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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1958
Page
2
Kansas City AP report shows cattle steady with varied bids for steers, heifers, and bulls. Hogs decline with barrows and gilts 18.75 to 19.00 for 200-240 lb and 17.25 to 18.75 for 300-400 lb. sows mostly steady to down. Sheep and veal prices listed. Kansas City and Parsons, hog and cow values detailed.
Wall Street traded mixed late in the afternoon after a rally spurred by a stock dividend for Northern Pacific. The tape lagged floor action briefly, volume reached about 4 million shares, and declines in motor, metal, chemical, oil and electronic issues eased while tobacco shares led gains.
Market note reports wheat and corn prices slipping while soybeans and oats hold. Kansas City cash prices list No 2 hard and dark hard wheat at about 1.92 to 2.04, No 2 yellow corn around 1.08 to 1.02, soybeans near 1.95, with milo, kafir, rye and barley also quoted in ranges.
A 1953 Ford driven by Sharon Reno of Iola was damaged in a minor collision at Main and Grant when bumped by a milk truck backed from the curb by William Lock. Andy Wedin reported a collision with a switch engine at Ash Grove Lime and Portland Cement Co. grounds. his 1930 Model A sustained right side damage. Mr and Mrs Allen Sherman of Jewell welcomed Ruth Mary, born Oct 23 weighing 7 pounds 14 ounces. Maternal grandmother Mrs Edna Strohm is in Jewell. Other items note a masquerade party at Murray Hill School for Do Si Do Square Club members. PFC Ronald Dean Fowler and family return to Scheinfeld, Germany. Barcus family visiting from Parsons. Suzy Wallingford visiting from Denver. multiple local travels and visits listed.
Kansas City AP reports Kansas Day at the American Royal where a 20 head Hereford steer calf load from Holroyd and House Cedar Vale won the grand champion in the regular stocker and feeder division amid 34 entries. Eddie Williams of Kansas City bought the grand champion steer lamb and hog for $5, $3.05 and $2.15 per pound respectively.
In Syracuse a newborn twin boy was stabbed to death and his brother wounded soon after birth. Police found two scissors at the scene. The mother Gertrude Pearson 33 and her husband William Pearson 43 were held as witnesses. A doctor reported 13 puncture wounds on the live infant and found evidence of two births.
Daily Transcript lists yesterday admittances at Neosho Memorial Hospital with names and ailments and today’s admissions for surgeries and medical cases. It also shows yesterday and today’s dismissals, several Erie district court actions including a divorce and quiet title, filings, and a state case of separate maintenance. Police citations in Poller include Jerome Boyd Bogle and minor driver violations. traffic bonds are noted.
Southeast Kansas Corner reports a Monday accident at Fourth Street and the US 69 Bypass in Pittsburg that claimed the life of Mrs. Fred Moss of Parsons. Four way traffic lights will be installed later. Also in Independence, a 1935 Rolls Royce drew attention when John Ruggiero of Omaha stopped for repairs Tuesday afternoon.
The record notes a car bought in Topeka for the Autorama Museum, described as a six cylinder motor rated at 20 horsepower. It also references Yates Center noting federal funds for a National Guard Armory were authorized but not yet appropriated, with funding expected at the next Congress session.
Kansas pipelines produced 10 730 barrels per day above the September allowance. Actual runs averaged 343 730 barrels daily versus an allowable 333 000 set by the Kansas Corporation Commission. For the week ended Oct 20 runs were 337 701 barrels daily, 7 701 above the October allowance. The commission, meeting in Hays, will set the November allowance Friday.
President Eisenhower arrived at the White House after a six day national tour covering 5300 miles. He said he found no pessimism or apathy and was greeted by White House officials GOP leaders and Meade Alcorn. He spoke in Chicago on a national radio address criticizing the Democrats as radicals.
Columbia Mo AP top nuclear physics authorities meet on atoms for power with public power officials educators and churchmen. Harold E Gove directs sessions focusing on issues and objectives of atomic power development. John F Floberg and Robert Hartwell are principal speakers as the assembly prepares a final findings report.
The Rev. Dr John Paul Sack of Seattle was elected president of the International Convention of Christian Churches Disciples of Christ. Dr Sack will lead the two million member group until next year’s Denver August convention.
The favorites Regal Issue and Almena Silver advanced to the quarter finals of the National Coursing Assn Futurity stake at Abilene after defeating Solid Money and Elbow. The field was cut to four dogs for today’s rounds.
Lyndon Kansas AP Sam Mellinger Republican state chairman condemns Gov. George Docking for comments about Gov. Orval Faubus and Little Rock integration. He cites a Wichita Beacon interview and a GOP rally saying Docking praised Faubus and minimized Little Rock rights. Docking denies wrongdoing and calls the charges political.
Boris Pasternak, the Russian poet and author of Doctor Zhivago, won the 1958 Nobel Prize in Literature. The 68 year old writer, living near Moscow, faced Soviet censorship and possible reprisals as publication in Russia was forbidden. The $41 420 award was seen as a potential rebuke to the Soviet regime.
Potatoes dominate the food spotlight as prices fall on a bumper fall crop. Government forecasts suggest a harvest about 176.2 million hundredweight, up 12 percent from last year and 16 percent above the recent average, boosting supply and easing price dips. Meat ads note varied beef deals while pork prices edge down with hog marketing rising. Fryers show slight declines. eggs, cabbage, cauliflower, and citrus also feature in a broad weekly market snapshot.
The Friendly Neighbor club met at Mrs. Pyle McGuffey’s home with 10 members and four guests. Vice president Vyrl Roberts presided in the illness of president Mrs. John King. New member Mrs. George Greve welcomed. The group quilted, shared a covered dish lunch, and set next gathering with Mrs. Myrtle Olson in rural Erie. Cake bakers named Martha Baker and Mrs. McGuffey.
An advertisement touts ODRINEX as a safe appetite suppressor with a seven day money back guarantee. It claims users can eat normally while losing weight and offers the product through McCune Drug Store at 106 W Main with mail orders available.
In the Chenute Tribune issue of October 23, 1958 readers learn that Mrs. Enid Winder and Mrs. Roberts will be the makers. Emma Marlow Vida Lowe and Cecil McGuffey received gifts from their secret pals as part of a club activity.
Mrs. Charles Arnett of 537 N Highland hosted a Tuesday CWF Guild gathering with Vinnie Allison presiding and Elsie Cunningham leading devotions Widen Your Hearts. Mrs. Howard Winans led Christian Concerns for Mexico with slides, while Ruth Shannon gave devotions. A Nov 18 meeting with Miss Allison will feature a panel on Neighborhood Concerns covering Alaska Hawaii Haiti and Puerto Rico. New member Herschel Franckenberg joined as guests were served dessert salad and coffee to eight members and two guests.
Salina Journal straw poll results from 15 of 26 counties in the 6th District show Clyde M. Reed leading for governor with 562 votes to 553 for George Docking, plus Wint Smith ahead for Congress and support for Amendment No. 3 with 716 yes to 271 no.
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