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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1966
Page
2
AP notes cattle offerings scarce with 200 head and no calves. Hog offerings reached 1,200 with steady to 25 higher for most, sows down 25-50 and barrows gilts 200-270 lb priced 20.25 to 22.00. No sheep listed. Grain futures show soybeans higher and rye modest gains with May contracts noted.
In Kansas City, wholesale egg prices show large eggs at 80 percent A grade with a range of 33.5 to 34.5 cents per dozen and mediums at 80 percent A grade around 33 to 35 cents. Butter remains unchanged.
AP reports mixed dairy and egg market movement with butter prices easing to 14 lower and a 93 score AA 62 2. Prices for eggs remain steady with minor changes across grades with slight shifts noted.
Chicago AP reports wheat No 2 hard and No 2 red both at 1.64 and 1.64 1/2 cents per bushel. Corn No 2 yellow at 1.32 32, No 3 at 1.28 31, No 4 at 1.24 44. Oats No 2 heavy white 73 and soybeans No 1 yellow 3.08 4. Wheat closes up three cents per bushel with May contracts at about 1.62. Corn moves higher to unknown May level.
The Associated Press reports widespread storms across Texas and the Deep South. Torrential rain in Fort Worth and Dallas caused road closures while flash floods hit Georgia and North Dakota reports warn of livestock risks and chilly conditions across Montana and South Dakota amid tornado warnings and strong winds in Mississippi Oxford.
Wheat prices climb with No 2 hard around 1.68 to 1.71 per bushel and No 3 1.60 to 1.67. Corn markets show No 2 white 1.33 to 1.38, No 3 1.23 to 1.37. Soybeans rise to 2.99 to 3.11, oats weak, rye and barley at varying levels. sacked bran and shorts quoted.
In New York, airlines topped gainers in a mixed session with moderate volume around 7 million shares. Northeast Airlines rose 7 points, United 6, Eastern 5, TWA 3, American about 2, and Pan Am above 1 as bonds stayed largely unchanged.
A graveside service for infant Michael Joseph Ponce, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Ponce of Parsons, will be held Saturday at 3 30 p m at St Patrick s Cemetery. He was born April 27 at Labette County Medical Center and lived 22 hours. Paternal grandparents are Mr and Mrs Ralph Ponce of 1318 S Forest. The Rev Vincent G Brown will officiate. Johnson Mortuary handles local arrangements.
Funeral services were held Thursday afternoon at Johnson Chapel for Roscoe Delbert Standfield with Rev. Bert Sutton officiating. The service included The Old Rugged Cross sung by Mrs. C. H. Pankratz and Hazel Slane, with bearers Emmett Bickell Jim Davis Dale Steinman and Kenneth Trammell. Burial with military honors followed at Elmwood Cemetery. A separate service for Son Gregory Pace at Johnson Chapel featured Rev. Vern Hyland and Rev. Carl Beck. Will You Meet Me There and Beyond the Sunset were sung by Mrs. Hyland and Mrs. Elvin Dick, with floral attendants Mrs. John Guion Buffalo and Mrs. Eddie Rausch. Casket bearers were Kenneth Cummings Willard Cleaver Joe Turner Clifford Peterson George Bloom and John Guion. Burial at Memorial Cemetery conducted by Johnson Mortuary.
In Lima Peru, workers sifted the scattered wreckage of a Peruvian airliner high in the Andes
Kansas City AP report notes Dr. Roswell K. Brown urged trained ambulance attendants as vital to service. He criticized varied training levels and called for physician-trained attendants, especially for childbirth, psychiatric, and cardio-pulmonary patients. He blamed speeding drivers for avoidable deaths and highlighted a posthumous Crumrine award to Dr. Geoffrey Martin.
Army notes Pvt David L Cooper 21, wife Wanda 509 S Evergreen, assigned to 2d Armored Division Fort Hood Texas April 19. He enlisted January 1966, a scout with Headquarters Company 1st Battalion 2d Armored Division 67th Armor at Fort Hood. Cooper a 1962 Chanute High School graduate attended Chanute Junior College. He worked for Nu-Wa Campers in Chanute before enlistment. He is son of Mr and Mrs Harold L Cooper 615 N Forest Chanute.
In St Marys Kansas charges were to be filed today against 18 year old Gerald Woehr for the shooting death of his 51 year old father Delbert Woehr. The killing followed a family argument at their home Wednesday night. A coroner s jury ruled the death caused by the son with felonious intent.
Neosho Memorial Hospital admitted multiple patients on Thursday including Mrs Ira Dutton medical Mrs Boyd Moon surgery Mrs Leonard Oswald medical Mrs Glen Niver surgery and others. Dismissals included Mrs Jerry Phillips and son. Marriage licenses issued in Erie include Richard Neil Dennis and Claudette Bogie and others from Chanute Erie and Tribune.
Pittsburg Kansas AP reports Pittsburg State College will honor two alumni, Ray Heady and Dr. Lynne C. Monroe, with meritorious achievement awards. Monroe will speak at commencement June 6, and Dr. T William Hall will deliver the baccalaureate address.
In Billings Montana an 85 year old widow Bess Rassmussen was found alive after spending three days in her bathtub. Neighbor Gina Kerly alerted police when she hadn’t seen her for days. Officer Steve Jordan forced entry and the hospital said she was none the worse for wear.
Rep. Joe Skubitz of Kansas holds that recent Agriculture Department actions wreck farm markets. He cites rising imports of sugar and cheese, export restrictions, and feed grain dumping as drivers of falling prices and inflation, urging the secretary of agriculture to defend farmers or drop the title.
HAL BOYLE INTERVIEW LEE J COBB discusses survival and purpose in life and acting. He urges compromise to achieve some results, notes luck in theater, and predicts his TV Death of a Salesman role for CBS on May 8. Cobb, 55, emphasizes experience and accretion shaping an actor more than formal production.
Topeka police report the body of Mrs Cloise L Gleason was found in a basement coal bin after a likely strangulation by an electrical cord. A social acquaintance Donald W Hammond 52 was found dead in his garage from carbon monoxide exposure. The coroner notes Hammond planned to retire from the Topeka Fire Department on May 1 after visiting the Gleasons about 830 am Thursday.
The Chanute Tribune lists staff including Dwight McCreight as publisher and John Hovorka as news editor. It details subscription prices for in and out of town, with monthly and multi month options, and notes regional territory pricing for Neosho, Allen, Wilson and Woodson Counties.
The Ottawa University Concert Choir under Edgar D. Kerr will present a program of anthems hymns and spirituals at 10 30 a m Sunday at First Baptist Church The 36 voices have toured Kansas and Colorado and performed across the nation.
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