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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1967
Page
2
Kansas City hog prices fall with barrows and gilts 50 cents lower across 1 2 and 1 3 weight ranges. Hogs 2,500 head with bid ranges 19.50 to 20.50 per cwt for various weights. Cattle 400 head, calves none and no price test. Sheep 50 head, no test. Sows steady 16.25 to 19.5 cents.
In Kansas City wholesale eggs show large 80 percent grade A ranges from 26 to 30 cents per dozen and medium 80 percent grade A at 20 to 22 cents per pound. Butter prices remain unchanged.
AP report from Chicago shows butter prices unchanged with various grade values and car figures. Eggs hold steady with whites and mixed grades listed alongside percentage quality notes.
Chicago AP notes wheat No 2 hard at 1.517 sn, No 2 soft red 1.477 sn, corn No 2 yellow 1.23 cn, oats No 2 extra heavy white 73, soybeans No 1 yellow 2.89n, soybean oil 9.55n.
A Texas school teacher named Tom Fairclough sent one dollar checks to 154 Democratic House members who backed a recent rat control bill. The gesture raises questions of pay for votes as a new ethics committee watches. Some lawmakers will return or keep the checks, noting they did not know the sender or receive the money before voting.
State Weather Kansas City AP reports 24 hour period ending 7 am with highs and lows and precipitation notes. Temperature readings include 92, 59 at Kansas City center and surrounding stations with 89, 63 and 88, 65 mid morning readings. Other listed towns Hutchinson 87 60 and neighboring areas show similar ranges.
The New York stock market cut its losses late in the afternoon with moderate trading. After four hours volume reached 5.4 million shares versus 5.7 million the day before. The Dow fell about 5 points from an early drop but losses still outweighed gains by more than 2 to 1 as Boeing led volume declines.
Henry J Kaiser founder of a vast industrial empire died in his sleep at his oceanfront estate near Honolulu at age 85. He led projects from Hoover Dam to Liberty ships and Kaiser health centers, with ventures across cement, steel, chemicals and the Jeep. He sought to live each day fully and leave a lasting mark on industry.
Georgeann Rausch returned from a 10 day Washington visit seeing the Capital building, monuments, and Library of Congress. Lt Col Merrill L Shepard receives a second Army Commendation Medal on retirement at Fort Leavenworth. Jollene Mendenhall heads to Ramstein Germany to teach. The Bold Fisherman headlines the Chanute Public Library story hour.
The House, after a marathon 15 hour session, reduced President Johnson’s foreign aid request by 563 million dollars to 2.8 billion. Final vote 202 to 194, with major cuts in development loans and alliance for progress. Missouri and Kansas representatives split, two Democrats supporting the measure.
A coroner's jury ruled William D. Lohman's mid July death near McIntosh Kansas as accidental from a personal safety related gunshot wound. Lohman of Mobridge South Dakota was partner in L and O Cattle Co. with R D Oltjen. IRS liens on Oltjen property total 1 403 382 dollars since 1964. Federal investigators pursue bank failure details.
Funeral services for Bert Toomey and Oral Allen Lydick were conducted in Johnson Chapel. Rev. William J. Baldwin and Rev. Bert Sutton officiated with musical selections by Dick Bohling and others. Burial followed at Memorial Park Cemetery for Toomey and at Bethel Cemetery for Lydick with military honors for Toomey.
Deborah Bryant Miss America 1966 and Roderick Taylor Wilson 22 filed for a marriage license at the Miami County Courthouse. They plan to wed September 2 at Southwest Bible Church Prairie Village. Bryant 21 KU senior Wilson KU law student from Paola. Police report a stolen union picket sign near a junior college site and a rock damaged a Chief Freight Lines truck windshield. A door at 1017 S Lafayette was found broken but interior undisturbed.
A U S District Court jury found the United Mine Workers of America conspired with larger firms to restrain trade in East Tennessee coal. Damages were set at 1 million dollars, trebled to potentially 3 million, with further procedures before any appeal. Plaintiffs Tennessee Consolidated Coal and Grundy Mining sought 3.35 million.
This item lists by mail subscription prices for trade territory and outside regions including Neosho Allen Wilson and Woodson Counties. It also notes rates for Cha Post Office Boxholders and Chanute carrier deliveries, with a standard AP membership statement about exclusive republication rights.
Daily Transcript lists visiting hours from 2 to 4 pm and 6 30 to 8 pm. Patient census shows 64 adults and pediatrics with six babies. Admissions include Mary E Standfast Mickey Engelman Mrs Gary Oyler Rose Green Mrs Jack Campbell Eric Kathy Yarnell Mrs Beth Yount and dismissals Jodette McSpadden Mrs Jim Saving Rachel.
List of addresses and names for admissions and dismissals, with multiple residents and spouses noted. Includes Marriage Licenses issued for several couples in Chanute and surrounding towns across Humboldt Galesburg Pittsburg and Chanute.
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