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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1968
Page
4
AP reports cattle numbers too low for price test with 250 head and sheep at 20 head. Hog sale 2,200 head shows higher bids for various weight classes from 200 to 290 pounds, with barrows and gilts up 26. Sows mix of gains and steady. Labrador solid grade A beef 79 at quarter-pound pricing listed.
AP reports wholesale egg price lists show large eggs at 80 percent A 43 to 46 and mediums at 80 percent A 30 to 43. Butter prices remain unchanged at Grade A.
The New Hope Baptist Church senior and young adult choirs will present a Christmas musical Sunday at 3 p.m. A free will offering will be taken and the public is invited.
The New York stock market surged as the Federal Reserve Board held fire on tightening credit. The Dow Jones rose 4.04 to 981.17 at noon, with more gainers than decliners and merger hopefuls spurring interest in several stocks while high priced glamour shares declined.
Kansas Adjutant General Joe Nickell announces Maj D Munger of Iola is promoted to lieutenant colonel and appointed commanding officer of the 3d Battalion 137th Infantry with headquarters in Iola. The battalion, largest in the Kansas National Guard, includes seven units across southeast Kansas and succeeds Lt Col Cleo H. McClellan of Kansas City Kansas, who has retired.
At a Budget Division hearing in Topeka the proposed 1970 operating budget for the Division of Institutional Management and 11 state hospitals was reduced from 41.78 million to 35.83 million prompting appeals for restoration. Costs cited include salaries and new positions, with capital-funding priorities to be reviewed separately by the division.
Chanute falls 33 11 at Columbus with three wins all in heavier weights. Don Noland 138 pounds defeats Evans 13 6 while Bill Ray 154 pins McCormick to stay undefeated and Wayne Moreland 165 defeats Potteroff 7 3. Exhibition results include Randy Finley pinned, Barringer decision, Wilson and Ray losses.
Gov. Robert Docking's office announced a $764,027 grant from the Department of Housing and Urban Development to Sedgwick County for a regional park project in Topeka Kansas.
Five people were charged with attempting to break into the Silver Lake State Bank in Topeka, FBI said. A preliminary hearing was set for December 17. Arrests were made at a Topeka motel and nearby in a car. charges allege intent to commit larceny. Named defendants include Sandra Kay Pettyjohn, George Blane Spears, William Shoups Pollard, Jewell Dean Pickett, and Thomas Lee Woolridge. Bond amounts ranged from 15,000 to 25,000 dollars.
Neosho Memorial Hospital lists visiting hours. Census shows 63 adults and children including four babies with patients named and treatments noted. A long list of recent moves records many residents relocating within town. Fire runs noted with two incidents including a cat in a tree and a steam in a water tank, but no fires reported.
H L Lewis a Cha nute native and current assistant superintendent for Santa Fe Railway with headquarters in Oklahoma City will become superintendent of the Chicago Term inal Division at Corwith Illinois effective January 1 as announced by L M Olson Topeka general manager. Lewis joined Santa Fe as a mail clerk in 1940 and has since held key posts including trainmaster at Chanute in 1953 and the Oklahoma City post since 1966.
A 33‑foot wall at a suburban Buenos Aires factory site collapsed onto a neighboring house Thursday, killing a man a woman and their 7-year-old son. Emergency crews investigated the accident and authorities reported the fatalities while concern grew over safety on the construction site.
Pittsburg Kansas junior Miss Debbie Barnes Miss America 1968 announced on a Topeka radio interview that she will marry Mitch Ell Miles on January 25 in Moran. The wedding will be at Moran Methodist Church with the couple to reside in Pittsburg while finishing school.
Funeral service for Burl R. Schaberg conducted yesterday in First United Methodist Church with Rev. Duff D. Wagoner officiating. Burial followed at Memorial Park Cemetery. Honorary bearers and floral attendants named. eight pallbearers listed. Burial in Memorial Park Cemetery. Death notices continue for Earl DeLos Bell, 76, with service set at Gibson Koch Chapel and burial in Elmwood Cemetery. Bell, linked to Chanute and Los Angeles, survived by wife Itha, two sons, three stepdaughters, siblings, and many grandchildren.
Three Chanute men were found guilty in city court on hunting from a public road without landowner permission. Leonard Smith John Page and Franklin Russell were running a hedge row and fined 25 dollars each plus costs. The county attorney said the fine is the maximum for a first offense.
YATES CENTER December calendar lists junior high and varsity basketball games at Burlington and Fredonia, a Christmas formal for all students, a Kay Christmas party, a TAD Board Faculty dinner at the Christian Church, a Christmas assembly at 3 10 p m and a Christmas vacation from December 20 to January 2.
Humboldt High School debaters competed at the John England Invitational in Pittsburg December 6 and 7. Coach Daphne Horine led three teams including Dennison Nord, Vaughn Cottle with alternates Smith Butts Ford. The top team posted three wins, others earned one and two wins respectively for six total, surpassing nine schools and tying two others.
A group of Fort Scott businessmen plans to contest the city ordinance creating an occupational license. They have hired an attorney and are contributing funds to oppose the measure which Mayor Doherty says will generate about $10,000 annually and is not a regulatory action.
Special notices promote wholesale prices on toys and crafts at Playhouse Toys with a Sunday deadline, plus a Santa Claus appointment and a Santa Claus ad. Also features a Christmas bonanza with four new three bedroom homes for immediate possession in a southwest location priced in the mid-20s.
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