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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1968
Page
2
Livestock prices listed by category show cattle 970-1190 lb at 25.95 to 26.90, feeder calves 425-485 lb at 29.30 to 82.10, hogs per hundredweight with barrows and gilts at 21.75 to 23.00 for 240-260 lb and 20.75 to 21.25 for 260-275 lb, sheep spring lambs at 6.50 to 27.50.
AP reports wholesale egg prices with large eggs at 8 per cent, range 26 to 30, mediums at 80 per cent 19 to 22. Butter unchanged with grade A WB solid 77 and grade A IB quarters 78.
In Chicago the AP notes butter holds steady with grade AA at 93, A at 92, B at 90 and C at 89. Egg standards are stated at 60 percent or better grade A whtest, with 60 percent for eggs and 302 remaining figures for whites.
Kansas State Fair officials announced Hank Thompson and Marty Robbins will headline the Grand Ole Opry Spectacular on Sept. 18 and 19. The accompanying variety revue runs Sept. 14 to 17 and will feature the Lennon Sisters and Frank Sinatra Jr.
City of Chanute Kansas enacts Ordinance 1708 amending 1480 to rezone 308 feet of a tract north of West Main Street from A-1 to B-2. Description bounds place the land in Section 19, Township 27, Range 18, with 1.63 acres. Effective 10 days after publication. mayor E J New and City Clerk Bonnie L Moffatt sign.
Wall Street rose in heavy afternoon trading following a Wednesday halt. The Associated Press average of 60 stocks gained 1.2 to 340.6 at noon with industrials up 1.8, rails down 1.2, utilities up 3.1. First-hour volume was 5.48 million, below last Thursday’s record pace. The Dow Jones industrial average stood at 901.53, up 1.33.
The Chanute teenage band Common Few begins a summer tour traveling through Oklahoma Texas and parts of New Mexico. Members include Robert Orr Ben Ennis Ed Ladd Mike King Bob Crumrine Mike DePriest and Jerry Myers. They are junior college students and left Chanute on June 12.
The Rock Castle Jaycees from Hutchinson Kansas earned representive status after taking five of eleven first place awards at the Kansas state convention. They are representing Kansas at the 48th annual United States Jaycees convention in Phoenix Arizona.
Daily Transcript lists hospital visiting hours 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 30 to 8 p.m. with 47 patients. It also records dismissals and admissions, plus district court filings in Chanute including several divorces judgments and traffic violations with fines and jail terms.
Barbara Jill Hart eight of Beaverton Oregon died at seven last night from a severed artery after a glass patio door broke at about four yesterday. She was the daughter of Floyd and Ruth Hart formerly of this community. Survivors include paternal grandmother Mrs Ruth Hart and maternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Levi Bailey of Erie. Aunt Mrs Faye Erickson also survives. Funeral services will be Monday in Beaverton with Ruth Hart and Mr and Mrs Levi Bailey and Mr and Mrs John J Hart attending from Topeka.
Everett A Holland of Ottawa died Wednesday at Ransom Memorial Hospital Ottawa born September 3 1898 in Washington county Ohio came to Chanute in 1917 and worked as a cement contractor moved to Ottawa in 1961 he is survived by his wife Elizabeth two sons Leslie and Richard two brothers four sisters and a grandchild Funeral service at 10 am Saturday in Towners Co Ottawa burial at 2 pm in Myers Cemetery Girard
The funeral is at 2:30 p.m. Saturday in Gibson-Koch Chapel with burial at Elmwood Cemetery. The casket will be open at the chapel from Friday until the service. Contributions may be sent to the University of Kansas Endowment Association for Research in Hematology.
Castle Jaycees became the first Kansas chapter to win both the one year milestone award and the Giessenbier Memorial award, which honors the best Jaycee chapter in the state.
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In Washington 50,000–plus demonstrators gathered at the Lincoln Memorial for Solidarity Day backing the Poor People Campaign. Ralph Abernathy vowed to keep Resurrection City in place despite government deadlines as crowds marched, chanted, and carried signs urging jobs, income, and an end to the Vietnam War.
A string of social visits spans Savonburg and nearby towns with trips to Winfield Junction City and Iola. Guests include Linda and Glenn, the Bundy family, the Swansons, the Nortons, the Johnsons, and others. The record notes hospital releases and family gatherings as Father’s Day and Sunday dinners unfold across several households.
Wilson Avenue Baptist Church hosts a Sunday dedication of new pulpit furnishings and a redecorated sanctuary. Activities include Sunday school at 9 30, worship at 10 30 with Rev. Harold Knight speaking, a noon basket dinner at Santa Fe park, a 2 30 dedicatory service, and an 7 o clock evening service featuring burgundy robed choir and soloists.
Mrs. Saliba of Parsons told Rotary Ann members there is no juvenile delinquency problem in Lebanon Republic and that rules are strictly enforced. She noted high respect for teachers and early education, hospitality to strangers, and cultural norms such as cautious dress and bargaining habits. Walter Poor chaired the meeting.
Mrs. Paul Taylor hosted a 4 H sewing meeting with younger members. Mary Shively demonstrated tailor tacks and Glenna Heilman spoke on preventing puckered seams. Refreshments were served. Next class set for June 26 at 9 30 a m.
The Chanute Tribune lists staff roles Publisher Dwight McCreight Editor Wayne J. Smith Advertising Mgr Mrs. R. D. Markham Carrier Supervisor Ben Nicholas and others. It includes press and AP affiliation notes and contact lines for the Chanute Kansas publication.
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