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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1969
Page
4
.AP cattle sales show 4 000 head with high choice steers at 33 30 to 33 60 and 1 2 220 235 lb hogs at 26 75. Sheep and lambs list spring lambs 29 to 30 with cull and utility classes, veals 33 to 37 50, cows 16 to 22, bulls 20 to 26.50.
Parsons Livestock lists hog grades with prices for No. 1 and 2 weights 200 to 220 pounds at 25.59 to 26.20 dollars, 230 to 270 pounds 24.00 to 25.00, 180 to 190 pounds 22.50 to 23.50, with sows 20.00 to 21.50, heavier sows 19.00 to 20.00, stags 16.50 to 17.00, and bears 16.00 to 16.50. Cattle prices include grain fed steers and heifers U.S. choice 31.00 to 33.00, U.S. good 26.00 to 28.00, crested fed calves good and choice 27.00 to 30.00, light stocker calves 33.00 to 38.00, good 30.00 to 43.00, medium 27.00 to 30.00, heifer calves light weight 30.00 to 33.00, heavy stockers 31.00 to 34.50, good 26.00 to 31.00, yearlings 29.00 to 54.00, yearling feeder heifers good and choice 26.00 to 31.00, plain yearling and 2-year-olds.
Chicago AP reports butter prices unchanged with grades AA to B and supplies firm. Eggs steady to firm with wholesale prices flat to up 2 cents. grade A whites above 80 percent, mediums 28 2, standards 32, checks 21.
Wheat No 2 hard yellow 1.29%2, No 2 soft red 1.2544n. Corn No 1 yellow 1.28%4, No 2 yellow 1.28 4, No 3 yellow 1.26%4. Oats No 2 extra heavy white 62 2. Soybeans No 1 yellow 2.6742n. Soybean oil 7.84n.
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Wall Street closed with a modest gain as selective buying provided a partial bounce. The Dow Jones average at 1:30 p.m. rose 3.37 to 873.13 while gainers led decliners by about 275 issues. Prices included Anaconda down 2.5 to 31.5, Gulf States Utilities down 4 to 23, Natomas up 11.75 to 1092, Thiokol up 5 to 132, High Voltage Engineering up 22 to 2.2.
New details from Mary Gallagher's book reveal Jacqueline Kennedy spent just over $40,000 on clothes in 1961, contradicting earlier reports of $30,000. The account notes a 1962 family expenses bill of $121,461.61 and Kennedy’s influence on White House budgeting and guest limits.
Government projects aim to return more than half of 11 million acres in the Great Plains to grass by 1972 under a 15 year program. By January 1 only 5.5 million acres remained cultivated with contracts covering 58.9 million acres across 10 states and 423 counties.
Police investigated four non injury accidents over the weekend in Chanute. Charles Burnett and Jerry Pool overturned after hitting mud holes at Katy Park. A 1958 Chevrolet hit a parked car at Self Service Grocery. the other car left. George Lopeman Jr. claimed another car knocked a pedestrian sign into his path. Leonard Wheeler was cited for careless driving after a Santa Fe and Seventh collision that totaled Jeanne Richmond's Plymouth.
A 1955 DeSoto driven by Louie Parrett, 50, of Wichita and a 1960 Dodge driven by Terry Hardman, 17, of Parsons collided ten miles south of Erie on U.S.59 Sunday at 1 30 p m The highway patrol investigated the wreck Both drivers were northbound and attempting to pass slower cars Parrett reported minor injury but was not treated Damage to the DeSoto was about 150 and to the Dodge 300
Peoria Oklahoma, a town of 156 in Ottawa County, sits atop the world's richest tripoli mining area. Mine Inspector Ward Padgett says the Oklahoma Missouri formation yields the best quality tripoli, used in abrasives, concrete, drilling mud, paints, and polishing. Major operations include American Tripoli Division and Miami Tripoli Inc, with processing at Seneca Missouri.
A 1962 Ford driven by Nancy Dorherty of Harrisonville Missouri sustained about $600 in damage in a single vehicle crash Saturday near Erie. The car ran off a county road one mile south and 1 3/4 miles east of Erie at 6 p.m. Dorherty was uninjured.
A Chanute man was held five hours in the city jail after a noon arrest on a charge of assault. His wife dropped the charges at 5 p.m., police said.
Parsons Urban Renewal Agency unanimously reaffirmed actions on the 8.40 million downtown renewal project. The move completes the federal requirement to release funds, with about 5.6 million in federal money. City commissioners earlier approved similar action as records head to HUD offices in Fort Worth to secure a loan and grant contract.
Daily Transcript lists visiting hours 2 to 4 p.m and 6 30 to 8 p.m with a census of 67 adults and pediatrics and one baby. It records names and rooms for medical and surgical patients across Friday Saturday and Sunday, plus today’s entries. A birth is noted for Ronald Burk. Police court action and summons are also listed for two individuals.
Arthur D. Powell 69 of Coffeyville died about 10 a.m. at Labette County Medical Center Parsons. Born December 15 1899 in Fredonia he worked as a school teacher and was a member of the National Forensic League Southern Baptist Church Delano Galif Royal Arch Masons Knights Templar Chanute. He is survived by his wife two daughters seven grandchildren and one brother. Burris Wall Funeral Home Parsons in charge arrangements and Clinton Missouri burial Thursday by VanSant Funeral Home.
A Western Pacific freight train through Tobar, 150 miles west of Salt Lake City, exploded releasing bombs. Conductor Taylor M. Johnson, 53, suffered a skull fracture. Morris Tipton, Freeman J. Stevens injured, others treated. Army demolition experts responded as fires threatened surrounding sagebrush.
The Kansas City Star reports a distributor transfer effective July 1 with Clifford Erickson taking over. Former owners M. W. Gerken and Mrs. Gerken relinquished control. price paid was not disclosed.
Bourbon County total assessed valuation rose to 33 190 156 this year, up 723 967 from 1968. County Assessor Barbara Schoonover reported a growth rate a little over two percent, including real estate personal property utilities and mineral rights. Real estate alone valued at 30 percent of market has risen 520 395 since 1967 revaluation.
Family of Betty Louise Kirby thanks readers for sympathy. Advertisement offers thousands of jobs with high starting pay, short hours, advancement, and free booklet. Men and women 18 plus encouraged to write name address and phone to Box 235 Chanute Tribune care Lincoln Service.
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