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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1967
Page
2
Kansas City reporting cattle and hog markets with cattle and calves steady to lower in places, feeders steady, hogs up 50 to 75, barrows and gilts up, sows up to 1.00, sheep steady. Prices listed for feeders, steers, heifers, cows, hog weights, and lambs.
The report lists current bids across categories: hogs and boars with ranges from $8.00 to $18.50, cattle including grain red steers and heifers at $19.50 to $25.50, stocker calves and heifers up to $30.00, veals from $16.00 to $30.00, cows and bulls with varied bands, and sheep with lambs and ewes priced per weight class and quality.
Kansas City AP reports wholesale eggs firm with large eggs at 28 to 30 cents and 80 per cent A at 22 to 27 cents. Butter remains unchanged.
Chicago AP reports live poultry prices unchanged with roasters at 25 to 28 cents, butter steady with several grade scores listed, eggs holding at 29 1/2 to 30 cents for A whites and 24 1/2 cents for mediums, plus other grade details.
Chicago notes varying grain bids with Wheat No 2 hard around 1.53 per bushel and No 2 soft red near 1.45. Corn values show No 2 yellow about 1.10, No 3 yellow around 1.03, No 4 yellow near 1.00. Oats No 2 heavy white at about 0.74. Soybeans No 1 yellow around 2.2, No 3 yellow near 2.48. Soybean oil quoted at 8.55.
Wall Street opened with a broad advance led by steel shares. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 2.72 to 881.88 at noon while the Associated Press average climbed 0.9 to 316.0 as investors priced in higher steel prices and inflation expectations.
Neosho Memorial Hospital lists visiting hours from 2 to 4 pm and 6 30 to 8 pm. Census shows 46 patients including adults and children with three babies. Births include a girl born to Ronald and wife. Admissions span residents of Neosho and nearby towns for medical and surgical cases. dismissals include multiple local residents. Police court records note Forrest McMillen of Chanute arrested for intoxication and released on bond.
Marty Fleckman of Port Arthur Texas used a friend’s old putter to win the Cajun Classic in a playoff. He sank three birdie putts including a 30-foot clincher on the first hole of sudden death to claim the $35,000 PGA event. Jack Montgomery and Fleckman tied 275 after 72 holes in rainy conditions. Laurie Hammer narrowly missed a three way playoff.
State weather snapshot for 24 hours ending 6 a m includes readings from Concordia Concordia Garden City Hutchinson Pittsburg Topeka Leavenworth and nearby stations. Temperatures range from the upper 30s to mid 60s with varying precipitation and wind conditions across cities.
Lawrence Kansas AP Wade Stinson announces Wednesday night color telecast of the Kansas versus Louisville basketball game from Allen Field House. WIBW TV Topeka originator KAKE Wichita and KODE Joplin carry. delayed in Hays and Goodland. Kansas beat Louisville 70 48 last March in NCAA regional. This marks KU's first color TV basketball at Allen Field House.
Debates list Ancel Comers and Carl Youngquist among the deceased. Carl Youngquist 74 of 907 S Highland died after a week illness. services planned in Johnson Chapel with burial at Greenwood Cemetery Newton. Ancel Comers 120 N Evergreen died at Labette County Medical Center with funeral arrangements to be announced. Mrs Amy Elizabeth McLane 88 died at Westview Rest Home after a brief illness. funeral at Gibson Koch Chapel with burial Elmwood Cemetery. Judy Barger 25 of Wichita died of lung cancer. relatives notified.
R D Worley near Chanute found a roll of insulation and kept it for possible claim. A Parsons youth reported a Chanute area youth struck him at a cafe. A storm door glass break was logged. 25 Christmas light bulbs were stolen from a tree at 711 S Allen.
Noble Drake of the Kansas State Chamber of Commerce retail council will speak in Chanute at 3 p.m. about proposed Sunday selling laws. The Chanute Area Chamber hosts a good will breakfast to Fredonia with about 30 Chanute and 15 Fredonia businessmen expected. A Wednesday Ambassadors work day begins at 8 a.m. in the chamber office.
The Chanute Tribune issue lists publication details, staff roles, and subscription rates for in district and out of district readers. It notes carrier and boxholder prices, and confirms Associated Press rights for local news and AP dispatches.
Tonight includes weight lifting for all at the High School Weight Room 5 30 to 7 30 and Men s Volleyball at Hutton School Gym 7 30 to 9 plus NCCJC Panthers meet Sacred Heart of Wichita at the gym 7 30 Square Dance Lessons run 7 30 to 10 30 at Central Park Community Building. Tuesday s events show Handicapped Recreation Launching Pad 10 to 11 30 a m Open House 3 to 5 p m and Women s Physical Fitness at Murray Hill 7 30 to 9 30.
Beloved actor famed as the Cowardly Lion in The Wizard of Oz died today in New York at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center after a massive illness. Lahr, 72, had a long career in stage and film.
The obituary notes that Thur Thielen of Santanta is a former Chanute resident. Survivors include the widow and two daughters, Thereas and Susan, all at home, plus her parents and grandmother Mrs. I. C. Tennis of R. I. The funeral will be at St. Margaret Mary's Catholic Church in Wichita at 9 a.m. Tuesday with DeVorsGard Funeral Home of Wichita in charge. Burial will be in Wichita. Funeral services for Frank Ross were held in Gibson-Koch Chapel Saturday afternoon led by Rev. Bert Sutton from the First Christian Church. Richard Bohling sang with Mrs. Dave Petterson accompanying. Burial followed in Thayer Cemetery with bearers Lewis Taylor, Wayne Taylor, Buford Sherbenou, E. M. Mendenhall, Truman Cooper and Vern Taylor.
The veteran comic actor Bert Lahr died after a long illness syndrome of back ailment and pneumonia. His career spanned about five decades from the Cowardly Lion in The Wizard of Oz to Estragon in Waiting for Godot.
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