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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1966
Page
2
AP dispatch shows cattle at 200 head with no prices for calves, hogs at 1 800 with barrows and gilts 50 higher and sows 25 higher, weights 195. to 21.00 per cwt. Soybeans No 1 yellow around 2.97 and soybean oil at 10.45. Oats No 1 heavy white at 77.
In Kansas City AP notes wholesale eggs show large eggs at 38 half to 39 quarter per dozen and mediums at 35 to 36 per dozen with 80 percent grade A quality. butter remains unchanged.
Chicago prices show butter holding steady while eggs slip 1 to 12 cents. Shell and white quotes mix with 70 percent or better grade A white at 37, mixed at 37, mediums at 34.
Kansas City market notes list wheat at 65 cars with No 2 dark around 1.83 to 1.85, corn ranges 1.50 to 1.55 for No 2, oats up to 1.85 for No 2 white, maize at 2.08, rye 1.12 to 1.16, barley 1.21 to 1.25, soybeans 2.81 to 2.89, with sacked bran 60.50 to 61.25 and sacked shorts at 60.00 to 75. Prices reflect slight increases across several grains.
Chicago AP notes grain quotes with Wheat No 2 red and No 2 hard at 1.78, Corn No 2 yellow at 1.43 for 4-44, with additional No prices truncated. The brief lists standard grain class prices in cents per bushel.
Market listing shows Grade A eggs from Extra Large to Small with prices per dozen, Grade B Large and Grade A Medium, and a few odd lines for butter, roosters, hides, and glue hides with fractional or unclear pricing. No clear date or location provided.
Wall Street fell back from an early rise as yearend cross currents muted activity. Trading slackened late afternoon with volume around 7.4 million shares, below Thursday’s 8.57 million. Markets closed Monday for a three day weekend as investors began leaving for home. At 1 p.m. stocks drifted in a subdued session marked by calendar noise and holiday factors.
Mrs Royle Stafford hosted the Woman's Society of the Methodist Church with a Christmas Story lesson and carols at North Main. Lions Club dinner at the school lunch room featured Midway Altoona students performing. Christmas greetings extend to Tribune readers.
In Long Year City Spitsbergen Norway a DC7C plane finally landed through polar darkness delivering gifts for 117 children and reunions for 22 men. The 969 winter residents including 87 families await a cheerful holiday as Advent Valley glows with torches.
An escaped convict from Leavenworth’s federal penitentiary was arrested at Chautauqua Kansas. Darr ell Malott 41 of Council Bluffs Iowa held a two year auto theft sentence in Oklahoma City. He was found at a port of entry and spoke briefly about the prison.
C. J. Choliasmenos, 41, assistant professor of mechanical and aeronautical engineering at the University of Kansas, died after his foreign made car collided with another vehicle in Tucson, Arizona, on Thursday.
The library hosts a Children’s Story Hour this Saturday from 10:30 to 11 a.m. featuring the tale Nine Days Till Christmas read to young listeners.
Two memorial services were conducted yesterday at Johnson Chapel. Jasper D. Hart was remembered with the Rev. E. M. Pearson officiating and floral attendants named. Frank John Wagner's service featured Dr. Duff Wagoner and an organ solo Angel Serenade, with burial at Memorial Park Cemetery.
The Daily Transcript lists admissions at Neosho Memorial Hospital on Thursday including Guy McKesson Henry Rapp Paul D Young and Mrs R Hayes with medical status. Dismissals include B Thomas Baughn Harry Steeves Abel Sanchez Clarence Roberts. Police court summonses issued Frank Hosselt and citations for Jerry Dudley Fayetteville Arkansas.
The Chanute Tribune lists staff roles including Dwight McCreight publisher and John Hovorka news editor. It details subscription rates for in and out of trade territories, Chanute post office boxholders, and local carrier pricing. The paper notes AP affiliation for local and dispatch news.
Speeding fines of 40 dollars for Charles E. Selzer Irving and Carl F. Willey Pittsburg Ford C. Hermesmeyer Osawatomie Improper Passing fined 10 for O D Dell Dixon Siloam Springs Ark Robert F Tipton Fairland Okla Preston T Hagebusch Chel sea Okla Charles F Fisher Springtown Okla no daily log fined 5 Vernon E Kaufman failure to signal fined 10 Joe Wheeler Chanute taillight missing fined 5 Larry A Adams Neodesha no muffler fined 5 Johnny E Boyd Salem Mo log incomplete fined 10 Lawrence J Rayburn Wichita unsafe vehicle fined 10
Chanute Tribune reports on community happenings in Chanute Kansas with brief items and notices dated December 23 1966. Local updates cover municipal matters, social happenings, and forthcoming events relevant to residents.
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