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Newspaper
Greeley Daily Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1956
Page
3
Denver market news shows generally weaker demand for beef and hogs with mixed grain values amid sizable receipts. Prices for cattle vary by class from prime to feeder stock, while eggs and potatoes show fluctuating wholesale offers. beef cuts and veal demand soften.
Market report from Chicago Board of Trade notes soybeans dropping about ten cents amid ongoing weakness across grains. Corn and oats slide as rains in the Midwest dampen demand prospects while prices for wheat and barley ease on selling pressure.
Wall Street in New York saw mixed prices in late afternoon trading. Volume was estimated around 1.46 million shares versus 1.55 million on Friday as activity varied across sectors and major divisions.
Market notes list assorted goods including oats, Pinto beans, eggs, and various poultry grades. Entries mention Whest oats, Bayley-2.oq Pinto beans, Batterfat intrate, and multiple chicken and turkey category weights with grade distinctions and price hints.
Estes Park reports that Colorado's four U S representatives J Edgar Chenoweth Byron Rogers Wayne Aspinall and William S. Jensen pledged support for a bill to increase war veterans pensions. The telegrams were read before about 3000 American Legion delegates who cheered for five minutes.
Ernella Solis 33 of north of Kersey died Monday morning at Weld County General Hospital. Born May 9, 1801 in Mora NM she lived in Weld County 39 years and in Kersey 24. Survived by husband Octabiano Solis and six children, two brothers, two sisters, five grandchildren. Rosary 7:39 p.m. Tuesday at Macy's drawing room. requiem mass 6 a.m. Wednesday at Our Lady of Peace church. Interment Linn Grove Cemetery.
Mrs Della Hereford aged 96 longtime Fort Lupton resident died Sunday at Weld County General hospital after years of failing health. Her husband George Hereford preceded her. She leaves five daughters Irene Schuyler Fort Townsend. George Nelson Bonlder. John Adams Portland Ore. Virgil Melloy Monterdy Calif. George Caruso San Lorenzo Calif. 16 grandchildren and 21 great grandchildren. Funeral at Fort Lupton Methodist church with interment Fort Lupton. Time to be announced. Halward's Mortuary of Denver in charge of arrangements.
Laura Jane Chandler of Route 4 died late Sunday at Weld County General Hospital after eight years of ill health and a three month decline. Born February 2, 1871 near Hampton Nebraska, she was married twice, to Arthur J Hoover and Newton W Chandler. Survived by husband, daughter Mildred Alexander of Denver, four Hoover sons in Corpus Christi and California, a Chandler son in Greeley, stepsons, sisters, brothers, and eight grandchildren. Funeral at Secord Funeral Home followed by Evans Cemetery interment.
Mrs. Helen J. Timken of 2208 Midlh avenue wife of Iz Timken veteran Greeley police officer died Monday morning at Weld County General hospital She was born June 22 1894 in Rush Center Kansas and lived in Kansas before moving to Greeley in 1924 She was active in civic groups and in democratic circles Survived by husband two sons Melvin A Timken and Elton D Timken a daughter Mrs Winifred Cymanski a brother Sanford Blake two sisters and four grandchildren Services 2 o'clock Wednesday at Adamson Memorial chapel with interment Linn Grove
Rural carrier examination open for applications until July 10 at the Greeley post office. Complete details available there.
President Eisenhower met with Vice President Nixon and Secretary Dulles amid illness concerns and with talks touching on politics. Nixon declined comment on political plans while stressing unity and caution as Dulles met with the ailing president for state matters and medical officials released a favorable health bulletin.
Colorado Supreme Court Justice Francis J. Knauss upheld reversing a Pueblo District Court ruling that granted former Pueblo Police Department officer John Koman a disability pension filed more than six years after resignation. It held the claim invalid due to missed statutory limits and lack of merit. Koman, who resigned May 1 1948 after suspension for alleged neglect and unbecoming conduct, had worked for Colorado Fuel & Iron in Pueblo and sought pension for alleged 1944 injury and 1946 motorcycle crash.
