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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1969
Page
4
Kansas City market data shows cattle 1 200 head with calves and steers in the 32.50 to 34.25 range for good to choice, feeders 34.00 to 36.00 for 500 to 650 pounds, hogs totals around 5 000 with barrows and gilts trading roughly 25.60 to 25.75 for 210 to 230 pounds, sheep and lambs around 29.00 to 50.00 for spring lambs, and smaller ranges for other classes and weights.
AP report from Kansas City lists egg sizes with grade A 80 percent for large at 30 to 33 cents and medium at 21 to 26 cents. Butter prices remain unchanged with grade A butter at 79 and quarters at eight.
AP report shows various grade percentages for butter and eggs in Chicago. Butter percentages include AA at 67 and A at 67 with B and C grades noted. Egg whites at 80 percent or better with mediums also listed.
The Dow Jones average rose 6.47 to 877.33 by noon as gains held after an initial rise of 7.82. Brokers credited a technical rally and bargain hunting that began Monday with conglomerates and motors like General Motors advancing while Ling-Temco-Vought fell.
Kansas budget director James Bibb said May 1, 1970, may pass without a deficit though a $6.02 million shortfall had been forecast. Gov. Docking warned of possible bankruptcy while Senate leader Smith argued the fund is sound and ready for legislative adjustments. Bibb’s memo projects a decline in the general revenue fund from $74.2 million in 1969 to $27.1 million in 1970.
The Justice Department seeks to settle a three year antitrust case by barring seven firms and a cooperative association from price fixing liquid asphalt. A proposed consent decree to end in 30 days was filed in Kansas City District Court. Defendants must file affidavits for asphalt bids to government buyers in 11 states including Kansas and Missouri for five years.
Sgt. Marion Cox of the highway patrol presented a highway safety program to the Kiwanis Club at the Tioga Hotel. Ray Hedrick was inducted as a new member, with Dr. Billy LaRue presiding as president. Maurice Reagan introduced the speaker.
Kansas City report says Alvin Karpis appeals to Gov. Docking on behalf of Frank Sawyer, a 70 year old inmate at Lansing who Karpis claims was not involved in the Fort Scott bank robbery of June 1932. Sawyer has served 20 to 100 years for the crime. Karpis denies involvement and offers to discuss details with authorities.
The funeral for Betty Louise Ogden Kirby will be held at 2 30 p m Wednesday at First Baptist Church with Rev Joe Lynn Robins officiating. Born June 3 1924 in Chanute she was a nurse at Ashley Clinic and a lifelong resident. She is survived by husband, a son, two daughters, a brother and her mother Velma Ogden. Burial in Elmwood Cemetery.
Neosho Memorial Hospital lists visiting hours 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 30 to 8 p.m. Total patient census 72 with adults pediatrics and two babies. Monday and today entries name patients and guardians across multiple rooms with addresses in Parsons Topeka Humboldt Buffalo Lavenburg and Yates Center birth of a girl to Mr and Mrs Brian O Brien reported today Fire runs and smoke scare noted at local addresses including Edith Clawson and a TV set.
Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Wiggons and Kathy included James Mishler Joyce and John Vester Reed and family from Chanute. World War I Auxiliary and Barracks members attended a Parsons meeting with Harry Butman and several ladies. Warren Donaldson of Sandusky Ohio visited Mrs. Nelle Stevens and is noted as a former Chanute resident.
An advertising note asserts that smart promotion can turn economic pressure into growth and prosperity for businesses and communities.
The Supreme Court ruled 6-2 that the constitutional prohibition against double jeopardy applies to state criminal trials. The decision reverses Benton’s larceny conviction, asserting double jeopardy is fundamental to justice. Benton had been convicted of burglary and larceny, with housebreaking dropped.
An escaped convict from McAllister Oklahoma took four people hostage near Dodge City and Meade Kansas, fired at a patrolman, and forced a car swap before fleeing south toward the border. He crashed 14 miles south of Meade and was captured unharmed.
Vernon British Columbia AP report says a young man was taken off the firelines after a forest ranger warned his long hair could ignite or cause firefighters to mistake him for a woman triggering potential disaster.
Mrs. Shirley VanMeter of Walnut Kansas advertises a new location at Porterville corner on Highway 39 offering 15 percent discount on material for chair and divan recovering. Contact RR2 Walnut KS phone 7542938.
Rates list for mail and carrier subscriptions in Chanute with durations and prices. Includes Member Audit Bureau of Circulations and Associated Press copyright notice asserting exclusive local news republication rights.
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