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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1956
Page
2
Market notes show cattle steady with varied price bands for steers and cows, hogs mixed but largely steady, and lambs firm. Regional price ranges include 16.00 to 25.00 for cattle, 12.25 to 16.25 for hogs, and spring lambs around 19.00 to 21.00, with 4-H Club sales and regional quotes listed.
The board of trade noted gains in corn and oats with soybeans lagging. Formosa bought 350000 bushels of wheat as France inquired for 700000. September wheat led the upturn with a seasonal peak, and September corn also strengthened amid heavy short covering. Wheat and corn futures closed higher, soybeans lower. News briefs mention athletic insurance and local notices.
In New York the oil sector maintained its gains as stocks moved in a narrow two point range amid a sluggish session. Trading volume was about 1.6 million shares, down from 2.13 million the previous day as pivotal stocks fluctuated in the plus minus column.
Topeka police identified the murder victim as Donald Martin, 30, whose body was found on a park bandstand after a caller admitted strangling a man. FBI and KC police records tied aliases Buddy Redfeather and Edward Francis Martin to Martin, with ties to Omaha, Tulsa, and St. Joseph.
An old advertisement promotes Loap'n water as a fast acting foot fungicide claiming relief in one hour. It urges testing with instant drying T-4-L and offers a 40 cent money back guarantee at Casey's Rexall Drugs today.
Ancel B. Somers of Chanute had parole approved by District Judge B. M. Dunham after being sentenced last March 14 to six months in jail on two counts of contributing to the delinquency of minors. He paid the $1,000 fine and court costs. Parole runs for two years as court sessions resume after summer recess.
State Democratic Chairman Frank Theis announced a Butler County Democratic primary protest was upheld by a committee appointed to review the matter. The panel found irregularities but none sufficient to void the election, and its opinion was mailed to all county committee members.
A Santa Fe Chief train collided head on with a waiting mail train five miles south of Springer New Mexico in pre dawn hours. Twenty people died and 35 were injured in the wreck which left 312 Chief passengers unscathed. A switch error by a mail train fireman caused the collision. Brakeman Lawrence McCormick of Raton was among the dead.
Emporia city commissioners study a $1.708 million plan based on a 125 page report by engineers. It recommends water improvements at $437,300 and sewer extensions and plant upgrades at $1,270,400. A special bond election in November may back the sewer program, with water rate hikes financing the water work.
A compact listing of Wednesday admittances including Nora S Newman 107 N Steuben and others, dismissals today Betty Lister John Drummond and Mrs Chester Dimond, births to Mr and Mrs Fred Byers and Mr and Mrs Lloyd Webber, traffic citations for illegal parking and a dismissed reckless driving charge, district court actions including several divorces quiet title and minors delinquency, new cases filed, and marriage licenses issued for Oliver Mosier with Cora Walden and Robert White with Beverly Beck.
A cooler air mass shifted from the Great Lakes toward Texas Oklahoma and northern New Mexico with the middle Mississippi Valley and the Southern Plains seeing the largest drops. Kansas City fell from 82 to 58 in 24 hours while eastern areas enjoyed warmer winds and widespread light to moderate rainfall.
Lawrence Eleven social sororities at the University of Kansas pledged 287 women during the rushing period ending yesterday. The figure compares with 274 pledges to 12 sororities the previous year. Sigma Kappa will announce its pledges later.
Vice President Nixon told the American Legion National Convention that fighting communism abroad and at home demands a nonpartisan stance. He warned against the Soviet peace pivot and urged a policy of strength backed by military and economic power to deter totalitarian regimes.
James Hoffman of Hazleton, about 35, an employee of Harper County Rural Telephone Co., was killed when a wind storm leveled the company's building in Anthony Kansas. Debris struck him after others escaped. no other injuries reported as walls and roof collapsed.
Charles J. Lowen Jr. head of the Civil Aeronautics Administration died last night in Denver after a battle with cancer. Relatives said he had been ill with the disease.
The funeral for Mrs. Clara Jenner took place in the Wilson-Johnson Chapel on Wednesday afternoon with Rev. Ted D. Hurst of the Christian church officiating. A. B. Chauncey led singing with Hazel Slane. pallbearers included L. F. Sare, J. W. Ames, R. C. Barker, Jim Evans, and others. Burial followed in Elmwood Cemetery.
The Public Health Service reported 837 polio cases in the U S last week, 56 fewer than the prior week and the smallest weekly total since 1947. Chicago recorded 62 cases, down from 100, marking the third straight weekly decline.
Five men held in the acid blinding of labor columnist Victor Riesel face a noon Monday deadline for government action. U S Attorney's office expected to proceed by hearing or indictment, or bail could be reduced or charges dismissed. Bonds range from 75 000 to 100 000 each for John DioGuardi Johnny Dio 42 Charles Tuso 44 Domenico Bando 47 and Charles Salvatore Carlino 43. Thomas DioGuardi is held on 75 000 bail.
In Holton George Docking, Democratic candidate for governor, warned that Secretary Benson has farmers in a bear toothed vice between expenditure and income. He pledged to act to help farmers on state and national levels and said farming imbalance harms Kansas economy.
The Senate Internal Security subcommittee may call additional witnesses to probe inconsistencies between Javits testimony and prior allegations. Javits, NY attorney general candidate for the Republican U.S. Senate nomination, defended his anti Communist record from 1947 to 1952. Subcommittee counsel Robert Morris noted pressure to continue hearings and consider more testimony.
Izvestia reports a four-year-old boy named Yuri rescued after a stranger abducted him from his home six months ago. The paper seeks public help to identify Yuri’s last name and birthplace while noting another child, Sergei, was later abducted but escaped and alerted police.
The White House announced that Adlai E. Stevenson has accepted President Eisenhower’s offer of weekly secret briefings by intelligence officers on foreign affairs. The former governor and presidential candidate will begin the briefings, detailing global events and policy implications.
Secretary of State Dulles convened a bipartisan briefing with a group of congressmen in Washington to discuss ongoing negotiations with Egypt over the Suez Canal. The session aimed to align legislative and executive views on the dispute and potential next steps.
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