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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1966
Page
2
AP Kansas City report shows cattle at 1.700 with calves 50 and mixed cow conditions steady to weak. feeders and steer calves up. hogs up 25 to 50 for barrows and gilts, sows steady. hog weights 210 to 240 and 250 to 200 range with prices 23.00 to 25.75. sheep 800 head with spring lambs 21.00 to 23.00 and ewes at 40 to 50.
Kansas City AP reports wholesale egg prices for large eggs at 80 percent A 43-44 and mediums at 80 percent A 24-35. Butter remains unchanged.
Butter prices hold steady or rise slightly while eggs stay firm in Chicago market. Grade A whites top 70 percent or better, with 44 for mixed, and 34 for mediums as the day’s reported figures.
Wheat prices range from 1.86 to 2.21 per bushel with No 2 dark and hard and No 3 grades. Corn shows 1.29 to 1.46 per bushel for No 3 and 1.39 to 1.46 for No 2 white. oats near 0.76 to 0.81 per bushel. rye 1.20 to 1.25. barley 1.07 to 1.12. soybeans 3.34 to 3.47 per bushel. Sacked bran and shorts priced at 46.00–75 and 49.00–75 respectively.
Wheat No 2 hard 1.95 No 2 red 1.87 87 cents down. Corn No 2 yellow 1.43 down. Oats No 2 heavy white 75 cents down. Soybeans No 1 yellow 3.452 down. Wheat settled 3 to 3.5 cents lower. corn 1 to 1.25 lower. oats 1.5 to 2.5 lower. rye 2 to 2.2 lower. soybeans 5.4 to 5.4 lower.
Three minor vehicle collisions were reported yesterday. At 10 45 a truck hitting a 1958 Buick at Cherry street junction was blamed on an unidentified truck. At 1 50 p m a pickup struck the back bumper of a 1961 Chevrolet as a car turned in front. At 6 05 p m a pickup damaged the left rear chrome of a 1966 Chevrolet while turning on West 21st street.
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Wall Street turned lower in late trading with glamour stocks, drugs, and airlines dropping while trading remained moderate. Volume reached about 6 million shares, up from 5.47 million the prior day, and initial gains faded as Xerox and other high flyers briefly recovered before ending with losses.
Clifford Greer, 25, of 1014 S Highland, was fined 210 dollars in police court for reckless driving speeding and no license after his car struck two parked vehicles near 1027 S Santa Fe damaging a business building estimated at 400 dollars. One car total loss.
A 250 year old cemetery in Northport Long Island was invaded by vandals who smashed stained glass windows in two mausoleums scattered ashes and fled leaving empty beer cans around the vaults.
The Rev. E M Pearson led John Erickson service at Colfax Baptist Church with Myron Cooper and others singing In That Bright City and How Great Thou Art. Burial followed in Colfax Cemetery. Mrs Frank Violet Krone funeral at Zion Lutheran Church with Wilbur Allison singing Heaven is My Home and Jesus Thy Blood and Righteousness. Burial in Memorial Park Cemetery. Walter Hodge funeral at Johnson Chapel with What a Friend We Have in Jesus and Rock of Ages sung. burial in Vilas Cemetery.
Police and National Guardsmen opened fire on a car during clashes in Cleveland after rioting and firebombings. A 16 year old mother and her two children were wounded along with a 7 month old, a 12 year old, and a guard captain. The driver initially stopped then fled as gunfire erupted. the incident remains under investigation.
Richard Speck, accused of killing eight student nurses, is formally charged with murder in Chicago and met with his attorney Gerald Getty and a Lutheran minister. The hearing is continued to July as Speck considers a possible insanity plea.
Senate leaders slugged the development loan program by 250 million and tightened terms, prompting Mansfield to warn the cut risks the Alliance for Progress while Dirksen notes higher bread prices reflect inflation. Fulbright laments war costs eroding domestic projects.
Brazil produced 19 173 new cars in April breaking all production records, a 41 percent rise from April 1965. The Ministry of Industry and Commerce reports that January to March 1966 output totaled 78 853 automobiles.
Police and National Guardsmen faced heavy unrest while firefighters fought a $100,000 dance hall blaze. Four officers were hurt in crash as eight hundred guardsmen supported police amid numerous calls and 13 false alarms.
In Saigon the U S military command announced a terminology shift for pilots held in North Vietnam. Prisoners and other personnel will be described as captured or interned rather than detained to counter Hanoi labeling them war criminals. About 45 Americans are listed as held, most are pilots.
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