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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1955
Page
6
Neosho County Pomona Grange meets Friday at Rural School at 7 pm for a summer session. Fresh fruit cookies and coffee will be served. Odense school holds a reunion for former pupils and teachers Sunday with a basket dinner at noon chaired by Mrs Vivian Johnson.
Daily Transcript notes admissions today at Memorial Hospital include Elane Watson of Humboldt for medical care. Dismissals today include Mrs. C. P. Ackerman of 417 West Main Richard Blough of 406 North Lafayette and Bertha Akers of 301 North Highland.
Wall Street in New York closed narrowly mixed as aircrafts led gains while most stocks inched down or held steady. Trading was quiet with about 1.6 million shares, below year high, and several blue chips posted modest gains or declines amid an uneven session.
Tokyo grants a senior diplomat full authority to draft a peace treaty with the Soviet Union as talks begin in London. The gathering focuses on a settlement to end hostilities with Moscow ahead of a proposed June 1 timeline.
Political clashes flare in London as supporters of the two major parties push hard in the last stretch of a lackluster election campaign. Both sides rally supporters and trade sharp barbs to sway undecided voters.
Central Daily News in Formosa accuses the Western powers of facing a Soviet trap and urges cancellation of the top level conference. The article frames the meeting as a strategic ruse by the Soviet bloc to ensnare Allied leaders.
Roy L. Warken tin, a 42 year old Wichita bus driver, was appointed state labor commissioner by Governor Fred Hall in Topeka. The move places Warken tin in a key regulatory role amid questions of labor policy.
Julius C. Holmes a native Kansan aged 56 has been named diplomatic agent at Tangier Morocco with the rank of minister by President Eisenhower. Holmes was nominated earlier this year for ambassador to Tang but declined after medical advice. He has been treated for a stomach disorder and is now deemed fit for a less exacting post. Born in Pleasanton Kansas he moved to Lawrence Kansas at age 13.
A partial list of students and attendees is presented for the Titus school program. The roster includes named individuals across several graduating classes and associated districts with notes on attendance at alternate schools and zones.
Leon M. Levy testified before the Senate Investigations subcommittee that he spent 6699.94 in cash payoffs and gifts to government employees tied to three Army contracts in 1952 and 1953. Names mentioned include Maj. Eric Farnell, David Pollack, Mella Hart, Joseph Porreca, Capt. Raymond Wool, and Marvin Rubin.
Washington officials said a Senate hearing on an administration backed bill to bar potential spies and saboteurs from defense related plants was postponed due to the absence of any senators. Chancellor Konrad Adenauer will visit Washington next month to receive an honorary Harvard doctorate on June 16.
Yugoslavia says Marshal Tito will meet top Soviet leaders without wavering from a policy of firm independence. Washington notes the plan as a sign of continued opposition to outside domination while seeking dialogue.
P US Ambassador James B. Conant warned Germans that a united neutral Germany would be unable to defend itself against the Russians even if armed.
A coroner's jury in Alva Oklahoma ruled death unknown after examining a decomposed body identified as William Leslie Parton 37 of Greensburg Kansas. The hearing followed discovery of the remains prompting investigation of the death.
Funeral services announced for Arthur L Hooker at Wilmot Christian church with interment in Winfield cemetery. Bonnie Burns of Chicago and Nemo Missouri burial details follow with multiple survivors listed and services planned in Erie. Carl Kjellander rites conducted at Roy Gibson Funeral home with burial in Elmwood cemetery.
CBS requests a modification of section 315 of the Communications Act to allow major presidential candidates to appear on panel discussions without guaranteeing equal time to all rivals. Frank Stanton says the current rule makes inviting top contenders impractical, citing 1952 when about 18 candidates sought the presidency.
Jefferson City Missouri Governor Phil M Donnelly vetoes a bill to raise unemployment payments from 25 dollars a week for 24 weeks to 32 dollars for 26 weeks The report notes eggs account for more than 2 percent of sales in the average food market
Kansas City livestock report shows cattle, hogs, and sheep trading with varied shifts. Cattle generally steady to higher with selective gains. hogs mostly lower. sheep and lambs steady to strong with prime veals around 22 to 23 dollars. PARSONS area noted hogs steady with top around 18.25.
Coffeyville Kas Jim Billings former Springfield Mo newspaperman today became news editor of the Coffeyville Daily Journal He succeeds Kenneth Cape who returns to the Journal area desk as editor succeeding Manuel Zeke Andrews who has resigned to go into newspaper work at Wetumka Okla The changes were announced by Publisher R M Seaton.
Farmers earned about 8.2 billion dollars from marketings in the first four months of 1955, a five percent drop from the same period in 1954. Livestock receipts fell eight percent to 5.1 billion, blamed on lower hog prices, while crop receipts rose to 3.1 billion due to soybeans and higher vegetable prices.
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