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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1968
Page
2
AP dispatch from Kansas City shows cattle 6 000 head with varied grades and prices. Hogs 7 900 head with barrows and gilts down 25 to 50 cents, sows steady to lower, lambs mixed with spring lambs steady and prime wool lambs high. Ewes priced at 6.25 to 8.00 dollars.
Kansas City wholesale eggs show large size at 80 percent A 25.28 and mediums at 22-25. Butter remains steady with grade A solid 77 and grade A quarters 78.Prices reflect AP market report on current dairy commodity values.
Parsons market offers detailed bids across cattle calves hogs and sheep. Prices shown cover hogs by weight grade sows and boars. cattle include grain fed steers and heifers stocker calves and yearlings. veal and cow categories. bulls and breeding stock. and sheep with lamb and ewe figures.
Chicago AP reports butter prices steady with small gains and eggs steady to up slightly. Grade AA butter hits 66 to 92, while other grades range in mid 60s. Eggs show steady to modest increases with whites at 292 and mixed at 29.15, mediums 25 per dozen across markets.
Stocks rise on the Chicago market as gold mining shares drop after the international gold pool agrees to defend $35 an ounce. Market breadth favors gains about 8 to 3 with the AP 60 up .7 to 303.6 and the Dow at 842.23, up 6.99.
Daily Transcript notes visiting hours from 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 30 to 8 p.m. with a patient census of 65. It lists Saturday and Sunday admissions and dismissals in Chanute Humboldt Pittsburg and Lavonburg, births of a boy and a girl, and police court actions for two individuals with bonds.
Obituaries note Robert M. Willis 73 of Sun City California former division engineer for State Highway Department died March 4. James P. Allen died in Casper Wyoming after illness. Charles Sumpter of Diamond Missouri reported deceased. Viva Elnorah Barnes Parsons Kansas died October at Parsons. Ferol Fay Daniels of Chanute died Friday Neosho Memorial Hospital. Burials and memorials planned with various survivors listed.
Police handled a spree of vandalism incidents over the weekend, including four teen suspects in a Main Street beer bottle incident. minors implicated but not all located with parents. Other weekend notes include broken windows at a home, a sign damaged at a cafe, two bicycle missing reports, a lost girl treated at a downtown store, and a park disturbance with a vandalized monkey cage door. Memorial services and funerals also appear for local residents, with churches noted and burials recorded.
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Neosho County Republican Central Committee met in Erie and elected delegates and alternates to the Fifth District convention in Fredonia on March 30 and the State convention in Topeka on April 27. Names include Blancett, Burkman, Kerwitz, Forsyth, Shellhorn, Rash, and many Erie area residents. Burkman appointed spring fundraising banquet chair.
Women’s Fitness session wraps up at Royster Gym 7:30 to 8:30. Bridge lessons in Heritage Room 7:30 to 9. Old Timer’s Basketball cancelled until next week. NCC JC Panthers host Hutchinson Dragons at gym 7:30. Open House at Launching Pad 3 to 5. Beginners Bridge and Archery Club events at Launching Pad 7. NCC JC vs Hutchinson basketball if necessary 7:30.
Charute’s audience praised the mixed-voices College of Emporia Chorale, a 43-voice group with its own brass section. They performed sacred classics and spirituals, featuring soloists and The Toppers, under Roger H. Johnson with pianists Jeanette Sommer and Gary Trainor.
Three injured persons Darold A. Peterson 57 Marie Peterson 56 and Ray M. Adams 82 were involved in a two car collision four miles south of Thayer at an intersection with US 169 about 10 a.m. Saturday. Adams drove from the east into the Peterson car which was traveling south. Adams car a 1966 Plymouth sustained 500 dollars damage and Peterson car a 195 Pontiac 600 dollars. All were treated at Neosho Memorial Hospital and released.
Historic Chanute newspaper page dated March 11 1968 shows local briefs and notices from Chanute and nearby towns. Items include community events, school updates, and civic notices reflecting mid century Midwestern life.
The Chanute Tribune provides publishing staff and circulation rates. Includes editor Wayn J. Smith and manager Dwight Wallingford, with perpetual office and carrier details, and AP membership notes.
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