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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1966
Page
2
Livestock firm reports cattle prices with steers at 25.25 to 27.50 for high to prime grades and feeders 26.00 to 27.50. Hogs show 25 to 26.25 for barrows and gilts with sows up to 25 higher. Sheep fully steady with spring lambs 24.75 to 25.50. Grains list prices for corn, rye, barley, soybeans and wheat futures move slightly.
U S prices range across categories with hogs at various weights from 14 to 25 dollars, cattle including grain red steers and heifers from 21 to 24 dollars, calves and stockers 21 to 31 dollars, heifers up to 25 dollars. Veals 16 to 27 dollars, cows 11 to 20 dollars, bulls 18 to 25 dollars, and sheep finishing lambs up to 23.50 dollars with feeders 17 to 20 dollars.
AP notes wholesale egg quotes in Kansas City with large and medium categories. Large eggs 80 per cent A at 42-43, mediums 80 per cent A at 39-40. Butter prices remain unchanged.
Chicago AP market notes show butter steady to firm, eggs unsettled with mixed declines across grades. Live poultry prices also unchanged as buyers hold firm amid market quiet.
Wheat futures show slight gains across grades with No 2 Hard ending around 1.97 to 2.01 dollars per bushel and No 2 Red near 1.93 to 1.97. Corn trades mixed with No 2 White about 1.46 to 1.57 and No 2 Yellow around 1.46 to 1.48 per bushel. Oats remain nominally unlisted after 21 cars traded.
In Neosho County Kansas Probate Court Velma L Morehead executrix seeks final settlement, approval of acts, and determination of heirs and shares in the estate of George F Morehead deceased. Defenses must be filed by September 7 1966 at 10 00 AM in Erie Kansas. Attorneys for Petitioner are A Gough.
Chicago price report shows Wheat No 2 red 1.91% sn, No 2 hard 1.99% sn, Corn No 2 yellow 1.48, Oats No 2 heavy white 77% n, Soybeans No 1 yellow 3.68% sn, Soybeans oil 14.38n, reflecting mixed gains and futures movement.
Wall Street closed the day with significant declines across most sectors as glamour stocks in airlines, aerospace, electronics and office gear led losses. Major names such as Sperry Rand IBM Xerox Time Inc Motorola Du Pont and General Electric fell several points while volume reached about 6 million shares.
The Chanute Tribune is a daily newspaper serving Chanute Kansas with staff including Publisher Dwight Wallingford News Editor John Hovorka Advertising Mgr Fay D Clopine Circulation Ben Nicholas and others. The notice lists subscription rates for both in and outside trade territories and carrier and mail options.
Wichita AP report says David M. Sumpter 19 of El Dorado found a $100 bill near the baseball stadium and turned it in to police. Officers will return the money to him if it is not claimed within 30 days.
Civil Aeronautics Board reports debris from the Braniff jetliner crash in Nebraska on August six has been distributed to three locations for analysis. Dallas maintenance shops will examine instruments and hydraulic motors while two British engines are reassembled in Kansas City and other wreckage heads to Washington.
Pasadena scientists report Lunar Orbiter ready for main payoff with to begin Thursday. First entries will be televised as received with edge of moon as initial target and 300 plus pictures planned along a 3000 mile equatorial strip for nine potential landing sites.
Richard Pfister, president of the Wyoming Highway Commission, forgot to renew his driver license before it expired. The incident mirrors common oversights by many drivers.
Wichita Eagle reports Beech Aircraft Corp and RCA win the contract definition study for the SAM-D air defense missile. Other teams include Hughes and Douglas, Raytheon and IBM. The Army Missile Command in Huntsville awarded RCA and Beech 2,974,995 with Beech at 17 percent.
Kimball Brent Shively spends several days with sister and family. Sunday couples visit Humboldt to see Mrs. Ora Mailes and Mrs. Henry Busher at Parkview Rest Home. Chaney family from Chanute visit Floyd Lee. Bryan Michael Charles David Hawkinson and Glen Rush camp out one night. Bill Jones Hepler and Joe Johnson visit Elmer Owen. Life saving lessons taken at Erie pool. Homer Romine Clarence Collins and Carl Sherrell attend Mrs. Clora Grady funeral.
