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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1969
Page
4
Markets report cattle calves hogs and sheep in Kansas City with prices for feeder steers by weight and quality ranges for hogs including barrows and gilts at various weights and spring lambs rated choice and prime. Data shows mixed good and choice cattle around 31.50 to 34.90 per hundredweight and hog weights from 220 to 290 pounds with prices mostly mid twenty dollars and spring lambs at 29.50.
Market notes from Chicago show butter around 3 dollars with AA grade at 67 and 92 for different lots. Eggs at 80 percent or better grade A whites. mediums at 3 dollars. Standards and checks prices vary with small shifts noted across grades.
The Dow Jones average rose to 885.92 at noon with gains outweighing losses by about 450 issues. Brokers said early action looked good but warned the long weekend could blunt the rally as exchanges prepare for Friday’s Fourth of July holiday closure.
The memorial service for Mrs. Mina E Beckman was conducted at Johnson Chapel on Wednesday afternoon with Rev. Baldwin and Rev. Willard officiating. Paul Anderson sang, Hazel Slane played the organ, and bearers included Lloyd Kimble, Orville Funk, and Jim Midcap. Burial followed at Galesburg.
An advertising notice asserts that promotional efforts can transform economic pressure into growth and prosperity for businesses and communities. It emphasizes strategic messaging and market appeal to stimulate demand and investment.
Eighteen scouts and five adult leaders from First United Methodist Troop 3 First Christian Troop 106 and Thayer Troop 275 will come home this weekend after four weeks at Camp Wilderness, 21 miles west of Independence. Activities include canoeing swimming archery life saving and first aid with several Chanute and Thayer scouts earning merit badges and advancing in rank. The director noted a record two scouts will become one mile swimmers. Attendance spans eight southeast Kansas counties with at least 100 Chanute scouts expected.
Parsons urban renewal project valued at 8.4 million dollars moves toward completion as the loan and grant contract is issued by the federal government. Upon Parsons Urban Renewal Agency acceptance and final signature the funds will be released, with property purchase offers anticipated by July 15.
Tulsa AP E L Stewart federal co chairman of the Ozarks Regional Development Commission says they will fight this front all summer to name Ralph Rhoades as top assistant. Kansas Sen. Bob Dole opposes Oklahomans in both chairs calling for a more regional concept for the four state commission. Rhoades, Tulsa County Republican chairman, resigned last month in anticipation of the post.
Daily Transcript reports visiting hours at Neosho Memorial Hospital from 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 30 to 8 p.m. with a patient census of 74 adults and children and seven babies. It lists residents and births, court filings, marriages licenses, and recent city court actions including fines for traffic and bad checks, plus a heat exhaustion incident at 9 22 am on Lincoln Street.
Iola Coca-Cola Bottling Co., owned by the John M. Copening family since 1909, sold to Wichita Coca-Cola Bottling Co. The new owners say there will be no change in plant personnel at the Iola facility.
In Kansas the wheat harvest resumes after rain delays. Reports show 25 or more combines sought in Abilene Beloit Atwood Hill City Hoxie Newton Oakley Oberlin by Harvest Control Office. Northern counties to begin Friday. yields range 20 to 50 bushels with test weights down.
The Army pins hopes on the new Burger court to limit overturning up to 450,000 court martial convictions following the landmark O Callahan decision on service connected offenses. Army JAG and Justice Department strategists seek retroactivity clarity as Warren Burger replaces Abe Fortas.
In Santo Domingo a man was killed and three wounded during a downtown shooting fray as Gov. Rockefeller met Dominican leaders. An air force corporal led the victims. armed patrols exchanged fire amid scattered gunfire and explosions.
Tom Branch and Wilson Turner announce a new soft drink warehouse to serve southeast Kansas and parts of Missouri. Turner has acquired the local Coca Cola bottling plant from Branch and others. all area bottling now runs from Turner's Wichita plant.
Regular classified ads accepted until 9 am on publication day. Display classifieds have an earlier deadline the day before publication. This policy outlines timeframes for ad submissions.
Sgt Don Romine transfers to Barksdale AFB near Shreveport La from Hickam AFB Honolulu Mrs Romine to teach at Bossier Parish High School next term Bill Sparks promotion to John Deere division HQ Kansas City and move planned Sparks and wife attended 1949 Chanute High School reunion Denise Lyn Youngberg born to Dwight and Denise Youngberg at Overland Park Pa ternal grandparents named Local UCT session in St Louis attracts 2000 plus officers and guests Kasparek family visiting Chanute Merle and Murvil Amberg visiting brother Walter Amberg Roger Kent Sallee on dean’s list at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Kappa Delta Pi initiates Paula Whitworth at Kansas State University Chanute cast member Ruth Sale at Pittsburg state a production of Ladies in Retirement scheduled July 8 12
Wilson County's 1969 population is 14 358 a gain of 58 from 1968 based on Kansas State Board of Agriculture figures filed by County Clerk Charles Duckworth Coyville steadied at 130 Neodesha up 23 Buffalo down 2 Benedict down 14 Altoona up 20 New Albany down 3 Fredonia up 3 Benedict and others listed for 1969 across 16 townships with 10 showing gains and the rest losses or even.
Martin Johnson airport logged 879 advisories in June, per Joe Gormley of the FAA. Weather briefings numbered 2 272. Communications flights reached 1 674 with 523 flight plans filed. Fifteen pilot exams were conducted and 209 aircraft received fuel or repairs. Charles Montague noted charters to Missouri Kansas Nebraska Oklahoma and Wisconsin.
The state hemerocallis flower show themed Sing a Song of Daylilies will be held Sunday at the Central Park Community Building. Sponsored by the Kansas Pioneer Hemerocallis Society with the Chanute chapter, entries come from a wide area, including Kansas City. Mrs. S. A. Mannoni said open to all, no membership required. entry must be in by 11:30 a.m. Sunday. show runs 2 to 5:30 p.m. open to the public at no charge.
The probate court of Neosho County Kansas will hear the petition filed by Lawrence L Shultz heir at law for appointment of an administrator of the Lee Roy Shultz estate. Defenses must be on or before July 24 1969 at 1 30 pm in Erie courthouse Kansas. Attorney for petitioner is Harry L Depew Neodesha Kansas.
In Neosho County Kansas district court Edsel E Noland and Dora Sue Noland sue J H Hill Sophie Grubb D E McClelland Winifred A Green Robert A Hudh George H Switzer W H Ney Hard Henry Gas Company Chris Jensen L H Wible C S Russell C S McDonald A L McDonald and others in a petition seeking judgment of title to North East Quarter section 30 Town 27 South Range 18 East Neosho County Kansas with prayer to quiet title and determine descent of Anna Wible’s interest Plaintiffs demand pleadings by August 18 1969 and legal notice to all concerned parties.
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