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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1967
Page
2
AP reports cattle calves none price test. Hogs 2,500 with barrows and gilts up 25, some 50. 200-240 lb at 23.75-24.00. 220-255 lb at 23.50-23.75. 255-275 lb at 23.00-23.50. sows steady 17.50-20.00. Sheep 100 spring lambs steady to 25 higher. ewes steady. lambs 26.50-27.25, prime 27.50. shorn ewes 4.50-7.00.
Kansas City AP reports consumer egg prices hold for all sizes with grade A large 24 to 29 cents, grade A medium 17 to 20 cents, grade A small 10 to 14 cents, grade B large 18 to 22 cents. Butter remains unchanged.
Chicago AP reports butter prices unchanged while eggs show firmness with no change to 12 cents or higher at 75 per cent or better Grade A whites 30, mixed 30, mediums 21.
Wall Street opened with AT&T trading a block of 50,000 shares and sinking over a point after a government decision trimmed its rate of return and slashed annual revenue by about 120 million dollars. Symington Wayne rose five points on news of a Dresser Industries tender offer. Airlines led gains among major issues as the market showed broad strength.
Gov. Robert Docking praised Kansas’s youth as the state’s most valuable product during a speech at the John Brown Jubilee on Thursday night. The address highlighted the potential and future of young Kansans.
Preliminary diagnostic tests gave Alabama Gov. Lurleen Wallace new hope in her cancer battle but she faced exploratory surgery. Dr. R. Lee Clark at M D Anderson Hospital said reports to date are favorable and tests are continuing.
With two sunny days the Kansas wheat harvest shows renewed progress after rain delays. Labor officials report strong demand for combine crews in Hays Atwood La Crosse Phillipsburg and other counties as fields remain muddy. Progress varies by county from 15 percent in Ellis to 70 percent around Wellington with about one fifth of remaining wheat too weedy or down.
Kansas Attorney General Robert Sonderholm states only the Kansas Highway Commission can spend 40000 for a feasible study of a Mid-Continent Airport turnpike, under a cooperative agreement with the Kansas Turnpike Authority, as the 1967 legislature authorized but did not fund. The Finance Council cannot transfer funds or create new authority.
Allie Mae Johnson died Thursday while saving 4 year old Bobby Cole as a passenger train bore down on their car in Monrovia California. The tragedy highlights a brave act by a mother protecting her child from an oncoming train.
Northern Natural Gas Co and its subsidiary Northern Gas Products Co plan a 10 million expansion at the Bushton plant, boosting capacity to 900 million cubic feet daily with 62 million more possible. The project includes 25 miles of pipeline and a 9,300 horsepower compressor, seeking FPC approval to spend 4.8 million dollars.
Washington AP. Treasury official Robert A. Wallace says half-dollars are reappearing in circulation but supply still lags demand. Banks report ready access where scarce before. Export ban on silver coins may help, production runs 24 million monthly for Kennedy halves since 1964.
Neosho Memorial Hospital lists visiting hours 2 to 4 pm and 6 30 to 8 pm. Census shows 58 patients including adults and pediatrics and three babies. Admissions include Harold Umbarger Thayer surgery and several medical and surgical cases with patients from Lola Avilla and other nearby towns. Dismissals list six discharged patients. Police summons cite two intoxication cases, while police court action notes a driver license violation and fines for Henry Ferris with a $215 bond.
In Alameda a pair of Navy wives inflated a 32 foot weather balloon bearing Happiness Neal and Jack for the Enterprise homecoming but couldn't fit it through a door, breaking a front window instead. In Atlanta anonymous cash gifts $1000 reach Fulton County tax fund. Malawi president Banda joins dancers on republic anniversary. Chagall turns 80 with quiet villa plan.
