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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1966
Page
2
AP dispatch from Kansas City notes cattle trading mostly slower with cattle calves and feeders steady to lower and cows down. Hogs fall 25 to 75 cents. sows steady. Sheep and lambs show modest declines with some higher ewe quotes. Grain futures show soybeans up and wheat slightly higher on the day.
Center PARSONS HOGS and CATTLE listings show price ranges for hogs, sows, boars, and boars. cattle including grain fed steers, heifers, stocker calves, and yearling offerings with U S grades and weights. Sheep quotes cover lambs and breeding stock. Kansas City and New York markets note wholesale eggs and mixed stock trading. treasury bonds rose amid broad activity.
Chicago market reports show live poultry unchanged and butter and eggs fully steady with no price moves. No other commodities or alt markets affected as of the AP bulletin.
Wheat No 2 hard at 1.6742, No 2 red at 1.70, Corn No 2 yellow at 1.32, No 4 yellow at 1.23, No 5 yellow at 1.12, with oats No 2 heavy. Market notes reflect generic commodity quotes in Chicago.
Mr. and Mrs. C. Morgan Booe of Topeka were in Chanute on Tuesday to handle business as Booe resigns as chief of the state income tax division. The former residents plan to move soon to Phoenix, Arizona. Leroy Wilson of Stark attends a fertilizer and farm chemicals workshop in Oklahoma City.
Daily Transcript lists admissions on Tuesday including Henry Wittich surgery James Weiner Humboldt Mrs Andrew Van Wickle 117 S Kansas and Dana Peterson Humboldt medical plus Judy Carlson R 2 surgery. Dismissals include Walter Bell 713 S Lafayette Mrs Harry Jackson R 3 Mrs Rosco Clark 1520 S Evergreen and Mrs Calvin Powers Fredonia Mrs John Niver 1602 S Plummer Mrs Wilfred Macintyre Humboldt. Admission also noted Judy Carlson R 2 surgery with additional dismissals Lois Ramage 91 S Santa Fe Larry Ingraham R 1 and Edwin Buell 11302 S Santa Fe.
Mrs. John W. Nuhn of 219 N Highland died unexpectedly at home. Johnson Mortuary to handle arrangements. Lonnie Wilson of Richman California, formerly of Chanute, died after a long illness. survived by widow Edith Dennis and three step-children. Several relatives listed in Chanute and California. Funeral arrangements incomplete. William Thomas Branstetter of Humboldt, 61, died at Allen County Hospital after three months illness. survived by daughter Bonnie Vukosovich and son Eldon Branstetter. Funeral set at Price Funeral Home Thursday 2 p.m. Burial Mount Hope Cemetery. Longest service for Lee J Longest Sr., died in St. Cloud Florida after extended illness. service Thursday 10:30 a.m. at Johnson Chapel. Burial Greenlawn Cemetery. Born December 27, 1892 Powderly Kentucky. married Hazel Everly February 27, 1921 Chanute. Member of Masons and American Legion, VFW, World War I. resided 206 N Highland before moving to St. Cloud. Survived by son Lee J Longest Jr. and four sisters in various states.
Dr. Reuben J. Burkman was appointed chief of medical staff at Neosho Memorial Hospital for 1966, succeeding Dr. J. D. Gough. He attended his first board meeting in January as Walter Poor led the session. December inpatient totals were 269 medical 57 surgical 25 obstetric with 180 patients admitted to X ray and lab services and 107 in the emergency room.
The governor proposes no tax rate increase while outlining funding actions for 1967. If no action is taken, distributions would go to school districts. He cites $83.6 million needed to fund the foundation formula and adds plans for new vocational schools, parks at Perry and Elk City reservoirs, a Salina rehabilitation center, and historic site developments at Hays and Republic County.
Chanute Tribune notes daily excess Sunday and holiday editions. Publisher Dwight MecCreight, News Editor Dwight Wallingford, Advertising Mel Fay Clopine, Circulation Ben Nicholas. Subscriptions: mail one year 13.00, six months 7.06, three months 4.00. Chanute carrier 1.70 monthly in advance. Member of Associated Press and Audit Bureau of Circulations.
Judge Clark V. Owens in Sedgwick County Juvenile Court ruled the 1965 Kansas law for 16 and 17 year olds unconstitutional. He said it allows detention without jury trial and bail, lets judges decide if youth are charged as juvenile or adult, and could commit youths to a reformatory on third adjudication without proper legal safeguards. He ordered releases and paused cases for 16 to 18 year olds until further higher court actions.
Gordon Mims Lackey, a Mississippi Ku Klux Klan organizer, invoked the Fifth Amendment before the House Un American Activities Committee, declining to state if he possessed or controlled Klan documents and whether he held Klan office. Earlier, witness John Gipson of Slidell testified about participating in a Klan whipping attack.
A 12 state governors committee on transportation will convene in Kansas City on January 17 and 18 to seek a solution to a midwestern flour milling crisis. Dr James A McCain Kansas State University president chairs the group.
City planning commission meeting at 7 o clock in the Memorial building will choose 1966 officers. Current officers are W G Bodley president Dale Painter vice president and Robert N Allen secretary treasurer. Other business includes Burgwin and Martin reviewing text preparation for the city report on 701 planning studies.
George Neely the Neosho county sheriff serves as a director of the Kansas Sheriffs Assn for the year. Other board members include sheriffs from Mitchell Shawnee Pawnee Grant Reno Sumner and Cowley counties. Bill Strukel of Crawford county is the 1966 president.
Reader instruction directs contacting Tribune via phone or, if unavailable, dialing HE 1 3400 after 6 p.m. The item conveys contact method and timing for service access.
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