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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1969
Page
4
Kansas City AP market notes show cattle 4,700 and calves 300 with feeder steers at 33.50 to 38.40 per hundredweight, hogs totaling 5,500 with varied weights priced from 22.75 to 25.00, and sheep at 31.00 to 50.00 for spring lambs. Eggs wholesale large 28 to 32, medium 21 to 26, butter steady at 79 to 80 for A grade per pound.
Market notes show butter grades AA 93 score 6711 and A 92 6744 with B 6412 and C 60s. Eggs quality ranges from whites 33 to mediums 25 and standards 30 with checks around 23 and a half.
Wheat No 2 hard yellow around 1.40 per ton and No 2 soft red about 1.35. Corn No 2 yellow roughly 1.324. Oats No 2 extra heavy white around 68. Soybeans No 1 yellow near 2.742 per unit. Soybean oil about 8.78.
Visiting hours at Neosho Memorial Hospital are set from 2 to 4 pm and 6 30 to 8 pm. The patient census stands at 63. Dismissals include Mrs Ruth Spencer and Mrs Agnes Chittenden among others. District court filings list Ruthadella Smith vs Albert Leroy Smith and Dale Ewen vs David Hibbs. Marriage licenses issued include David Diskin and Claire Burke and Roy Alexander and Pamela Scott.
The New York market fell in moderate trade with the Dow down 2.27 at noon to 966.58 as brokers noted investor disappointment over Viet Cong rejection of President Nixon's troop withdrawal proposal. The Associated Press 60 slipped 6 to 342.8, while Leasco Data Processing led NYSE activity amid mixed results.
Sgt. Floyd R. Ellis son of Mr and Mrs Floyd G Ellis 918 S Garfield arrived in Viet Nam last week assigned to the 14th Engineering Battalion. His wife and son live with her parents Mr and Mrs G C Ranz 310 S Western.
The Blue Bonnet Hatchery in Fredonia Kansas, once the state's largest turkey hatchery, shuts down after 32 years due to the owner's ill health and a sagging market. At peak output the firm sold about 500000 turkeys annually and shipped nationwide, and it also operates a turkey farm one mile west of Fredonia.
The piece argues GM used the Corvair’s decline to illustrate competition in the auto industry. It notes consumer demand drift, safety concerns, and foreign imports as factors while suggesting the industry’s pushback against government controls. It frames the Corvair loss as potential evidence of consumer power.
Obituary notices covering Elzie Bush of Kansas City Kansas and Mrs Chester Hamilton of Chanute, with service details at Simmons and Johnson chapels. Also funeral for Winfred Daniels at Altoona Christian Church with Bearers named. burial at Altoona Cemetery.
A 15 year old girl was held today at the city jail for juvenile authorities pending juvenile court proceedings. Police said petitions are privileged information and no reason for confinement was given.
Instructions urge readers to call their Tribune phone number or reach the carrier. If unavailable people are advised to dial HE 1 3400 after 6 p.m. for assistance. The notice emphasizes alternative contact options and timing.
Frank L. Kash and Jennie M. Kash sue to quiet title on Lots 8 9 10 11 and 12 Black 33 Thayer Neosho County Kansas. Defendants must answer by June 20 1969 in Chanute Memorial Building Court. Attorneys Balch Bailey Chanute Kansas. Clerk Virginia Embry seals the record.
A 21-year-old Chanute resident on unauthorized hospital leave was detained on a juvenile court petition but produced a valid hospital pass this morning. Officials postponed action on the petition until the patient receives permanent hospital release.
Kansas Board of Regents told presidents of six state supported colleges that overestimating enrollment means no extra state funds. They also dropped plans for an expensive humanities building and approved several actions including Malott Hall addition funding, mill ing building plans, a two dollar student ID card fee, and continued Armory lease at Kansas State Teachers College Emporia.
Four of five area youths convicted of damaging city stop signs started five day jail terms at Erie County Jail Wednesday evening. Each was fined 100 dollars and given conditional jail sentences if they provided a city sign location and condition list and paid fines. Steve Morrison, 21, paid his fine and supplied the list and was released. In Erie, the four serving sentences are William R. King Jr., 18, Stark. Johnnie Patton, 18, 1011 S Garfield. Iver Ray Hutchison, 18, 408 E Third. Mike Patton, 18, 719 N Garfield.
A 1 year old Lola woman, Mrs. Sue Miller, fell on stairs from the Memorial Building on Santa Fe at 10 p.m. Wednesday. Officers aided her. she suffered a leg injury and was taken by ambulance to Neosho Memorial Hospital, then transferred to Allen County Hospital in Iolo in fair condition today. She fell while leaving a coin show.
Glenn L. Wicker, 19, of 324 W 5th, arrested on destruction of public property after a Volkswagen bus drove through Highland Park tennis courts damaging courts and fencing. Kent Reno, 38, of 1022 S Garfield, pleaded guilty in police court for the same incident and Wicker posted a $100 bond and was released.
Parsons Urban Renewal Agency set values on $2.5 million of property to be acquired in the city's $8.4 million renewal project. About $500,000 worth remains to be valued, with word on removal of Washington technicalities affecting a loan and grant contract to allow the project to begin. Clyde M. Reed chairs the effort.
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