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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1968
Page
4
AP report from Kansas City details cattle prices for 4 500 head and calves, hogs 5 000 head, and sheep 1 000 head. Steers, heifers, cows, and bulls show varied movement with weights and classes listed, including feeder, slaughter, and breeding animals and price ranges in several weight brackets. Prime, choice, good and utility categories are noted with specific dollar ranges.
Chicago wholesale prices show little change with steady to firm tones. USDA live poultry prices fall slightly for roasters to 24 percent and 26 percent, red white rock fryers 20 to 23 percent.
ParsonS hogs show prices by weight and class with ranges from 14.00 to 20.45 dollars for various hog categories and sows, plus boars and stags. Cattle prices include grain fed steers and heifers at 23.00 to 27.00 dollars, good at 21.00 to 23.00, standards 19.00 to 23.00, calves 23.00 to 25.50, and feeder calves 28.00 to 33.00.
Ron ald L Bridges age 36 of Cimarron Kansas was killed when a rented airplane crashed five miles northeast of Ness City on Sunday He was flying alone and had departed from the city at 830 am bound for Hill City The wreckage was located in a field at 10 am The plane was owned by a Dodge City firm
Notice explains that regular classified ads are accepted until 10 a.m. on publication day with 9 a.m. Wednesdays and Saturdays. Display classified ads have a sooner deadline, due the day before publication.
The market opened mixed but slipped as oil stocks declined and accusations of copyright theft weighed on traders. Occidental Petroleum led losses after Texaco sued over alleged piracy of exploration secrets, while the Dow Jones average fell 4.75 to 883.72 at noon. The AP 60 also eased, with industrials, rails, and utilities down.
Eagle-Picher Industries plans to shut its central mill in Cardin Oklahoma by November 1 due to dwindling ore output and rising costs. The move may halt operations for about a dozen small operators unless an alternative mill reopens to accept their ore. Claude Dale credits reduced tonnage and higher costs for the decision, noting a restart could come if the Smalley mine near Baxter Springs Kansas begins within six months to a year.
Neosho county welfare director John Kirkwood will address the Chanute Area Chamber of Commerce legislative committee tomorrow at 3 p.m. in the chamber office. Committee chairman Gordon Bender will lead the session.
A Kansas GOP survey shows Gov. Nelson Rockefeller gaining support at Nixon’s expense as delegates prepare for Miami Beach. Shifts reduce uncommitted votes to six for Rockefeller and three for Nixon while 11 remain undecided. Delegates report heavy mail backing Rockefeller and open convention sentiment grows.
Weekend police reports show several non injury crashes. A 1960 Olds registered to Hazel Morelan left Plummer road and hit a utility pole. Merle Grove backed onto a fire plug on Main, causing undercarriage damage to a 1961 Chevrolet. John Corns and John Johnson had a minor collision on Santa Fe with door damage to Corns. A 1968 Buick and a 1968 Chevrolet collided in a lot at 4th and Central with damages to Berthot and McNamara vehicles. H C Yeager reported his 1960 Dodge damaged while parked at Wayside Diner.
Gerald F. Carroll 62 of Gardenia California died after an extended illness. Survivors include his wife Marguerite Elrod three sons a brother and sister and three grandchildren. Funeral Tuesday at 2 p m in Memorial Chapel Gardenia Roosevelt Cemetery. David A Albert 18 died in automobile accident near Dewey Ohio. Survivors include parents a sister three brothers and grandfather. Funeral Wednesday 10 a m East Cross United Methodist Bartlesville. Mrs Mary Riggs or Mary Riggs died in Kansas City. Survived by two sons and two daughters with service at New Hope Baptist Church Elmwood Cemetery burial.
The county outlines a budget plan with final payments for 1971 and 1972, a cumulative bridge fund, and secondary road matching funds of 129000 dollars. The 1968 budget was 103000 dollars. A 150000 dollar senior citizens home fund stems from an old two year levy for a proposed Erie home. A public hearing is set for 1 30 p.m. August 14 in Erie courthouse commission room.
Instructions urge calling your Tribune phone to reach your carrier. If unavailable, dial HE 1-3400 after 6 p.m. for contact.
Pittsburgh AP reports a rumored improved steel industry offer sparks renewed optimism that a Thursday strike by 388000 steelworkers may be averted. The United Steelworkers executive board delayed 24 hours to review a first complete negotiations report amid unsettled details and mixed price rumors.
Anla Morris and Tillie Cunningham of San Leandro Calif are visiting Miss Cunningham s sisters Mrs H D Barnett 120 S Rutter and Mrs R D Churchill 909 S Tennessee They will also visit a brother Fred Cunningham at Allen County Hospital Iola Mrs Audrey Gardner 105 S Highland has returned home from visiting her daughter Mrs Bill Coats and family San Diego Mrs Agnes Zimmerman 1003 W Main returned home Sunday after a week with her daughters Mrs Roy Smith and family Winfield and Mrs Earl Proctor and family Mulvane
Harvey Rhodes returns from a four day Midwest Magic Jubilee convention in Kansas City with 300 attendees. First National Bank team members and families attend a hayrack ride and wiener roast at Earl Barnhart home, 55 people present. Captain Tom Keller and wife announce birth of son Thomas Bert Keller with siblings, grandparents, and great grandparents listed. Police log a minor parking lot accident at 14 Lincoln involving a 1967 Chevy driven by Wayne Sparks and a 1965 Buick owned by F Hackcroft, light bumper damage.
Mrs. Hembree of 808 South Wilson enters KU Medical Center in Kansas City Kansas for a surgical procedure.
In Wichita two men died in a shotgun duel early Sunday. Victims were L. D. McHenry, 39, and John A. Ballance, 58. A woman with McHenry described an argument that led to both men arming themselves. she fled and heard two rapid shots.
Daily Transcript reports visiting hours 2 to 4 pm and 6 30 to 8 pm totals 63 patients including adults and pediatrics with one baby. Saturday admissions include Orville Millican Jefferey Almond Earl Legg and Mrs Preston Smith. Dismissals list Parth enia Blessing Jerry Griffith and others. Sunday admissions include Charles E Payne John L Gilliland and several with surgeries. Fire run noted 8 10 pm for 1200 block North Garfield involving a 1958 Chevrolet owned by Gary Ketcherside.
A 15 year old Chanute girl held at the city jail for theft of a pocketbook from an elderly woman last week was taken to Osawatomie state hospital for psychiatric evaluation. Police said there were no new developments in the case.
Four vandalism reports and one theft filed with police over the weekend. Windows broken and paint sprayed at Santa Fe Park entrance. Victims include John VanVickle on a 1966 Chevrolet, Charles Donovan’s 1967 Chevrolet pickup damaged, Lynn Rana bargar’s 1965 Buick dented, and Ramon Yorks whose yard light was stolen.
A C124 Globemaster, with a 10 crew, crashed in the Amazon jungle Sunday night. Air Force says no survivors. The four engine aircraft, from Dobbins Air Force Base Georgia, was flying freight from Zanderij Surinam to Recife.
Moving to a smaller home we will sell antiques at 126 South Steuben Chanute Kansas. Items include an organ stool hall tree buffet dresser com mode wicker divan chair rocker oriental rugs Queen Anne chair with cane back captain chair on rockers divan RCA radio large speaker two burner wood heating stove and mahogany chest on chest.
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