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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1968
Page
4
AP report from Kansas City notes cattle and calves mostly higher with high choice and prime steers reaching 28.00 to 50.00, hogs down about 50, sows steady to 25 lower, sheep and feeders steady, lambs 25.25 to 26.00, butter unchanged with grade A at 79 to 80 cents per pound.
Parson hogs and cattle quotes show price ranges for multiple weight brackets and grades. Sows, boars, and stags appear with varying values. cattle include grain fed steers, heifers, calves, stockers, and yearlings with U S grades and prices. sheep quotes cover lambs, feeders, culled and breeding ewes.
AP reports wholesale egg prices in Kansas City with large eggs at eighty percent supply conclusion.
Chicago AP reports butter wholesale prices steady with mixed higher scores and categories, including AA 93 at 67, A 92 at 66, B 89 at 65, C 89 at 60, and cars at 66. Eggs ease with wholesale prices down to 1 lower with grade A whites at 42, mediums 38, standards 38, checks 26.
Wall Street delays its sixth straight session as higher interest rates trigger profit taking. Dow falls 1.68 to 983.40 at noon after an earlier gain, with bonds marked down and lending banks lifting prime rates to 6 percent.
The AMA board urges Americans to curb affluence driven excesses and adopt disciplined care. Dr. Dwight L. Wilbur says many rely on easy cures and diet fads while experts push doctors to restrain fees and shorten hospital stays to lower costs. A Michigan resolution urges condemning cigarette ads on television.
Daily roster lists patient census of 65 adults with admissions on Friday and over the weekend. Notable entries include Doris Lakey in medical, Rev Carl Jurgen sen in medical, Ran dall Ones later in surgery, and several residents from Humboldt Yates Center Stark Chanute and Thayer. Births announced for Albert Barker Yates Center and Donald Stoll Yates Center.
Marcia Foster daughter of Mr and Mrs Dean Foster 210 S Tennessee will be taken to the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City tomorrow for surgery to correct facial fractures after a one car accident at 3rd and Lincoln last Wednesday night She and two other teenagers were admitted to Neosho Memorial Hospital the other two were released Friday Mrs Foster said today Marcia's condition seemed much improved.
The Red Cross bloodmobile will be at the American Legion building at 301 N. Evergreen from 3 to 8 30 p m for a blood collection. Wayne Smith, past publicity chairman, urged donors to give as blood is badly needed locally.
Obituaries describe the deaths of Hazel Synam of Lakewood Ohio and Iva Thurman of Galesburg with details of births marriages and survivors. Services are noted for Wednesday at Lakewood and Galesburg churches and burials at Mt Hope Elmwood Cemeteries. Additional notices reference Crystal Sanders Hall Arden I Moore and service details with church and burial arrangements.
Eric R. Atkins signed trespass complaints against Steve Hines Doug Huffman and Roger Neely all 19 for hunting quail on his Erie County property without permission. Each fined 25 dollars and 50 cents costs in Chanute City Court. Date of trespass reported as November 13.
Fred Waring and his Pennsylvanians a 60 member company of singers instrumentalists and orchestra performed a full musical revue at Memorial auditorium to a crowd of hundreds from southeast Kansas. The glee club of nine men and seven women along with soloists and the Wichita sister quartet impressed with varied arrangements and lighting effects.
World champion accordionist Donald Hulme presents at the Talk of the Month club at Orchid Buffet. Dinner at 6 30 p.m. program at 7 30. Hulme won the U S accordion title 1959 61 and represented the U S internationally. His instrument features wireless remote amplification and a 360 degree revolving speaker.
Mr and Mrs Charley Hansen and Mr and Mrs Eldred Newlan with Delores visited Cadet Second Class Junior Newland in Annapolis after attending the Army Navy game in Philadelphia. A 1955 Ford was reported abandoned east of Altoona and later claimed by owner Waldree Thurman. W T Cline reported his overcoat stolen from La Rosa de Oro in a Friday incident.
The Kansas Highway Patrol Division 4 headquarters reported four fatalities during the Thanksgiving holiday traffic across 17 counties. The period ran from 6 p.m. Wednesday to midnight last night, with 31 accidents in the SE Kansas Division 4 area and 100 motorists assisted. Five arrests were for driving while intoxicated, 178 for moving hazardous violations, and 65 warnings for moving violations. 51 other arrests occurred.
Chanute readers seeking support can call Alcoholics Anonymous at HE 12520 for help and meetings guidance. The number appears in local notices and serves as a contact point for those seeking recovery and community support.
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