A friend transported him to the highway patrol office where he prepared to take an examination to qualify for a new driver license. The event reflects steps taken toward upgraded licensing requirements.
Mrs. Dean Ostrum and family from Shaker Heights Ohio visit Mrs. Ostrum’s parents Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Pierpont R 3. Elmer Mathews of 1529 Edith enters Mercy Hospital Fort Scott for surgery. A basket dinner is served at noon. Mr. and Mrs. H G Curl of 1201 W 7th return from Arlington Texas where they visited Mr. and Mrs. P H Taylor. The couples toured Morgan’s Point lake development on Belton Lake near Temple Texas.
Mr and Mrs John Hargrave of 203 W 3rd returned Friday night from a monthlong vacation. They visited Mr and Mrs Delos Shurtleff in Santa Barbara California and the four then went to the Hawaiian Islands together.
Mike and John Crowley of Kansas City visit grandparents Mr and Mrs O N Wheelock at 710 North Forest. They plan to return home Friday.
Weekend guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. Q. Green 1605 S Evergreen were their daughter and her family Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Smith and Doug of Shawnee Mission.
Fort Smith Arkansas resident Bill McCullough is visiting this week with Mr and Mrs Ralph Reinhart their son Eric and other relatives and friends.
The annual reunion of the Um barger and Miller families is scheduled for Sunday at a park in Thay. Attendees are expected to gather for fellowship and shared memories.
Atty. Warner Moore of Wichita was elected Monday night as chair man of the Sedgwick County Democratic Central Committee. He defeated Hugh Robinson George Hart and George Pierce for the post as more than 200 people attended the meeting. William J. Robinson stepped down after four years in the role.
Gov. William H. Avery planned to attend funeral services for Fred W. Brinkerhoff editor and publisher of the Pittsburg Headlight and Sun. Brinkerhoff died at 81 after more than 50 years leading the Pittsburg papers. Services set for 2:30 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church with burial at Highland Park Cemetery.
August gathering chaired by Roma Payne featured a roll call of favorite foods, a nominating committee formed, Atta Carlson led a demonstration, Dale Payne spoke on conservation, and Mary Cline smith presented another program. Carlson family provided refreshments.
Pittsburgh based Rockwell Manufacturing executives face handling over 350 forms. They implement a new forms system to standardize transfer retention and destruction of company records.
The Chanute area Chamber of Commerce membership committee Ambassadors will hold a covered dish picnic at 6:30 p.m. tomorrow in the Petrolia school house.
Lawrence Legge, co-owner of Legge Bottling Co., told police yesterday that over the weekend someone fired a .22 caliber gun at the soft drink sign belonging to Chanute Ambulance Service, causing damage.
Wichita men Jack Carter and James W. Johnson were jailed about 6 p.m. yesterday for violating the Green River ordinance while selling encyclopedias door to door. Each was released today on a $25 bond. Also jailed yesterday about 6:30 p.m. was Clarence Roberts of the Manhattan Hotel on a drunkenness charge, with bond to be posted this morning.
On routine patrol at 2 10 a m officers saw a bin open and a light on at Gray Lumber Co 420 E Main An investigation found nothing missing and no damage or theft indicated.
Police investigated a minor crash at 6 10 p m yesterday at Sycamore and Forest. Vehicles involved were driven by Beulah Cathers Iola and Larry Reeves 707 N Western. Cathers vehicle sustained no damage while Reeves 1949 Plymouth had a scratched front bumper.
Mrs. Alice Johnson was honored on her 80th birthday with a buffet dinner at the home of her son and family Mr and Mrs Wilford Johnson 208 N Lafayette. Guests included her two other sons and their wives Allen Johnson Chanute and Chester Johnson Lawrence plus grandchildren John W Johnson Florence SC Lowell Starr Virginia Larry and Bonnie Johnson Lawrence and six great grandchildren Keri Mike Eddie Starr Julie Cindy and Catherine Johnson.
Daily Transcript lists admissions at Neosho Memorial Hospital for Grover Shultz Buffalo medical Craig Wood and others. Dismissals include Barbara Wilhite and Lige Wells. Birth today to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Oliver a boy at 1302 S Highland. Police citations include Larry Reynolds and Robert Riggle with bonds posted.
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