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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1968
Page
2
In Kansas City livestock report cattle 300 head only with no price establishment. Hogs 2,000 head with barrows and gilts up to 25 cents higher. various weight ranges listed with prices. Sows steady. sheep none. Grain prices include corn No 2 yellow at 1.11 and soybeans No 1 yellow at 2.68.
Kansas City AP notes wholesale egg prices with large eggs at 28 to 31 cents per dozen and eight percent, mediums at 80 percent A 2.28, while butter remains unchanged.
AP notes wholesale butter prices unchanged with 93 score AA at 66 and 9 B at 65. Eggs firm with buying prices up to 3?2 for Grade A whites at 33, mixed 32, mediums 2, standards 25'2. A brief market snapshot of dairy and egg pricing in Chicago.
AP dispatch notes No. 2 hard wheat at 1.4 percent, No. 2 soft red futures or prices referenced in Chicago market report.
The Chanute Insurance Board convened its 1968 session last night with new officers presiding. President David L. McCune, vice president Joe Marnell, secretary Ruth Shannon, and treasurer Boyd Burns were announced for the year.
Two state veterinarian led sessions discuss proposed hog cholera eradication legislation and regional activity. One meeting is Wednesday at Garfield Park shelterhouse Topeka and the other Thursday at Ark Valley Co op building Hutchinson. Start time is 1 p.m.
Wall Street moved higher early afternoon while blue chip weakness trimmed gains. The Dow stood at 898.40, down 1.39, amid rotation into modestly priced stocks offering 100 share lots. The AP average fell 3 to 325.9 as industrials slipped slightly and rails held steady.
The Agriculture Department reports U S farms declined from 3,239,000 in 1966 to 3,146,000 in 1967, with a projected drop to about 3,059,000 in 1968. Texas leads with 200,000 farms, North Carolina 168,000, then Illinois 133,000 and Missouri 152,000, among others.
On this date in 1737 John Hancock, first signer of the Declaration, was born. Earlier, in 1643, colonists led by Samuel Gorton settled Warwick Rhode Island. In 1856 the painter John Singe...
Linda Duff crowned basketball queen at Thayer Friday night with escort David Powers. Princesses Betty Heilman and Barbara Hughes led by Billy Hughes and David Holtzman. Attendants include Susan Kamm, Leck, Marilyn Umbarger, Virginia Hughes, Dickie Leck, Jerry Brant, Diane York, Kent Powers, Wendy Elliott, Steven Boyce, Linda Johnson, Carl Ward. First graders Randy Stafford and Susie Studebaker participated. A school dance followed the game and family members visited.
The Kimball area hosted guests including Mr. and Mrs. Milbern Kelsey and extended family from Henderson Nevada Los Alamos California Topeka and Walnut with additional visitors from Kansas City Scranton and Independence. The week ends with illness affecting several families and a funeral in Nevada Missouri for Roy Moore. Local meetings included Lincoln Day Club directors in Independence and Neosho county swine meeting at the Country Kitchen.
The text notes births and high profile milestones: Sargent born in Florence Italy. In 1911 Taft asked Congress for funds to fortify Panama Canal. In 1933 Hattie Caraway became the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate. In 1944 Churchill and de Gaulle met at Marrakesh Morocco during WWII.
Police placed a 17 year old boy in custody at 2 30 a m with the authorization of the county juvenile officer for violation of the city curfew. The boy was being held at the city jail today pending disposition. A coyote drive will begin at 10 30 a m Sunday at Hillcrest School four miles south and three miles east of Chanute. Willing Workers H Club will provide lunch for the hunters. Fred Fred Use Your Head is the story to be told during the children's story hour from 10 30 to 11 a m Saturday in the public library.
In Long Beach California an alert fire department response to a fire report on the Queen Mary led to a major problem call. Three engine, a ladder, a boat, and a squad company searched the harbor area for 30 minutes before locating a charred towel on a light bulb triggering the alarm.
Fannie Stroud 97 of Humboldt died Thursday at Pine Crest Nursing Home after a short illness. Born November 21 1870 in Clinton Kentucky she moved to Kansas as a child and lived in Humboldt since 1945. She was a Holiness Church member. Funeral 2 p.m. Saturday at Price Funeral Home Humboldt with Rev. Andy Wiley officiating. Burial Mt Hope Cemetery Humboldt.
In Gardner Colorado a man threatened ranch owner Mrs. Leda Dietz and foreman Bill Niehof 67 with a knife. Dietz struck him with a steel poker and both victims were hospitalized. Police detained 54 year old Julian Cerda on assault with a deadly weapon charges.
Graduation exercises for Class VII of the Chanute Public School of Practical Nursing will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday in the Senior High School Auditorium. J. Kelly Mudd of Fort Scott will speak on Human Touch. Mrs. Virginia Hagenbuch RN will introduce the 16 graduates. Wendell McMurray will present graduates to Floyd Naff for diplomas. The Junior College Chorus will perform before the program.
Daily Transcript reports Neosho Memorial Hospital visiting hours from 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 30 to 8 p.m. with a census of 84 adults and pediatrics including two babies. Thursday admissions list names and hometowns for medical and surgical cases, plus dismissals. Police court records show Lenville O Bradfield plead guilty to driving while intoxicated and was sentenced. Hawes Amos faces simple assault charges with bond set and a hearing scheduled. Stephen George cited for illegal display.
Instruction to call Tribune phone line via carriers or dial HE 1 3400 after 6 p m for reachability.
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