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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1968
Page
2
AP reports hog prices in Kansas City with 3,000 hogs traded. Barrows and gilts held steady to firm with a range from 18.25 to 19.75 per hundredweight across 200 to 290 pound boxes. sows 16.0 to 16.5 for 400 to 600 pound weights, calves unavailable, cattle figures not tested.
AP reports wholesale egg prices showing large eggs at 2-29 per dozen and mediums at around 8 per cent, with butter prices unchanged and grade A quarter sections noted.
Chicago reports grain prices with wheat No 2 hard at 1.5 percent and No 2 soft red at 1.48 percent. Corn values show No 2 yellow at 1.212-22, No 3 yellow 1.17-20, No 4 yellow 1.10-13, and No 5 yellow 1.10. Oats No 2 heavy white at 1. Soybeans No 1 yellow 2.70, No 3 yellow 2.64. Soybean oil at 8.90.
Ray E Brown executive vice president of Affiliated Hospitals Center predicts nearly all hospital bills will be paid by third parties such as insurers government and group plans by 1976 Hospitals will offer only services they know will be paid he said in Kansas City AP report
Instructions urge readers to obtain Tribune phone numbers from their carrier and provide an after hours contact via HE 1 3400 after 6 p.m.
Wall Street staged a brief rally on a Vietnam peace talk report near the close but the gains faded. Volume for the first four hours reached 7.66 million shares as the Dow fluctuated, while traders noted short-covering underpinned the lift before fading.
Visiting hours are posted from 2 to 4 pm and 6 30 to 8 pm with a census of 67 adults and pediatrics and three babies. Admissions include Mrs Ronald E Moore 927 St Central medical Mrs Nora Strack Humboldt medical Helen Cox St Paul surgery William Cline R 4 surgery Mrs Harold Moore 3 S Allen medical Mrs James D Fraser 919 S Malcolm surgery Eugene A Varndell R 1 medical Mrs Charles E Raines 1501 S Highland medical. Dismissals include Ald J Lock R 2 Anna Boaz 602 S Lincoln Marila Jerry Jones and daughter Humboldt Mrs Mattie White 602 N Forest Mrs Leland Trout and son R 4.
An advertising note asserts that promotion can transform economic pressure into growth and prosperity for businesses.
Pipeline runs of Kansas crude oil during the week ended March 18 averaged 263001 barrels per day, up 2956 from the prior week's estimate. Current allowable production remains 275000 barrels daily.
The Senate narrowly defeats an ethics rule amid a 1964 scandal linked to Robert G. Baker. A proposed plan would seal written notices by aides earning over 10 000 to their senator bosses for possible future probes. An amendment banning private contributions for office expenses was also approved on a tight 41 to 40 vote.
Gov. Robert Docking reaffirmed support for President Johnson amid crowds around Sen. Robert F. Kennedy in Manhattan and Lawrence. He said it would be unusual for the Kansas delegation to back anyone but Johnson on the first convention ballot. Docking suggested Kennedy sought his backing, while denying White House contact about his position.
Owner Robert L. McCready reports a Dodge in a city lot at 1st and Lincoln damaged yesterday. Cleo M. Beach from Emporia says Luella Furnee, 64, long a Le Roy Chanute Humboldt resident, now at Flint Hills Manor Emporia, welcomes letters. Pvt Calvin D. Newberry and Pvt Joe D. Solomon completed vehicle mechanic courses March 15 at Ft Leonard Wood Missouri. A library children's story hour titled For Pepita An Orange Tree is set for Saturday morning. Sherry Ann Cannon, Bartlesville native, attends a Wesleyan Foundation conference and is named for Mortar Board.
New York AP columnist HAL BOYLE compares marriage to military service with the refrain hurry up and wait. He argues women master waiting as a sport, leaving men to spend years awaiting wives to act. He sketches humorous, pragmatic ways men fill time, from sleep to home businesses and beyond.
Local newspaper roundup describes events and notices in Chanute and surrounding areas with brief reports on community affairs, scheduling, and civic items dated March 22, 1968. It notes page two content including short briefs and notices.
The passage lists two quirky tasks: reciting phrases backward and drafting polite letters to a preferred congressman. It also mentions secretly breeding chinchillas at home and giving a fur coat as an anniversary surprise to his wife, highlighting covert plans and unusual domestic schemes.
Median income of families before taxes in 1966 stood at about $7,436, rising by roughly $479 over 1965, a 7 percent gain. The figure reflects early Census data and highlights ongoing income growth during the period.
Jesse F Barker 73 of 217 S Lafayette died yesterday at Neosho Memorial Hospital after a three year illness. He was a Santa Fe Railroad retiree and a farmer born in Melrose Illinois. He leaves a widow two daughters two sons and many grandchildren and great grandchildren. Memorial service set 3:30 p.m. Saturday at Otterbein Methodist Church burial Elmwood Cemetery Johnson Mortuary in charge. Martha Jean Hale of 708 N Highland died today at KU Medical Center Kansas City arrangements by Johnson Mortuary.
Cancer remains the second leading cause of death in the United States overall. Among children up to 15 and women aged 35 to 50 it is the top cause of death.
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