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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1965
Page
2
Kansas City cattle trading 1,600 head with cows steady to firm and feeders mixed. Feeder steers and heifers show mainly steady to higher prices. choice steer calves 27.70 to 28.70. Hogs 2,200 head with barrows and gilts mostly lower. sows weaker. Sheep 100 head with lambs steady. best lambs around 27.50 to 28.00.
Kansas City AP notes consumer eggs hold at large 34 to 35 cents per dozen and medium 31.5 to 34 cents. Wholesale egg large 35 to 36 cents, medium 34.25 to 35 cents. Butter falls about 2 cents, grade A 72 cents per pound, grade A solid 71 cents.
Chicago AP reports butter prices mostly steady with slight declines up to four percent. Eggs remain unchanged as market notes minimal movement in dairy items and commodity prices.
Wheat prices held steady with No 2 and No 3 grades ranging around 1.58 to 1.82 dollars per bushel. Corn values showed modest gains with No 2 white and No 3 yellow and mixed around 1.26 to 1.41 dollars. Rye and soybeans posted notable levels, while sacked bran and shorts traded in the 47.00 to 75 range.
New York stocks were higher with steady activity as airlines posted strong gains. Trading volume neared 7.2 million shares for the day, slightly below Wednesday’s 7.61 million. Airline shares led the advance in the generally rising market.
Chicago AP reports grain futures with Wheat No 2 red at 1.70 percent down and No 2 at 167 percent, Corn No 2 yellow at 1.26 percent, No 4 yellow at 1.12 percent, and No 5 yellow at 1.11 to 2.14. Oats No 1 heavy white at 76 to 76.5. Soybeans No 1 yellow at 2.66 to 4, Soybean oid at 10.85.
A St. Louis firm Emerson Electric received a 2 535 000 boost to its Air Force contract raising total to 3 435 000 for work in St Louis. The firm will build automatic test equipment for F15 aircraft and Minuteman missile systems. Libby Welding of Kansas City Missouri received 2 197 183 for 10 kilowatt generator sets with spare parts and related equipment.
Arizona suffered more than 7 million dollars in flood damage with about 4 million to public property, as Civil Defense officials estimate private losses over 3 million. Gov. Sam Goddard requested federal disaster aid, with final totals to be determined next week.
The men who carry rural mail have two busy seasons Christ mas and mail order catalog time.
M Sgt Dean W Wiggins assigned as area AF recruiter and will interview applicants in Chanute each Wednesday from 11 am to 3 pm. His six county service area lists the Independence office at 101 N Penn and he is a 16 year veteran with a special recruitment course completed before starting this assignment.
Chanute Tribune published in Chanute Kansas with late 19th or early 20th century staff roles listed. Circulation and pricing sections show subscription rates by county and duration.
Eureka Kansas AP reports continued search for two escapees from Greenwood County jail Clifford Brier 28 Emporia and Bill Bailey 38 Hartford area both held for parole violation. A car stolen from the courthouse parking was recovered about 20 miles northwest in an oil field.
Local households list Christmas Eve and Day visitors including the Eriksons, Otts, Millers, Goffs, Smiths, Gerickes, Waltermires, Kelseys, and Guy family members. Extended visits and dinners are noted in Chanute Wichita Parsons and Io la with multiple relatives attending. Also cited is historical Irish population decline from one million in 1670 to about four million today after famines and emigration.
West Virginia faces widespread gob piles coal refuse banks many burning for decades. Quinwood hosts a massive two mile long pile near the Virginia border posing pollution health and safety concerns. Officials describe gob piles as smoldering fumes with risk of asphyxiation and fire.
Mrs. Howard Coffey of 109 N Malcolm received a Christmas surprise when her husband aboard the aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk phoned from Japan. He is in the combat zone in North Vietnam and he left San Diego on October 9, aiming to return mid June.
Lawrence Childers reported to police that a car driven by O. R. Wilson of 1008 Garfield struck his garage at 107 W. 2nd, damaging the building front.
Oliver James Craig 57 prominent Centerville farmer died unexpectedly from a heart attack at Marvin Huffman’s farm near Erie. He held multiple local posts including VP of Iola Electric, director of Erie Savings and Loan, Rural Water District No. 3, FHA Board, Erie Chamber of Commerce, and Erie Investment Club. Funeral Friday 2 p.m. at Erie Federated Church with burial in East Hill Cemetery. Also notes on Sidney B Holcomb funeral at Johnson Chapel with burial in Buffalo Cemetery.
Cletus Lee Henderson 68 of 314 N Lincoln died at Neosho Memorial Hospital after weeks of ill health. Born January 8 1897 in Woodson County near Humboldt he served as a staff sergeant in the 42nd School Squadron in World War I. He married Lottie Epperson February 18 1924 at Iola. He worked as a stone mason and at Model Laundry for 15 years retiring in 1953. He was a member of the First Baptist Church.
Homer A. Scott of Sheridan Wyoming is reappointed chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. Dolph Simons of Lawrence Kansas is reappointed deputy chairman, and Dean A. McGee of Oklahoma City Oklahoma returns to a three year director term. New branch directors include Cris Dobbins Denver C W Flint Jr Tulsa and John T Harris McCook. The Kansas City Bank also names Dobbins Denver Flint Oklahoma City and Clifford M. Harding to chair Omaha branch boards.
A brief advertisement urges readers to use the guide for safe purchasing decisions. It promotes consumer caution and suggests checking product details, prices, and seller credibility before buying.
Hospital notices list multiple admissions for surgery and medical care at Neosho Memorial Hospital on Wednesday including Mrs Raymond Clements Humboldt and Mrs Ruby Marhasin, with births announced for Mr and Mrs Earl Morrison. Dismissals include Mrs Russell Hibbs and James Gordon, among others. Fire and police court actions record disorderly conduct, driving offenses, and traffic citations with fines and bonds.
Florida Ranger finds a snail mailed to Bahia Honda State Park in the Keys. The sender wrapped the snail in a moist sponge with a note asking the ranger to release the animal on grass so it might survive, but the snail’s occupant had vanished.
Thomas J. Pendergast Jr. files in Jackson County Circuit Court a 250000 suit against The Place operators Joseph Falk and Kenneth Hill alleging invasion of privacy from using a portrait of the late Thomas J. Pendergast Sr. as tavern decor for commercial profit. The suit seeks to bar use of the photograph with a bar named Big Tom's.
A complaint in U S District Court charges Edward L. Williams and his former wife Marion Sutton Williams with income tax liability of 3 503 845 80 for 1953 57. U S District Attorney Russell Millin filed the case. Williams, once a cemetery and country club promoter, married his former wife in 1955 aboard a chartered 44 passenger airliner.
Harry M Kasper Wichita District Social Security manager for 11 months is promoted to assistant regional representative in Kansas City Missouri He will supervise 12 district offices and begins duties in mid January He previously served as district manager at Dodge City Kansas
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