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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1967
Page
2
Kansas City livestock markets show cattle cows strong to 50 higher and feeder cattle steady while hogs ease 25 to 50 and sows hold. Yearlings and steer calves command 23 to 33 per hundredweight with varied grades. Chicago poultry and egg markets show mixed movements and butter and grade prices hold firm.
Parsons Livestock reports U S 1 and 2 hogs 200 220 pounds at 21 21 90 dollars per cwt and other weight classes 180 200 19 20 dollars. cattle categories include grain fed steers 24 26 dollars and stocker calves 28 34 dollars. veals 27 35 dollars. cows 14 21 dollars. bulls 20 25 dollars. sheep lambs 15 22 dollars with ranges for breeding stock and cull animals.
Kansas City AP report shows wholesale eggs at large 80 per cent A 26-30 and medium 80 per cent A 22-25 with butter remaining steady.
Clarence O. Wehling and Nora E. Wehling sue to quiet title to The West 25 feet of Lot 2 and all of Lot 3, Block 5, Thayer, asserting 15 years of adverse possession and demanding pleadings by September 30, 1967 in Neosho County District Court Chanute Division. The defendants include W H Williams Estella Funk aka Estella Elliott Funs Jesse O Elliott Leonard K Myers Kansas Railroad Co Thayer Town Co and unknown heirs and assigns and others related to deceased or disabled defendants. Attorneys for plaintiffs P W Stephens of Neodesha Kansas.
Chicago grain and oil contracts report No 2 hard wheat at 1.61 and No 2 red at 1.525. Corn No 2 yellow trades at 1.23. Oats No 2 heavy white at 74. Soybeans No 1 yellow at 2.77. Soybean oil at 9.65.
Wall Street ends a shortened trading day with near even gains and losses. The Dow Jones average shows a comfortable advance led by Du Pont United Aircraft and Bethlehem Steel as steel shares rally on price increase hopes. Trading remained active with no extraordinary movement and no decisive leadership.
Wichita city commissioners unanimously approve expanding the Local Housing Authority to buy and rehabilitate 200 housing units for low income families. The move aims to ease crowded conditions in the NE Negro neighborhood.
Gallipolis Ohio four people were electrocuted when a rural home citizens band radio antenna touched a 7200 volt line. Three children and a man were among the victims as sheriffs officers reported the incident occurred Monday during installation at the residence.
United Auto Workers locals at General Motors plants were instructed to hold strike votes this month after GM proposed to credit the 18 cent cost of living increase since 1964. UAW cites the plan would cost about 150 million and pressure to preserve full purchasing power while modernizing the COLA. Contracts cover roughly 750,000 workers across GM Ford and Chrysler set to expire September 6.
Lunar Orbiter 5 starts a 14 day moon orbit from Pasadena with a stream of televised images. Hundreds of reporters watched as the $200 million program delivered high quality pictures of lunar mountains and craters. The mission aims to aid lunar mapping and landing site selection for future astronauts.
In Jerusalem the Arab sector strike over Israel’s unification ends with shops reopening and transit resuming. Police post a 1660 reward for the Virgin Mary statue theft at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, seeking to deter further looting. Ambassador Goldberg cites progress toward an Israeli Arab peace accord and cease fire stabilization under U N supervision.
Portland State College biologist Ralph Macy argues butterflies and humans cannot share space. He cites urbanization bringing insecticides weed killers and bulldozers and says one or the other must go to preserve butterfly health.
Senator Edward V. Long urged expanding the United States farm expert corps sent overseas. He cited a World Food Supply panel report predicting over two decades a sharp rise in food needs in undeveloped countries and urged tailored U S aid rather than generic farm implements to curb starvation and curb communist influence.
Harold Sale's son is a patient at the Great Lakes Naval Hospital. Braulio Baeza became the first rider to reach 50 wins this spring at Aque duct, with Angel Cordero following as the second to hit 50.
The Senate passed 84 to 0 a bill to designate a national wild and scenic rivers system. It would keep wild rivers free flowing and ban dam construction while also studying adding other rivers to the preservation system ahead of House action next year.
Daily Transcript reports visiting hours two to four and six twenty to eight p m at Neosto Memorial Hospital. Census lists fifty four patients including adults and children. Admissions include Mrs Mary Rutledge Mrs Earl Grogan Mrs Wretta Salyer Robert Cetton Mrs Robert Keele Charles Born Judith Hesting and Mrs Charles Bockover Birth announced for Glen Powers. Dismissals include Edward Allen Cynthia Reaves Michael Wheatley Charley Cowan Carmen Padilla and others. Police court action cites Auern Brown fined five dollars for illegal parking. Building permits issued to Howard Hackett for two small buildings and Wayne Burghart for a new one family residence.
The Tribune provides a phone contact for reach after 6 pm via HE 1 3400 if the primary number is unavailable.
The Chanute Tribune lists staff roles including Dwight McCreight as publisher Dwight Wallingford as news editor John Howorki as advertising manager Fay Clopine as circulation manager and R Fma Dorsey Osborn as composing. It notes subscription rates for trade territory and Chanute boxholders and carrier pricing in Chanute. It mentions association with Audit Bureau of Circulations and Associated Press membership.
In Kansas City Kansas a 17 year old youth Joseph T Burnley Jr was killed by a gunshot to the chest while a 19 year old friend Robert Hentz attempted to frighten him with a revolver thought to be loaded with blanks. The weapon discharged during a prank.
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