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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1956
Page
6
Kansas City livestock prices show cattle and hogs down with reduced bids. Cattle and calves 3,600 head. hogs 2,500. sheep 1,300 with spring lambs strong and other classes steady. Kansas City grain quotes include soybeans 2.16 to 2.20 and corn 1.47 to 1.56 per bushel amid a weak grain tone.
The stock market declined in late trading as steel and aircraft shares faltered. Estimated daily volume reached about 1.9 million shares, just below yesterday’s 1.92 million, and leading stocks slipped by fractions to around three points.
Historic grain and oilseed futures show September contracts slipping across corn oats and soybeans with declines of about two cents on corn to two and a half on soybeans while oats ease slightly amid broad market uncertainty.
Chicago butter and eggs firm with steady wholesale bids and mixed grade scores. Poultry markets weaker for caponettes and steady for hens and stock. receipts and f.o.b prices fluctuated. Kansas City reports eggs across extra, A, and standards grades unchanged. poultry and butter stable. hay receipts zero.
A river of small items covers eggs prices, school and church events, student pledges, a Marine recruiter assignment in Chanute, and several community gatherings. Notables include T-Sgt Charles E Evans named Marine recruiter for the Chanute area, pledges at Kansas State College, Girl Scout uniform exchange, a fall repair injury update, PTA reception, Pomona and Hillcrest meetings, Rainbow HD Unit, and Four Square HD Unit sessions with outdoor cookery lessons.
SOUTH BEND Ind Studebaker Packard Corp will introduce a four door station wagon in its 1957 passenger car line and enter the heavier duty truck field for the first time. President Harold F Churchill announced the plan at a preview describing next years cars trucks and sport models. The new cars are expected on the market about November 1.
In Williamsport the fire department investigated a downtown hotel after three calls for smoke. On the first two visits no fire was found. A third complaint revealed a small blaze in a sealed one foot space between two buildings, likely caused by a cigarette or the sun, per Fire Chief Harold Kinley.
Byron F Record of Berkley Calif dies at 64. Survived by wife Ira Williams son Lawrence four grandchildren and four brothers and two sisters. Funeral held in California. Dr Benjamin H Cubbage 88 dies at home in Chanute after nine month illness. Survived by wife. Funeral arrangements incomplete.
Roy Howard Browning 44 a fireman for the ATSF railroad and lifelong Chanute resident died unexpectedly at his home 425 S Kansas He was born Oct 19 1911 and married Freda Margaret Myers April 17 1931 in Iola He survived by his wife a son Roy K Browning two grandsons and his parents five sisters and a brother Funeral services in Wilson Johnson Chapel Friday at 2 with Rev W Gayel Bender officiating Burial in Green Lawn Park Memorial Cemetery Also noted is the funeral for David Lloyd Overbay set for Thursday at 2 in Wilson Johnson Chapel with Rev Paul Life officiating Interment in Memorial Park Cemetery Survivors include four sisters and six grandchildren
Topeka Kansas United Dry Forces back Harry O Lytle Prohibition candidate for governor The Rev Roy S Holomon supports the slate and urges voters to back their ticket in the upcoming election
Chanute Tribune reports on a plan shared by the pair to take their lives together in Istanbul. Sienfeld says he walked away after losing nerve and later found Miss Gray dead in their hotel room at 3:20 a.m. Police note Miss Gray, daughter of Dr. Herman A. Gray of NYU, with a Brooklyn health clinic mother.
The city superintendent stated he could not in good conscience endorse either the Republican Warren W. Shaw or Democrat George Docking for governor. He cited past ties to a beer wholesaler and praised Lytle as a competent Junction City department store operator. The Dry Forces plan a further meeting around Oct 1 to discuss recommendations for other state offices.
Patients admitted include Mrs Roy C Mannen 901 West Walnut for surgery and Mrs Clarence Cross Lavonburg for medical care. Sone today Joyce McLaren 703 South Plummer for medical. Dismissals include James Pullman Humboldt and Mrs Lester.
Dismissals today include Betty Brown Buffalo Edith Gier R 1 Arthur H Krone 401 W 7th Birth Tuesday Mr and Mrs L W Havens Humboldt a son Birth today Mr and Mrs Dean Evans 520 N Central a daughter Brooks 1611 S Highland John W Irwin R 3 Mrs Ed Offenbacker 924 S Lincoln
New York report states 25 year old teacher Avis Gray died from cyanide poisoned wine in a Riverside Drive hotel room engaged by Hugo Sienfeld from Istanbul. Sienfeld, an exchange student, reportedly lost his nerve and escaped.
A mother returning home discovers a shooting. Etzel notes the two boys, aged 12 and 14, had unusual gun knowledge learned from their father. The youths were turned over to juvenile authorities.
On election day WDLP in Panama City played only the song Cool Water to keep the water system issue in minds. Voters approved the countywide water system by a huge majority.
In Norwalk California three brothers aged 10 9 and 7 confessed to a plot to kill their father Thomas William Parker 31 by firing a .22 rifle while he slept after he reprimanded them for stealing from a neighbor. A fourth brother and a sister were not involved. the mother was not harmed and police described the motive as attempting to take control of the household.
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