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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1967
Page
2
Kansas City livestock report shows cattle and calves at 7000 head with feeders mostly steady. Hogs 4500 with barrows and gilts steady to 2 lower. sows 12.50 to 15.00. Sheep 1000 with wooled lambs 1.90 lower and ewes steady. prime wooled lambs 21.75 to 22.75.
In Kansas City wholesale prices brokered by AP show large eggs at 28 to 30 cents per dozen with 80 percent AA grade and 80 percent A 24 to 27 cents. Medium eggs trade at 24 to 27 cents per dozen and butter remains unchanged.
Chicago AP notes produce prices steady with no changes across grades and items. Egg prices also hold at stable levels, reflecting unchanged market conditions.
Chicago AP grain notes show Wheat No 2 hard at 1.54 percent. No 2 soft red at 1.46 percent. Corn No 2 yellow at 1.16 percent. Oats No 2 heavy white at 75s. Soybeans No 1 yellow at 2.62 and a half.
The stock market extended a vigorous rally with the Dow Jones industrial average up 3.76 at 906.04 at noon. Broad gains featured steel, motors, rubbers and aerospace issues, with the AP average up 8 to 318.9 as rails and utilities rose.
Chanute Tribune lists staff roles and circulation rates, detailing publisher Dwight McCreight news editor Wayne Smith and advertising manager Fay Clopine. It includes subscription prices for various territories, Chanute boxholder rates, and carrier delivery charges.
Four non injury traffic accidents were logged by police yesterday. At 11 a.m. Laurel Alcock and Jesse Kuhn collided on Grant between 1st and Main. Kuhn cited for failing to yield right of way. About 2:30 p.m. Lenore Bodley and Mable Wilmoth collided at 1st and Lincoln. Bodley’s Dodge damaged. Around 4:30 p.m. Phyllis Wilson backed into a parked Oldsmobile at Main and Plummer. damage to both cars. At 7:15 p.m. Barbara Bowes ran off edge of a culvert at 9th and Washington and reported damage to her car.
A foreign student exchange program at Portland State College raised only small money by auctioning 12 coeds wearing sacks over their heads. Bidders judged by legs and the top bid reached just $2 as male students focused on next week's finals.
At O Fallon Technical High School seniors selecting class rings in the auditorium the lights went out. Jewelers briefcase containing $6,000 collected for rings went missing after a chair with the case was pulled behind the curtain.
Terri Aline Barkley, weighing 5 pounds 13 ounces, arrived Wednesday at Hays Hospital in Cedarvale to Rosetta Barkley of Moline. Father Albert Barkley died of a heart attack April 26 in Moline. Rosetta Mann Barkley is daughter of A. E. Mann of 816 S. Forest. sister Buford Allen lives at 1202 S. Edith. Paternal grandmother is Grace Barkley of Pueblo, Colorado. Terri has two brothers, Charles and Gary.
Daily Transcript lists patient census at 47 with adults, pediatrics and two babies, visiting hours 2 to 4 PM and 6 30 to 8 PM. Wednesday admissions include Mike Summerville and Harry Ellis. dismissals Cora Mintz Beatrice Biesler Mrs Walter Dudley. Police court items show William M Williams Larry D Chaney Johnny R Webb and others with alcohol and traffic charges. a fire run recorded at City Park.
In Topeka Kansas Thomas M Kidwell a former Wichita state representative faces a second trial on a first degree murder charge for his wife s 1966 slaying The Shawnee County District Court rejected a change of venue and set the trial for Monday The defense sought a psychiatric examination but the judge did not rule on it Kidwell was convicted at the first trial but that verdict was set aside due to prejudicial prosecutor remarks The victim Mrs Kidwell was found shot to death in a car on a Topeka back road Aug 24 1966 with Kidwell nearby
Instructional note directs readers to call the Tribune carrier when unavailable and to dial HE 1 3400 after 6 p.m. if the carrier cannot be reached.
Obituaries from Chanute and nearby towns list J Ray Pearman 57 Wichita died Halstead Hospital with survivors Haz el Susan Kay Haywood Juttie. Waldo Taylor Ward Thayer Mo. Mrs Wilma M Buscher 55 Humboldt with 18 children and multiple spouses. Mrs Bessie Wolaver 78 Greeley Colo. Funeral arrangements noted in local notices.
Louis Washkansky, recovering from a pioneering heart transplant four days earlier, left his sterilized room for the first time to receive cobalt radiotherapy at Groote Schuur Hospital. He was wheeled 40 minutes through the hospital and returned to his room as his body enters a critical period for possible organ rejection.
In Brooklyn at Maimonides Hospital Dr Adrian Kantrowitz and a 22 member team reported a second failed transplant attempt. The healthy heart from a two day old infant was transplanted into a 2 week old patient but the recipient died 62 hours later.
A Chanute resident who lived in Colorado since her marriage and belonged to the First Baptist Church in Greeley and the Hulda Parker chapter CBS died. She is survived by her sister Mrs Anna Belle Wood of Chanute and two nieces and two nephews. The body will be brought to Chanute for services at Gibson Koch Chapel Saturday at 10 30 am with Rev Dale Sneeringer officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery.
The memorial for Crit Carl Youngquist was led by Dr. Duff D. Wagoner in Johnson Chapel with Hazel Slane on organ. Bearers included Ralph Morgan and others. burial at Greenwood Cemetery Newton with graveside rites. A second memorial for Ancel B. Somers was held in the same chapel with Dr. Wagoner officiating and cremation following.
Berman E. Butler 45 of Englewood Kansas died in a car truck collision late Wednesday at the US 160 and Main Street intersection in Medicine Lodge.
The 22 story Hotel Continental in downtown Kansas City was sold on the Jackson County courthouse steps for 300000 to Margaret Wyatt, trustee for the second mortgage holder. The sale lasted 16 minutes with about 70 spectators. The deal covers the property and operations subject to 418000 still unpaid on the first mortgage. The hotel will stay open and improvements will begin immediately.
Oklahoma officers search for a man believed drowned after his car plunged into the Neosho River near Miami. The car was recovered but the driver remains missing. A California driver's license issued to Charles Mitchell, Huntington Park, was found in the vehicle.
Earlton WSWS met in Mrs. Dean Dighero's home for a lesson on The Big Difference The Uniqueness of Christianity with John 1 14. Four members and one guest enjoyed refreshments as Mrs Mable Fox attended.
Fifteen members and three children attended the Vilas Lutheran Church women’s meeting. Mrs. Clarence Nelson opened with prayer and “Joy to the World” was sung. They decided to give Christmas fruit baskets to shut ins and the elderly. Twelve members attended the study on “More than A Merry Christmas.” Officers were elected and a pot luck lunch followed.
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