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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1968
Page
2
Cattle 500 calves scarce keeping prices uncertain. Hogs 2,200 with barrows and gilts steady to 25 higher as demand thickens for under 240 lb weights. 1-2 200-235 lb hogs bring 20.50 to 21.00. Sows steady, 300-400 lb 16.75 to 17.50. Sheep 25 head offered, price test inadequate.
Kansas City AP notes wholesale egg prices for large 80 percent AA 25 28, mediums 80 percent AA 22 25. Butter unchanged with grade A solid 77 and grade A quarters 78.
Chicago AP notes butter and eggs held flat in wholesale markets with grade A whites at 27.42 and mixed at 27.14 per hundred. various grades listed with percentages, including AA 66 9 A 68 9 B 64 and other marks for eggs and standards.
Chicago Chicago AP reports grain prices with Wheat No 1 hard at 1.56 per bushel No 2 soft red 1.53 No 2 yellow corn 1.11 to 1.12 No 3 yellow 1.08 No 2 yellow 1.02 to 1.07 No 5 yellow 96 to 1.02 Oats No 2 heavy white 83 to 84 Soybeans No 1 yellow 2.72 Soybean oil 9.10
National Geographic notes that Sequoia trees derive their name from Cherokee chief Sequoiah who devised the first alphabet for an Indigenous language.
The stock market failed to extend its four session rally as profit taking followed a Defense Department boost to the draft call. Losses outnumbered gains by about 60 issues after early gains. The Dow Jones index stood at noon up 1.73 to 850.96, while the AP average was unchanged at 310.4 as industrials rose slightly and rails and utilities fell.
Visiting hours at Neosho Memorial Hospital are 2 to 4 PM and 6 30 to 8 PM with a patient census of 63 adults and pediatric cases and three babies. Thursday admissions include Mrs Charles Baughn Glen Sharp Mrs Mary Stover Eldon Kee Jr George Burghart John Zimmerman and Mrs George Bradley. Dismissals list Mrs Alvin Endsley Susan Gebrt and Dunward Landrum today. Fire runs note a false alarm and a cat in a tree. Police court actions include Shobe Hughes and Clarence Collins with bonds posted. Police summonses issued for Johnnie Ash and Charles R Fry. Marriage licenses issued in Erie for several couples.
Mr and Mrs G J McGee 205 S Allen returned from Wichita where his father Gilbert McGee is a patient at St Joseph Hospital They also visited his mother a patient at St Francis Hospital Lena Lloyd daughter of Eldon and Mrs Lloyd 1026 S Highland passed KU Spanish proficiency test The Neosho County United Nations Association to meet Saturday at 6 30 p m at the Hanson home Pearl Uthmann Neo sho Manor welcomed a newborn grandson George Calvin Uthmann Jr born yesterday weighing seven pounds nine ounces Jim Stemple 216 Franklin reported a broken windshield on his 1954 Buick near Sen ler High School
Death notices report Harry J Ben Yates 79 of rural Erie died at Neosho Memorial Hospital. Survived by two daughters, three sisters, five grandchildren, 10 great grandchildren and two great great grandchildren. Services at Johnson Chapel Saturday 1:30 p.m. with burial at Fairview Cemetery Cherryvale. Also listed are James E Barnes 85, Selma J Decker 76, Martha Artopoeus and others with funeral details and family survivors across Chanute Neodesha and Bentonville.
Mrs. Thomas Smith of Newton has been appointed to the Governors Commission on the Status of Women of Kansas. After years of hardship with a disabled husband and eleven children, she used Title V to finish high school and complete GED. She trained at Prairie View Mental Health Center and now works there full time. Her children, ages 7 to 2, include two daughters selected for the National Girl Scout Roundup and three who earned college scholarships. She says poverty is a frame of mind and aims to change attitudes toward welfare through education and rehabilitation.
Two Republican senators, Marvin Cox and Jack Quinlan, accuse Gov. Docking’s highway plan of hidden cutbacks. They cite highway commissioner J. Rex Dawe as source and dispute highway director Montgomery’s denial, saying a discrepancy exists between his statement and the proposed cutbacks list. The Highway Committee killed Docking’s plan. a Republican bill awaits House passage, with Docking warning of a veto.
A funeral service will be held at Burns Funeral Home in Bentonville at 2 p.m. Saturday for a local resident. Burial follows at Miller Community Cemetery. Surviving family includes great grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
Jeanie Collins of Midway High School won first place in the Chanute American Legion oratorical contest, with Sally Casey Chanute second and Janie Corbitt Chanute third. Scholarships totaling 100 75 and 50 dollars await the top three. Collins advances to Coffeyville March 6 for a district contest en route to Newton state finals March 15.
The Chanute Tribune issue from Thursday February 22 1968. Local news, notices, and community briefs reflect events in Chanute and surrounding areas.
Chanute Tribune provides subscription rates by mail in trade territory and outside, including one year options from 10 to 15 dollars and monthly carrier rates in Chanute. Also lists staff roles such as publisher, editor, advertising manager and postal details.
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