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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1966
Page
2
Kansas City livestock market notes hogs up 2.00 to 75 240 lb range with barrows and gilts rising. sows higher. Cattle calves, steers, heifers mostly steady to higher with choice steers 25.00 to 25.75 and feeder steers 23.75 to 25.00. Sheep lambs steady with lambs 27.75 to 28.50 and ewes up to 25.0.
U.S. hogs show price ranges by weight from 18.00 to 28.50 dollars with sows and boars listed. Cattle prices cover grain fed steers, heifers, calves, stockers, and yearlings with multiple quality classes. Sheep and lambs include finished lambs, wool, feeder, cull, slaughter ewes, and breeding ewes with varied per head values.
AP notes consumer eggs large and medium prices at 34 35 and 32 33 with other farm eggs unchanged. Wholesale large eggs at 80 cents per dozen and mediums at 80 per cent of previous price. butter unchanged.
The Chicago market notes butter prices steady while eggs show irregular moves with a mix of grade A whites and various yolk styles. The report lists percent shares for different egg grades and quality comparisons.
The report lists Wheat No 2 hard and red prices around 1.677 and 1.70 percent, Corn No 2 yellow at 1.28 percent, Oats and Soybeans values with March and January futures. Prices show small gains across wheat corn oats rye and soybeans, with shifts in March and January contracts.
Kansas City market reports prices for wheat corn oats rye barley soybeans and by products. Hard red winter No 2 and No 3 wheat traded around 1 60 to 1 65 per bushel with various grades and car counts. Corn bids ranged from about 1 26 to 1 48 per bushel for white and yellow types. oats none. rye around 1 19 to 1 21. barley 1 17 to 1 25. soybeans 2 61 to 2 72. sacked bran and shorts about 47 00.
In New Orleans a car rigged for an amputee backed through a cement wall and dropped three stories from an elevated parking lot onto Iberville Street. Parking lot attendant Issac Turner, 40, was in the vehicle and escaped injury as no pedestrians or other cars were nearby. Turner said he believed the accelerator stuck as he backed the car.
Manhattan Kansas AP Dr Charles E Cornelius who led physiology at University of California School of Veterinary Medicine has been named dean of Kansas State University College of Veterinary Medicine effective July 1 He succeeds Ralph L Kitchell who left for Iowa State University His father Paul Cornelius hailed from a Kansas farming family near Parsons Kansas
OLATHE Kansas AP A night long search for a man wanted in a Nebo North Carolina murder case ended in a cemetery near Olathe where William Henry Ray Jr 21 was found sleeping handcuffed and awake He is held for North Carolina officers Ray a former Overland Park resident had been sought since Tuesday after officers learned he was driving Emerson Leroy Carters car The car was abandoned nearby Ray had served time in the Kansas Industrial Reformatory for forgery and is on parole
Steels led a strong late day advance as volume neared 9.7 million shares. News that the White House found acceptable a U S Steel price increase boosted sentiment while Bethlehem rescinded its five dollar per ton raise. U S Steel also raised prices on structural shapes by 2 75. Bonds were mostly unchanged.
Carl Albin Nelson III, 19, died at a Wellington hospital from a head gunshot suffered during a south Peck outing with two Wichita friends. Undersheriff Jerry Wiley said Nelson was hit while kneeling near a car and rose as William Morland fired from the back seat during target practice near the Ninnescah River Bridge.
Daily Transcript lists admissions and dismissals across multiple patients and dates. Notable entries include Mrs. Marvin Phillips and Mrs. Wilfred McIntyre among admissions, and Lynn Gorrell Daryll Vaughan Mary Heller and others among dismissals with addresses in Neosho Humboldt and Fort Scott. Fire and police notes report a Katy railroad right of way incident and a car fire on Main and Lincoln plus a dog control permit violation and a $5 bond.
The NAIA indoor meet on January 22 gains five Olympians led by Willie Davenport Theron Lewis and Richard Stebbins plus Jannell Smith of Freedia Kan. from Texas Southern Grambling Southern U and TSU add top hurdlers sprinters and a strong 800 meter contender as Municipal Auditorium hosts the event.
Official newspaper masthead lists Dwight McCreight Highland as publisher and Dwight Wallingford as news editor with staff names. Subscription rates show mail options one year thirteen dollars and carrier rates in Chanute at one dollar seventy six per month.
Chanute man Tom Sweeney, 41, held overnight after a gas station incident and car theft claim, was to be admitted today to Wadsworth Veterans Hospital. Police said he ordered gasoline, refused to pay, and claimed the car belonging to Dr. Ed Ashley was won in a raffle. His wife Shirley, 22, was later arrested on an outstanding check warrant and fined in city court for a October transaction.
Mrs C C Bowman R 2 underwent major surgery at St Joseph Hospital Wichita Tuesday with full recovery reported as satisfactory. Betty Lou Morris 8022 N Santa Fe injured left hand in a fall near Main street Santa Fe crossing and transported to Neosho Memorial Hospital. Stephen L Phillips 609 Ashby cited for speeding. hearing scheduled today.
Death notices from Thayer and Neodesha areas report Mrs. Mabel Elrod 78 of Thayer dies after months of illness. Mabel Elrod survived by husband M R Elrod two sons Lavell Truman and two daughters Marguerite Carroll Norma Lee. service Saturday at Thayer Christian church with burial in Thayer Cemetery. Emery Mindon Hayes 93 of Neodesha dies Jan 4 after long illness. survived by son Merrill and three stepchildren. funeral Thursday at Loren Fawcett Funeral Home Neodesha with burial in Hatter Cemetery. Alpha Shoemaker former Humboldt resident dies in Manhattan after emergency surgery. service in Humboldt Methodist church. burial Mount Hope with Humboldt OES rites. Background lines note relatives and affiliations throughout.
William J Powers of Kenmore says he posted a $5 note in a bottle dropped 800 miles from New York harbor on March 2 1964 while serving in the Army. Gilbert Cammon of Biscarrosse France reports finding the bottle about three miles from the drop site and claims the reward.
Miss Catherine Young about 40 a patient at Peterson Nursing Home Osage City was struck and killed Tuesday by a Santa Fe freight train at the Lincoln Street crossing. Osage County coroner Dr Niles Stout ruled the death a suicide.
The Chanute Speedway will hold a meeting on Wednesday January 5 1966 in the Old Court room of the Memorial Building to discuss the 1966 racing season. All car owners and drivers are urged to attend.
The Toastmasters club met at the Memorial Building with Max White as toast master and topic master. Harry Patterson gave the invocation. Speakers Royce Wells George Heger and Red Hayes presented talks with Hayes named best speaker and Heger best improved. Guests included Ray Zumalt and Cecil Beden. Next meeting is 7 30 p m January 18 at the Memorial Building.
Robert Docking, Arkansas City banker and Democratic gubernatorial hopeful, criticized Gov. William H. Avery over a possible delay of the state withholding tax from January to April 1966. Speaking after a Manhattan Country Club dinner, Docking called it poor economic management and a political gimmick.
The report notes rapid urban expansion biting into U.S. farmland with about a million acres absorbed annually by growing cities. Experts warn of potential long term effects on agriculture and land use.
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