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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1968
Page
2
Livestock prices show steers steady to higher with prime at 27.50 per hundredweight and feeder steers 530 to 700 pounds at 26.50 to 29.50. Hogs steady to higher for several weight classes, sows up to 17.50, lambs mixed with spring lambs 28.50 to 29.50 and ewes firm. Soybean oil quoted at 8.90.
Chicago AP market bulletin lists butter with price codes 93 score AA 66 and 92 A 66 and 90 B 644 and 89 C 61 percent. Eggs show 80 percent or better with whites 26 mixed 23 standards 24 checks 17. Live poultry roasters 25-25 1 4 and special fed white rock fryers 20-21 1 2.
Chicago wheat and corn prices listed with No 2 hard and No 2 yellow terms. Oats, soybeans, and sample grades mentioned with various no 2 and yellow classifications.
Market notes list price ranges for hogs cattle and sheep by grade, weight, and class. Includes boars sows and stag prices for hogs. grain fed steers and heifers US choice and good. calves stockers and feeders. cows bulls sheep and breeding stock with varied price bands.
The Dow Jones average rose to 920.08 at noon, up 5.55 points as brokers cited House Ways and Means Committee approval of a spending cap and a easing balance of payments report. AP average also climbed, with gains outpacing losses by more than two to one.
Daily Transcript reports visiting hours from 2 to 4 pm and 6 30 to 8 pm. Census lists 63 patients including adults and children with four newborns. Admissions Monday include Ralph Thurman from Galesburg and Timothy Yocekey from Humboldtt plus Mrs Alvin Gay Mrs J C McCurdy and Robin Hiser of Humboldt. Births Monday record a son to Mr and Mrs George Hall of 1216 N Steuben. Dismissals Monday include Joe Powers of Thayer and Ernest Papst. Today admissions include Norman Maples of 125 S Denman and dismissals include Harry Lewis Mrs Rolland Goss Walnut Herman Henricks R 4 Harry Matzek R 3 and Mrs Harvey Young and son R 3.
Mrs. Bill Fairchild is a patient at St Francis Hospital Wichita admitted April 28 and expected discharge next week. Visitors include Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Dutton and daughter Gail of Pittsburg and Mr. and Mrs. Bob Schies of St Joseph. Laura Kaye Lance, Stillwater student, visits with Ruth Cragg and plans to teach at Nazarene College Bethany next term. The 1968 Kiwanis Foundation Committee of 100 is chaired by Senator Frank Carlson Concordia. Tom McQuin and Roy Barnes attend granddaughter Janice Peer’s wedding in St Louis.
Mrs Ellis Potter returned Sunday to her Kinch eloe Air Force Base home near Sault Ste Marie Michigan. Dr and Mrs Potter attended the Kansas Optometry convention in Kansas City April 25 27. Mrs Potter stayed a week visiting her parents Mr and Mrs Dave Evans 225 Lafayette and in laws Mr and Mrs Floyd Potter 502 N Highland. Mr and Mrs K E Quigg of Tulsa spent Sunday with his mother Mrs Rebecca Shinn 3 E 8th. Bill Wolfe 913 W 4th was named a member of
Marlene Feld of Washington D C visits her parents Mr and Mrs Louis Feld R 3. Ernest Flottman R 4 drives to Raytown Mo for weekend with son Richard and family. They see Flottman relatives in Kansas City Kaw and other kin in Lawrence and St Louis. They tour Nelson Art Gallery and Unity Village and stop in Ottawa on return.
Charity Wells of Aurora Colorado visits Mrs Anna McNary a resident at Westview Nursing Home bringing greetings and companionship during a scheduled social call at the facility.
Ora Ralph Hodgden 77 of Parsons died at home after a month of illness. He was a former MKT Railroad section foreman born March 5, 1891 at Chanute. Survived by widow Nellie Bender Hodgden two daughters two sons five grandchildren and three sisters. Funeral 10 a.m. Thursday Pierce Funeral Home Erie officiated by Rev Richard Markland. Andrew Wesley Hines 93 longtime Erie resident died Monday at St Paul Hospital. Born August 22 1874 in Plymouth Illinois he moved to Kansas in a covered wagon. Survived by son Russel Hines one granddaughter two great grandsons two brothers and five stepchildren. Funeral 2 p.m. Wednesday Erie Christian Church with Rev Markland and Rev John Groth. burial Lakeview Cemetery. John Clarence Wolf funeral held at Johnson Chapel Dr Duff Wagoner officiated. Mrs C H Pankratz accompanied by Mrs James Lusk sang Abide with Me and The Old Rugged Cross. Floral attendants listed. Bearers named. Burial Memorial Park Cemetery.
Emporia Kansas authorities report 46 year old Carl W Craemer Jr of Overland Park Kansas died in a crash near Emporia. No further details are provided in the fragment.
The third and final session of The Family in Christian Perspective was at First United Methodist Church. Mrs. Kelley Erickson shared parent child guidance material. Panel included Mrs. Wilbur Thompson Robert Geiger and Rev Dr and Mrs Wagoner. National Family Week began Sunday with theme Strong Families Strong Community. Youth breakfast for parents and youths occurred. May visitation planned by church classes.
The crash occurred Monday when Craemer’s car struck a bridge pier on the Kansas Turnpike during a rain storm. He was traveling southbound 13 miles south of Emporia.
The Chanute Tribune publishes a staff and contact roster with publisher and editor names, plus subscription rates for mail and carrier delivery across trade and Chanute post office options. Rates shown include one year ten dollars in some areas and monthly carrier pricing.
Police reported two non injury traffic crashes between 5 and 6 p.m. yesterday. Both were rear-end collisions on slick roads from rain. The first on highway K39 near city limits involved Elizabeth VanLeeuwen and Roy Rankin with $150 damage to the VanLeeuwen car. The second at 317 West Main involved James Dunlap and Cecil Watts with $100 and $75 damages respectively and minor injuries to Dunlap.
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