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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1966
Page
2
Cattle scarce with 200 head and no calves. Hogs 2,600 with barrows and gilts weak to 50 lower, sows steady to weak. price ranges include 1 3 200-240 lb at 22.75-23.25, 1-2 200-215 lb at 23.50-23.75, 240-260 lb sows 17.50-19.00. Grains: oats 75-79, rye 1.10-1.14, barley 1.17-1.24, soybeans 2.99-3.10. Sacked bran 44.50-45.25, sacked shorts 46.50-47.25. Sheep none.
In Kansas City the Associated Press reports wholesale prices for eggs and butter held steady with no change from prior levels. No notable shifts in supply or demand were observed at the market hubs.
Chicago closes mixed as Wheat No 1 hard gains to 1.63 for May and No 2 red to 1.63. Corn No 2 yellow rises to 1.31 1/2. Oats No 2 heavy white climbs to 75 1/4. Soybeans No 1 yellow up to 3.07 1/4. Wheat gains 1 to 2 cents. corn up to 1 1/2. oats up about 1/2. rye up to 2 1/2. soybeans up around 2 percent with May at 3.04 1/2.
In New York the stock market fell sharply this afternoon with heavy selling pressures easing later. About 88 million shares traded for the day, versus 8.22 million on Thursday. Many leading issues dropped points early but later recovered as trading slackened. Corporate and U S Treasury bonds were largely unchanged.
Wheat traded across 57 cars with No. 2 Hard and Dark Hard at 1.68 and 1.69 and No. 2 red at 1.65 to 1.69. No. 3 wheat ranged 1.63 to 1.68. Corn moved 99 cars with No. 2 white 1.36 to 1.37 and No. 2 Yellow mixed 1.32 to 1.34.
League leaders listed by the Associated Press show Morgan Houston Hart and others atop NL batting with .357 .354 and multiple players tied in hits doubles and home runs. In pitching Marshall and Perry lead with 7 0 and 5 0 records while Gibson Koufax and McDowell post high strikeout totals.
In Covina California Robin Dukett age nine was killed and Chris Connelly age eight injured when they crawled under a large empty cardboard box that blew onto a busy street. A 17-year-old driver said he swerved to avoid the box but struck it.
The Chanute Tribune prints its daily edition with staff roles including Highland Dwight McCreight as publisher Dwight Wallingford as news editor John Hovorka as advertising manager Fay D Clopine as circulation manager Ben Nicholas as composing R Fmn Dorsey Osborn as press stereo and associates of the Associated Press provide local news and AP dispatches.
The Rev. Norman F. Blosat of New York City will speak at Colfax Baptist Church at 10 45 a m Sunday. A social in his honor will follow Saturday at 7 p m with coffee and cake.
Altoona High School prepares for graduation with 21 seniors. Rev. Gary Hemmingway will deliver the baccalaureate sermon at 8 p.m. Sunday in the auditorium, followed by commencement next Thursday at 8 p.m. with Rev. Maclure Stillwell giving the address. Principal Joseph L. Mays will present senior honors to Janice Kay Cranor, Vern Lee Crawshaw, Janet Kay Frankenberg, Raymond R. Rogers and Jimmie Dean Stewart, among others.
The story All Except Sam my will be told to children during the hour from 10:30 to 11 a m Saturday morning. Lemuel Thuston will speak at the Church of God in Christ Sunday afternoon at 3 p m for Youth Day. Youth choirs from Iola and Grant Avenue AME Church will sing. Public invited. Thomas Gerken, son of Mr and Mrs L J Gerken 127 N Forest, elected vice president of the student assembly and chairman of the student council coordinating committee at St John s Lutheran College Winfield for 1966 67 school year. He is a freshman in liberal arts.
Hospital admissions and births listed for Thursday and today at Neosho Memorial Hospital with names and addresses of patients. Dismissals, marriage licenses issued in Erie, Chanute district court actions, and filings include divorce decrees and quiet title suits.
In Albuquerque two men used a front door sign reading Closed Until Noon to enter the James Pech jewelry store. They tied up the owner and two customers, took about $10,000 in jewelry, and escaped in two cars.
Gemini 9 astronauts Stafford and Cernan plan three rendezvous maneuvers with an Agena target satellite over two orbits and a space walk. They aim to dock within 20 minutes and simulate Apollo style rejoin procedures and LEM recovery scenarios.
Mrs Laura Richardson Winfield died Thursday. She was mother of Rev L Don Richardson former pastor of First Church of God in Chanute. Funeral set for Saturday at 2 p.m. in Swisher Taylor Mortuary Winfield with burial in Winfield.
Having sold our farm we will sell the following property at the farm located 2 miles east and 3 miles south of the Catholic Church in St Paul Kansas or 15 miles west of the west side of Girard Kansas and 3% miles south or 18 miles west 3 miles north 5 miles west and % mile north of Fourth and Broadway in Pittsburg Kansas on.
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