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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1956
Page
4
Chanute Water Dept. mails notice of planned water outage from 1 p.m. for about three hours. The shutoff covers the area from 7th and S Kan west to Plummer and all areas south of Plummer including Burton's Addition.
The week features visits among Benedict residents with Mrs. Paul Haller traveling to Chicago to stay two weeks with her husband, a pipe fitter. The Best Yet 4-H Club meeting was postponed due to members at the State Fair in Hutchinson. Rural Grange and Prairie Queen community events are planned with officer elections and refreshments. Darrell G Cooper arrives from Cheyenne to visit his parents after air force discharge in New York.
List of patients admitted today Frank J McGie Iola Mrs Amber Jobe 1302 N Washington Mrs Carol Mathis 1101 N Garfield Howard Morrison Humboldt. Dismissal Tuesday Rafael C Ponce 1318 S Forest Dismissals today Billy Coats 806 S Allen Mrs Pat E Catterson and son 1418 S Evergreen Births Tuesday Mr and Mrs Oscar Martin R 2 a daughter Mr and Mrs Wayne Taylor 220 N Highland a son Fire Run 8 42 a m yesterday trash fire outside city limits on North Santa Fe No damage Fire Runs 4 42 p m yesterday to a point of the Southeast Kansas Sehioreuibals Hospital Grass No damage Traffic Citation Police Robert K Truster 1216 Central reckless driving Recent Moves Merle Smith 320% N Evergreen to 1081 N Evergreen L L Rowan 1212 N Lafayette to 228 Denman John Thompson 116 S Central to 178 S Kansas Theresa Hibbs 905 W 3rd to 1416 S Santa Fe R D Crowl 200 N Franklin to 110 EB 7th J D Brock 416 N Kansas to 1001 S Highlan
The Ground Observer Corps in Chanute holds its second training session at 7:30 p.m. Friday at the Chamber of Commerce office. Chamber manager Les Matthews invites all interested residents not yet enrolled to attend, with Sgt. William Orr of Coffeyville directing the local corps.
The United States Air Force will be present to conduct the training. Officials expect hands on instruction and demonstrations for personnel readiness and technical proficiency.
Topeka while announcing findings Evan Wright state food and drug director said his agency found 19 samples of meat described as embalmed beef for sale in Kansas stores over the past weeks. He added 12 store owners pleaded guilty and were fined 25 to 100 dollars. He declined to identify the store owners.
Funeral notices report services for Mrs Dee Akers at Wilson-Johnson Chapel with burial in Memorial Park. Flora C Smith aged 82 of 521 N Highland dies at Neosho Memorial Hospital. survivors listed with multiple spouses and children. Services for Dr Samuel Glick Ashley held at St Patrick s Church with Mass and multiple clergy. interment at St Patrick s cemetery. Helen C McCune funeral in Wilson-Johnson Chapel led by Rev Latimer with burial in Elmwood Cemetery.
The Walnut library board held a September 11 meeting with president Bertha Smith in charge. New acquisitions include Ride, Cowboy, Ride! and The Bradford Story. Community notes list picnics, visitors, and birthdays among local families and service members.
Kansas Corporation Commission chairman Harry Snyder Jr. announced a 25 percent reduction in oil and gas production assessments, effective November 1. The current assessment level is set to be lowered accordingly in Wichita.
One-half mill per thousand cubic feet of gas and a similar 1-10 cent per barrel levy on oil were proposed by Walnut residents including Mr and Mrs Wymer Johnson and Mr and Mrs August Johnson to cover the costs of operating and administering gas conservation laws. The funds aim to build an adequate reserve for the conservation division’s expenses in Walnut and Redwood areas.
Scout units from Troop 24 and several packs held their first or early meetings of the year at local churches and schools. New officers were announced for Troop 24 with Mary Mowrey as president and Nancy Corn as vice president. Other den meetings featured flag salutes, nature studies, and craft activities as youths prepared for upcoming events.
Brownell announced at the Judicial Conference that Englewood, Colo., could become a single federal reformatory with a second site sought. He also named a committee to act as a continuing information clearing house on relieving court congestion.
Attorney General Brownell announced plans to establish two federal youth correction centers in the Western United States. The government will convert existing facilities for this new program and implement oversight and security measures.
More than 80 teachers attended the first Neosho County Teachers Association session of the school year at Grant Township High School Stark. Supt. E G Horine of Erie schools spoke and music was provided by Galesburg schools with group singing led by Margaret Olson. Grace Standley presided over the business meeting as plans for the year were set. The next meeting will be the Little Zone School meeting at Thayer Oct 18 at 1 30 p.m.
Police rushed to Timpanogos School in Provo Utah as lights flashed off and on. Officials said an electric eye device set to turn lights on at dusk and off at dawn caused the erratic behavior by triggering immediate shutoff after activation.
Latin American ambassadors to the United States have been invited to the American Royal Live stock and horse show in Kansas City. The invitation came at the request of Mayor H. Roe Bartle and the Kansas City Commission for International Relations and Trade. The show will be held October 19-20.
Detectives William Wood and Robert Melden stopped a man near a railroad yard and found him wearing three suits of overalls and 10 sheets wrapped around him stamped Pullman Co. He was ordered held on suspicion pending a check with Pullman Co.
Kansas City livestock report shows hogs up to 25-50 higher with barrows and gilts mostly 16.35 to 16.50, sows steady. cattle steady with good to choice 19.00 to 21.00, extra to 23.00, utility and commercial 15.00 to 16.00, cows 9.75 to 10.75, bulls 9.00 to 12.50. Parson’s hogs up 25 with top 16.00, cattle steady at 19.00 to 21.00, veals 14.00 to 20.00, sheep steady with spring lambs 19.00 and ewes 3.00 to 7.00. Kansas City eggs and poultry unchanged. Chicago butter and eggs unchanged to slightly higher with various wholesale price levels listed.
The report lists prices for various poultry products including heavy hens at 16-17 cents and barred rocks at 22-23 cents, plus capons at 21-25 cents per pound. It also notes a weak, nervous tone in Chicago grain trading with September futures for wheat at 2.25-2.26 dollars, corn 1% lower to 1.54-1.55, oats steady to slower, rye up a cent, and soybeans at 2.31-2.32 dollars.
Chanute Tribune page eight reports local news and happenings from Chanute Kansas for Wednesday September 19, 1956. The brief items cover community events and notices with period tone and regional names.
The speaker argues that Republican leadership failed for a decade while noting peak employment near 67 million, unemployment around 3 percent, record wages, and rising purchasing power as indicators of prosperity under differing administrations.
Wheat prices show mixed changes with No 2 and No 3 grades fluctuating around 2.21 to 2.34 per bushel and corn steady at 1.44 to 1.50. Soybeans rise to 2.17 to 2.21, barley and rye range 1.12 to 1.50, hay receipts include 1 car alfalfa.
Secretary of Labor James P. Mitchell told 2,500 United Steelworkers delegates that American workers have fared better under Eisenhower. AFL CIO leader George Meany rejected the claim and countered that prosperity credit belongs to others.
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