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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1966
Page
2
Kansas City market notes cattle 1,800 head with feeders 26.00 to 27.00 and prime 27.15, hogs 3.500 with 1 3s at 21.25 to 24.00, sows 17.50 to 19.00, lambs steady with spring lambs 25.00 to 27.50. grain futures show oats up to May 69 cents, rye up 4, soybeans up to 3s with May near 3.03 to 3.04.
Parsons hogs show a wide price spectrum with fat hogs 180 to 300 pounds at 13.00 to 23.50 per hundredweight and sows and boars at 13.00 to 18.75. Cattle and calves are listed across grain fed steers and heifers at 20.00 to 25.50, calves 23.00 to 32.00, yearlings 22.00 to 26.00, veals 15.00 to 34.00, and cows and bulls from 13.00 to 25.00 with stock cows 16.00 to 20.00. Kansas City AP notes wholesale eggs and butter unchanged.
Chicago AP reports live poultry, butter, and eggs unchanged in early market notes. No price shifts observed for poultry, dairy, or eggs in today’s brief.
Wheat No 2 and No 2 red goods priced around 1.63 per bushel with small gains. Corn values show minor rises with No 2 yellow at about 1.30 and May contracts up slightly. Soybeans open at 3.04 and wheat ends 1 to 2 cents higher, May at 1.62 a bushel.
The scanned item lists Grade A eggs by size with prices, plus various cream grades and a note on hides and glue. Readers see entries for Grade A Extra Large to Medium, Grade B Large, several cream types with odd trailing characters, and a price for hides at 10 cents per pound.
Wheat and corn prices move in Kansas City trade with No 2 Red Wheat at about 1.63 to 1.67 per bushel and No 2 White Corn near 1.33 to 1.38, while oats show no cars traded and soybeans hover around 2.94 to 3.06 per bushel. Sacked bran and sacked shorts markets close within 44.50 to 47.25 per unit.
The New York market remained ahead late afternoon on the second day of a technical rebound, but profit taking trimmed gains. Volume was about 7.2 million shares versus 9.03 million Tuesday as blue chips held modest gains while glamour issues rose. some early leaders slipped back. Corporate bonds were largely steady and U.S. Treasury bonds fell.
Nebraska Lt. Gov. Philip C. Sorensen won the Democratic governor nomination in Nebraska and John D. Rockefeller IV led a 56 man Kanawha County ticket to the West Virginia House of Delegates nomination. The primary also featured races for Congress and two senatorial contests. Mayoral elections in Trenton and Newark produced a runoff in Newark and a close loss in Trenton.
Billy Joe Chard, son of Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Chard of 1003 8. Grant, returned home after a year in the First Cavalry Division in Viet Nam. Other briefs note a spring choral concert at Kansas State College of Pittsburg with 90 voices, Art Show openings for Paschal Grimes in Clinton and Chanute events, a minor traffic accident on Main Street, weekend guests in Chanute, and James K. McGee completing a CBR warfare course at Fort McClellan, with parents listed.
TOPEKA AP five former Washburn University students will receive distinguished service awards in ceremonies on June 4. The honorees are Rep. Bob Dole Meyer M Ueeka Mabel Brooks McEntire William E Brehm and Pendleton A Miller all named in the announcement Tuesday.
George Phillip Long 85 of N Garfield died Tuesday at Caney Rest Home after moving there April 1. Born December 5, 1880 in Rothville Missouri he worked in oil fields and for Phillips Petroleum and Santa Fe Railroad. Survived by wife Amelia Wells Long three sons a sister and a brother. Funeral 2 p.m. Thursday at Colfax Baptist Church with burial at Colfax Cemetery. Also notices for Ray Carter James William Hart Linna Marie Hunter funeral services with details of locations, officiants, bearers, and burial.
Conference attendees discuss a plan to set federal standards for packaging of consumer items and descriptions of contents. Speakers argue existing consumer protection laws suffice and criticize the truth in lending requirement for its complex interest rate disclosure. About 30 people attended the luncheon at the Tioga Hotel with Hugh Chapman of the Chanute chamber presiding.
Kansas traffic death log shows 24 hours ending 9 am Wednesday May 3 for 1966 with 24 hours to 9 am May 10 totaling 1966 fatalities comparable to 1965 period of 205.
The Tuesday list shows admissions including Mrs. Marie Wix 504 S Lincoln medical Mrs L W Mitchell 314 S Central surgery Mrs Irvin Herb 1502 S Edith surgery Roxanne Griffith Humboldt medical the Rev Virgil Collins 1920 S Evergreen medical and dismissals for Tuesday including Mrs Marion Johnson R 3 Mrs Tony Ortiz 824 W Main Admissions today Joan Hill 612 S Beach medical Julia Ann Barnhart 801 S Grant surgery Glenn Watt 304 W 7th surgery Mrs John Gier R 2 medical Albert Ryder
Seventeen women played golf at the Ladies Day event Tuesday at Chanute Country Club. Mrs. Ed Ashley chaired the day. Awards for low gross on par 4 holes went to Mrs. Earl Ostrander and Mrs. Glen Shook. Low gross on par 5 holes went to Mrs. Robert Allen and Mrs. Keith Dodd. Low net prizes were won by Mrs. Richard Cloke and Mrs. F. G. Hooker. Mrs. Richard Ashley will be chairman next week.
The Chanute Tribune lists staff positions and subscription rates for in town and out of town readers including six month and yearly options. A standard Associated Press affiliation note accompanies the masthead and notices.
Birth today at 106 E Chestnut. Mr and Mrs James Pearce of 906 S Lafayette welcome a boy. Police Court Action Thomas L Mayfield 1900 S Plummer cited Friday for speeding. Walter L Akridge Jr 811 S Garfield cited Saturday for disturbing peace with loud muffler and no taillight. Bonds posted.
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