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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1968
Page
2
Cattle receipts 3 700 calves 300 with feeder steers 29.70 to 31.70 in choice ranges. Hogs 4 000 with barrows and gilts 25 to 50 lower, 200 230 lb at 19.00, 260 300 lb 17.25 to 18.25, sows steady 300 600 lb 14.75 to 17.50. Sheep 150 slaughter lambs and ewes steady, spring lambs 29.50 to 30.00, ewes mostly 4.50 to 7.00 with various utility values.
AP reports wholesale eggs prices paid to producers unchanged across grades and sizes with large A 23 to 26 cents, medium A 21 to 22, small A 16 to 18, large B 20 to 22, Grade A butter at 77 cents per pound and quarter packages at 78 cents.
Chicago AP reports butter grades AA to C with scores from 93 to 89 and assorted car and grade indicators. Eggs show percentages for whites in grades A and standard counts for various sizes.
Chicago market update shows wheat No 2 hard at 1.44 percent higher and No 2 soft red at 1.385 percent up. Corn No 2 yellow gains 1.17 percent while oats No 2 heavy white 817s-82n and soybeans No 1 yellow up 2.71 percent.
King Olav V announced the wedding of Crown Prince Harald and Sonja Haraldsen set for August 29 at Oslo Cathedral in Norway.
The market rose with gains outpacing losses about 2 to 1 as Wall Street held firm on renewed optimism after the U.S. sent a note to Hanoi over peace talks. The Dow rose 6.53 to 904.99 at noon, while the AP 60 average advanced 11 to 324.7 with industrials up and rails flat.
Mrs. Elwin M. Shanahan files today as Republican candidate for re nomination as secretary of state. Residence listed as Salina after appointment following her husband’s 1966 death and election later that year. Also filing were State Sen. Jack W. Janssen seeking the 23rd District nomination and a Wichita area candidate for the State Board of Education from the 7th District.
Obituaries list Frieda Miller 70 of McCune and Lulu Renau 69 of rural Galesburg dying at Labette County Medical Center Parsons. Also notices for Arthur Johnson of Los Angeles and Ada Lucke of Erie with service details, burial places, and survivor lists.
Neosho county records list hospital admissions and dismissals on Wednesday and today, with patient names and addresses. Police court actions include Merl L. Hammar guilty pleas and multiple highway patrol citations. Moves show numerous resident relocations, a building permit for Harry Woosley, and Chanute district court actions on Travis Fisher and two juveniles facing charges.
Neosho County United Nations Association will meet Saturday night at the Myers home in Chanute with a 6:30 p.m. covered dish. The Vilas alumni planning meeting is set for 8 p.m. Saturday at Vilas Church. Midway School and area districts observe National YWCA Week, with Mrs Dale Nelson and Mrs Robert Black on the Kansas District YWCA adult program committee and other Midway YWCA leaders.
The text lists surviving Lucke relatives including Ard Lucke, Eric, James H Lucke, residences in Chanute R3, with 12 grandchildren and five great grandchildren. It notes one sister and a brother also preceded her in death.
The federal government relies on tight money to curb rising prices, while Congress debates a 10 percent income tax surcharge and spending cuts. The Fed raised the discount rate to 5.5 percent and describes a cautious credit crackdown as inflation runs at about four percent. After tax income rose $63 in the first quarter, but inflation erased most gains.
Kansas traffic death log shows 181 fatalities for the 1968 April period with 156 in the 1967 comparison. The report notes one previously unreported fatality included in the total.
Altoona church hosts annual Singspiration at First Baptist on Friday evening. Featured will be the Gospeletts from Garnett. Pastor Rev. Wendell Gillham invites all to attend and participate with a gospel number. The Republic of Chad historical note follows.
The Seward County Community Junior College board named Dr. James M Miller of Oklahoma State University as president for the new Liberal Kansas school. Classes start fall 1969 with Miller beginning duties June 1 and earning twenty thousand dollars annually. Interim president was Dr J L Smalling.
The Chanute Tribune lists publication details including staff roles and contact info. Subscription rates are shown for mail in trade territory and Chanute post office boxholders, with monthly carrier prices in Chanute.
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