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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1970
Page
6
Market report shows cattle and hog prices across categories with grain fed steers U S choice 26 28 50 heifers 25 27 50 good 23 26 00 and stocker calves 25 27 00 to 39 00. hogs 200 260 lb range 26 until 27 50. sheep lambs mostly 26 to 28 per head. Parson hogs lists by weight and grade. eggs edge lower to 2 higher with whites 60 and standards 51.
Wall Street markets dropped sharply at noon as the Dow Jones industrial average slid 6.33 points to 791.78. Advancing issues trailed decliners 388 to 711 on the NYSE. Analysts cited a Federal Reserve New York statement urging continued restraint despite recession risk. Bid 10 percent, asked 11 percent.
A per cent salary increase for city employees and investing idle funds totaling 345000 in government securities and CDs are on the agenda for the 7:30 p.m. session at the Memorial Building. Also under consideration are transferring Yeage property deeds to Missouri-Kansas Leasing, adopting uniform overtime policy, issuing a sewer work note for 18922.23, zoning for Jerry Phillips mobile home park, and selecting a group insurance plan for all city employees.
The document lists deposits and liabilities totaling 4,217,837.86 with breakdowns for total deposits including demand and time savings, other liabilities, and equity. It notes certified checks, government deposits, and reserves, with a legal sworn statement in Neosho County Kansas dated January 9, 1970 and notary Opal L. Taylor whose commission expires May 14, 1972.
Neosho Memorial Hospital announces visiting hours 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 30 to 8 p.m. Patient census 78 adults and pediatrics with five babies. Saturday admissions include James Youngberg 502 N Kansas medical Glen Hummer 230 S Allen medical and others. Births include a boy to Mr and Mrs James Brant and girls to several couples. Dr Jerome H Holland named ambassador to Sweden by President Nixon in Washington.
Obituaries note services for Della R. Jackson 79 Elsmore born 1890 died at McAtee Nursing Home Iola. Funeral Tuesday 2 pm Friends Home Lutheran Church Elsmore with burial in Elsmore Cemetery. Also Rev Lloyd E. Griffeth former First Baptist Hutchinson. Karl F. Hauser 74 Humboldt died Wesley Medical Center Wichita. services set at Price Humboldt and Mount Hope Cemetery.
G. J. McGee of 205 S. Allen reported his dog was poisoned Saturday night while chained in the yard. Mrs. John Campbell of 308 N. Kansas said a purse was stolen from her car Saturday night, holding only her driver’s license and papers. Week-end visitors to the Meeker home include several relatives and friends. they are parents of a daughter Sally Ann born Saturday morning, with Michael age 14 months. Maternal and paternal grandparents listed in the notice.
Martin Sweig a suspended senior aide to House Speaker John W McCormack and Nathan M Voloshen a New York lawyer were indicted on federal conspiracy charges alleging use of the speaker s office in cases before government agencies. A grand jury acted after months of investigation into influence peddling. Sweig 46 was suspended Oct 16 from his administrative assistant post Voloshen 71 has been described as a lobbyist and friend who sought influence through that association.
Mrs Mildred Oakes 63 wife of Clarence P Oakes a former Kansas legislator died Saturday night at Great Lakes Naval Hospital near Chicago after surgery for a cerebral hemorrhage She was a Coffeyville native and wife of a former state representative and senator Services will be held at First United Methodist Coffeyville and burial at Mount Hope Cemetery Independence Survived by daughter Mrs Jess K Wells and mother Mrs H W Read Jr
Marie Hill aged 18 faces execution in the gas chamber for the 1968 Rocky Mount murder. Activists say racial and class bias underlie her death sentence and press for a new trial or abolition. Gov. Bob Scott opposes capital punishment. another Black teen, Robert Louis Rozeboro, also sits under death sentence.
The U.S. 1st Infantry Division and the 26th Marine Regiment are being withdrawn from Vietnam as part of Nixon’s phased troop cutback. The 1st Infantry will be reduced to about 2 percent of its strength, reassigned to Fort Riley, Kansas, and reorganized as the 1st Infantry Division Mechanized, using assets from the 24th Infantry Division, which will be inactivated.
Police logged a string of weekend accidents in Chanute with one minor injury case. Debby Allison, 16, and Andrew Harding, 17, were treated at Neosho Memorial Hospital after a crash on East Main. Randell Harding, 18, drove a 1956 Chevrolet into a pole on Main near Ashby. Several non injury mishaps occurred on ice coated streets, including a Dairy Queen bumper dent and a fire plug collision, with no substantial injuries reported. Clarence Williams of Kansas City sought hospital checks after a Sunday Oasis Road crash due to accelerator sticking in a 1968 Dodge.
The Woodson Cooperative Association reported total sales for 1969 of 983777.98 with savings of 30557.45, up from 1968, at the 20th annual meeting in the 4 H Community Building attended by about 200. Harvey Klick outlined activities including a mill fire loss but a good year, with a new mill near Yates Center expected to open by March 1. Board members elected were Don Adams and Maurice Hale.
Westphalia patrons voted 122 to 85 to close Westphalia High School at year end and merge with Garnett High School. Students will ride buses to Garnett next fall as the parish’s closing elementary classroom demand prompted reassigning the high school for elementary use.
Richard Willits, 35, of R 2 Needesha, died on arrival at Wilson County Hospital after a head on collision on US 75 four miles north of Needesha Saturday night. James Boomis, 23, of Independence, was treated at the hospital. Troopers said icy patches caused the crash at 9 15 p m. Willits and Boomis were alone in their cars. Willits car damage $750 Boomis car damage $2 500.
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