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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1959
Page
2
Cattle and hog prices vary with modest gains and light demand across Kansas City markets. Hogs rise 10-15 cents, cattle mostly steady to lower with grain-fed and calf parities listed, sheep weak. Separate notes cover Chicago butter, eggs, live poultry, and grain futures with assorted prices and car counts.
Clair Reed, 41, of Oklahoma City, nephew of Mrs. C. L. Campbell, died Saturday. He left Chanute at about 12. He was the son of George and Inez Reed. Funeral held Tuesday in Oklahoma City with burial in McAlester. Survived by wife and three children.
Mrs. Etta Wiles 84 dies Oct 21 at Wilson County Rest Home near Fredonia. Funeral 2 p.m. Saturday at Altoona Christian church with burial in Altoona cemetery. Survived by six children and numerous grandchildren. former Altoona resident for 50 years. Local stocks mixed as market declines and bonds show light gains.
A fragmentary market notice lists cream grades with small weights and percentages and references hens by weight categories. The text also includes partially legible phrases about hides and quality terms, indicating a historical commodity price sheet or advertisement.
Italian poet Salvatore Quasimodo, 58, was awarded the 1959 Nobel Prize in literature by the Swedish Academy. He is noted for lyrical work that expresses life’s tragic experience, and he teaches history of literature at Milan’s Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory. The prize amount is $42,606.
Mirza Temple of the Shrine marks its 50th birthday on October 31 as about 500 shriners from Midian Shrine in Wichita attend the ceremony in Pittsburg Kansas. Imperial potentate Dr. Clayton F. Andrews of Lincoln Nebraska and imperial recorder George M. Saunders of Chicago are slated to participate.
Jacob R. Bennett, 70, co-owner of the S. A. Rose Iron & Metal Co. in Pittsburg, died Tuesday night at Mt. Carmel Hospital after a five week illness from a stroke. Funeral services will be held Friday at the United Hebrew Congregational in Joplin, with burial in Joplin.
The bulk of Errol Flynn's estate goes to his estranged wife Patrice Wymore with probate filed in state surrogate court listing more than $20,000, though estimates place the value well above six figures. Flynn died October 14 in Vancouver at age 50 with girlfriend Beverly Radland present. she was not named in the will.
Community items include visits from O R Stevens of Alameda California and Mrs C L Campbell returning from Oklahoma City for a funeral. PFC Gary L Lantz of the 16th Infantry trains near Baumholder Germany. Car collisions reported at 109 W Main. Ongoing Grange meeting preparations and Halloween pranks noted. Juan J Orozco serves at Naval Station Rota Spain.
Admittances yesterday and today list Mrs. Ed ward Osborn and Mrs Iva Crumline among medical patients. Dismissals include Gene Gehlen Herschel Sjorlund and others. Births record a boy to Eugene Vignatelli and a girl to Richard C Smith. District Court action notes Roy Grant Babcock vs Bertha May Kennedy with a judgment and a pre trial conference.
A report highlights the vice ships and aircraft of the U S second and sixth fleets and notes the intake terminus for a fuel pipeline supplying U S Strategic Air Command bases in the Spanish interior. Weekend visitors and students are listed, including Frances Brazil at Ursuline Academy and Jeanie at St Mary of the Plains College, with accompanying travelers from Bolivia and Mexico. Two Chanute boys aged 12 and 14 were detained after breaking into the municipal swimming pool building but released after questioning. no theft occurred.
Multiple cases listed with judgments, motions, and notices in Erie District Court. Includes divorces, partitions, and minor petitions. licenses issued. traffic and highway patrol citations. building permits. and recent residential moves and address changes.
Raymond Liby 23 dies at Clay County Hospital after car train crash at a crossing near his parents home in Clay Center. He left a wife and one child.
Democratic Gov. George Docking and Republican National Committeeman Harry Darby praised agriculture in Kansas on Wednesday night. Both men were listed as potential candidates for the 1960 gubernatorial race and offered favorable remarks about each other.
The Chanute Tribune notes remarks from Docking calling Senator Darby a fine governor and booster for the American Royal and agriculture. Docking adds his office force would vote for Darby if he ran, smiling at the implication of his support.
France urged disarmament talks to prioritize banning long range missiles and warhead carriers. Jules Moch warned time is running out as nations risk repeating 1946 errors on fissionable material and urged caution on satellites and rockets.
Murray Hill PTA Study Group heard Delbert Tolbert discuss "Ability Grouping" on Tuesday with 19 members present. In Lincoln, Mrs. Virgil Sellers hosted a PTA Study Group session with Janitor Ray leading the lesson "What Is PTA" and Mrs. E K Lucas giving devotions for 12 adults and four children. The next meeting is set for November 17 with Mrs. Aubrey Bostwick hosting.
Benedict PTA met in the school auditorium with Mrs Ray Almond showing Germany slides while her husband served in the Army. Colfax Colfax Baptist Mission Circle elected officers and presented a skit on foreign missions with dedication of a love gift.
Parents attended the event as Mmes. Kenneth Guenther J. E. Fitzgerald and David Culbertson served sandwiches and coffee to all present.
Weekend bargains in pork cuts brisket and chops appear at Chanute area markets with steak beef roast and fryers also on sale. Lamb is a regional highlight but bargains spread across the Midwest and Far West as supplies rise. roasters and chickens are plentiful as farmers move mature birds to market.
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