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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1968
Page
2
Cattle at 4000 head and calves 200 hold steady with feeder cattle varied by weight. Hogs at 3000 head show price gains for barrows and gilts, while sows move unevenly. sheep small in trade with lambs and ewes steady and prime wool prices.
AP summary from Kansas City notes wholesale egg prices show large eggs at 90 percent range 95 to 28 for 30 dozen and mediums at 9 percent 24 to 26. Butter prices unchanged.
Butter prices hold steady with slight gains across grades AA to C and car values noted. Eggs weaken with declines of two to one and a half points, white and mixed categories falling while overall demand remains cautious.
Chicago wheat and corn prices show No 2 hard wheat at 1.58 and No 2 soft red at 1.50 per bushel. Corn No 2 yellow at 1.13 1/2, No 3 at 1.11, No 4 at 1.04 to 1.06. oats No 2 heavy white at 82 1/2 to 83 1/4. soybeans No 1 yellow at 2.72 1/2. soybean oil at 9.10.
Daily Transcript notes visiting hours 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 30 to 8 p.m. with a patient census of 65 adults and pediatrics and two babies. Wednesday admissions include T F Graham 633 S Grant medical Mrs Pearl Burr 115 N Lafayette medical and Bessie Rand les in Humboldt medical. Dismissals Wednesday include Mrs Francis Bailey R 4 and Mrs Sarah Angell 1132 S Central. Dismissals today include Mrs Raymond Cook R 2 Mrs Mary Baughn 515 S Malcolm and Mrs Arvin Neely 1209 N Washington. Highway Patrol Citations list many city court fines for speeding and license violations with multiple names and amounts. Fire Run yesterday at 2 35 p m 302 N Steuben car driven by Mrs Henry Biggs Chanute with steam from a broken radiator hose.
The Dow rose to 855.76 at noon up 29 as high priced stocks rebounded but gains lagged. the market showed heavy trading with more losses than gains. The Associated Press index stood at 313.5, with industrials up 5, rails down 3 and utilities up 9.
U S lease and condensate production rose slightly last week. The Oil and Gas Journal reports daily output averaged 9 201 000 barrels, up 38 000 from the prior week. Oklahoma output halted its decline. Kansas rose to 277 000 bpd from 265 000. Yearly national production reached 239 million barrels, up 16 million or 7.2 percent.
Weather record for Kansas City area shows highs and lows across cities. Goodland 31 Garden City 61 Hutchinson 7 Dodge City 64 Wichita 59 Chanute 58 Topeka 59 with varying precipitation totals up to .19 inches in some locations.
Amendo Leon 82 died at Coffeyville Memorial Hospital after living in Altamont retirement home. Survivors include two sons and six daughters. burial in Mound Valley. Harve Johnson 72 died at Neosho Memorial Hospital after two month illness. services at First Methodist Church with burial in Memorial Park Cemetery. Ralph F. Chapman funeral held at First Baptist Church with burial in Memorial Park Cemetery.
Army PFC John R. Tiegreen 22 son of Mr and Mrs Warner O Tiegreen 520 S Steuben assigned as light weapons infantryman in Company B 3rd Battalion 199th Light Infantry Brigade 7th Infantry near Long Binh Vietnam Jan 10. Lincoln Day Club banquet speaker will be U S Senator Carl Curtis and tickets go on Feb 10 Independence. Birth announced of great granddaughter weighing nine pounds. Police report damage to a 1967 Buick and to curbing a sign and a tree from separate incidents.
Relatives in Leavenworth Kansas were notified that Raymond H. Pike Jr. 19 a specialist four assigned to Vietnam died Wednesday in combat. His family confirms the casualty and awaits further details from military authorities.
David Robinson was named president of the Neosho county unit of the American Cancer Society. An organizational meeting occurred at Mrs Fred M. Harris home, with officers including Mrs Ray Colvin as vice president and Mrs Leah Comer as secretary. Preparations proceed for the April crusade and additional officers were listed.
USD 413 annual dental clinic underway with all five Chanute dentists participating. Inspections in elementary schools completed yesterday, with kindergarten through ninth grade students receiving dental cards. absent students will not be rechecked.
Archery Club at Launching Pad 7 00 Industrial basketball at St Pat s gym Thayer State Bank vs Aeroduct 6 30 Buffalo vs Personal Thrift 7 45 Men s Volleyball Royster Gym 7 30 9 FRIDAY Open Horse Launching Pad 3 4 30 Youth Square Dance Central Park 3th 6th grades 45 Youth Bantams Bowling Sportsman s Bowl 4 00 Junior High Night Launching Pad 7 10 Basketball Blue Comets vs Independence Bulldogs gym 6 30
The announcement lists chairman Mrs. Jordan and memorial chairman along with medical advisors Dr. J. A. Billingsley and Dr. C. H. Morton. The memo references memorial honors and the involvement of medical professionals in guiding this effort.
Jim Hamilton campaign treasurer said the seal drive is now $49 from its goal with donations still being accepted by mail. The list of committee chairs includes Sav ings Dixie Zimmerman Junior Red Cross Tim Thuston Snack Bar Sandy Dawson Church Attendance Karen Ellis Publicity David Noland Assembly Teri Tharp.
The Chanute Tribune lists staff roles including Publisher Dwight McCreight Editor Wayne J. Smith Advertising Mgr Mrs R D Markham Carrier Sup Ben Nicholas and composing staff R Fma Dorsey Osborn with press stereo Fma plus mailing info and address highland street Chanute Kansas 66720.
Rates list by mail in trade territory covering N Allen, Wilson and Woodson counties with one year ten dollars ninety cents and other periods. Rates outside trade territory show higher annual and short-term amounts. Chanute post office boxholders pay the same yearly rate as mail subscribers. Chanute carrier service charges are one seventy per month prepaid. Associated Press note states local news and AP dispatches belong to the AP for republication.
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