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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1968
Page
2
AP report from Kansas City shows hogs at 4 000 head with barrows and gilts 25 higher on average. Prices: 200 230 lb hogs 19.00 25.00. 220 240 lb 18.75 19.25. 240 250 lb 18.50 19.00. 250 260 lb 18.25 18.75. 260 285 lb 17.75 18.50. Sheep steady with lambs and ewes. prime lambs 24.50 26.00 and 28.25 for spring lambs. ewes 6.50 8.00.
Chicago AP listing live poultry roasters 25 27 special fed white rock fryers 20 22. Butter score AA 66 92 A 66 90 B 64 80 C 61. Cars 9 BG 8 C 62. Eggs 75 percent or better grade A whites 30 mixed whites 2 percent mediums 2 standards 25 2 checks 17 s.
Livestock price ranges from Parsons Hogs and Cattle listings. Hogs show No 1 and 2 grades 200-220 pounds at 17.75 to 18.50, heavier sow prices 14.50 to 16.25, bulls and bears listed. cattle include grain fed steers U S choice 23 to 26.25, good 21 to 23, stocker and feeder calves 28 to 33, yearling steers 23 to 26.50, cows 17.50 to 20, bulls 20 to 22, sheep prices 20 to 21 for utility and good and 26 for finished lambs.
The Rev Dr Glenn Matthew of Salina is named area superintendent of ministries for the new Kansas United Methodist Church merging with the EUB. Appointment effective June 1 follows accord by the Kansas Joint Commission on Union and bishops Milhouse Stowe. Headquarters will be in Topeka's Methodist Conference building.
Oklahoma derives its name from two Choctaw words meaning Home of the Red Man. The etymology highlights Native American language influence on state identity and place naming.
Wool at 24 dollars. Feeder lambs range 18 to 20 dollars. Cull lambs 15 dollars down. Slaughter ewes 4.50 to 6.50 dollars. Breeding ewes 10 to 15 dollars.
The Associated Press average of 60 stocks at noon fell 2 to 302.0 with industrials down 4 and utilities down 9 while rails rose 0.6. The Dow Jones average stood at 831.25, down 1.74 as market watchers waited.
Charles Barnhart reported a rock tossed by a child shattered his 1955 Chevrolet windshield. The item appears among brief updates listing residents with travel, visits, and military personnel stationed abroad. Two-thirds of Americans live in metropolitan counties while under six percent reside on farms.
Bids opened Tuesday in Kansas City exceeded five million dollars for interstate and state highway projects east of Iola. J A Tobin Construction Co. was low on the 3.1 mile US 6 to Kansas-Missouri line grade and pave project at 1 482 050 dollars. Other low bidders included John Bruner Inc on roadside work at 3 526 000 dollars and Stannard Construction on a five mile US 54 route project at 1 735 016 dollars.
Kandie Rae Klein of Miss Kansas will visit Chanute to answer questions about pageant rules. The event 7:30 p.m. at First National Bank community room features a showing to help candidates select talents. The Miss Chanute Pageant is set for April 20 at Memorial Building auditorium.
Wilson County National Farmers Organization members in Fredonia heard reports from the dairy meat and grain boards. Re-elected to dairy board were Charles Reeves Allen Nunnenkamp Bill Carlson and Alfred Erbe with Alfred Thiessen named chairman. Pat Nelson district chairman attended as guest. Willard Carter won the cake door prize. Forty two attendees enjoyed refreshments. A taped speech by National Staley was replayed.
Mrs. Mary Carter Van Wey, 7, dies at a Mankato rest home. Former Chanute resident and teacher. nephew Ralph Toland attends funeral in Dighton. Frank Seidl, 88, of R. 1, dies after one week ill health. survived by wife Kate and six children. Rosary and Requiem at St. Patrick’s Church. burial in St. Patrick’s Cemetery. Reed funeral conducted in Gibson Koch Chapel with Rev. Baldwin officiating. hymns sung. highway patrol members honored and buried in Greenlawn Cemetery.
Daily Transcript lists visiting hours census and patient movements at Neosho Memorial Hospital. Birth announced for Leland Trout's son and multiple admissions and dismissals across Hawley Iola and nearby areas. Police court action noted with Roger Reno indecent exposure and Tommy Jones cited for loud weather, plus a new residence and dryer motor item.
Chanute Tribune details staff roles including Dwight McCreight Wallingford Smith and others. It lists mailing and carrier subscription prices for different terms and methods, and notes Associated Press rights for local and AP dispatches.
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