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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1968
Page
2
Cattle 1 400 head and calves 50 head led by steady to lower indicators as demand faded. Hogs 4 000 head drop 25 to 50 cents. sows steady. Sheep 200 head show firm woolly lambs and higher woolly ewes with prime and choice levels noted.
The Parson hogs report shows price ranges by weight and grade including 180 to 270 pound categories and sow, stag, and boar values. Cattle and calves listings cover grain red steer and heifer grades, stocker and feeder calves, veals, cows, bulls, and sheep with multiple quality tiers and price bands.
AP reports wholesale eggs with large grades 31 to 34 cents per dozen and mediums 27 to 29 cents. Butter remains unchanged. Prices reflect 80 percent content in the trading range.
Chicago AP reports live poultry prices unchanged with roasters at 24 to 26 cents per pound and White Rock fryers 19 to 22 percent. Butter steady. eggs mostly unchanged to one cent lower with grade A whites 34 cents a dozen, mixed 34, mediums 31.
Mary Manning of Fairmont Foods touts the Fairmont Cottage Cheese Diet claiming up to 5 pounds lost in 3 days. The diet emphasizes 96 percent fat free milk protein and nutritious intake while promising rapid results, available free with each carton.
Wheat No 2 hard 1.564 sn, No 2 soft red 1.484n, Corn No 2 yellow 1.12 14n, Oats No 2 heavy white 80% sn, Soybeans No 1 yellow 2.7244 n, Soybean oil 8.65 n.
Wall Street fell modestly in heavy trading with about 150 more declines than advances in the first hours. Volume topped 5 million shares while the NYSE tape lagged by a minute. Investors eyed Johnson's State of the Union message, though the 1967 fourth quarter GDP rise to a record annual rate offered some support. The Dow fell 2.60 to 884.40 and the AP 60-stock average dropped 1.3 to 320.0.
Chanute Jaycees report slow nominations for the annual Distinguished Service Award. Banquet set for January 27 to honor a 21 to 35 year old community leader. Friday is deadline. Nominations from any resident may be sent to Chanute Jaycees, box 10, noting leadership and service in the past year. The local winner advances to state competition in Hutchinson next month.
Visiting hours set 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 30 to 8 p.m. Patient census 81 adults and pediatrics plus four babies. Tuesday admissions include Robert Eberhart Eric surgery John Mein 119 N Steuben surgery Ricky Dorman 1113 S Tennes see surgery. Dismissals include Mrs T F Ahlers 230 S Kansas Andrew Rentz Bryant Nursing Home. Admission today Fred T Mosier 905 S Grant surgery. Dismissals include Mrs Andrew Ladd 19 N Washington Mrs William Staggs 1116 S Grant Fred C Heinze R 4 Mrs Orville Breiner 934 S Malcolm Mrs Ruby May Humboldt Michael Weeks Humboldt Lawrence Burnett 1306 S Grant. Fire run yesterday 5 55 p m Tony Frischmen yer residence 106 N Evergreenstove. City Court action Major A Smith vs Armond Gray judgment claim for alleged damage to case equipment. Court found for the defendant costs to plaintiff appeal bond set at 100.
Mr and Mrs George F Bareis depart Sunday for Berlin Germany following a six week visit with relatives and friends including Mr and Mrs Allen Williams R 4 and Mr and Mrs A Bareis Newton.
Fifty lions from Miami will roam over 400 acres of bushland at Camden near Sydney in New South Wales. Maj Geoffrey Gibbon and Richard Chipperfield of the Chipperfield family plan to import the big cats, creating one of three such reserves worldwide. The lions will be protected by two fences with viewing from cars, doors closed and windows up.
Keep America Beautiful reports surveys showing women litter less and fight litter more than men. Brookline health department weighs creating a women’s force to issue tickets for litter violations.
Community notice advises calling the Tribune when you cannot reach your carrier. If unavailable, dial HE 1 3400 after 6 p.m. for assistance and routing.
William C. Shepard 92 formerly of the Columbia Rooms died at Neosho Memorial Hospital after a long illness. Hulda A. Krokstrom 83 of Elsmore died at Neosho Memorial Hospital after long Neosho County residence. Lula M. Brooks 89 of 1314 S. Santa Fe died at home after a week illness. Edna Reinhardt and families referenced in listings. Funeral details set for Elmwood Elsmore Mt. Hope Toronto and other local cemeteries with various church services this week. Burial through Gibson Koch Johnson and Pierce funeral homes in Moran Erie Chanute and Galesburg.
HAL BOYLE surveys odd facts from 1960s America noting the buffalo’s revival with an estimated 23 000 in protected herds, the cost of relief to government, advances in science like the artificial heart, and quirky quotations and trivia on aging monuments and politics.
The Chanute Tribune reports Soviet doctors have transplanted 169 lower jaws, restoring normal appearance and enabling chewing. The piece contrasts Western organ transplants with Soviet focus on jaw transplants, noting practical outcomes for patients.
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