Ida A Reinhard 89 died at Labette County Community Hospital Parsons after two weeks illness. Born 1878 in Atchison. Married 1900 to John Adam Reinhard. he died 1942. Lived Atchison then Erie from 1943. Survived by daughter Mrs J E Wright son John H Reinhard Kansas City three grandchildren and brother Col Robert E Lindsey El Paso Tex. Funeral 10 a.m. Saturday Pierce Funeral Home Erie then grave at Lancaster Atchison. A graveside service 2:30 p.m. Homer Frye death Woodland Hills California brother of Mrs Lester Hodges Humboldt. George Potter ward death Iola father of Jim Potter. Norman T Dewey 79 Humboldt died Allen County Hospital Iola after three weeks illness Funeral arrangements by Price Funeral Humboldt.
Mrs. Larry Cleaver, 1016 N. Grant, told police at 9 30 today that her car hit a vehicle driven by Mrs. Arlene Evans, 405 N. Steuben, as Evans entered the alley. Trunk damage on Cleaver car, Evans car undamaged. Mary Ann Gifford born July 1 near Logan Utah. Parents are Fred Gifford and wife, with grandparents listed.
Lee Weeks reports two girls riding bicycles came out of an alley between Edith and Highland and struck his car on 15th Street. He says they left with no injuries and no damage to his vehicle. A Charley Barnow car suffered slight rear-seat fire damage from a cigarette on South Santa Fe. no fire crew was needed.
Dr. E. 0. Morris reported the loss of a black handled hedge clipper set from his back porch sometime Monday night. Police were notified yesterday morning about the burglary at 701 South Plum Mer.
Eugene and Douglas Wilson depart Monday for Peoria Illinois while Rev and Mrs Glen Wilson and Joyce travel today to Richmond California after visiting Mr and Mrs Grant Wilson of 806 Forest.
Attorney General Ramsey Clark issued a detailed rule set for federal law enforcement requiring advance written approval before electronic surveillance. The only exception is urgent national security cases when Clark cannot be reached. in such cases the agency head may authorize snooping and must provide a full explanation within 24 hours. Tapes of overheard conversations should be recorded when possible and treated as specially classified.
Gail Cook eleven of Bossier Louisiana died in a car train crash at a Frisco crossing near Columbus Kansas. Mrs Cora Cook thirty and Lori Cook seven were injured and taken to a Joplin Missouri hospital in fair condition Thursday night.
Defense Department lists Wichita Marine Corps private first class Richard L. McKinnell as among those killed in action in Vietnam. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Richard E McKinnell of Wichita Kansas.
Fred M. Henry 78 of Cherryvale died today at Mercy Hospital Independence. He was born December 13, 1888 in Minneapolis. Survived by sons Robert L., William E., and John D. Henry. daughter Della Florence Wood. two brothers and two sisters. Funeral Sunday 2:30 p.m. at Cherryvale Christian church. Burial Fairview cemetery, Cherryvale. Carinder Funeral Home in charge.
If you cannot reach him by phone call the Tribune carrier at HE 1 3400 after 6 p.m. This notice provides an alternate contact method for timely communication with the carrier.
Rep Calvin A trowig Republican floor leader in the Kansas House filed a statement of business interests under the 1967 law. Heowns stock and is an officer in Capitol Drive-In Theater Inc of Des Moines Iowa and Anadarko Theater Corp of Oklahoma. He also partners in Abilene Theaters and controls real estate and agricultural lands in Dickinson Clay Ottawa and Caddo counties.
Representatives from counties cities and school boards voiced near unanimous opposition at a Kansas Legislative Council hearing. They said the quarterly tax plan would raise administrative costs delay tax statements and mainly benefit large property taxpayers.
Illinois Power Co officials in Belleville urge customers who paid their June 21 electric bill to come forward. Records of receipts from that date were lost in the mail. The company expects a fix within about a month when new bills go out. Those who did not notify the company will be billed again.
YUBA CITY Calif AP Melvin Ollar 24 failed to report back after escaping Cutter County Jail last Saturday. His cellmate became trapped and a fire department rescue team helped free him. Ollar attempted to reenter but the door was locked. He now faces an escape charge.
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