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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1968
Page
2
The column lists livestock bids by weight and grade for parsons hogs cattle veals cows bulls and sheep with price ranges. It also notes New York financial trading where gold and mining shares rose despite a broad market decline and the Dow off 4.04 at noon.
Chicago prices show live poultry moving from 1 up to 4 higher. Roasters are quoted at 24 to 26 cents per pound and special Red White Rock fryers at 21 to 23 cents per pound.
Daily census at Neosho Memorial Hospital lists 67 adults and 602 N Forest medical. Admissions and dismissals detailed with names and addresses. Births include two girls and one boy. Local police court actions note driving with 1967 tags and a parking violation with bonds posted.
Obituaries list Mrs. Floy Marie Williams 71 of Great Bend and others, including Mrs. Christena R. Stegman 70 near Lavonburg, Mrs. Bertha Doris Peterson 63 of Iola, and Mrs. Gertrude Weddle 86. Services scheduled at Cook Webb-Wer, Porterville Methodist, and Memorial Park Cemetery with graveside rites for Williams, Stegman, and Peterson. Weddle's details noted. Police and fire blotter items follow, listing cited drivers and injuries.
The Kansas House approved fair housing provisions 93 to 27 as part of an anti-discrimination bill. The amendment would ban discrimination in sale, rental, and financing of housing with limited exemptions for room rentals and owner occupied units. Support crossed party lines, and Senate fate remained uncertain.
Four traffic charges filed against Paul D. Williams 17 of rural Chanute after a 4:45 a.m. sequence. Williams faced running a stop sign and later counts for failing to report an accident leaving the scene and failing to reduce speed. Pickup damage estimated at 200 dollars after striking a power pole near 7th and Forest. Police responded after a report from Charles Heaton of the Santa Fe railroad.
Savonburg born Sept 4 1891 in Bloomington Illinois died Saturday at Nevada City Hospital Nevada Mo. Daughter of Michael Adams she moved to Savonburg as a child. She married Oral A Weddle in 1901 he died 1935. Funeral Tuesday 2 pm at Savonburg Christian Church burial Mt Moriah Cemetery with Rev J M Torrence officiating Ralston Hutton Funeral Home Moran in charge.
Two people were wounded and Steve Young, 20, was fatally shot during an argument in an apartment Saturday night. He died in a hospital several hours later.
Topeka Kansas safety director cites statistics urging traffic safety campaigns. Re examinations every four years for drivers and removal of dangerous drivers. Proposes yearly vehicle inspections and training for those under 18. Notes 16 981 deaths over 13 years and 664 deaths in 1967 with 24 000 serious injuries. Fast driving, wrong way, and drinking account for many fatalities.
Police logged three tag theft or loss incidents linked to Chanute and Erie residents with numbers 7822 1239 and 1606. Larry Baucom reported his Honda motorcycle ridden and wrecked while it was left at home at 8 am.
Grace Episcopal church hosts a Lent series titled The Quest for Christian Unity with weekly lunch episodes. Local clergy will discuss church union topics, starting February 23 with Rev Myron Slater and continuing March 13 March 20 March 27 and April 3. Lunch lasts one hour at noon, cost 75 cents.
Chanute mother reports her 10 year old son struck by two other boys with chains at Highland Park. Police say preliminary inquiries made, investigation not complete. No serious injury indicated.
A car driven by Darlene Lowe aged 16 of R 2 and a pickup truck driven by Marilyn Umbarger aged 16 of Thayer sustained damage estimated by police at over 100 dollars in a collision at Lincoln and Main around 10 15 p m Saturday. The Lowe car was turning left from eastbound to north, while the Umbarger vehicle was traveling west. Damage was to the right rear and side of the 1959 Buick and to the right front of the 1966 Dodge pickup.
Dale R. Burnett led a regional gathering at Kingdom Hall 1002 S Evergreen with presiding and associate ministers from Kansas and Missouri. Edwin W. Kriefall, circuit director from Brooklyn, conducted the session to plan the circuit assembly set for March 29 to 31 in Nevada, Missouri.
HAL Boyle offers a light look at odd facts from mail and daily life. Notes include marriage supply in the US, a kissing lane in Oklahoma City, job-hopping among graduates, car safety defects, diabetes linked to abundant food, mineral water consumption in France, and quirky efficiency tips from stamps to caves.
In Beaumont Kansas a small plane crashed on takeoff from a nearby airstrip killing two Wichita men. Stanley Fitzgerald 24 and Bob Evans 21 died when the aircraft stalled at about 50 feet after clearing Highway 96 and immediately burst into flames. Beaumont lies roughly 30 miles east of Wichita.
If you cannot reach your Tribune phone, contact your carrier. If he is unavailable, dial HE 1-3400 after 6 p.m.
A program on electric motors and controls for farmstead operations will be held at the Erie courthouse at 8 p.m. Wednesday after a 7 o'clock covered dish dinner. Elwyn S. Holmes, Extension agricultural engineer, will present. Attendance is open to all interested. Topics include motor nameplates selecting motor size and type motor controls sensing devices wiring protection drive mechanisms and auger motor size relation.
Two Chanute area Chamber of Commerce groups schedule meetings this week. The retail committee meets at 3 p.m. tomorrow in the chamber office, and the ambassadors gather Wednesday at noon at the Orchid Buffet.
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