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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1966
Page
2
In Kansas City cattle prices fell with 7 000 head reported. Calves steady to 25 50 lower. feeders steady. Slaughter steers 25 50 2700. heifers 24 50 26 00. cows 16 75 19 50. Hogs mostly lower. sows stronger. Sheep market mixed with lambs, ewes, and feeders listed. Bulls and breeding stock shown with varied ranges.
U S numbers show a wide range of hogs from 180 to 300 pounds with Prices from 22 to 28 dollars per hundredweight and sows and boars priced between 18 and 24 dollars. Cattle sections list grain fed steers and heifers from 18 to 25 dollars, stocker calves up to 30, yearling cattle 22 to 26, veals up to 30, cows and canners 16 to 21 dollars.
Live poultry prices hold. roasters reach 23 1/2 to 25 cents per pound, special fed White Rock types 21 to 22. Butter remains steady to firm with 93 score AA at 60 and 92 A at 60, eggs firm with 70 percent or better grade A whites at 43, mixed 43, mediums 40, standards 39.
Chicago market notes show wheat No 2 hard 169 1/2 cents bushel No 2 soft red 172 1/2. Corn No 2 yellow 132 1/2 to 133 1/2, No 4 119 1/2 to 126 1/2, No 5 113 1/2 to 118 1/2. Oats No 2 heavy white 77 1/2 to 78 1/2, soybeans No 1 yellow 294 7/8 to 295 1/8. Wheat closed 1/2 to 1 1/2 cents higher March 169 1/2 to 169 3/4. Corn up 1/2 to 3/4 cents March 129 1/2 to 129 3/4. Oats unchanged to 2 lower March 72. Soybeans up 3 to 4 cents March 294 3/4 to 293 3/4.
AP dispatch from Kansas City details bids for wheat and corn. Wheat prices range for No 2 hard and dark hard about 1.64 to 1.75, No 3 1.64 to 1.78, No 2 red 1.61 to 1.65, No 3 1.59 to 1.64. Corn in thin advance sits around 1.37 to 1.43 for No 2 white, 1.27 to 1.42 for No 3, with No 2 yellow and mixed near 1.33 to 1.34.
The Associated Press reports two traffic fatalities in Kansas over the weekend. Patrick McKenna, 19, of Weir and Mike Williams, 17, of near Lawton, were in a car that collided with a Frisco freight train about one mile west of Weir.
A 1960 Dodge owned by B&M Feed and Seed Co. was damaged when driven by Larry E. Bailey 24 struck a deer on highway K39 east of Chanute at about 10:25 a.m. The young doe was killed and given to a state game protector. A separate injury accident north of Parsons involved Helen C. Randall and Donald R. Brooks treated at Labette County Medical Center.
The market quotes oats at 1.32 to 1.33 for No. 2 white 78. Mile maize ranges 1.99 to 2.00. Rye 1.24 to 1.27. Barley 1.16 to 1.23. Soybeans 2.79 to 22.80. Sacked bran and shorts both 50.50 to 51.25.
In New York late in the day the market rose with steels and selected issues advancing. Trading was active with about 8 million shares exchanged versus 7.53 million the prior Friday. Corporate and U.S. Treasury bonds moved little in light turnover.
Galena Kansas lawmakers clash over a 25 city employees pay increase. Mayor A M Moeller and four councilmen support the hike while six oppose. Meetings, absent quorums, and a heated standoff with sheriff deputies followed a January 18 vote. The mayor called a recessed session as tensions flare.
D. O. Simpson reported a peanut vending machine stolen from a filling station at 219 N. Lincoln, missing for four days. Police arrested David W. Shields on a Shawnee County warrant and released him to authorities. A fight at 417 W. Main was investigated. participants were identified and charges pending a signed complaint.
Robert A. Flanary 18 surrendered to police and is held for military authorities as an absentee from service. He had been absent without leave since Oct. 21 and had been living in the city, police said.
Gilbert Debler 84 of Neosho County died Sunday at Neosho Memorial Hospital after a two week illness. He was born November 22 1881 and was a retired farmer and oil field worker. He married Anna Heaton in Erie October 2 1905. she died July 9 1925. Surviving are two daughters Alta Breiner and Minnie Burghart, one son Ralph Debler, plus 12 grandchildren 26 great grandchildren and one great great grandchild and one sister Blanche Ellis. Memorial service Tuesday at Johnson Chapel at 1 30 pm burial in East Hill Cemetery Erie.
Funeral service for Mrs Jen nie Noyes will be held Tuesday at 2 p.m. at the First Christian Church with Rev Bert Sutton officiating. Burial follows in Elmwood Cemetery. The body lies in state at the church from noon until the service. Gibson Koch Chapel in charge of arrangements.
Police estimated $300 damage to a 1965 Cadillac driven by Mrs. Dorothy Lawrence at Cherry and Forest after a morning collision as the 1956 Ford station wagon driven by Larry Wilkinson incurred about $50 in damage. Both cars were westbound when Wilkinson tried to pass on the right. Later, two more drivers Eric Erickson and Charles Trenary were involved in a separate incident near addresses on Washington and Lar- streets.
Hospital activity lists admissions and dismissals for Saturday Sunday including names and addresses of patients. Birth reported for a couple in Humboldt a girl. Police court action notes two intoxication arrests with posted bail and releases. Fire runs report a trailer fire at 216 West 11th and a refinery wash down at a Santa Fe bulk station.
Police cited Erickson for careless driving after a westbound attempt to pass two cars led to a collision with the Trenary vehicle at the Main and Lar intersection. At 9 o clock Saturday night Carolyn Smith and James E More reported accidents at Main and Highland with damage to their cars.
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