This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 19 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1968
Page
2
In Kansas City, hogs and cattle markets show declines and mixed results. Cattle values for steers and heifers span high good to choice, while cows remain lower. hogs drop with barrows and gilts around 19.25 to 19.50 per cwt and sows easing. Sheep and yearlings remain active, with spring lambs rising and feeder offerings steady, as bulls and ewes see varied shifts in price.
Chicago AP report shows Poultry Toasters at 25 to 26.5 cents per pound and white rock fryers at 20 to 21 cents. Butter prices steady with AA 93, 92 and other grades listed. eggs steady with 80% or better grade A whites at 26, mediums 23, standards 24, checks 17.
Chicago grain market quotes list wheat No 2 hard 1.42 sn No 2 soft red 1.36 n Corn No 2 yellow 1.20 n No 4 yellow 1.14 n Oats No 2 heavy white 8.2 n Soybeans No 1 yellow 2.73 n Soybean oil 8.78 n
The report lists bid ranges for hogs including No 1 and 2 grades from 180 to 290 pounds with prices from 17.00 to 19.25, sows and boars at various weights, and hog and stag classifications. Cattle prices show grain fed U S choice 23.50 to 26.25, U S good 21.00 to 23.00, standards 23.00, calf and stocker categories from 21.00 to 33.00, with heifer calves at 23.00 to 24.50 and other weight classes summarized.
The New York stock market rose moderately with more advances than declines by about 250 issues. Volume on the NYSE topped one billion shares by 10:16 a.m. as the Dow Jones average reached 920.60, up 0.70. The AP 60 index gained 2 to 311.0, with industrials steady, rails up, and utilities higher.
A Pennsylvania Democrat recruits student volunteers at Wichita State University to aid Senator Eugene McCarthy in the Nebraska presidential primary.
Daily Transcript reports Neosho Memorial Hospital visiting hours from 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 30 to 8 p.m. with a census of 16 adults and pediatrics and three babies. Admissions and dismissals listed for Tuesday and today include named patients and residences, plus a medical and surgical mix. Police and building permit items follow with citations and amounts, plus a few local court actions and notices.
Erie District 101 announces weekly menus by Loretta Harding. Monday features pigs in blankets and buttered corn. Tuesday offers Bar B Q meat on bun with baked potato and radishes. Wednesday serves turkey salad on lettuce and buttered peas. Thursday presents chicken and noodles with whipped potatoes. Friday includes macaroni and cheese with boiled egg and buttered spinach.
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Hines visit Neosho Manor relatives as they attend Andy Hines funeral in Erie. Kansas State College notes honor society and graduation dates for Janice Oliver Weis and Earl Oliver. Neosho County GOP chairperson Rick Harman campaign named by Mrs. Earl Gehrt. Verdigris Valley Art Exhibit mentions for Mrs. Paschal Grimes and Mrs. Siera Norman. Junction City couple Charles Crabtree welcome son Mark Allen born May 4 with grandmother Dorothy Crabtree.
Gov Robert Docking plans a five city tour on Saturday to announce his 1968 political plans in Kansas City Kansas Pittsburg Wichita Dodge City and Topeka He will decide whether to seek re election as governor or run for the U S Senate seat held by retiring Senator Frank Carlson The tour includes family and Democratic party officials with events at five hotels and a Kansas Young Democratic convention address in Topeka
Kansas GOP delegates and alternates, aligned with Sen. Frank Carlson, will meet Gov. Nelson Rockefeller after his Kansas State University convocation address. Rockefeller, arriving with staff and 35 to 40 reporters, plans a breakfast in the student union, then speaks at KU before noon in Lawrence.
Lawrence Kansas AP A University of Kansas graduate student David C Underwood of Hiram Ohio is in satisfactory condition at the campus hospital after an inorganic research lab explosion in Malott Hall. He sustained superficial neck chest and arm lacerations while the blast was confined to one room.
Death notices record three funeral services. Carl Burtch's service in Gibson Koch Chapel with burial at Memorial Park Cemetery included bearers Glenn Burtch Robert Burtch Phillip Ensminger Ralph Ensminger Fred Ensminger Colwell Holeman. Nell Guthnecat’s service in Johnson Chapel featured soloists and bearers Charles Wamp ler J O Purviance I E Trussell C E Wanamaker John Young Charles Cox with burial in Wilson County Harrison Cemetery. Bernie Mendoza’s Requiem Mass at St Patrick’s Catholic Church honored bearers Enos Perez John Alonzo Crespin De La Torre Fred Ysusi John Orozco Pete Guadian with burial at St Patrick’s.
The Boerstler-May post distributes the Need a Lift handbook to Chanute Thayer Erie St Paul high schools and Chanute Public Library. Now in its 17th edition the guide lists about 2 billion in scholarships loans and part time jobs for qualified students and covers aid for all students plus veterans families.
TOPEKA AP M W Buffon’s request to stay on as state employment security director past age 65 was denied by Dr Ino Bass state labor commissioner. Bass said retirement at 65 is fixed and Buffon must retire Aug 1. Buffon had sought to remain while campaigning for president of the Interstate Conference of Employment Security Administrators which would have extended 18 months beyond the retirement date.
The Chanute Tribune lists Dwight McCreight as publisher and Wayne Smith as editor with Dwigh Wallingford as managing editor. Advertising by Mrs RK D. Markham and others are shown, plus postal and carrier delivery rates for local and mail subscribers.
Dr. James F. Loftus files suit in the Neosho County District Court at Chanute seeking partition or appraisal and sale of working interests in oil and gas leases. Defendants and heirs must plead by June 21, 1968 or risk judgment by default. Attorneys Menshall and Pennington, Chanute. Clerk Mary Lee Frederick seals the notice.
Today marks the 129th day of 1968 with notable moments including Truman’s 1945 radio speech announcing Europe’s war end. Earlier dates recall De Soto’s Mississippi River sighting near Memphis and Pulaski’s Charleston siege in 1779.
Malcolm Wilson assistant Secretary of State Topeka Kansas is recovering from a major heart operation performed Sunday at St. Luke's Hospital Houston Texas. Dr Denton A Cooley led a surgical team that performed heart transplants Friday and Sunday. The operation aimed to repair two plastic valves and Wilson is reportedly in satisfactory condition. Marjorie Wilson sister is a kindergarten teacher at Hutton.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.