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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1966
Page
2
AP reports cattle with calves and feeders showing gains while hogs and sheep stay near prior levels. Butter and eggs in Chicago hold steady with mixed grade prices and slight lifts in some butter scores.
The market lists varying grades and weights with prices for hogs cattle veals cows bulls and sheep. U.S. No 1 and 2 hogs 200-220 lb fetch 25.50 26.50. cattle grain fed steers and heifers U S choice 23.50-24.50. veals prime 24-27. cows utility 17-19. bulls commercial 20-21.50. sheep good and choice finished lambs to 23.50.
AP reports wholesale eggs with large grade A 80 percent at 40-41 and mediums grade A 80 percent at 39-40. Butter unchanged at grade A quarters 82 and grade A solid 81 per pound.
In Chicago trading wheat and corn slipped while oats rose. Wheat No 1 yellow fell to around 1.96 and corn No 2 yellow dipped to about 1.54 with other grades also easing. Oats edged up with May quoted near 76 to 76.5 cents and rye moved higher. Soybeans and related products declined with August soybeans near 14.00 and August soymeal around 3.85 to 3.86 dollars.
Market listing shows Grade A Extra Large eggs at 35 cents, Grade B Large at 29 cents, Grade A Large and Medium at 33 cents, current receipts 23 cents, Sweet Cream and Cream premium lines with unclear labels, and hide prices listed at 10 cents per pound for glue hides.
AP reports closing prices for grains in Kansas City with Wheat at 1.95-1.99 for No 2 hard and dark hard, Corn 1.47-1.58 for No 2 white, Oats 77-81, Rye 1.21-1.25, Barley 1.08-1.13 and Soybeans 3.44-3.60, along with sacked bran 50.50-51.25 and sacked shorts 53.50-54.25.
A late afternoon selloff battered stock prices in New York trading. Volume reached about 9.2 million shares, above Friday’s 7.08 million, with the ticker running late then catching up to activity. Prices nonetheless weakened.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports a 0.4 percent July rise in the consumer price index to 113.3, 2.8 percent above a year earlier. Transportation costs climbed 1.2 percent driven by higher transit fares in New York City and increased prices for used cars and fuel.
The Chief of Engineers in Washington approved a commercial marine concession site at Council Grove Reservoir. Specifications will be issued and bids invited by the Tulsa District Corps of Engineers office in late September.
A historic building collapsed in Venosa, Italy, killing four people and injuring seven others. Rescue teams searched the rubble for survivors as authorities investigated the cause of the disaster.
Police investigated three non injury traffic accidents over the weekend. Richard D. Sauer, 16, backed a 1966 Dodge into Rufus H. Thompson’s 1964 Olds at 7th and Santa Fe causing minor damage and was cited for careless driving. A 1955 Ford struck Kathleen Moore’s 1966 Mercury at Main and Evergreen, causing rear damage to the Mercury. Owen Oliphant and John Chambers collided at Main and Evergreen, with damage to both vehicles. A parked 1962 Tempest owned by the Jacobs family sustained left front door damage at 501 N Santa Fe Friday night.
Pratt Kansas. Betty Wolfe about 30 mother of four was shot to death at her farm near Coats. Her husband Bobby Wolfe 32 barricaded himself but surrendered after talks with his father Bert Wolfe. He was booked in county jail on a drunk charge as officers confiscated a shotgun. Sheriff James E Petty and Patrolman Charles Stuckey led the arrest.
H H McClure dies in Ypsilanti Michigan and is survived by his mother Mrs Hattie McClure of Westview Nursing Home Revival meetings run nightly at Westview Baptist Chapel at 7 30 pm through Sunday Evangelist is Reverend James Shope of Weir
Mas Powers fresh from a Viet Nam tour visits his mother Eliza Mathews in Chanute. A McBeath Smoots family reunion in Lola drew Eli Hawkins Pearl Woodruff and others, with attendees from Cameron Missouri San Fernando California and El Paso Texas. Steven Cooper performed at the 37th annual Denny family gathering in Independence.
An airman from McConnell Air Force Base in Wichita died in a one car crash on the Kansas Turnpike near the Oklahoma line. Michael Roger Plew 21 of McConnell was a passenger in the car the driver Larry Gordon Croy 19 also of McConnell owned. Croy said he fell asleep and the car hit a guard rail. Croy received lip lacerations and was treated at a Wellington hospital then transferred to McConnell.
Death notices from Lewis C. Stanley 88 of Elsmore and August De Gasperi Pittsburg Linotype operator. Also service reports for Mrs Martha Wingate and Beatrice Maloney with church and burial details. Survivors listed include children grandchildren and siblings. Funeral rites conducted at Elsmore Methodist Church Moran Cemetery St Marys Pittsburg First Christian Elmwood Thayer and Thayer cemeteries.
AP tally of Kansas congressional votes shows Republicans Carlson and Pearson voting on senate roll calls regarding mortgage insurance and college dorm loans, mass transit funding, and defense amendment. House votes split among Ellsworth Mize Shriver Dole Skubitz on mass transit subsidy and highway safety bills.
Daily Transcript reports Neosho Memorial Hospital admissions on Saturday including Mrs. Mary Martin and Patricia Osborn with medical needs and several surgery and medical cases. Discharges listed for Cathy Metzen and others, with extensive names and addresses. Admissions and births noted for Sunday including Kenneth White and Alice Brascher. Police court action includes Roy Hawes of Chanute for intoxication and disorderly conduct and John K Barriger released on bond. hearing set Wednesday.
The Chanute Tribune lists publisher Dwight McCreight news editor John Hovorka and staff roles. Subscription rates are shown for in and outside trade territory, with Chanute post office and carrier options and AP membership details.
Judge Leo Weinrott discharged three defendants in a raid case alleging dynamite linked to a civil rights group. Others face 50,000 bail each as testimony showed Barry Dawson admitted receiving two and a half sticks from the SNCC HQ to the apartment. hearing aimed to establish a prima facie case for further action.
Gov. William H. Avery said he talked Friday with Donna Addington about her status as Republican national committeewoman but would not announce immediately. Addington recently moved from Wichita to Nevada. Avery expects a decision within a day or two and has also noted interest from Mrs. Sam Mellinger should the post become vacant.
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