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Newspaper
Greeley Daily Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1956
Page
10
Regional market snapshot showing butter, meat, and livestock trends. Key figures include Denver prices for poultry, veal, lambs, and fed cattle, with notes on demand and availability. Livestock sections cover steers, heifers, calves, and sheep with price ranges and regional comparisons.
Chicago grain prices stayed firm at the Board of Trade on Wednesday with the strongest gains realized by close. Reports indicate new crop wheat stored to meet demand while dry weather boosts oats, new crop corn, and new crop soybeans. Also noted, Saigon will install new water fountains in Vietnam.
Veterans arrive for the Colorado Veterans of Women’s Auxiliary convention with national officers including Mrs. Mann, Mrs. Jenkins, and Bevlat Adamson present. Special recognition to past apartment presidents, a noon luncheon, and a joint session kickoff at the Elks home with civic officials. A memorial service is set at the First Presbyterian Church and a torchlight parade planned for Friday evening.
Final settlement for the Jesse A. Nicks estate was signed by Judge John J. Dow ley with Ruth A. Nicks as sole legatee. Georgia Lee Johnson of Greeley granted an interlocutory divorce to Derald Allen Johnsen for cruelty and custody to the mother. Other items include a petty larceny case against James Ralph Pace, rape charges against Richard Marquez bound over for district court with a $2,000 bond, and drunk driving cases for Trinidad J. Apolluca and A. P. Chappell. Rev. Edward H. Baldwin charged with indecent liberties, bond set at 2,000, return date June 1A.
In slow trading on Wednesday the market rose for a third straight session. After a sharp Monday and Tuesday recovery from Friday’s declines tied to the president's illness, several key divisions gained up to two points while fractional losses appeared across many stocks.
June market notes show wheat values and assorted grains with prices. Poultry items list colored hens leghorn hens and pullets with weights and cents per pound, plus butterfat and miscellaneous trade items.
Anthony J. Lembach of Greeley Colorado will become district 26 governor on July 1 succeeding Harold J. Carper of Denver. District 26 covers Colorado Wyoming western Nebraska and western Kansas with 53 clubs. Lembach previously served as interim district governor and is a charter member of the Le Greeley Early Risers Toastmasters club. He has led club training and represented the group at national meetings, and will attend the international convention in Detroit. He is a pharmacist and sales representative for Upjohn, past president of the Weld County Pharmacal association, and active in Knights of Columbus and Scouting holding keys and awards. He and his wife have three children. Other newly elected district officers include Charles Forman Casper Melvil A Jabark Denver and Samuelson Pueblo as lieutenant governors, with a slate of area governors and officers listed.
Algiers officials report that French forces killed 22 Arabs in Bou Aadas Mountains southeast of Algiers on Tuesday night. The clashes come after France announced that about 500 rebels were killed or captured in the Iran Gales area two weeks earlier, with nationalist forces allied against French troops.
In Oshawa Ontario a large oil tanker was sheltered to protect robin eggs. A driver, Keith Morrall, delivered daily as owner Harry Perry and nearby Moffatt aided by placing two spare robins in the garage to incubate the eggs. The mother robin remained nearby while recovery actions continued, with an expected hatch in about ten days.
Two large Protestant bodies consider uniting to form the United Church of Christ. The Congregational Christian Churches with 1.48 million members and the Evangelical and Reformed Church with 745,000 members discuss a historic merger planned for final decision at a General Council meeting in Omaha.
Multiple birth notices list newborns at Weld County General Hospital with parents from Greeley and surrounding towns. Names include Me Creery, Schnorr, Parué, Anostrasa, Johnson, Tagle, Lewis, Wilson, and Anderson, with dates June 12 or 13 and local addresses. Also notes godparents and grandparents in some entries.
Fifty members attended the June meeting of Farmers Union No. 206 at LaGrange School. President Roland Kissler presided. Bert Lowell read a message from the national president urging political awareness. Greenwald from Bracewell discussed the milk dispenser and school milk usage of 4929 pints last year. The government funds a portion, and more schools were urged to participate. The local board voted to support the plan. Jess Kohler chaired the committee. Materials on different milk dispensers were shown, along with a film about dam projects in British Columbia loaned by Ellis and Capp Implement Co. A social raised funds for the budget. Kathryn Leffler taught a class for children. Weld County Farmers Union picnic is set for Aug. 19 at Island Grove Park. Next meeting speakers My and Mya Car Letter will attend. One of the shortest railroads in the United States runs 213 miles from Union, Missouri?
A Weld County hospital report lists admitted patients including Mrs. Thomas A. Ferrer Paulette Anderson Davill Mass Jake Neberless Sr Mrs Bertha Mess Abs Sage Nora Janes Lula Hancock and many others. Discharges include Mrs Koy Vetlengil Elvin Spreng and daughter and Mrs Dale G Welch Nelson among names and addresses.
District council meeting of the Denver Ford tractor and implement division drew northern Rocky Mountain dealers from Wyoming Nebraska Panhandle and Colorado to the Camfield hotel in Greeley. Harold F L Johnson oversaw initial plans for a parts and services program as Kon McCary led the session lasting from noon to 4.00, with talks on tractor changes for irrigation and new implements. Southern area dealers will meet at Albuquerque New Mexico for similar discussions.
Probing the New York Brooklyn excavation disaster that killed six children, authorities led by Mayor Wagner ordered a joint probe from four city departments. Investigators review watchman requirements and contract terms as families in Williamsburgh recall the tragedy near a Brooklyn Queens expressway site.
A Fort Collins area report notes infant Sandra Gail Stephens sustained a forehead bruise in a two-vehicle crash on Eighteenth Street at 2:43 p.m. She rode with Hessie W. Stephens, who hit a 1940 Dodge driven by William Schiller. Damages listed as $100 and $26.
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