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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1958
Page
2
Kansas City cattle steady with grades from UV to choice 24.50 to 27.00 for grain fed steers and heifers. feeders and stock calves listed. Hogs 2,500 head with barrows and gilts up to 25 cents higher. sows steady. Sheep trade moderately active with spring lambs and ewes steady. Regional price ranges provided for various classes and weights.
Soybeans quoted 2.29 to 2.37 with Bran at 34.00 to 34.75 and Shorts 34.75 to 35.50. Kansas City Hay receipts show 1 car of alfalfa this week, none a week ago or last year. Eggs listed by grade with varying prices. premium cream and other dairy items noted. Hens and roosters priced by weight. hides and other livestock terms appear in scattered figures.
Eight seniors will graduate from Galesburg Public Schools in exercises Thursday at 8 p.m. in the school auditorium. Wayne C. Atherton names Hugh C. Bryan as commencement speaker with The Sky's the Limit as the topic. Rev Jean Regis will give the invocation and Benediction.
Dr. Harry Werbin of Kansas City faces a manslaughter by abortion charge in the death of 21 year old Miss Janice Easterbrook of Arcadia Nebraska. She died after arriving for treatment and reportedly hemorrhaging. Werbin denied the charge and posted a $5,000 bond. He had served as physician for Israel Olympic squads in 1952 and 1956 and for the U S squad in the 1955 Pan American games.
Chanute Racing Assn president Jack Thompson announced a Wednesday night stock car schedule opening June 4 with 24 cars ready and more under construction. Some entrants may come from Iola and Coffeyville. Proceeds from opening race will benefit the Boy Scouts, with Scout volunteers handling sales and free admission for uniformed scouts.
Mrs Clarence Bennett who visited relatives in Elgin Illinois is joined there by her husband and they will return home late week. In their absence his father Clarence Bennett Sr Parsons runs the jewelry store. Mrs I E Rockhold and Mrs George Rice hosted a handkerchief shower and coffee.
Detroit surgeon Dr. Claire L. Straith says improved plastic surgery could lower auto insurance rates. Reducing scars may lead to fewer high damage judgments by juries, potentially easing premium costs for drivers.
Humboldt elementary held a Play Day at Walter Johnson Field with Lincoln St. Joseph and Washington schools. Fourth grade winners included Charles Bauer and Washington school relay. fifth and sixth grade events featured Eddie Neptune, Tommy Rutledge, and Washington teams taking several first places.
A man walked into a St Louis County police station and claimed he had killed his son Carlos Hensley aged three. Officers found the child dazed but alive at the scene with bruises. The father James Hensley 29 stated he choked the boy amid marital disputes and confessed mental health issues. His wife Juanita 24 said the child was whipped with a switch a week earlier and the father promised not to hurt him again.
The annual Humboldt homecoming was held Sunday at the First Baptist Church with a basket dinner after morning services. The afternoon program featured Rev. W. F. Cloninger of Chetopa delivering a message, with congregational singing, readings, prayers, and tributes to visitors and church history. Committees coordinated arrangements, including program, table, and kitchen duties.
A British protest draws about 20 000 for a big anti H bomb rally in London. Nehru begins a 10 day break instead of retirement, with pressure to stay in office. Iraqi and Jordanian armies merge. Paris bans using yesterday’s papers to wrap fish from June 1 for sanitary reasons. A Danish seaman survives five hours after falling overboard near Panama Canal. Adenauer says Russians gave up hope of using East Germany to push western Europe toward communism. Jakarta halts plans for a large invasion of Celebes and Halmaheras.
Panama reports a high school student fatally injured in demonstrations against the education minister. President Ernesto de la Guardia Jr. blames political opponents for instigating the clash between students and National Guardsmen, saying youth were used as a shock force against his government.
Tulsa report from the Oil and Gas Journal shows weekly crude and condensate production rising by 18 700 barrels to 6 238 275. Utah and Kansas lead gains with 10 300 more barrels to 63 500 and 5 250 to 327 500 respectively. Oklahoma adds 2 800 to 549 000.
The Federal Crop Insurance Corp announced expanding wheat crop insurance to five additional counties in Kansas and Oklahoma starting with the 1959 crop year. Butler, Brown, Jackson in Kansas and Logan, Jackson in Oklahoma will offer coverage, bringing total Kansas coverage to 68 counties and Oklahoma to 24.
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