldt Mrs Merle Newlove Bethesda. Today dismissals include Albert Skinner Colonial Acres Mrs Jack Wood 1102 S Plummer Candy Holtzman Altoona Zenn Dale Ratliff R 4 Albert Feugate Fort Scott Floyd Fulps Humboldt Howard Earnest 311 S Lafayette.
Ford Motor Co recalls about 441,700 current model cars and Ranchero trucks due to possible accelerator cable defect that can cause gas pedal sticking. About 28,000 of these are suspected faulty units. 9 incidents reported, no injuries. Most 1976 models built between December 1975 and March 1976 are included. Mustang II and Capri II excluded. 409,000 US, 29,800 Canada, 2,900 other markets. A nylon bushing may loosen and prevent idle return.
Kansas State University offers two courses via the Regents Continuing Education Network for Neosho County residents. Child Abuse and Neglect runs Saturdays June 12 to July 31 from 8 00 am to 12 30 pm with graduate credit costs of 80 60 and undergraduate 62 60. Problems in Clothing and Textiles runs Mondays and Wednesdays June 21 to July 18 from 4 30 to 7 00 pm with graduate credit 51 94 and undergraduate 39 94. Registration occurs at the first two class sessions. For more information contact Duane Clum at Neosho County Community Junior College.
Savonburg Bible Church screens Sur vival a color film at 7 30 p m Saturday. Filmed in Arizona s Coconino National Forest it follows a boy lost in the high desert facing heat rattlesnakes and a wounded cougar while seeking help for survivors. Mark IV Pictures Inc produces this third feature after Blood on the Mountain and A Thief in the Night.
The bicentennial flag will be raised at 2 p.m. Sunday on the south side of Humboldt's square marking the city as a bicentennial community. State Rep. George Works will speak and patriotic music will be played. An informal reception follows at the Humboldt Historical Museum grounds.
Two Allen County Community Junior College basketball players James Leffal and Jesse Harris were arrested on burglary and felony theft charges over a television set. Harris was dismissed from the team and lost his scholarship. Leffal plans to leave the school at semester end.
Anna Amanda Cation, 86, Savonburg, died Tuesday at Neosho Memorial Hospital after a six year illness. She born Aug. 19, 1889, in Savonburg, married H. C. Cation in 1905, survived by two sons, a daughter, six grandchildren, twelve great grandchildren, and a sister. Funeral 2 p.m. Thursday at Gibson-Koch Chapel. burial Swedish Cemetery in Savonburg. Ruby Irish, 69, Sun Valley, Calif., formerly Ruby Whittenburg, died May 11 in California. Born Jan. 30, 1907, in Burlington, she lived with aunt Jessie Roberts in Chanute during schooling. Survivors include husband Harry Irish, one brother Glen Earl Witter, and one uncle John Carter. Funeral services held in Bakersfield, California.
The Safari PTA Council holds its annual meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Hutton School to install officers and feature essay contest winners reading their pieces.
In Lakin Kansas 84 year old Olive Bodam died while attempting to douse a kitchen fire reported shortly after 9 am. She lived alone on the north edge of town and was found in the burning house after firefighters arrived. Sheriff Joe Coyne said the stove burner likely started the blaze and the fire marshal's office will investigate. Bodam was cousin to Minnie Alford and Mary Alford.
The USD 257 board officially closed the LaHarpe grade school and hired Charles Shetlar, Iola architect, to draft plans for a new building. Plans target a bond election in the August primary for construction.
A benefit dance at the Iola Elks Club raised 428 dollars for the Larry Stiles Fund plus 105.25 dollars from an earlier bake sale. The Iola youth, a patient at St. Francis Hospital in Wichita, is recovering from injuries in a pole vaulting accident and was recently removed from traction.
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