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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1965
Page
2
AP reports cattle with 3400 head and hogs 3500 head trading with steadier trends. Feeder steers fell 50, wheat mainly 1.60 to 1.65 per bushel, corn 1.25 to 1.43, soybeans about 2.54 to 2.63, and bran and shorts sold in the 46 to 47 cent range.
Chicago AP notes butter firm while eggs soften by 1 to 3 points. Grade A whites at 41 percent, mixed 41 percent, mediums 39 percent.
Wheat No 2 red 1.66 percent, No 2 hard 1.65, corn No 2 yellow 1.25, No 4 yellow 1.15, No 5 yellow 1.12, oats No 2 heavy white 77, soybeans No 1 yellow 2.66, soybean oil 11.15.
W J Han signed a contract to become superintendent of Unified School District 414. He will take the post July 1, coming from Spring Hill Rural High School where he has 16 years in education. Han is a McCune High School native with degrees from Kansas State College of Pittsburg and further study at KU. He and his wife Phyllis have three children and belong to the Christian Church. He succeeds John E. Shireman, who moves to Unified District 247 at Cherokee.
Chanute Tribune brief items from December 16 1965 include local notices and society notes. Readers learn concise reports on community happenings with names and places reflecting Chanute and neighboring areas.
James L. Shafer and Donald D. Brubaker were bound over to district court on charges of attempting to break into Lucas Auto Parts at 214 E. Main. Bond set at 2500 each, with evidence described as circumstantial. Police stopped a car after a truck driver reported seeing a man at the store and another trying to pry a window. Police found a 17 inch screwdriver and snips in the car.
New officers for 1966 were installed by Cedar Lodge in a ceremony at the Masonic Temple last night. Worshipful Master C. Jeff Coots was installed, with installing Worshipful Master Joe G. Wasser and installing marshal Melvin W. Wilson. Other officers were installed.
Thomas E. Mitchell Jr. reported his car ran over a cardboard box covering two large rocks on Highland near Senior High School. Minor damage occurred. he moved the rocks out of the street.
R F Treptow 44 of Kansas City and Arthur E Turner 79 of 1505 Edith collided yesterday at 12th and Santa Fe. Police estimated damage to Treptow’s 1964 Comet at 75 dollars and to Turner’s 1949 Plymouth at 15 dollars. Treptow began passing on the right and Turner turned right.
About 500 people attended the VFW Post 1654 Christmas dinner Tuesday night at the Masonic Temple where festive meals were served to members and guests.
Fay Clopine senior warden Vernon Defebaugh junior warden Homer Cook senior deacon William Hosselt junior deacon Charles Fulmer senior steward Jack Bennett junior steward Gene Dunaway treasurer Jay T Klinginsmith secretary Roy D. Adams tyler and Joe C. Rensing chaplain named for church leadership roles.
Daily Transcript lists hospital admissions for Lloyd Manson Lavonburg and others with surgeries and medicals, births for the Swaney and Semrad families, plus dismissals. Police Court actions include James E Schmitt careless driving, Oren T Johnson fireworks, Doyle McKinney Jr speeding and stop sign violations with fines and bonds.
Honolulu AP report says Midway Islands coral reefs are at least 25 million years old, according to the Institute of Geophysics at the University of Hawaii.
NASA Ames scientists Donald Gault and William Quaide report the moon’s surface is a loose layer of fine granular material perhaps ten feet deep but unlikely to trap an Apollo lander. Their lab and field tests with low velocity projectiles matched Ranger crater images and suggest secondary debris shapes caused most craters. They predict Surveyor will help confirm.
William F. O'Brien Sr. 87 of St. Paul died at Mercy Hospital in Fort Scott after ten days as a patient. A former two-term mayor and civic leader, he owned a meat market and gas companies, helped found a bank, and served on the St. Paul school board. Survived by wife Lucy Norris and many children and grandchildren. Funeral at St. Francis Church with burial in St. Francis Cemetery.
Franz B Byington a 54 year old conservation technician for the Soil Conservation Service died Wednesday morning at his place of employment. He was born December 17 1910 at Bedford Iowa and married Edith Moody January 24 1941 at Carleton Missouri. Surviving are his widow two sons Kenneth Juntion City and William in the Air Force three daughters Martha Price Neodesha Norma Taylor Greensburg and Helen Stewart Kansas City eight brothers and one sister.
Funeral services for Mrs Virgil B Ersil Gardner are set for Friday at 2 p.m. at Johnson Chapel with Rev Dale L Sneeringer officiating and burial in Memorial Park Cemetery. Nance service for Mrs Daniel W Lucille Eleanor Nance held at Seventh Day Adventist Church Wednesday with Rev W D Brass and Rev Verne Hyland of Iola. Fern Dick LaHarpe and Mrs.
Chanute Tribune published by Chanute Publishing Company Chanute Kansas zip 66720 with staff including Dwight McCreight John Hovorka Fay D Clopine Ben Nicholas and Dorsey Osborn. Evening edition issued except Sundays rates list 1 year 15 dollars outside four counties 6 months 8 dollars 3 months 4 dollars 25 per month 2 dollars 50 per month.
Washington AP reports price support loans secured on 143,738,517 bushels of 1965 crop wheat through November, versus 159,371,467 in 1964 and 143,814,734 in 1963. Corn loans stood at 31,972,082 bushels through last November, compared with 53,902,282 a year earlier.
Verne Hyland and Mrs. Hyland performed at the service with Mrs. Carl Beck on piano. Bearers included W. H. Pool Harold Sutton Warwick Guy Charley Reynolds Clifford Peterson and Dave Brown. Burial followed in Bethel Cemetery Neodesha under Johnson Mortuary care.
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