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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1968
Page
2
AP dispatch from Kansas City notes cattle at 700 with no calf lots, feeders mainly sold to dealers. Hogs total 3,500 with barrows and gilts 25 lower. 1 2 200 230 lbs at 19.75 20.00, 1 3 230 260 lbs 19.00 19.75, 260 280 lbs 18.00 19.25, 280 300 lbs 18.00 18.50. sows steady, 300 400 lbs 16.75 17.50, 400 600 lbs 15.50 16.75. Sheep 150 head, choice wooled lambs steady at 26.50.
Chicago wheat and corn prices listed with No 2 and No 3 yellow bids, No 2 red wheat at 1.48 to 1.56 dollars per bushel, oats at 8.12, soybeans at 2.72 and 2.65 per bushel, and soybean oil at 9.20 per unit. The data reflects futures style quotes from the Chicago market roundup.
Wall Street trading opened with a brief show of strength but soon turned lower. The Dow Jones average at noon stood at 40.90, up 0.40, while the Associated Press average of 60 stocks rose to 305.8 as industrials gained 0.8, rails fell 0.2, and utilities gained 0.2. Selective blue chip strength supported the averages.
The Red Cross initiates a county drive targeting refugee aid in Vietnam via school filled Friendship boxes. Showalter named the community chairmen across townships including Mrs. Paul Cook Grant township and Rev. Donal O’Hare Walnut Grove, with several other volunteers coordinating in Erie Centerville Shiloh and Lincoln townships and beyond.
A Veterans Administration spokesman reported fiscal year 1967 benefits totaling 93,076,854 to 52,501 Kansas veterans and families. Major payments went to 35,988 for compensation and pensions totaling 51,358,944, with educational allowances to 4,661 post 1955 veterans and 382 children receiving 359,919. Kansas also saw 4,170,257 in direct loans and GI insurance/dividends totaling 9,482,016.
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The county adopts a redistricting plan with the Jan 13 start, moving Chanute fourth ward precincts from the third to the second district. Grant and Shaw precincts shift from the second to the first while Danville and Tioga townships reallocate among the three districts. The Chanute area is defined by Main Street boundaries and Santa Fe rail lines.
Seven Neosho County men depart Monday for pre induction physicals and army induction in Kansas City. Two volunteers are Charles L. Dighero of Earlton and James L. Arnett of Chanute. Draftees include Dale J. Steinman and John C. Hawley of Chanute, Edward L. Wheeler and Joe D. Haviland of Thayer, Doyle O. Reissig of Erie.
In Miami a crowd of 29 wealthy bachelors hosting a Leap Year ball selected 29 of 10 000 applicants as eligible partners. The women, including a model and actress type, were wined and dined while pins were presented by the bachelors wives. The event drew a British heir, a state legislator and professionals. ages ranged roughly 27 to 35.
Seaman Terry L. Bailey and Seaman Apprentice Ronald W. Goltry have completed nine weeks of Navy boot camp at Great Lakes. Also noted are social visits from local residents and upcoming events including a 30 voice choir concert at Pilgrim Holiness Church and a public library program. Nazarene pastors and wives will attend the Joplin district conference at Calvary Church with Dr. Charles Strickland addressing attendees.
Mr and Mrs Lester Welch of 501 S Santa Fe return from Arlington Texas where they saw their daughter and husband Mr and Mrs Stewart Chism Jr and Mr and Mrs Phy Taylor formerly of Chanute. They met Mr G O Lacy of Spokane Washington in Arlington and traveled to Minneola Missouri to visit Mr and Mrs George A Rule. Lacy once worked as a brakeman for the Santa Fe and Rule was a Santa Fe fireman here. A theft of wheel covers from a new car on its lot was reported by Merle Kelly Motor Company. the $79 covers were taken Tuesday night. A thrown beer bottle shattered a door glass in A E Manns 1957 Chevrolet parked at 816 S Forest yesterday.
Henry J. LeValley 33 of Aurora Nebraska was identified by dental records after autopsy by Dr. Louis Speers. The construction worker lived in Ottawa until 1965 and was visiting a sister since February 19. Autos showed a fatal head wound and multiple injuries.
The Associated Press reports numerous scores from college and professional basketball. Fordham edged NYU 79 73 while Manhattan beat Connecticut 83 69. Drake defeated Memphis State 89 61 and NBA games featured St Louis 105 New York 102 in overtime and Los Angeles 117 Chicago 107.
Bond of $500 for Robert Yarnell 29 of Oklahoma City formerly of Erie was posted, returned from Oklahoma yesterday by Neosho County sheriff on a child desertion warrant and he is held at the county jail in lieu of bond.
In Shawnee County Kansas a suit filed Friday seeks to bar Unified School District 437 from using tax money to educate children whose parents live in the Capehart Housing Project near Forbes Air Force Base. Attorney William Hergenreter alleges the Capehart site is federal property not taxed and calls for blocking $115,000 in tax warrants to cover district operating costs.
The memorial service for Millard Lee Morgan was conducted this morning at the United Brethren in Christ Church by the Rev. C. Edgar Rains. Mrs. H. K. Rush sang "The Lord's Prayer" and "In the Garden," accompanied by Mrs. Elmer Alexander.
Police investigated a crash at 14th and Katy at 4 15 p m involving Katherine Groves 16 of 607 S Evergreen and Harmon E Wolken Jr 18 of Buffalo. Wolken rear ended Groves stationary car causing $50 damage to Groves 1960 Buick and $175 damage to Wolken 1965 Pontiac.
Hospital visiting hours are from 2 to 4 pm and 6 30 to 8 pm. Census lists 72 patients including adults pediatrics and three babies. Admissions include Mrs Alice Schommer surgery for Mrs George Alford Lavenburg Mr Elmer Lewis Humboldt Mrs Donald Sloan Alfred medical Alfred Allison 419 N Santa Fe surgery Mrs Paul Leslie R 4 medical. Birth of a girl to Mr and Mrs Sam Lower Jr Humboldt. Today admissions Harold Umholtz Yates Center medical Paul Peterson Yates Center medical. Dismissals include Ms Lester Hurd Lavenburg Mrs Mary Stover 918 S Malcolm Mrs Charles Larson and daughter R 2 Mrs Josie Siler Colonial Acres Victor Burgess 904 S Plummer Mrs Michael Serpan 108 S Gretchen Mrs Pearlie Bobb 1132 S Central. Fire run yesterday 5 40 pm L L Mitchell residence 1302 W 4th Cooking compound overheated on stove. Police court action Robert L Red Phillips 619 S Grant intoxication sentenced to three days in jail. Police summons Louis Harrison Parsons illegal U turn no driver s license cited yesterday.
Mamie Buckingham and C. M. Diehl marked 60 years of marriage and 15th anniversary on February 29, 1908 leap day, recalling a life on farms in Missouri before settling near Iola Kansas. They have three sons and two daughters and observed quietly with family visits.
Washington AP report says the House cleared a $3 billion portion of Johnson tax plans and kept the 10 percent surcharge stalled. Senate moves threaten to link the income tax hike to excise tax extensions, with budget cuts and war spending inflation cited as factors.
One of the wildest Big Eight basketball races heads into the final week with Kansas State atop at 8 3 while Nebraska chasing after. Four Nebraska seniors who reshaped the program will play their final home games against Iowa State. Nebraska aims for a 4 7 record entering the Missouri finale. Kansas State faces Colorado then Iowa State en route to a possible share of the title.
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