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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1968
Page
2
AP dispatch details cattle prices with steer values 23.50 to 27.25 for choice and prime, hogs 200 to 330 pound ranges from 16.50 to 19.75, sheep and lamb figures, cream, hides, and glue cautious quotes. Chicago grain futures list Wheat No 2 hard 141, corn No 2 yellow 1.16, oats No 2 white 81.5, soybeans No 1 yellow 2.72, soybean oil 8.35.
Chicago AP report shows butter steady with mixed grade pricing and eggs unchanged as wholesale markets reflect stable demand. Live poultry prices also hold, with roasters around 24 to 26 dollars and special fed fryers at 20 to 21 dollars per hundred.
Parson hogs and cattle price ranges listed by grade and weight. Includes boars sows steers heifers calves and yearlings, with figures for primes good and standard and for various sheep and bull categories. Also covers feeders stockers and culls with price brackets for each class.
Wall Street steady advance after noon with heavy trading. The market climbed from the open and widened its gains through the morning as more issues posted gains than losses on the New York Stock Exchange. The Associated Press average surged.
Obituaries report the deaths of George W. Palen 62 of 518 S Evergreen Edna Fulkerson 82 of Erie Marvin L Fairchild 41 of 513 W 3rd and services conducted at Johnson and Gibson Koch chapels Memorial Park and Mt Hope cemeteries Interments include Palen burial at Memorial Park and Fairchild burial at Greenlawn with military honors Also notes Wible Bradley services with local clergy and bearers
The Dow Jones industrial average rose 5.36 points to 904.36 at noon as 60 stocks gained 2.1 to 334.4 amid a broad advance across industrials, rails, and utilities. Brokers noted optimism that Congress would act quickly on tax and spending measures.
Daily Transcript reports Neosho Memorial Hospital visiting hours from 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 30 to 8 p.m. Census stands at 57 patients including adults, pediatrics, and four babies. Friday admissions include Ramona Spurling Thayer medical and Mrs Kenneth Spurling as misreported. Additional Saturday and Sunday admissions cover several residents of Thayer Humboldt and nearby towns with multiple medical and surgical cases. Births list a boy to Mr and Mrs David Dudley of 115 S Kansas. Dismissals and admissions dated across Sunday and today enumerate numerous patients with addresses in Thayer Humboldt and nearby communities. City court actions include Ted Wheeler facing disturbing peace charges. police court actions cover intoxication and license tag display with dispositions pending.
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The holiday police wrapup reports two disturbances with no arrests. One at 12:30 a.m. Sunday on West Main and another at 3:50 a.m. today at Santa Fe Park, both found inactive by officers. The bulletin also mentions Vacation Bible School starting today at Church of God in Christ. Alta Spurrier, Humboldt, among 77 seniors to receive Doctor of Optometry from Southern College of Optometry in Memphis June 8, 1968. Mabel E. McNary and Anna McNary plan a trip to Aurora, Colorado to visit Charity Wells.
The Vilas EHU meeting formerly set for tomorrow now convenes at 2 p.m. on June 11 at the home of Mrs. Clement White in rural Buffalo.
The Poor People’s Campaign staff, representing diverse ethnic factions, met into the early morning to plan next week’s actions. They announced a 10 a.m. march on the Department of Justice protesting the arrest of 13 Mexican-Americans in Los Angeles. Rudolpho Corky Gonzalez from Denver to lead, with Rev Ralph David Abernathy heading the campaign.
Paris AP Georges Pompidou called it a national duty for the 10 million French strikers to resume work as reports show a broad return trend in small businesses and agencies while the mass remains idle. He cited two percent weekly GDP loss and potential postal service restart as others remain paralyzed in the third week of the strike.
The Supreme Court ruled 8 to 1 that a teacher may not be fired for speaking on public issues without proof of knowingly false or reckless statements. The decision overturned Illinois courts that had approved the dismissal of Marvin L. Pickering, a high school science teacher who wrote to the Lockport Herald in 1964 criticizing tax-supported athletics.
Kansas City AP weather summary lists high and low temperatures and precipitation totals for the 24 hour period ending at 6 am. The report details temperatures and rainfall amounts across local stations in the state capital region.
The 114th Kansas Annual Conference of the Methodist Church opens at Baker University with delegates from about 50 eastern churches to approve the union plan with the Evangelical United Brethren to form the United Methodist Church. The two denoms will form Kansas East and Kansas West conferences, with ordinations and minister appointments to close the session Sunday afternoon.
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