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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1965
Page
2
Cattle prices lift with steers 25 up and hogs steady to strong, mix of feeders and cows varied by grade. Lambs steady with finishes around 23.10 for lighter weights, plus further price ranges for veal, bulls, and sheep across Kansas City and Parsons markets.
AP notes consumer egg categories medium priced at 22 to 27 cents per dozen while other categories remain unchanged. Wholesale eggs including fryers and butter show no price changes.
Chicago AP reports live poultry prices easing to a range with roasters at 24 to 25 cents and heavier hens at 18. Butter shows steadier trends with AA 93 score at 59.4 cents and B grade at 58 cents. Eggs are mixed with whites at 29.5 cents and standards 26 cents.
Chicago grain prices report closing values for Wheat No 2 hard 1.5514, No 2 red 1.504, Corn No 2 yellow 1.32, Oats No 2 heavy white 73, Soy beans No 1 yellow 2.83, Soy bean oil 10.00. Soybeans ended 5 to 5.5 cents lower at the close with unclear final figures.
The Chanute Tribune published in Chanute Kansas lists Dwight McCreight as publisher Dwight Wallingford as news editor John Hovorka as advertising manager Mrs Leland Lowe as circulation f gr Ben Nicholas as composing room foreman and Dorsey Osborn as press stereo foreman Published evenings except Sunday and entered as second class matter at the Chanute post office This note identifies staff roles and newspaper affiliations with AP content.
Wheat and other grains show mixed trading in Kansas City with No 2 hard and dark hard at 1.52 to 1.57 per bushel and corn at 1.30 to 1.68 for white and yellow grades. Wall Street reverses gains after Johnson Viet Nam remarks though overall prices stay higher with heavy trade volume.
Elsmore and surrounding residents attended a dealers meeting in Fredonia and a large Oscar Carlson family reunion. Visitors included James Nelson and Terri in Wichita, Roy Johnsons guests, and Calvin Coday Sr at Covenant Bible camp. Scholarships awarded to Merrill Cunningham and Janet Atherton for Rock Springs Ranch seminar.
Five Republican Kansas congressmen urged President Johnson to suspend further GATT negotiations on agriculture. They argued immediate action would boost grain exports and called for suspension until German and French elections and EEC grain financing rules are settled.
Kansas utilities will pay $15,000 this year to operate the utilities division of the Kansas Corporation Commission. The cut reflects more efficient division operations and lower gross revenue assessments, from $315,000 last year to $300,000 this year.
President Johnson cites a government payroll cut of 602 positions from last year. Budget Director Charles Schultze reports 2,468,663 executive branch employees as of June 30 and Johnson expresses gratification at the payroll reduction efforts.
The Tennessee Walking Horse is celebrated for a distinctive prancing attitude with head nods in time with the movement. Its ears snap while the hooves strike a rhythmic beat and teeth click like castanets.
Tuesday admissions include Mrs. Charley Hawkinson Lavonburg Mrs Rosetta Knight 202 S Larson surgery Debra Tucker 120 N Highland medical and others. Dismissals list Mrs Thomas Neagle Humboldt Mrs Larry Phillips and daughter R 4. Birth announced John Zimmerman Moran a girl. Police court Barbara Barnes 05 N Steuben cited for careless driving with $15 bond.
A 19 year old Kansas City Kansas youth entered the Missouri River at a Leavenworth dock with an inflated inner tube to float toward the Kaw River to win a bet. Louis Sibley said friends claimed the stunt was impossible and he wanted to cool off on his day off from the Kansas City Star advertising department. He wore clothes and shoes aside from no other gear when he entered the water at 9 10 a m.
The Agency for International Development and Project Viet Nam announce a program to more than double American doctors in rural South Viet Nam. Moyers said volunteers will serve two months with 20 doctors serving at a time.
NAHA Okinawa AP report says 25 U S B52 jet bombers left their Guam base as a typhoon threatens the island and a tropical low risk to Guam prompted evacuation orders by Air Force authorities.
Elwood Kansas plans a 32 acre site for the Crouch Bros Inc transportation firm with a city backed industrial revenue bond to finance the general headquarters construction. The project will place the facility in Elwood and involve local officials and bond approvals.
Mrs. Maud Wiles Williams 78 of 19 S Plummer died at Neosho Memorial Hospital after a two month illness. Born December 24, 1886 in Jefferson City Missouri she moved to Chanute as a young woman and was active in the Presbyterian church and Rebekah Lodge. Funeral arrangements are incomplete. Frank Boyer ... Horton Service: Mrs. Lillian Frances Horton 81 of Independence dies. services set at Webb Chapel with burial in Harrisonville Cemetery. She taught school, was a Baptist, and left five survivors.
District Judge Alex Hotchkiss of Lyn don was assigned to Shawnee County District Court to aid with its caseload. The 1965 Legislature created six judicial districts supervised by a Kansas Supreme Court justice. Assigned from September 1965 term until final judgment in his cases.
A memorial note lists surviving relatives including Mrs. Diver Mrs. Frank Sheedy of Coffeyville Mrs. William Kurtis of Independence Mrs. E. E. Hecht of Taipei Taiwan Doris Horton of Fort Lauderdale Fla one son Hubert J Horton of Wayside and ten grandchildren.
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