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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1966
Page
2
Cattle and calves 5900 head with cows and feeders showing varied prices. Steers 25.25 to 27.00 with prime and choice 27.25. heifers 23.00 to 24.20. steer calves 27.50 to 29.80. good to choice heifers 22.75 to 23.90. Hogs 4000 head. barrows and gilts 20.00 to 25.00. sows 14.50 to 16.50. Sheep 100 head. lambs 22.00 to 23.00. ewes 5.00 to 6.50.
Kansas City AP notes wholesale egg prices across sizes 80 percent A grade for large at 43 to 45 cents per dozen and mediums at 37 to 39 cents. Butter price remains unchanged.
AP reports Kansas City and Chicago grain tables showing mixed prices for Wheat, Corn, Oats, Rye, Barley, and Soybeans. Wheat ranges around 1.80 to 1.98, Corn 1.38 to 1.55, Soybeans near 2.99 to 3.01, with oils around 10.75. Market notes include various grades and car counts.
The New York market traded irregularly higher late in the session on the busiest day of the week. Volume reached about 8.2 million shares, with gainers slightly ahead of losers and some issues rising several points. The market showed technical strength despite three prior declines and closed in positive territory on the American Stock Exchange.
Floods in India have caused about 106 million dollars in crop and personal property damage. Assam reports 30.6 million and Bihar 46.6 million, with the Ganges and Brahmaputra rivers swollen by the monsoon damaging multiple areas.
The Kansas Turnpike, ten years old, reported a 12.47 percent rise in traffic in the first ten months of 1966 versus 1965. Chief engineer-manager L. W. Newcomer estimated a record 7.5 million vehicles will use the toll road in 1966. Opening day traffic was 7,739 on Oct. 25, 1965, and 17,950 on Oct. 25 this year.
Kansas traffic death log reports 24 hours to 9 am Thursday with totals by month and year. November 55 deaths, December 0, 1966 total 665, 1965 comparable 606. Local AP data from Topeka.
If you cannot reach your Tribune carrier call the phone number HE 1 3400 after 6 p.m. for assistance.
Two local obituaries note the deaths of Mrs. Tom Zimmerman 78 of 821 W Walnut and Walter Ray Follmer 79 of Buffalo. Zimmerman’s service is Saturday at 2 p.m. Elsinore Methodist Church with burial in Memorial Park Cemetery. survivors include husband Russell and several children and grandchildren. Follmer's funeral is Saturday at 10 a.m. at Buffalo Methodist Church with burial in Buffalo Cemetery. survivors include three daughters and one son, plus eight grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren.
Neo sho county commissioners report trial use of waste lime as a soil stabilizer on approaches to the new Turkey Creek bridge north of Earlton on Plummer road. The test aims to reduce soil contraction and expansion and improve drainage. lime supplied gratis by Ash Grove cement plant.
Wednesday admissions include B Thomas Baughn and Robert Romine at 201 S Western for medical and surgery cases, plus Mrs Jesus Sanchez and others. Dismissals list May Anderson Raul Garcia Lloyd Barry and several others. births add Lloyd Drybread's daughter. Police Court actions note Richard Edwards careless driving and Robert Chandler running red light with fines and bond.
Police investigated a minor 3:45 p.m. collision at Hutton school between a Unified District 413 school bus and a southbound car. The 1966 Chevrolet bus, driven by F A Frederick, 60, of 925 N. Western, struck by the car, a 1958 Mercury driven by Phyllis Reeves, 21, of 1801 S. Ashby. Also noted is Gary D. Schommer USN son of E J Schommer of 1819 S. Malcolm promoted to Seabees rank at Da Nang.
Local families hosted and visited over Thanksgiving with relatives from Kansas City Edna Moran and Elsmore. Noted guests included the Swansons Logans Larson Ernicksons and Daniels families joining dinners in Savonburg Frontenac and El Dorado while others traveled to Fort Scott and Wichita.
T J Scanlon, 35, longtime Wichita city director of administration, is slated to become the executive director of the State Department of Administration. Gov elect Docking aides say an announcement may come Friday. Scanlon plans a pay cut from 1962 Wichita post to a $15000 state salary, after a law blocks elected officials from holding civil state office during their elected term.
Dr. Gerald Kuiper of the University of Arizona Lunar and Planetary Laboratory tells the Pima County Bar Association that there are no space flights from other worlds. He says unidentified flying objects are unexplained reports that can be explained as meteors comets lightning bolts or other natural events.
From Nashville Claud Gray and Buddy Emmons will headline at the Western Air Club Independence Kansas Friday December 2 9 to 1 am. Known for songs like I’ll Have Another Cup Of Coffee Then I Go and I Never Have The One I Want they are top recording stars.
About 250 Masons from southeast Kansas attended Cedar Lodge's annual Past Masters Night at the Masonic Temple. The event included a dinner, introductions of Cha nute area past masters, honors for visiting past masters, a moment of silent prayer for the deceased, and a third degree drill presentation by the Parsons lodge drill team.
The piece surveys how calendars gained popularity as an advertising format in the late 1800s, noting their widespread use by businesses to reach customers. It outlines the shift from traditional postings to calendar cards as a marketing tool and hints at evolving print culture.
Chanute Tribune lists staff positions and subscription rates for local, trade territory, and Chanute boxholders. Includes publisher Dwight McCreight news editor John Hovorka and advertising chief Fay D. Clopine with carrier and post office options. Also notes Associated Press ownership of local news and AP dispatches.
Royster Junior High begins its basketball season with non league games at Fredonia tomorrow afternoon at 2 59 against Fredonia and Ottawa. The Rockets face Southeast Kansas League opponents this season plus the league tournament set for Feb 21 25. Ottawa hosts Royster in the home opener at 2 30 Tuesday.
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