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Newspaper
Greeley Daily Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1956
Page
3
A compact ad lists secondhand items including a bedroon suite, a modern armless sofa, a large walnut chest, a tube radio, a lounge chair, a bookcase with foam mattress, a charcoal finish set, a two piece living room suite, and a large steamer trunk with racks and drawers, with total prices shown for each item.
Classified page fragment listing autos used cars trucks and various items for sale from numerous vendors. Entries mention Plymouth Ford Chevrolet and other brands with prices and contact details, including addresses and phone numbers. Includes terms and condition notes plus specific sale locations such as 1706 South Street and 2432 Lth Avenue. A variety of misprints and garbled phrases indicate OCR scanning from a busy storefront advertisement page.
Thirteen Greeley residents and one from La Salle plus Marilyn Clark of North Hollywood were included in the University of Colorado June commencement with over 1,400 seniors. Graduates studied medicine, law, education, journalism, architecture, engineering, and more, with plans ranging from teaching and practice to military service and continued study.
Prescription chemists in the area advertise Rexall pharmacies offering S and H stamps at Gilbert Fisbep and Weldoradg Drugs. Customers are invited to patronize friendly Rexall locations for purchases and stamp bonuses.
Sheriff W C Tegtman said four Greeley youths participated in a Country Club burglary. One youth, Robert Schell, was sent to the reformatory for probation violation after returning $118.75 cash. Other charges include burglary and larceny against Roger Ferguson Billy Dean Pearson and a 16 year old. clothing and golf clubs valued around 400 dollars were taken and disposed of.
PFC Roy M. Nichols son of Roy Nichols Hudson Colo serves with the ith Airborne division in Germany. A jeep driver in Battalion Headquarters company of the division's Welsh Infantry regiment he joined the army. He completed basic training at Fort Ord Calif and arrived in Europe last March. He attended Hudson High School and Lewis Small Home On Leave Sergeant Lewis Stall son of Mr and Mrs Shellan Small of No 8 Antelope drive has spent 30 day leave with his parents. He leaves this weekend for a three and a half year assignment in Germany. He is in the air force. The Strails also have two other sons in service Walter Dean Small stationed with the marines at Camp Pendleton Calif recently promoted to sergeant Arthur Small an airman second class is stationed with the air force at Kelly Field San Antonio Tex.
District Court hears Leonard Bray claim for 36000 against Joan Abel Rivera and Herman Rivera after a motorcycle collision near the Sixteenth street crossing. Bray alleges serious injuries including a crushed pelvis and loss of employment power. Also filed: Hay Reed sues Union Pacific Railroad for 4938 over a December 23 track collision at Sixteenth street crossing, citing trailer damage and lost business for 64 days. Myra Johnson files for separate maiden support against Glen L Johnson. Other docket items include fines for careless driving, false pretenses, and unlawful driving actions with various costs.
Doctors at Walter Reed said President Eisenhower should be able to go home in about a week if his recovery remains on track. Earlier bulletins noted steady progress after major abdominal surgery and that only the retention wire sutures remained to be removed. Also reported was a separate fire incident at Mrs Rene Neumann's Yale Seve home damaging a storage shed.
Pueblo County agent M. V. Haines says sun scorpi ons with prominent jaws and right legs look wicked but are harmless. Residents need not worry about an ugly joking inset that has invaded some homes.
Ex-president Harry S. Truman said he would not eat in his hotel room while staying at the Savoy in London. He explained he has long favored public meals and is too old to start dining privately. The hotel manager offered to provide a corps of waiters, but Truman declined. Mrs. Truman had breakfast on their Fifth-floor Thames-view suite.
James M. Noland of Durango will serve as temporary chairman of the Democratic State Assembly in Boulder on July 21, announced by Democratic State Chairman Fred M. Betz. Betz, publisher of a Lamar newspaper, voiced optimism for a united party in the November election and a vigorous fight for Democratic principles, condemning smear campaigns common in past contests.
