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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1968
Page
4
Cattle calves 400, feeder steers 309 605 pounds 30.15, 525 665 pounds 27.00 28.75, feeder heifers 500 460 pounds 25.20 26.20. Barrows and gilts 210 265 pounds 21.00 20.75. Sheep 100 head spring lambs 25.00 50.00.
Kansas City AP reports egg prices with large eggs eight percent at 34 to 39 cents per dozen and mediums eight percent at 27 to 22 cents per dozen. Butter remains unchanged at grade A pricing per pound.
Wheat No 2 yellow hard 1.26 percent No 2 soft fed 1.22 percent. Corn No 2 yellow 1.00 percent. Oats No 2 extra white 66? Soybeans No 1 2.75 percent. Soybean oil 7.50 percent.
Egg listing notes Grade A Extra Large and Grade A Large eggs available. No further details on origin, seller, or price provided.
Wall Street weathered an anticipated early selloff after Czechoslovakia news and then rallied in the afternoon. Defense stocks led the recovery as the Dow rose about 8 points to 909.55 from an initial 3.29 decline, while the AP average fell 1.0 to 391.3.
On this date 1941 Nazi troops reached the outskirts of Leningrad during World War II. In 1776 British troops landed on Long Island during the Revolutionary War. In 1846 New Mexico was proclaimed US territory at Santa Fe. In 1911 the Mona Lisa was moved from the Louvre. In 1944 US planes raid Yap Island. In 1956 Eisenhower and Nixon were renominated at the Republican National Convention.
Rails unchanged and utilities off 14. Volume for the first two hours was 7.38 million shares, compared with 4.47 million Tuesday.
Weekend guests of Mr. and Mrs. Rollin Hutton at 602 N Steuben included Mrs. Huttons sister and husband Mr. and Mrs. George Patrick of Iowa City Iowa a brother and family Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Garrison Lynn John and Dale of Ardmore Oklahoma a nephew and family Park Tr and Mr. and Mrs. Dan Simpson of Blue Mound
Weekend guests of L E Tal bot at 1729 8 Central included his sister and husband Mr and Mrs Connie Miller and Mrs Jane Summerford from Florence.
Mr and Mrs Frank W. McE Beath of 231 B Wilson returned Wednesday from a visit with Mr and Mrs Nelson Park at pap Bk.
A two week visit with their nephew and family, Mr. and Mrs. Delos Shurtleff, in Santa Barbara California, included Guésté staying at Mrs. M. C. Taylor’s home at 102 N. Ever granddaughter Mrs. Robert Hayes and her sons Steven and Peter. They arrived Sunday from Alameda California and will stay next week. Mrs. Hayes, the Betty Stevens, attended Chanute schools when she was a child.
C J Anderson of 317 East 17th Street is receiving medical care at the Veterans Hospital in Kansas City after entering the facility on August 9.
Mrs Hazel Odland and Randolph Claremont are visiting Mrs Mabel Pence and Mr and Mrs Robert Lopeman in Dryden while en route home from California. The annual Dryden family reunion will be Sunday at 12 in Central Park. A report of a billfold theft was under investigation today by the scene officers who said details were incomplete.
Memorial services for Ed Shiflett will be held Friday at Johnson Chapel with officiant Bert Sutton. Interment will follow in Elmwood Cemetery.
Police recovered a bicycle and fishing gear after a report of four missing items at 4:30 p.m. yesterday. An officer found a boy with the bicycle near South Grant and learned he had gone to Santa Fe Park to retrieve a rod. The boy’s parents returned the rod reel and gear to Farmers Discount Center, with the items later returned to the store.
Neosho JuCo Club officers met at the junior college and authorized $300 for scholarships. The group voted to run a concession stand at a downtown sidewalk bazaar on Sept. 14. Lyle Rutter reported NCCJC athletic director and John Barney noted 270 members and $1,407 in the treasury. A tour of the NCCJC complex followed for about four attendees.
A survey of the 1968 political landscape shows Vice President Humphrey courting the nomination with McCarthy signaling a November victory. Kennedy urges halting bombing while not declaring candidacy, Maddox seeks negotiated peace, and McGovern comments on Vietnam. Rockefeller and Lindsay join Nixon supporters in the GOP effort. The American Independent is noted.
Police guard Chicago water supply at pumping and filtration plants beginning Saturday amid a reported threat to put LSD in the water during the Democratic National Convention.
Daily Transcript reports Neosho Memorial Hospital visiting hours from 2 to 4 pm and 6 30 to 8 pm. The patient census stands at 51 adults and pediatrics with two babies. Admissions include Sat urnia and Thayer medical patients with accompanying spouses. Dismissals include Sandra Romine and Frank McDonald and Valarie Cheney. Marriage licenses issued in Erie include Paul Richard Marvell and Nancy Low Cox both 24 and 19 respectively. Court actions include estate petition for Michial Wayne Lohse and a divorce filing Forrest H Evans vs Mary Francis Evans. Police cases note intoxication and disorderly conduct with fines.
Three minor traffic accidents were reported to police yesterday and today. Francis Mack of 1120 N Grant said a backing car driven by Marjorie Talmadge of 526 W Main bumped his car, damaging a headlight rim. Mrs Kenneth Shultz of 715 S Garfield said she backed a pickup and hit Fran Huston’s 1964 Chevrolet, causing light damage. Roy A Courtney of 127 N Steuben said his backing car struck and damaged a door on Albert Benson’s 1963 Chevrolet at 308 S Wilson.
Tony Davis a 2 year old former Mississippi resident living in Chanute faces a statutory rape charge involving a 16 year old Neosho county girl. The offense allegedly occurred Monday on a county road near Thayer. Davis is held in Erie jail in lieu of $1,000 bond. preliminary hearing set for Wednesday in city court.
A 19 year old Negro youth, Lawrence Hythe, was shot in the chest and seriously wounded in Wichita shortly after midnight triggering a fresh wave of unrest in the Negro section. An 18 year old, Maceo Thompson, was reported wounded but later found not shot. A white suspect in a speeding car fired from 13th and Hydraulic. Police sought a white 1958 Oldsmobile with Oklahoma plates. Glass smashed near Wichita State University and several businesses including a restaurant service station and paint store were firebombed. A mob looted an all night grocery assaulting workers.
Los Angeles County Supervisor Kenneth Hahn urged that the Sirhan Bishara Sirhan murder trial be postponed until after the November presidential election. The trial is currently slated to begin November 1, with Judge Richard Schauer unavailable and no comment from him.
Miss America 1968 Debra Dene Barnes and six beauty queens staged the first USO show for front line GIs north of the Injin River near the DMZ. They sang and danced for about 500 soldiers of the 2nd U.S. Infantry Division south of the western front.
Our thanks to each and every one of you who showed such kindness and concern after Bruce's accident. Mr. and Mrs. Estil Cottle, Rosemary and Bruce.
Maupin Construction Co seeks construction work and states equal opportunity employment. Contact C. J. Klineman after 7 p.m. ED 1-1041 Independence Kansas. Also note: Rushtohs Barber Shop offers $1.50 haircuts at 1058 Evergreen. Stark Cafe open 8 to 5:30. Alcoholics Anonymous meeting listed at Chanute location 12520.
In the probate matter of Nancy Thomas Incompetent guardian Les Spencer seeks an order to sell described real estate in Chanute to pay debts taxes and admin expenses. Hearing set for March 18 1968 at 10:00 a.m. in Chanute Kansas.
A single vehicle crash on Interstate 70 about 15 miles west of Salina killed Sheldon M. Monroe, 67, of Rye New York. Authorities said a rear tire blew off the car causing the loss of control.
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