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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1966
Page
2
Kansas City livestock and grain market report shows hogs 1.00 lower with 7,000 head traded and sows 50 to 75 lower. Cattle 7,300 with choice slaughter steers 27.25 to 28.50, prime 29.50, heifers 6.25 to 7.25, cows 18.25 to 20.50. Lambs 1,800 with light declines. grains mixed with corn up, oats down, rye up, soybeans down.
U S grade ranges for hogs cattle sheep from Parsons market. Prices cover boars sows stags and hog weights. cattle including grain fed steers heifers standards creep calves and stocker types. yearling fatstock and feeder categories. cows bulls sheep with lambs and fatstock values. Notes include ranges for prime good and standard grades.
AP reports daily wholesale and consumer egg prices in Kansas City. Large eggs sell around 42 to 44 cents for wholesale, 35 to 39 cents for consumer, with mediums and smalls varying. Butter remains at 74 to 75 cents per pound in solids.
Chicago AP market notes show live poultry mostly steady with a slight rise for roasters around 29 1/2 to 31 1/2 cents per pound. Butter edges lower to 93 score AA 61, 92 A 61, other grades range 89 to 90 with minor declines. Eggs hold firm with 70 percent or better grade A whites at 45, mixed 45, mediums around 42, standards about 40.
Chicago grain prices show no wheat oats or soy sales in late trading. Corn futures for No 2 yellow closed near 1.23 per bushel with No 4 yellow around 1.25 and No 5 yellow about 1.13 per bushel.
Wall Street in New York rallied late in the day led by airlines and aerospace names with strong trading activity. Volume reached about 7 million shares, up from 6.46 million on Friday. Corporate and U.S. Treasury bonds held with little change.
Investigations covered a 1 E. 1st crash at 9:30 am involving a 1964 Ford driven by Mark H. Ermey and a 1959 Ford of G. E. Cauble with front bumper damage. A second crash at 11 N. Central around 1:10 pm involved Willard M. Hasty and Roy V. Ray, damaging the rear bumper of Hasty’s 1958 Chevrolet. A third report by David Martin cited a backing Allen County car striking his 1953 Chevrolet’s left rear fender with slight damage. the other driver’s name was not obtained.
Wichita ranks among the most segregated U S cities according to Whitney M Young Jr executive director of the National Urban League He cites an average Negro income of 3700 versus 6118 for white families and warns action is needed before riots He spoke at a Kansas conference on social work to about 600 professionals urging renewal of the civil rights movement role of social workers.
The craft of pottery spread slowly in Stone Age Europe taking about 400 years to move 100 miles, reflecting gradual cultural diffusion across early societies.
Michael Bruce Holman of Fairbanks Alaska was selected to attend West Point. Also: Terry Pittser of Kansas City won prizes on Channel 4 TV and may try again in 50 days. Other items report local visits, a death in Kansas City, and a break in at Thayer Lumber Yard with a broken door glass.
The public information office in Topeka identified seven U S military crewmen aboard a transport plane that crashed in Norway. Names include Captain David E Stenquist pilot and First Lieutenant William J K Hamilton co pilot with other roles listed as navigator flight mechanic loadmaster and aircraft mechanics. Hometowns not released.
National Geographic notes that 19th century ship figureheads grew from ancient bow adornments intended to invite friendly spirits aboard, tracing a stylistic shift in maritime tradition.
Leslie Joe Serpan 16 of Parsons dies from injuries in a crash near South Mound after a week in hospital. Leslie A. Brooks 89 of Thayer dies in Halstead Hospital after moving from Iowa to Kansas. Mary A Haviland 87 former Kimball resident dies in Bryn Mawr Pa. Nicholaas L Nooteboom 50 of Chanute dies at Bethany Hospital Kansas City. Funeral arrangements noted for each with churches, cemeteries and burial details.
Daily Transcript lists hospital admissions and dismissals for Neosho Memorial Hospital across Saturday Sunday and today with names and addresses including John Noel Patty Yockey Lizzie Dressen Mae Edgerle Sam Willis Thomas Dicks Eva Dyson Clarence Ransom Edward Osborn Fred Cunningham Jr Peggy Wilsey Mary Catherine Keys Daniel Thornton Edwin Wiltse Carl Dickerson Kenneth Webb Edith Franklin William Smittle Bradley Watts Patty Yockey and others. Fire runs cited for Saturday Sunday today with locations Plurmmer Grass 1927 and 322 S Tennessee 106 Rutter Grass. Traffic citation issued to Joan Busse at 210 S Malcolm for illegal Berking with $5 bond posted.
Police arrested Frank Shaffer at 2 a.m. on a drunkenness charge and later charged him with destroying city property and attempting to escape. He reportedly tied bars into a rope and used a jail window to descend. Shaffer posted a $265 bond and a hearing was scheduled for 3:30 p.m. Wednesday.
Publisher Dwight McCreight Dwight Wallingford News Editor Joan Hovorka Advertising Mgr Fay D Clopine Circulation Mgr Ben Nicholas Composing R Foreman Dorsey Osborn Press Stereo Foreman Rates show one year 13 dollars six months 7 dollars three months 4 dollars for mail subscriptions Carrier in Chanute 170 per month all payable in advance. Associated Press member and local news republication rights noted.
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