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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1959
Page
2
Kansas City livestock market reports show hogs up 25 to 40 cents with 2,200 head. Cattle and calves include steady slaughter classes and varied weights with steers and heifers priced from 20 to 26 dollars per hundredweight and cows from 16 to 18 dollars. Also notes on sows, sheep lambs, and regional produce prices in Chicago and Kansas City.
Market listing shows Grade A Large eggs and Grade A Medium at varying prices. Cream, Premium and No 2 cream details appear with assorted weights and row headings, plus current receipts figures and miscellaneous codes.
Chanute Junior College activity notes Yeanon era Sea officers named for 1959 60 school year. SEA members align with Kansas State Teachers Association and prepare student education leadership roles.
Officers elected are Jollene Mendenhall president Karen Earnest vice president Mary Jane McGuffey secretary treasurer Gordon Hale historian Mike Clemens student council representative Ronald Sandburg program chairman. Faculty sponsor is Mrs Nora Knight. They will attend a workshop in Topeka Saturday.
Jim O'Connell led a ten day drive at St Patrick's Junior High selling magazine subscriptions totaling $1145 to win a portable radio valued prize. Linda Ashley won a camera for $75 in sales and Terry Jean McGuffey earned third prize a gold pen and pencil set with $55 in sales. Proceeds fund a water fountain and wall lockers for the school.
AP brief summaries from Vientiane Taipei Tehran Tokyo London Manila report on Laos nuclear inquiry on Vietnam tension McElroy meeting Chiang Kai Shek Eghbal trip to London Rescigno health issue Callas season hot spell Bohlen to new Soviet adviser post in Manila Oct 15
Altoona will screen the film Reaching From Heaven at the Christian church on October 4. Pastor Rev. R J McKowen calls the picture full of dramatic interest humor pathos romance and a compelling Christian message. The service starts at 7 30 p m.
President Eisenhower arrived in Palm Springs under a gusty sand storm hoping for sun and warmth to shake a cold. The Chamber of Commerce pledged good golfing weather and a welcoming reception as he begins a week of golf in the desert resort.
Silt pumped from the lake bottom created a 15 foot base over thousands of acres where Gary Indiana now hosts many of the area’s major steel mills.
Due to the death of Arusla Hoofnagle Midwest Office Supply will be closed Fri Oct 2. Mr and Mrs Dean Justice Tracy and Blake of Liberal visit the Justice and Blank households in Liberal while Pierpont and daughter Julie of Cedar Falls Iowa visit Cedar Falls area relatives. Pierpont family expected to arrive Saturday with Richard and Rebecca.
Yesterday at Neosho Memorial Hospital several admissions occur including Earl L Hudson 1012 S Santa Fe and Mrs D C Young R 2. births to Harold E Fulps Jr and to Robert Rodrigues. today David Gant 1201 S Garfield admitted male and Don Hawley birth. dismissals include Tammy Uden. Marriage licenses issued list McGuffey Simpson Chanute Lueken McNeal Peterson Boyd Stipp Wheeler.
Des Moines AP reports Jack Christensen a 29 year old from Thornton Iowa rose to international notice after a gate crashing visit and a photo with Nikita Khrushchev. Christensen who runs a swimming pool and drive in at Mason City was photographed with the Soviet Premier on a farm near Raward.
The stock market closed with mixed prices after a day of moderate volume around 2.5 million shares. Long term government bonds gained while several blue chips such as AT&T and Boeing saw varied movement amid a volatile session.
Arraignment of Willem Louis Van Rie for the shipboard slaying of Lynn Kauffman was postponed to Oct. 6 in Brooklyn Felony Court to give attorney Joseph Fontana time to prepare. Van Rie, 30, is held without bail and faced questions after admitting a prior scuffle in the Utrecht cabin amid a rumored romance with the victim. The body washed ashore in Boston on Sept. 19.
More than 80,000 longshoremen from Maine to Texas walked off the job in a coast wide strike. It followed mixed local action in New York where a 15 day extension was agreed, triggering sympathy walkouts in Gulf ports and uncertainty over retroactive pay provisions and a three year contract.
Margaret Helen McClure 28, former Chanute resident, died Sept 28 in Kansas City. Funeral service was Sept 20. Born June 12, 1931 in Yates Center. Survived by mother Hildred McClure Kansas City father Otto McClure Amarillo TX and aunt Harriet Lewis Chanute who shared her home briefly.
Detroit AP notes anti freeze usage rises with winter and drivers should service cooling systems, drain and flush old coolant, and ensure hoses, thermostat, battery, exhaust, wipers, defrosters, and windshield washer systems are in good condition. It advises snow chains and tires where needed and highlights 72 shopping days until Christmas.
More than twenty Chanute residents attended services in Topeka as Rt. Rev Edward C Turner was installed as the sixth bishop of the Diocese of Kansas. A banquet Tuesday featured a motor car and a $2600 check to the Fenners, with Presiding Bishop Carl Lichtenberger of Greenwich Conn speaking. A diocese seal store gift was presented to Mr Fenner by the diocese women. Attendees from Chanute included Mr and Mrs Joe Balch Dale Steinman Mr and Mrs Arch Gaffney Mr and Mrs Leon Barnes Ruth Benedict Rebecca Shapter Rev Boyd C Latimer Kenneth Olson James Cooper Mrs Jean Mitchell Paul Clark Ed Little Roy Isham Gordon Barker Mildred Casper Dean Stone Lee Judy Cheslie McConnell Sam Morford Sonya Stone.
Advertising column urges careful consumer choices with tips on verifying sellers, checking prices, and avoiding scams. It outlines steps to compare products, read terms, and use trusted payment methods for a safer purchase.
Humboldt Joy Guild of the First Baptist Church met with Beverly Mintz as president presiding. The group planned sending used stamps to Germany and a missionary event. The First Presbyterian Rally Day featured song, memory verses, and promotion of three month perfect attendance pins.
The article notes Williams again receiving an all expense trip after a trip ending in Mexico City Acapulco and a bull fight. They toured the city visited Acapulco and watched deep sea shivers there. They were impressed by Mexico's cathedrals.
A Esso Standard Oil Co terminal tank holding two million gallons of gasoline exploded in Charleston. The blast damaged two small houses, injured nine people, and sparked a massive fire threatening nearby tanks. Fire crews struggled to reach the blaze amid fumes and heat days after Hurricane Gracie. The cause remained undetermined.
YATES CENTER will host the Heart of America Bantam Fall Show Oct 10 and 11 at the community building. Last year 200 Bantam enthusiasts brought nearly 1200 birds. a national bantam publication called the event best managed in a long time. Also in Yates Center, Bobbie the bobcat, cared for by Royal Elder, visits schools and appears on public occasions. INDEPENDENCE burglars hit Memorial Hall Tuesday night, stealing about 4 dollars and causing door and equipment damage. earlier in the month a similar break in occurred at Community College.
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