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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1966
Page
2
Hog prices rose with barrows and gilts up to 30, live weights 230 to 310 pounds quoted. Cattle show steady to firmer values for steers and heifers with various weight ranges. Sheep steady with wooled lambs at 22.50 to 23.00 and ewes at 6.75. Kansas City wholesale eggs mix and butter noted.
Chicago AP reports butter prices steady while eggs edge up to 1 higher. Grade A whites 70 percent or better sell around 38 and a half cents, mixed eggs about 37 cents, mediums near 34 cents.
Chicago price quotes show Wheat No 2 hard 1.7758. No 2 red 1.77. Corn No 2 yellow 1.44. Oats No 2 heavy white 77.5 to 78.5. Soybeans No 1 yellow 7.99. Values reflect intra day trading updates from AP.
The market remained lower late in the afternoon with active trading, about 7.8 million shares. Losses edged gains. investors anticipate lower profits and a yearend rally stalled as big companies cut forecasts.
Mrs. A L Locke 79 of 801 S Katy dies at home. Born December 28 1887 she lived here all her life. Survivors include husband William K Whitworth daughter Lorraine McCauley two step children and other relatives. Burial in Easthill Cemetery Erie. Bertha Nance 72 of Savonburg dies at Golden Age Lodge Fort Scott born January 3 1894 in Dexter Minnesota married Carl Gustafson 1915 he died 1937 and then Tom Nance 1956. Survivors include three daughters and one granddaughter. Funeral set for Hep ler Christian Church. Rov Nathaniel Larson memorial service at Vilas Lutheran Church. Burial Vilas Cemetery.
A Maple Park family Christmas dinner united the Marion Dorris home with all children home. Relatives from McPherson and Hiawatha Kansas joined the event along with neighbors. Other guests extended from Humboldt and Denver as holidays spread through the community and local households.
New Delhi AP reports planning minister Ashoka Mehta announced India's per capita national income declined 59 percent in 1965 66 fiscal year. He cited drought crippling crops and reduced growth in mining and manufacturing as major factors.
The government will raise Social Security taxes from 4.2 to 4.4 percent on Jan 1 to fund Medicare. The 1967 maximum benefit tax hit reaches $290.40, up from $277.20, with $33 of each maximum for medical care. The increase adds about $1 billion to trust funds next year and ties to future benefit raises through 1987.
Dr. Donald Menzel of Harvard Observatory told reporters at the AAAS meeting that earthmen could reach the moon within a decade and a half. They would cultivate moon plants and live in shelters, facing day temperatures like boiling water and nights far below zero. He noted possible lunar food sources such as a shrimp-tasting sand flea and discussed experiments with molds, bacteria, and other life forms.
Acoustics expert Robert A. Larabell warns high decibel levels from teen bands in nightclubs can harm ears. He compares rock sound to rivet forging and stresses exposure limits per Air Force charts, noting 90 to 95 decibels at 20 feet could be harmful in 15 minutes.
Mrs. Andrew Glentzer of Thayer came home December 20 from St. Francis Hospital Wichita where she had been a patient six weeks after surgery. Lewis Watts and Max DeWeese reported a minor car accident as DeWeese backed into Watts car in Wichita. Beach Calif and Singapore residents Joe Stephens travel to parental home in Tulsa via Houston and New Year stopover in Tulsa.
There is no meeting on Jan 2 for the Women’s Arts and Crafts group. The next gathering will be Jan 16 in the Central Park Building. Holiday visitors include Mr and Mrs Robert Berry from Yates Center and other listed guests from Wichita Chanute Paris and Long.
Mr and Mrs Ron Sturdivan of Honolulu Hawaii sent four live lavender baby orchids via special delivery to his mother Mrs Raymond Ingel and sister Mrs Kenneth Childers in Emporia. Daily Transcript reports Neosho Memorial Hospital admissions and dismissals for Wednesday including Roy Atkins Merritt Franklin Rosa Erickson Paul Ard and Leland Clark birth notice for Mulberry boy. Fire run occurred Wednesday at 4 p.m. with a false garage fire alarm reported by a caller. two trucks dispatched.
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During WWII siege at Bastogne Les Nichols served as press officer for the 10th Armored Division. German attack drove staff from a farmhouse but Nichols left his name on a pad. He later revisited Bastogne and found the farmhouse still standing and the pad with his name intact on a table.
The Chanute Tribune lists staff roles and local subscription rates for in town and mail readers. It notes association with the Associated Press and the newspaper’s republication rights for local news and AP dispatches.
Lawrence Kansas AP reports John Cooper a 29 year old former Iowa State defensive safety and 1961 captain will be the new defensive backfield coach at Kansas. Cooper spent two years at UCLA under Pepper Rodgers developing strong pass defense with the Bruins ranking fourth nationally. He began coaching as Iowa State freshmen coach in 1962 and later joined Tommy Prothro at Oregon State before moving with Prothro to UCLA in 1965.
Yesterday the report shows normal conservation pool for John Redmond at 1 036.00 feet and Fall River at 901.50 feet. Water discharge listed as 15 cubic feet per second for John Redmond with unclear details for other sites.
President Johnson's daughter Luci and her husband Pat Nugent were reported skiing in Red River New Mexico. Chamber of Commerce manager Glen Calhoun said they are in town but not registered at any lodge. Red River lies about 25 miles south of the Colorado line and north of Santa Fe.
A speaker suggests lunar rocks could contain water of crystallization enabling self supporting Moon expeditions within 10 to 15 years. This would allow manned missions to become self sufficient on the Moon.
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