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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1966
Page
2
Kansas City market notes hogs up to 75 cents higher for barrows and gilts and cows firm to 25 higher. cattle and calf prices vary by grade with U.S. choice and good ranges listed. Parson Hog requests and Chicago live poultry prices noting mixed changes. Details cover weights, grades, and regional quotes.
AP report lists wholesale egg prices in Kansas City with large eggs at 80 percent A 302-33 and mediums at 80 percent A 27-29. Butter remains unchanged at grade A with quarter pound prices at 74 and solid at 73.
Chicago AP notes butter prices unchanged with grade percentages and scores listed, eggs holding steady with minor increases for higher grade whites. The brief cites 93 score AA at 62 percent and related grades, alongside 90 to 92 points and mixed percentages, reflecting a flat market with minor shifts in certain tiers.
Wheat ranges 1.66 to 1.94 percent for No 2 hard and dark hard with 170 cars noted. Corn 251 cars with No 2 white 1.23 to 1.37 and No 3 1.13 to 1.36. Oats and barley listed with mixed remarks, soybeans 3.03 to 3.00. Bran 45.00 to 45.75 and Shorts 47.00 to 47.75 per sack.
Chicago grain prices show No. 2 red wheat at 1.64n No. 2 hard at 1.64n and No. 2 yellow corn at 1.32 with soybeans No. 1 yellow at 3.08n. Oats No. 2 heavy white at 75 4 7644n.
In New York this afternoon the stock market fell to new lows for the year as selling dominated late trading. Volume was about 10.2 million shares vs 8.99 million Friday. An early rally faded and prices weakened in dull action. Corporate and U S Treasury bonds remained mostly unchanged as closing stocks were reported.
Otis Huffman 61 of Petrolia died Sunday at New Britton General Hospital Connecticut after a heart attack. He worked as a welder for Algonquin Gas in Connecticut since March 23 and previously lived in Tulsa. Surviving are his wife Gladys Jordan Huffman and son Sammy D. Huffman. Funeral Wednesday 2 p.m. Gibson-Koch Chapel with burial in Memorial Park Cemetery. Cedar Lodge AFAM to conduct grave Masonic services.
Mr and Mrs Raymond Platt and family from Denver visit Mrs Platts parents Mr and Mrs Dwight Wallingford at 127 S Steuben and sister. Mrs Robert Ward and Clayton at 902 W 9th. Mrs Kenneth White undergoes surgery at St Margaret s Mercy Hospital Fredonia. WWI Auxiliary to sew for veterans hospitals at 1409 W Main. a Pittsburg hair clinic draws cosmetologists Ruth Whitworth Clint Bowers Bernard Smith Eileen Cumings and Scherel Booe. D C Williams Manhattan Hotel faces parole violation and new sentence of five days plus confinement to Southeast Kansas Tuberculosis Hospital. Kenneth J Wilson Topeka arrested for intoxication and hospitalized at Neosho Memorial. Dennis L Ophant cited for intoxication at 412 N Highland.
Thomas Franklin Bouray 71 of 1023 S Steuben died Sunday after a three year illness. He was born April 20 1895 in Colony and was a retired Harv ey House cook. Survived by wife Bertha Dix three brothers Felix August Raymond and one sister Mrs Clara Crowl. Rosary tonight at Johnson Chapel Requiem Mass Tuesday 7 30 p m at St Patrick Catholic Church Graveside service Wednesday 10 a m in St Patrick Cemetery Rev Vincent Brown to lead.
In Wichita Kansas a 23 year old woman Mrs Joann Phillips was found stabbed to death in her home. Her three year old daughter Sherri Lynn survived surgery for chest and back slashes and is in critical condition. The 10 month old son Ronnie Eugene was unharmed on the living room sofa. Cleveland Reed the woman's brother in law found blood at the door and broke in to discover the bodies.
A civilian worker from Coffeyville Kansas identified as Glen H Rupert about 58 died at Fort Leonard Wood Missouri. Officials say the death appeared due to a heart attack while he worked as a sheet metal worker for a contractor on the reservation.
A man requires a seventh of a second to intentionally blink a wink while an insect approaching the eye triggers a reflex blink in one third that time.
Police arrested Stanley Whitworth of 620 W Main on careless driving and leaving the scene after a car struck John Brown’s 1960 Ford parked at Brown’s home on 218 S Steuben. Whitworth, driving a borrowed 1957 Ford from Mike Benson Overland Park, was released on 40 bond. The incident occurred between 12 30 and 1 am. Benson reported it to police at 3 10 am. Whitworth later said he lost his billfold with about 80 and papers. Police also logged weekend crashes including a 2nd and Lincoln intersection collision injuring no one, a 317 S Santa Fe rear fender damage, and a 1961 Buick door damage at Neosho Manor.
The Daily Transcript lists Neosho Memorial Hospital admissions and dismissals across Saturday Sunday and today. Names include Mrs El bert Delakey Mrs Alex Anderson Mrs Anna Stout Byrle Haynes Mrs Otto Friederich Harold Sharp Tony Davis and others with several births surgeries medical discharges. Police court actions include citations for careless driving illegal parking and destruction of property. Fire runs note a cat in a tree and trash call.
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The report lists a driver charged with careless driving and driving without a license tag. It also cites his father, Marion Oliphant, on a charge of permitting a minor to drive in violation of license restrictions.
The Chanute Tribune details staff positions, pricing for subscriptions in trade territory and Chanute post office boxholders, and carrier rates. It notes AP membership and exclusive local news republication rights.
August N Simion longtime head of the Pittsburg Headlight and Sun died suddenly at work at 71. Born in Pittsburg he started as a printer apprentice about 1911. He is survived by his widow two sisters and two brothers.
A historical note traces tax timing from Babylon's Hammurabi era to modern United States deadlines. It links ancient astrologers and royal edicts to contemporary tax practice, highlighting enduring interest in optimal revenue collection dates.
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