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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1966
Page
2
Cattle runs reach 9 500 head with steers and heifers easing 25 to 50 cents while cows hold. Hogs 5 500 mostly 25 to 50 higher with barrows and gilts 200 to 390 pounds at 20 00 to 20 50. Sheep 1 200 steady with lambs 22 to 23 dollars and ewes 5 to 7 dollars. Eggs softly weaker 2 to 1 2 lower with whites at 42 cents per dozen.
The report lists U S hog prices across weights with sow and stag values, cattle prices for grain fed steers and heifers, stockers, calves, veals and cows, bulls, and sheep ranging by grade. Wholesale eggs and butter prices in Kansas City are also given, noting no change for butter.
Flyers report live poultry unchanged with roasters 23 to 25 cents and White Rock fryers 18 to 19 cents. Butter remains easy and steady with scores 93 AA 6614, 91 A 66s, 90 B 6542.
AP Kansas City notes a drop in wheat prices across grades with No 2 dark at 1.88 to 1.90, No 3 1.84 to 1.95. Corn prices mostly rise with No 2 white 1.50 to 1.56 and No 3 1.40 to 1.55. Soybeans steady at 2.88 to 2.95. Mile maize at 2.10. Bran and shorts priced around 59.50 to 61.25. Rye 1.11 to 1.15. Barley 1.20 to 1.25. Oats vary with No 3 white 75 to 82.
Wheat No 2 hard 1.80n No 2 red 1.80n. Corn No 2 yellow 1.46's sn. Oats No 2 heavy white 76 s 77' sn. Soybeans No 1 yellow 3.01n. Soybean oil 10 81n.
Obituaries report Joseph James Squires 67 of Girard died after admission to Girard hospital. Survivors include siblings in Chicago Baxter Springs and Chanute. Funeral at Dorsey Chapel in Girard Tuesday at 10 a.m. Also noted are deaths of Mary Ann Wickey Honolulu and Clarence W Steeves McPherson, and Luke Elias Bradley of Chanute. Follmer service in Buffalo with Gibson-Koch Chapel in charge.
Supreme Court justices questioned counsel on whether Georgia's legislature should pick the next governor after no candidate won a majority on November 8. Harold Hill argued for legislative selection, while ACLU counsel urged a new election with write ins.
Fireman Apprentice Lester B. Matlock son of Mr and Mrs Paul Matlock of R Four is patrolling the Western Pacific with the Seventh Fleet aboard the attack aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk homeported in San Diego. Harry Steeves Jr of 1320 West Fourth is in McPherson today to attend the funeral service of his uncle Clarence W Steeves.
Donald D Burgess and Karen Lynn Burgess both of 904 S Plummer are enrolled at the University of Denver this Fall. Mrs Robert Lopeman R 4 will appear on Pittsburg Channel 7 news broadcasts at 6 15 and 10 15 p m tonight after walking 2000 miles in under a year. Lester Marts Chanute reports his 10 foot aluminum boat was stolen from the Neosho north of Barker dam with a broken lock. An ambulance was called to the Tioga Hotel at 6 10 a m for Ivan Engel Thayer with a leg injury taken to Neosho Memorial Hospital.
A 19 year old Butler County Junior College student Frank R. Jackson rushed to the scene when a car struck a utility pole. He performed mouth to mouth resuscitation on 48 year old Jeffre R. Roberts who was having trouble breathing. Roberts was hospitalized and the cause of the collapse was not learned. Mrs. Roberts credited Jackson with saving her husband's life.
A lone car crash on the Kansas Turnpike near Bonner Springs killed Rev. Benedict L. Justice, 36, of Kansas City Kansas. Investigators say he drifted onto the median strip, struck a bridge pillar after waking on the road from Emporia. The Franciscan Fathers vehicle was registered to his order.
Saturday admissions include Mrs. Charles Rettig and Mrs. Herbert Bloom plus Chris tine Cramer for medical care. Dismissals list several patients including Mrs. Homer Ellsworth and Richard Locke. Sunday admissions feature Ivan Engel Thayer Augusta Morgan Earl Vandervoort Charlene Pullman Julie Holloway and Mrs. Harry Ellis. Birth Sunday records a couple Mr. and Mrs.
In Louisville, cab driver Henry Lynch faced a chaotic stretch after picking up an elderly woman from Jewish Hospital who left without authorization. Days later he drove a sick boy to a home that turned out not to be the boy’s, as another child had originally been passengers.
The Chanute Tribune lists subscription rates for mail and carrier delivery in Kansas, and names staff including Highland Dwight McCreight as publisher, Dwight Wallingford as news editor, John Hovorka as advertising manager, Fay D. Clopine as circulation manager, and Ben Nicholas as circulation supervisor. It notes AP membership and exclusive local news rights.
The report lists multiple dismissals on Sunday including Jeffery Jordan and Marsha Mays at various addresses in Lavonburg and Lenexa. Admissions today include Mrs. Freddie Markham for surgery and Floyd Ramsey for medical. Fire runs record a Saturday blaze at 625 W Malin and a Sunday garage fire on Plummer and K39 with a car total loss.
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