In Los Angeles Marty Ann Fowley 25 obtained an uncontested divorce from Coustas Fowley 45 in superior court Friday saying he was not congenial. She claimed his marriage to an older man would be unsuitable and cited the union as unworkable.
A rebel commando band struck a section of Algiers for four hours on Saturday, killing three people and seriously wounding six others. Police and military units mobilized to restore order as the city faced a violent disruption.
Two Army prisoners escaped from a Fort Carson work detail after killing guard Pvt Luke Reese with a rock. They tied him and stole his carbine, then fled as officers expanded the manhunt. Suspects Leland J Martin Moorfield West Virginia and Pan Beehm Jr Moorfield West Virginia both 21 were named. Reese sustained five stitches for a head wound.
A lightning strike sparked a massive fire at a 50 tank oil farm near Audland, Midland, igniting a 59,000 barrel tank and causing a spectacular blaze that illuminated the area. By morning, crews had contained the spread and built dikes to hold spilled oil, though embers were still smoldering.
The Colorado Highway Dept. announces July 5 start for two major road projects. Montezucca county will see 2.8 miles of reconstruction west of Mantas in Mestexors county at a bid of 158,161 dollars by McMillon Construction Co Englewood. Peter Kiewit Sons Co Denver will rebuild 2.88 miles near Craig west of U.S. 20 with Teear restriction, bid 318,097 dollars.
A man piloting a light civilian plane died when the craft crashed in an alfalfa field near a frame-house in Greenwood Village, east of Denver. Avs pajhe county sheriff's officers identified the victim as Clayton Winford of Denver. Eyewitnesses reported a wing separated from the plane before it plunged into the field about 300 yards from the house.
Forty nine miners were rescued from a mile deep shaft in South Africa after 11 hours trapped by a tunnel collapse at Crown gold mine. Three men died in the incident and all but three of the survivors suffered minor injuries from falling rock.
Fort Morgan captured the championship at the Colorado State Fireman's Association convention held in Lakewood. The team took first in the motor apparatus test with Brighton second and Lowry Air Force Base third. Fort Lupton finished second and Wray third in the fire hose race. Salida in wine by Uhregeman led Adams County in a separate event.
The Associated Press reports early Saturday that Colorado mountain towns such as Fraser posted a low of 28 with others around the state in the 30s. Craig and Leadville, along with nearby Fraser, recorded readings in the upper 20s to mid 30s while plains towns stayed in the upper 50s to 80s. Wyoming temps were generally in the 40s with Piney reporting 32. Highest Friday readings reached 89 at Grand Junction and 70 at Douglas.
Colorado Municipal League covers its first annual conference with bids to reform fire insurance rating, proposing a state board of fire insurance commissioners to regulate rates. John G Banks of Denver elected chair, Walter Tybarger named vice president. several city officials named as new or reelected directors including Blunt, Wilson, Donnelly, Whittier, and Axtell.
Paul Hyde, 67, former president of the Mentholatum Co. of Buffalo New York and son of founder Al Hyde, died Friday in Indianapolis after wartime service in World War II.
Joint Chiefs Chairman Radford told a conference at Quantico that defense is not the monopoly of any one service. He stressed each service has vital roles and must support one another, and warned mobility relies on bases and resupply, not just more planes or ships.
Funeral services for Roy Middleton 81 of Windsor will be Monday at 2 pm from Richards chapel with interment at Bakevarn. He died Thursday afternoon in Weld County General Hospital after a Tuesday admission. Middleton worked 24 years as a section foreman for the Great Western Railroad. Survived by three sisters Goldie Tallman Fred Whitmigre and Pearl Simpson all of Severance seven brothers and seven nephews.
The notice advertises a simple service offering help with purchases and expenses, inviting people to participate in a plan promising up to 1500 dollars with assurances of a fort on visit service. It lists a Fort on visit service, invites everyone, and provides a contact at a Fort on Ninth Avenue address with unclear details.
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