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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1968
Page
4
Cattle totals reach 2500 head with feeders and calves listed by weight. Hogs total 5000 with barrows and gilts priced up to 25, sows steady around 15 to 16. Sheep and lambs show limited movement with prime and choice ranges noted. Egg prices hold steady with wholesale buyers staying near current levels.
Kansas City AP reports wholesale egg prices with large and medium sizes and high grade A butter values. It notes 80 percent A quality standards and maintains unchanged butter pricing across grades and sizes.
Chicago AP reports live poultry wholesale prices unchanged to one lower with roasters down 4 to 5 percent and some young tom turkeys at 25. Butter wholesale prices also steady in Chicago.
Wall Street extended a sharp decline in moderate trade on the NYSE. The Dow Jones average at noon fell 5.97 to 970.35 as fears of government monetary restraint and higher interest rates fueled concern over a renewed money crunch following recent inflation worries.
A 50 year old Chanute man named Harry Atkins faces a preliminary hearing in city court on grand larceny charges. He allegedly stole wall paneling copper tubing camper doors windows a skill saw and other materials from Nu-Wa Campers over about six months. Bond set at 1000. Investigators from Neosho County sheriff's office county attorney and the Kansas Bureau of Investigation led the probe.
Kiwanis members and their wives met at a downtown store for the annual Christmas shopping for selected needy children. After shopping they gathered at club president Wilbur Allison’s home at 401 West 7th for an informal social hour hosted by Mr and Mrs Clifford Erickson of 306 South Tennessee.
The graveside service for Mrs. Gussie Copeland is now set for 9 a.m. Wednesday after weather delays delayed the arrival of relatives on scheduled flights. Johnson Mortuary handles local arrangements. In another obituary, Charles D. McAnulty, 72, of Yates Center died Monday at home. he was a World War I veteran and retired oilfield driller. Funeral to be 2:30 p.m. Wednesday at Price Funeral Home with burial at Ellison Cemetery. Mrs. Oscar Larson, 73, of Vilas died at Neosho Memorial Hospital. Gibson-Koch Chapel to announce arrangements.
The U S nuclear submarine Plunger will arrive at the southern Japanese port of Sasebo for a three day rest and recreation visit for its crew. It will be the first U S nuclear sub to call at a Japanese port since May 6 when radioactivity was detected in Sasebo during a visit by the Swordfish. The United States and Japan have agreed on added safeguards for visits by U S nuclear powered warships.
A 6.5 Richter quake struck south central Alaska at 2 08 a m causing burglar alarms to ring shelves to wobble and windows to rattle. The epicenter lay about 160 miles southwest in a remote area with no tidal wave danger detected by Palmer observers.
Israeli warplanes hit Jordan again to target an Arab guerrilla unit after rockets were fired at a cease fire line. Police patrol near Kfar Ruppin came under fire. two bazooka rockets and small arms were used by Jordanians. Earlier an explosive wounded two Israeli women in Gaza City.
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Kansas traffic fatalities for the 24 hours ending 9 am Tuesday December 28 1968 show 617 deaths, compared with 635 for the same period in 1967. Officials note year to date totals and emphasize road safety.
Six people died on Kansas roads Monday in Coffeyville area crashes and a Garden City incident. Otis Dodson and Nellie Dodson of Cherryvale died in a head on on U S 169 near Coffeyville along with Ned Douglas of Tulsa. Chester Reavis and Lola Reavis perished in a head on on U S 166 near Niotaze. Dale Branch of Garden City died as a car hit a rear of a truck on U S 50 east of Garden City. Elmer Smith was hospitalized.
Barbara Jane Mackle, 20, Emory University junior and daughter of a Florida land developer, was kidnapped from an Atlanta motel in the early hours by two men armed with a shotgun. Her mother told DeKalb County police the assailants entered posing as police agents.
Fifty four members of the First United Methodist Youth Fellowship sang for shut ins on Sunday and nineteen children visited hospitals and nursing homes to sing. 103 Oren N. Henderson arrived home for a two week visit after serving aboard the USS Valley Forge. Debra Bohlander, granddaughter of C. L. Bohlander, sang with the Pampa High School choir on television during the Colts Rams game. A bicycle reported stolen from George Riker Jr. by his Washington street yard.
Mrs. Curtis H. Van Gundy returns from a ten day trip to California visiting son Harold R. Van Gundy in Anaheim and sister Roy Sampson in Covina. She attended nephew George M. Lawson's installation as worshipful master of Orange Grove Lodge No. 293 in Orange California.
Daily Transcript reports Neosho Memorial Hospital visiting hours 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 30 to 8 p.m. with a patient census of 58 including adults pediatrics and two babies. Admissions this week list multiple patients by name and address for medical and surgical cases followed by birth of a girl to Mr and Mrs Troy Crabtree at 606 S Central. A Monday fire at E Z Way Laundry caused damage to a dryer.
Actress Tallulah Bankhead left more than $100000 in 23 bequests. Her will filed in Manhattan Surrogate Court. memorial services drew about five hundred at St Bartholomew's on Park Avenue. She died at 65 and left a $250 monthly lifetime annuity to sister Eugenia. The will dated November 24 1967 left $10000 each to Estelle Winwood and Kenneth Carten.
The family of a deceased mother thanks Dr Glenn Ashley Dr Donald Ray and Neosho Memorial Hospital nurses and staff along with friends and relatives for kindness during illness and passing. Also includes notices offering services and lost items with contact numbers.
The ad promotes a 3 bedroom home at 120 N Larson with central heating, carpeting, 220 wiring, and a large yard, inviting readers to move in after New Year. It highlights extras and a fireplace, urging quick action from buyers. It attributes contact to The McLaren Agency.
Auction listing of muscle and mid size cars: a 1967 Impala two door hardtop with AC stereo tape 327 engine auto power steering and brakes. a 1967 Camaro two door hardtop six cylinder three speed. a 1965 Dodge four door V eight auto. and a 1968 Chevrolet one ton pickup V eight three speed low mileage.
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