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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1966
Page
2
AP dispatch from Kansas City notes hogs 2,000 head with barrows and gilts 50 higher, 1-2 190-240 lb at 25.25, 2-3 250-295 lb at 23.50-24.75, sows 17.50-20.75. Cattle calves not priced. sheep 150 head with spring lambs 23.50-23.75 and shorn ewes at 6.00.
AP report from Chicago shows butter prices moving up to two higher and two lower with nine percent score ranges. Egg prices hold steady to three higher with large grade A whites at 37 and large mixed 37, medium 27, plus assorted car and grade listings.
Wheat bids mixed with several classes lower and some steady to higher. Corn prices ranged from 1.23 to 1.40 for futures grades with soybeans quoted 3.44 to 3.65. Wheat May delivery mixed with bran and shorts priced around 41.00 to 75.00 for sacked goods.
Chicago grain prices closed with mixed moves. Wheat No 2 hard around 1.90s, No 2 red near 1.857s to 1.867s, corn No 2 yellow about 1.39, oats No 2 heavy white near 77.4, soybeans No 1 yellow around 3.58. July futures: wheat up 1%4 cents, soybeans down 10 cents to near 4 cents higher, corn and oats up small, rye up 2 cents.
A cave-in at an irrigation tunnel trapped about 65 workers near Utsunomiya Japan and 19 were found dead in a gas filled pocket Police said rescue workers pulled out 52 workers five in serious condition amid debris clearing efforts.
Wall Street recovered from early weakness and edged higher late in the session. Trading was slow with about 5.8 million shares. blue chip copper, chemical, tobacco and electrical equipment shares gained, while United Aircraft rose more than 3 points. Closing stocks noted.
Thursday admissions include Mrs. Ivan Bennett Stark and several others across Humboldt and Neosho areas with surgeries and medical cases. Dismissals list George Thornton and families, with additional admissions noted and a Sherman Goff medical entry. District court actions in Chanute include multiple divorces, custody and support orders, quiet title, and filings.
Yesterday the report lists reservoir levels and discharge notes for several dams. John Redmond sits near 1 086 feet, Tee and Sunkaaooads show 901 50 feet, and 948 50 feet is noted for another dam while water discharge figures are mentioned for Toronto and Paihia.
A stake-bed truck owned by Lewis Packing Co. of Sumner tipped during a downtown turn in Payallup causing 500 five-gallon tins of processed raspberries to spill on the street. About 250 tins burst, leaving a three inch layer of goo across the intersection.
Dr. Robert T. Clark 49, vice president for research at Harding College, died Thursday while running near Searcy. Former Harding track coach, he held multiple aviation medicine roles, including in the Navy during WWII and later at FAA research institutes. Services set for Saturday in Searcy with burial in Pratt, Kansas.
The grid shows team numbers with series and game scores, high totals for D McIntosh V Dent and others, plus lane results for Blue Monday League and several teams like Queens Sisters Ridge Runners Jokers Aces. Individual high games noted include McIntosh 200 and 460, Dent 167 and 428, Lindquist 142, Heaton 188, Mayer 198.
A Louisville AP item notes a gasoline tanker bearing the message What kind of fuel am I written in dust on its rear. The playful graffiti prompts readers to guess the fuel type and reflects local humor in a roadside moment.
Mrs. Ralph Madill formerly of Route 2 Wichita died early today at Wesley Hospital Wichita aged resident for five years. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Johnson Mortuary.
In Kansas City two teenagers were killed in separate wrecks Thursday night. Gregory Kasper, 16, was thrown from an open convertible and died on impact while three others rode with him. Kenneth Pierce, 15, died when his motorcycle struck a tree on a residential street.
U S S Chief Justice Earl Warren and his wife, visiting Italy, were received in private audience by Pope Paul VI in Vatican City on vacation.
The warmest reading in the 48 states Thursday reached 111 degrees at Buckeye Arizona while the coldest early morning low dropped to 40 degrees at Pellston Michigan.
Betty Louise Fox Miss Emporia won the swimsuit title and Judy Colleen Martin Miss Winfield won the talent award in Pratt Kansas as the Miss Kansas Scholarship pageant opened with the first prelim. Fox, 20, is a College of Emporia junior from Oakmont Pennsylvania. Martin, 21, a Southwestern College junior from Augusta Kansas, performed an original musical soliloquy. Final competition is Saturday night with the second prelim tonight.
Martha Rae McCoy Miss Cha nute competes in the Miss Kansas Pageant at Pratt. No word was received today about her success in the preliminary rounds of competition.
TOPEKA AP Unemployment in Kansas among people covered by unemployment compensation stays at a low level. For the week ending July 2 the insured unemployment rate was 0.9 percent, unchanged from the prior week and well below 18 percent a year ago.
LeRoy E. Unruh of Thayer has a promotion to airman second class in the U S Air Force. He serves as a vehicle operator at Castle AFB California and belongs to the Strategic Air Command guardian of missiles and jet bombers. He is a Thayer High School graduate.
Mary Ellen Cole has spent two years teaching in Okina wa and will spend her summer with her parents at 1803 S. Ashby before departing for Germany to teach the next term.
Glenn Watt of 304 West Seventh Street returned home today from the Veterans Hospital in Wichita.
Janet Donaldson of Davenport arrives for a week with her parents Mr and Mrs George W Donaldson at 12 S Wil son. Guests expected include Mr and Mrs David Patton and family from Tonie Julia and Laura Laramie Wyoming and Mr and Mrs Gerald Oldham and family Sedalia Missouri. Mrs Oldham is former Sharon Patton and Patton and Oldham are Chanute High School graduates of 1956 who will attend Saturday’s reunion.
Mr and Mrs Ira Dutton of 1219 S Evergreen returned home yesterday following a ten day visit with relatives in Iowa South Dakota and Nebraska confirming their safe return and travels.
The three Frederick children pictured with the bats on the front page yesterday are the children of Mr and Mrs Thomas E Frederick 1420 S Evergreen, not Mrs Clara Frederick 1418 S Evergreen as reported. Also three area men among 761 Kansas State University students honored for spring term with 3.3 GPA or higher.
Mrs Frank Carter of 816 West Elm is listed in critical condition at Halstead Hospital after undergoing lung surgery on Thursday.
Mr and Mrs A O Dimon of 1131 N Forest returned from Aurora Colorado on Wednesday. They visited daughter and son in law Mrs John L Sample Roger and Lynn Their grandson Steve Dimon from Sand Springs Oklahoma accompanied them.
Mrs Floyd Smith residing at 521 N Washington underwent brain surgery at the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City Kansas. She is reported improved though her condition remains listed as critical.
Chanute Tribune lists staff roles led by Dwight McCreight and Dwight Wallingford. Advertising manager Fay D. Clopine and circulation head Ben Nicholls oversee operations. Subscription rates shown for various regions and mailing options.
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