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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1970
Page
8
Cattle market shows demand for steers and heifers holding with cows up to 50 higher while feeder cattle vary by weight. Hog prices ease with barrows and gilts down. sows rise modestly. Sheep lack price test. Chicago dairy and egg quotes list butter and egg prices with minor declines for eggs.
Stock prices moved lower in moderate noon trading in New York with glamor stocks mixed. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 0.86 to 775.21, near its day’s low, while bid and ask quotes showed notable volatility.
Moran siblings Moran Trnce Joles 16 and Kathleen Stewart 14, who ran away Wednesday night, were found Friday by Miss Stewart's parents and Joles' uncle in Oklahoma City. They were spotted driving in Shadden's pickup, and relatives in Oklahoma City helped locate them. The pair had dated about three months.
Three non injury accidents were recorded by police on Monday. At 9 a.m. Gary Lopeman collided with Mrs. Jack Holcomb at Cherry and Garfield causing minor damage to Lopeman’s 1962 Chevrolet. At noon Edward Johnstone was cited for careless driving after a two car collision at Walnut and Lafayette. Johnstone posted a $15 bond. At 3:40 p.m. Ada Jones collided with Freddie Ellison at Main and Western. damages were $200 to the Chevrolet and $150 to the Buick.
Mid-America Inc. will hold its board of trustees meeting in Pittsburg at the Besse Motor Hotel starting at 4 p.m. with a 6:30 p.m. dinner. L. V. Tommy Thompson of a Topeka securities firm will speak on New Concepts in Living. Reservations through Mid America in Parsons.
Daily Transcript lists visiting hours from 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 30 to 8 p.m. with a patient census of 75 adults and pediatrics and six babies. It names current patients by name and address across departments and notes Monday dismissals including Ennis Starkey and others in Humboldt Earlton and Frank C Davidson.
Lyle E. Taylor of Chanute High School leads area nominees for congressional vacancies at military academies. John D. Burke of St. Paul and Kimo Stine of Bronson compete for U.S. Military Academy at West Point credentials. Final appointments announced in May after entrance exams and evaluations.
TOPEKA AP The public employee issue looms as local governments lack state guidelines for unions. League of Kansas Municipalities director E A Mosher warns rights and privileges for employers and employees remain unclear without a law. Speakers at Eggs and Issues urged legislation on public bargaining with limits on police matters and enforceable anti strike rules. Vernon Welling backed workers right to strike except for police and fire.
Parsons city manager Will B. Tschudy is reported in satisfactory condition at Labette County Medical Center after entering the hospital Saturday for infectious hepatitis. He had been ill at home last week and is the second city official hospitalized, joining Mayor Richard R. Combs who is convalescing after gallbladder removal.
The See-Kan Resource Conservation Development meeting of the steering committee at the Erie courthouse was canceled due to weather and road conditions. It has been reset for 8 p m January 27 in Erie with Don Broberg of Lincoln Nebraska as speaker.
Governor McKeithen denounces forced busing to balance schools and says he will not bus his own children. He urges other parents to resist the plan, calling it a political hoax. He notes his three daughters attend University High in Baton Rouge and cites lack of integration in the student body.
Gov. Docking and Sen. Owen criticized the parole of Thomas Preston Lamb implicated in the kidnapping of an Overland Park girl and the death of a Kansas City woman. Docking asked parole board chair Kelsey A. Jones for a full report on Lamb’s parole facts as Owen urged stricter confinement.
Obituary notes Lemmie Brown 69 of Thayer died unexpectedly at home. Born March 23, 1900 in Allen County, he married Fern Heck in 1925. Survived by wife, four sons, three daughters, siblings and many grandchildren. funeral Wednesday at Thayer Christian Church.
Mr and Mrs Verlin Peterson son of Parsons spoke at a Kiwanis Ladies Night at the Tioga Hotel. Peterson an area Extension agronomist outlined a federal funded Kansas State University project to boost food production in India and Mrs Peterson showed slides on living conditions. Guests included Kent Finley Sherrie Thompson and exchange student Flemming Emmering.
Runways iced over from end to end at Tri City Airport west of Parsons forced Frontier Airlines to cancel all flights. The last plane to land or depart was the southbound at noon Sunday. A Frontier spokesman said resumption depends on a thaw, not expected soon per forecasts.
Neodesha attorney and former district judge LeRoy Bradfield died Saturday in Scottsdale Arizona. Bradfield served as Neodesha district judge 1941 to 1946 and as state senator from 1929 to 1933. He is survived by his wife a daughter Mrs Lois Palmer and a grandson. funeral was held Monday in Scottsdale.
Fredonia captured the state class 3A high school debate championship at Kansas State University in Manhattan over the weekend. The champion team features Georgia Beggs Jim Gray John Eplee Bill Lafferty Debbie Fink and Teri Wiggins. Fort Scott High School finished second and Wellington third in Class 3A.
Two probate notices in Neosho County Kansas announce hearings for final settlements estate administration and heirs determination. John C Quinn administrator seeks discharge and asset distribution for Carl W Quinn. Earl W Cassingham administrator seeks final settlement and asset distribution for Laura M Cassingham. Hearings set February 5 1970 Erie Kansas with attorneys Balch and Bailey and notification to all interested parties.
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