Slick, rain-wet roads contributed to two of six weekend county crashes, per the highway patrol. Several drivers suffered modest damage including Margaret Feil in a 1982 Ford coach, Lucie Murphy in a 1989 Ford, Richard Lebsack in a 1958 Pontiac, Clara Parks in an unknown model, and Glen Bell in a 395 Oldsmobile.
Wellesley Mass retired Fleet Adm. William F. Syndey Jr a World War II hero advised a graduating class in business administration to do the best possible job and avoid mediocrity describing it as an unforgivable sin.
Sheriff W. Tegiman sustained a bruised left shoulder and a stiff neck when his 1956 Ford sedan was rear ended by a 100 Ford sedan driven by Jost Waller of Cheyenne on U S 585 at Lucerne about 10:39 p m Sunday. Valdez skidded 50 feet before striking the sheriff’s car, and Tegiman’s auto was shoved into the side of a 1953 Buick door driven by Larry Kammerzell of Milliken. Alfred Bustos, 35, of Cheyenne, a passenger in Valdez’s car, suffered facial lacerations and a scalp wound. Both the sheriff’s car and Valdez’s car sustained about $300 damage, Kammerzell’s about $150. State Patrolman Delphin Padilla investigated the wreck.
Lula M Blair 79 of 140 Tenth street died Monday morning at Weld County General hospital Carr Feb 1 1877 in Danville Illinois where she had lived in Greeley 21 years She was a member of Assembly at God church Surviving five daughters and a son all in Oklahoma City Bits Opal Tortlaw of Phoenix Arizona aix grandchildren and nine great grandchildren Funeral services and interment will be in Oklahoma City Body in state at Macys until 3 pm Tuesday
In Cairo Soviet FM Dmitri Shepilov outlined a careful stance toward the West and Arab states. He warned against Western pressure while pledging no sacrifice of good Arab relations, and hinted at possible Point 4 aid to Egypt without addressing Palestine.
Walter Borst brother of Mrs. Spencer Trent of 1809 Twelfth avenue died Friday in Moline at age 58. He had visited her recently. Surviving are his wife Mrs. Louise Borst, his sister, two nieces and a nephew. Mrs Trent had been visiting Moline for a week and her husband left there Saturday. Funeral services were to be held Monday.
Storms drenched eastern Colorado and parts of Wyoming on Sunday and Monday, causing flash floods and highway closures. Denver and Lakewood reported knee deep rain, with detours on U S 85 and closures on U S 583 north of Greeley. Fort Morgan and Brush areas saw sugar beet damage and basements flooded, with about 1.5 inches of rain in Kate Park.
Margaret Porter, a CSCE library science assistant professor, will become librarian at Fall River Mills High School in Shasta County, California, effective August. Her CSCE resignation was accepted. Porter is a Greeley graduate with AAs and an MA, studied at Columbia, Denver, and Klamath Falls libraries, and held prior posts in Klammath Falls and San Bernardino. She is active in multiple organizations including Eastern Star, Phi Alpha Theta, Pi Lambda Theta, Alpha Psi Omega, and Sigma Kappa.
Entomologists at Colorado AwST report heavy infestations of beet leaf miner and sugar beet webworm in northern Coke Fada. John Edmiston notes damage not great overall, with 5 600 sprayed acres in two factory districts. Webworm treated by spraying Endren with water mix. miner has no standard remedy.
Kenny Hyde, 24, of Ault, escaped serious harm when his crop dusting plane crashed about a mile west of Fort Vasquez, south of Pletteville. The aircraft failed to gain altitude and skidded onto its back, catching fire and burning completely. Sheriff W. C. Tegtman said Hyde left the scene before officers arrived around 7:30 a.m. The plane, based at the Bararit air field at Eatoa, burned after the impact.
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