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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1966
Page
2
Cattle and sheep trade light with no tested bids. Hogs mixed lower with barrows and gilts 1.00 down and sows 50 lower. price range 27.50 to 25.50 for various weights. Grains show oats near 0.75 to 0.80 and corn about 1.97, rye 1.29 to 1.24, barley 1.16 to 1.23, soybeans 2.74 to 2.84, with bran and shorts at 28.25 to 47.50.
AP reports farm eggs large 35.5 to 36.5 cents per dozen and medium 32 to 33 cents in Kansas City. Wholesale large eggs at 36.5 to 38.5 cents, medium 33.5 to 35.5 cents. Butter unchanged.
Chicago markets show Wheat No 2 red at 1.70 and No 2 hard at 1.67 with nearby shifts. Corn No 2 yellow 1.33 and oats No 2 heavy white 78 1/2 cents. Soybeans No 1 yellow 2.86, with oats and rye steady and March/January futures listed for each contract.
In Kansas City the wheat market eased with 255 cars traded and prices slipping for several grades. Corn trades totaled 45 cars with prices down modestly as markets in New York saw a turbulent session with profit taking, inflation fears, and an early 2 p.m. close after the transit strike ended.
Two Chicago men, John Isidro Ricco and Dennis Andrew Nikrash, were charged with possession of burglary tools and carrying a firearm. Both were remanded.
Drivers Donald E Webb age 19 and Jesse T Reed age 61 collided at Reech and Steuben around 1 55 m yesterday. Webb 1957 Chevrolet totaled Reed 1959 Ford damaged about 500 dollars. Passenger Tommy Smith 20 received minor injuries. Both drivers said they did not see each other in time to avoid the crash.
Governor William H. Avery indicated he does not favor a constitutional convention for Kansas though not strongly opposed. Three amendments were proposed in the Senate, requiring two thirds in both houses to reach voters. He supported neither full opposition nor enthusiastic backing, and offered mixed views on a 60 day legislative session proposal. Separate items report Allen county jail bonds and a laundromat break in with a felon in possession of a gun found.
Local newspaper page fragment shows the Chanute Tribune masthead with publication notes and a list of staff positions including publisher editor advertising circulation and newsroom roles. Names include Dwight McCreight Dwight Wallingford Joan Haworke Fay D. Clopine Ben Nicholas and Dorsey Osborn among others.
Graveside rites for Herman Leon Anderes Jr infant son of Mr and Mrs Herman Leon Anderes were held at Fre donia Cemetery after a Jan 7 death en route to Wichita. Henry R Mike Mueller 69 Humboldt died at Topeka veterans hospital and will be buried at Mount Hope. survivors include wife Dora Youse and children. Lucy Ohlfest Elsmore died at Mercy Fort Scott with service in Elsmore Church.
In Joplin Missouri a grocery and liquor store operator C V Lane about 50 was shot and killed by a holdup man Thursday night at the Star Grocery located about a mile east of Joplin. Lane was killed after telling the assailant they should go to the back of the store. An attendant at a nearby filling station heard two shots and Lane died at a Webb City hospital. The suspect fled in a blue or black 1965 Chevrolet described as blond haired.
Kansas counties move toward the 30 percent appraisal under a 1963 law. Alvin Jones reports most counties have started or finished reappraisal with 11 more possibly signing contracts this week. Carter says full 100 percent valuation is needed for tax base fairness. Several counties near contract, while eight delay. Shawnee County faces a formal Supreme Court dispute over the appraisal question.
Mrs Charleen June Hargis, 37, wife of former congressman Denver Hargis, faces four murder charges for the killings of her four children in Laurel Maryland. Trial slated for February 17 in Prince Georges County Circuit Court. Speer named defense attorney pleads not guilty by reason of insanity.
Daily Transcript lists Lin ford Cox and others admitted to Neosho Memorial Hospital with surgeries for several patients including Mrs. Floyd Smith and Mrs. Ethel Beeman. Dismissals include Maxine Wiltse and Mrs. Mabel Arthur. New admissions include Pamela Hughes and Lonnie Wilson with notes on medical or surgical cases. Marriage licenses issued include Howard L. Cook with Joanna Mitchell and Floyd Dudley Kelley with Sandra Kay Wolford. Probate judge Alberta Gough notes 129 licenses issued in 1965.
Paul J Parker of Bartlesville Oklahoma named chair man of information activities for the University of Kansas Council of Progress. Parker, KU graduate, retired in 1964 as director and vice president of Phillips Petroleum International.
The American Royal expands next fall to a national dairy cattle show spanning October 8 to 12 along with the quar terhorse show October 12 to 13 and the livestock and horse show October 14 to 22. The dairy dates align with the Future Farmers of America convention in Kansas City. Royal officials aim to attract national dairy judging and 4H and FFA events, with possible ties to the National 4H congress in Chicago.
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