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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1959
Page
2
Sunflower Chapter No 147 C E S holds a stated meeting on Wednesday October 14 at 7 30 p m with Friendship Night and refreshments for visiting members. Mildred Hargrove W M and Helen Johnson Sec note adv 156-11. Rural Grange also meets Thursday at 8 p m with a pot luck.
A closed circuit televised auction in six East and Midwest cities raised 534 556 for surplus federal goods. Teleprompter Corp. staged the event, finding the sale held at Shelby Ohio Air Depot Granite City Illinois Army Engineers depot and Philadelphia Naval Shipyard.
Kansas City area cattle numbers show cows up to 25 higher while hogs slip 25. Hog and sheep prices vary by weight and grade with silage cattle and feeder stock values noted. Parson’s market reports pricing for U. S. No. 1 and 2 grades across weights and classes.
Harry Cramer, 58, of Montreal, had his car break down on the New York Thruway when four men offered a lift to a service station. They then robbed him of $15 and left him stranded. Cramer reported the incident to police after the encounter.
Harvey C. Phelps 74 of Erie died at home he was a retired dairy farmer born 1885 survived by wife a son two grandchildren and two sisters funeral 3 p.m. Wednesday Erie Funeral Home. Dean Watson 48 died in San Diego after illness married Chanute 1948 in Chanute burial in San Diego Veterans cemetery. William E. Ludlum 65 of Elsmore died at Allen County Hospital survivors include wife three daughters two sons. Rufus G. Ray funeral held Koch-Skinner Memorial Chapel interment Elmwood cemetery.
List of yesterday and today admittances at Humboldt and Buffalo cases including medical and surgery. Dismissals today and yesterday noted. Building permits issued for Eva Arnold and Dale Anderson with costs. A long list of recent moves showing residents and new addresses across multiple streets and cities with several misprints and garbled numbers.
Washington AP Van Doren is due to appear for a congressional hearing on the Twenty-One quiz show rigging probe resuming Nov 2. Subpoenaed but missing, the Columbia English instructor is accused of evading service as investigators press the case into NBC tied scandal and questions about advance answers.
Stafford Hale Castor Perrin Joe Nathan Rogers Chester Hale Raymond Cole and Kenneth Davis named among participants for the upcoming community gathering.
An advertiser notes that careful information helps shoppers avoid scams. The piece emphasizes checking prices, inspecting items, and seeking trusted sellers to ensure a safe purchase.
In Pontiac Michigan a mother Mildred Gaines 24 and her children Martha 4 Danny 2 and infant Pamela five months perished when a space heater exploded. The mother tried to guide two children to safety but died three steps from the door. the father Cecil Goines 29 escaped through a first floor window as flaming oil sprayed him.
New York authorities announce a 2.34 acre park in Lincoln Square to honor a prominent musical family. The site will feature a bandshell costing about 500000 dollars as part of the area designated for the citys Performing Arts center on the West Side.
AP reports a two inch snowfall in Minneapolis and surrounding area on Monday, marking the first measurable snow of the season. Wet snow weighed tree limbs causing limb sag and short circuits while mild temps kept freezing at bay and delayed harvests of soybeans and corn still in fields.
In New Hyde Park, baby Carolyn Denise Jones, born July 7 at 1 lb 6 oz, was discharged from Long Island Jewish Hospital weighing 5 lb 2 oz. Her mother Elizabeth hailed the growth as a miracle and a hopeful sign for fragile preemies.
Charles R. Tennies, 71, leader of the Joplin Citizens Committee opposing the city manager plan, died of a heart attack in Joplin on Monday. He led petitions seeking a special election to change the government structure.
Investigators planned to question 16 year old Richard Arlan about a fatal shooting on a Frisco Railroad freight train near Belton Missouri. The victim Howard C Freeman 53 of Springfield died from a brain wound. Four companions gave statements and authorities deem the shooting accidental.
Kansas City AP reports the National Farmers Organization announced the end of its campaign urging Midwestern farmers to withhold hogs from the market.
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