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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1966
Page
2
AP reports cattle trading light with 1 500 hogs showing steady to higher barrow and gilt prices at 24.50 to 25.50 for 200-270 lb ranges and sows 21.50 to 22.25 while calf and sheep activity were minimal. Wheat futures quoted at 1.64 to 1.72 for No 2 hard, corn at 1.32 to 1.38 for No 2 white, oats 73 to 78 cents, soybeans 2.77 to 2.86, and bran and shorts priced per sack inputs.
AP report from Kansas City notes consumer eggs at 40 42 a 40 to 42 cents per dozen with wholesale large eggs at 80 percent and 42 1 2 to 44 1 2 cents. Mediums quoted 41 1 2 to 43 1 2 cents. Other produce prices remain unchanged.
Butter prices show little change with grades AA through C and percentages listed. Eggs remain uneven with some grades and size categories noted, including white, mixed large and mixed mediums.
Chicago market report shows no wheat sales. Corn values list No 4 yellow at 1.18 25 2 and No 5 yellow at 1.13 23. Oats include No 1 heavy white 74 and No 2 extra heavy white 75. Soybeans show No 2 yellow 2.86 and No 4 yellow 2.82 1/2.
Daily Transcript lists 11 admissions including Mrs. Lewis Henry surgery and Mrs. Ada A. McMillan surgery at Neosho Memorial Hospital. Birth recorded for Alejo Rodriguez and wife a girl at 1323 1/2 S Forest. Dismissals include Mary Ann Holcomb and others. License issued for William Lee Jeffrey and Keriene Trim. traffic citation for Phillip Padden with $5 bond.
Sen. Frank Carlson and former Kansas senator Harry Darby met with President Johnson to press for expansion of the Eisenhower Library in Abilene. They said detailed plans are not ready but space is needed for future growth and federal funds would be required. Darby, on the library commission, said Johnson pledged favorable consideration.
The New York market kept recovering into a third session as tobacco shares fell after RJ Reynolds rescinded a cigarette price increase. Trading was moderately active with about 6.7 million shares changing hands, up from 5.46 million on Thursday. Bonds were mostly unchanged in light dealings.
Two crashes occurred on Main Street near Evergreen and near the Santa Fe tracks with Buckner and Shepard involved. W. D. Patty and Dorcas Koerting were named residents affected. A theft of three floor mats from E. Hennessey’s car was reported. A girl was bitten by a dog and referred to Humane Society officers.
Two dairy state senators warn consumers will pay higher prices for milk butter ice cream and cheese unless dairy farmer incomes rise Senator Gaylord Nelson requests raising government price supports for milk from 3.24 to at least 3.60 or 3.70 while Senator Eugene McCarthy calls for congressional hearings on dairy problems noting declines in milk production and herds.
San Francisco AP three times daily the bells at Calvary Methodist Church shall ring as ordered by Asst. Dist. Atty. Fred Whitman after he refused to act on a citizen’s complaint. Edward Plummer complained the tape recorded chimes disturb his sleep and TV viewing in his residence nearby.
Three month old Charles Earl Hole of 1605 S Allen died at the University of Kansas Medical Center after heart surgery. Reuben Emmett Bean funeral held at Gibson Koch Chapel with burial in Earlton Cemetery. George G Butch Palen funeral at First Methodist Church with burial in Memorial Park. Services included hymns It Is Well With My Soul Have Thine Own Way and Be Still My Soul. Floral attendants and bearers named. many Honorary bearers listed.
A funeral will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. at Altoona Christian Church for William H Morgan. The Rev Kenneth Richard will officiate with burial in Altoona Cemetery. Davis Funeral Home of Neodesha has charge of arrangements.
Chanute Tribune listing publication details and staff roles including publisher editor and circulation staff. Mentions carrier delivery and monthly rates with a note about Associated Press rights and exclusivity for local news.
Fred Abildgaard, 83, of Winfield, an insurance man, died Thursday in a crash 11 miles east of Winfield on U.S. 160. The accident occurred near Winfield in Cowley County as a car collided with another vehicle. The report identifies Abildgaard as the victim.
The Miss Chanute Pageant deadlines were set for April 17 at the Chamber of Commerce. Entries for the April 30 pageant are being accepted, with plans for a souvenir program. KU students Nicki McGuire and Mimi Frink will participate. JayCees and neighbors plan to attend a March 27 workshop in Emporia.
Binney & Smith Inc will double the Winfield crayola plant size in a $1 million project. Construction starts in May and finishes in October, with payroll rising 25 to 40 percent. The plant began production in 1952.
Arkansas City Kansas opens National AAU Basketball Tournament with a 4 p.m. Sunday game against Chicago while Columbia Missouri meets Denver’s Capitols at 9:30 p.m. The winners advance to the quarterfinals. Bartlesville Oklahoma joins the lower bracket alongside Kansas and Missouri teams.
Donnie Harding, 23, was shot dead on the front steps of his former wife Donna Harding's Kansas City home. Donna, 20, said he forced entry and threatened her. she fired with a .38 after he sought a knife. She was arraigned on second degree murder, released on 5000 bond for March 31 hearing.
The Santa Fe Railway reported a 1965 net of 90.9 million dollars, an all time high, up 10.2 million from 1964 aided by a 4.2 million gain from stock sales in Western Pacific. The 1965 net equaled 3.45 dollars per common share, while freight revenues rose to 551.8 million and passenger revenues fell to 38.9 million.
The Arizona House of Representatives passed an antismog bill after amendments. The changes preserve a provision allowing Cowboys to continue building campfires while branding cattle, maintaining livestock practices amid air quality concerns.
Socorro New Mexico AP reports Dr. Walter H. Evans of New Mexico Tech explains lightning often appears to move upward from the ground while also having upward and downward components. He notes the light from lightning resembles X-ray emissions from nuclear blasts and can trigger nuclear-detection black boxes. The lab sits on a 10 640 foot mountain and Evans argues experiments must move to the phenomenon.
If you cannot reach the Tribune by phone, contact your carrier for access. If the person is unavailable, dial HE 1 3400 after 6 p.m. to reach assistance or alternative support.
A 13 year old Baltimore boy using a chemistry set apparently found a nitroglycerin formula Thursday. The explosion drew five fire trucks dozens of police units and Edgewood Arsenal demolition squad to the scene. He suffered a cut chin and no one else was hurt. An encyclopedia lay open to the nitroglycerine page.
In San Francisco, Gib son Bories, 58, left a sick bed against medical advice to attend his wife’s funeral and died of a heart attack in the chapel.
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