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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1966
Page
2
In Kansas City livestock sales steady to mixed across categories. Cattle steady with steers and cows firm to 25 higher, hogs down up to 40, sows mixed, lambs and sheep showing limited change with lambs steady to weak and ewes slightly lower.
The report lists live market values for hogs cattle veal cows bulls and sheep. Prices span weight classes and grades from U.S. prime to culls with figures for sows boars and breeding stock, plus lambs and feeders.
The Dow Jones industrial average rose 15.20 to 790.92 by 2 p.m. amid a broad market rally. Volume reached about 9.1 million shares as gains spread from glamor stocks to blue chips with Eastman Kodak up 6 and Du Pont up 3 points.
The Kansas City Star announced rate increases effective November 1. The 13 issues weekly package of the Star Times and Sunday Star rises from 60 to 70 cents weekly. Daily single issues go from 7 to 10 cents, Sunday 20 to 25 cents. Seven-issue weekly plans rise from 45 to 55 cents. Richard B. Fowler cited rising costs and a multimillion dollar modernization program.
MCPHERSON Kan AP The National Cooperative Refinery Association announced an increase in the price it is paying for Kansas crude oil.
Mrs. Mary Martin 79 of Franklin dies after brief illness at Neosho Memorial Hospital born June 2 1887 in Ayrshire Scotland she came to Franklin as an infant survives two daughters a son a brother ten grandchildren and two great grandchildren funeral Thursday 2 pm Siple Mortuary Alma burial Mount Olive Cemetery Pittsburg. James Hilton Gordon funeral held Tuesday at First Christian Church Dr Wagoner officiated burial Greenlawn Memorial Cemetery. Mrs John Bowes sang in service. Gibson Koch Chapel arranged. Anna Matilda Dutch 79 died in Long Beach after weeks illness funeral Thursday 2 pm Gibson Koch Chapel burial Elmwood Cemetery born Oct 23 1886 ten miles west of Chanute wife of Glenn T Dutch. She lived in Pittsburg Shreveport and Long Beach worked at I Magnin Co died Friday.
Kansas City reports wholesale egg quotes with large 80 percent A at 43 to 44 and mediums 80 percent A at 39 to 40. Butter prices remain unchanged.
In Chicago AP notes live poultry unchanged to two cents higher with roasters at 24.2 to 26.2 cents per pound and red white rock fryers at 202 to 222. Butter remains steady with various grade scores listed for AA through C and price references around 92 to 90 cents per pound.
Chicago markets report No 2 hard wheat at 1.93 per bushel and No 2 red at 1.88 as futures close mixed with September contracts showing modest shifts. Corn No 2 yellow in the 1.49 to 1.46 range, oats steady, soybeans around 3.71, oil at 13.45, with September outlooks reflecting slight changes across grains.
Market notes list Eggs by grade with prices from 39 to 20 cents per dozen with Grade A, B and small categories. Hides are priced at 10 cents per pound with glue hides and several odd line items from the same report.
Wheat held steady to slightly lower with No 2 hard and dark hard at 1.90 to 2.06 per bushel and No 3 at 1.88 to 2.05. Corn mostly higher with No 2 white 1.47 to 1.58 and No 2 yellow 1.43 to 1.44. Oats mostly unchanged with No 2 white 78 to 81 and rye 1.14 to 1.18 per bushel. Sacked bran 50.00 to 75. Shorts 53.50 to 54.25.
Hutchinson officials commend Mrs. Jane Nevins after she performed mouth to mouth resuscitation on Dr Charles Orthwein who was unconscious after a water skiing accident. He remained in critical condition as ambulance service was unavailable and an artificial resuscitator later took over at Hutchinson hospital.
Eight weary Roman Catholic nuns from the Sacred Heart Academy in Peking arrived in Hong Kong after being driven from China by militants. Sister Eamon, 85, fainted during departure and was carried from Chinese soil. Mother Mary of the Cross, 76, was hospitalized with fatigue. The others were placed in a convent. The Red Guard seized the school and placed foreigners under pressure as the Communist government closed it and ordered the nuns out.
Margaret Eggers at Yates Cen ter receives Art and Literature Club Scholarship. Mr. and Mrs. Mike Clemons Junction City parent of Clayton Bee an 8 lb 1 oz boy born Monday. Clemons formerly managed Montgomery Ward in town. Maternal grandparents Mrs Odell Stout Dearing. Mrs Everett Wiles moves to Neosho Memorial Hospital after surgery. Neosho County Democrats set 7 30 Saturday at Home Savings lounge with all committee members urged to attend.
Hospital records list admissions and dismissals for Neosho Memorial Hospital on Tuesday. Names include Mrs Forest Hazen and Mrs Everett Wiles with addresses in Neosho, plus Lori Segar in surgery and Martha Yarnell in surgery. dismissals include Mrs Myrtle Temple and Eugene Graves. Fire run reported at Main and Highland at 3 20 p.m. A 1956 Chevrolet owned by Mike Cook of Chanute had wiring damage.
The Topeka traffic fatality log reports 67 deaths for August 1966 and 457 for the 1965 period, with 428 in the comparable 1965 period. The Chanute Tribune provides a local notice format listing staff and subscription rates, noting AP membership and local news rights.
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