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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1969
Page
4
A compact market item lists Grade A Extra Large eggs at .23 and Grade A Large at .23 with Grade A Medium .24 and Grade B Large .22. Cream Premium shows .48 and Cream No 2 A2 Hides priced at 10 cents.
An AP brief from Chicago summarizes price and quality indicators for dairy and eggs. It lists butter grades, milk fat percentages, and egg quality grades with percentages and counts, reflecting general market assessments.
Wayman Young and Floyd Dale Young both charged with felony burglary and larceny waived preliminary hearings in city court and were bound over to district court for trial. They are jailed in lieu of $1000 bond each for the May 16 Wayside Club break in with no trial date set.
The stock market continued its ascent with bargain buying lifting the Dow Jones industrial average to 955.14 at noon, up 3.36 as gains outweighed declines by about 350 issues in fairly active trading.
Three vandalism incidents were reported. Kenneth Chestnut said a rock or pellet broke a front window at Mix Shop on 1110 N. Santa Fe likely Tuesday night. Don Spurrier reported a rock shattered the windshield of his 1963 Lincoln at 719 N. Kansas. Floyd Ellis noted a beer bottle struck a plate glass window at Derby Refining Co. 1111 N. Santa Fe.
The Tribune apologizes for a photo error in its Graduation Edition. Mare K. Ruggles will receive an associate of arts degree from Neosho County Community Junior College this spring, but her picture was replaced by Terence Gali's.
Parsons city commission approves a new schedule increasing police court fines by up to 400 percent for misdemeanors and setting higher appearance bonds in some cases. City Manager Will B. Tschudy says the schedule takes effect immediately, with emphasis on traffic control and relying on maximums set by ordinances for fines.
Mrs Emmett Stroud of Iola was convicted in police court on Wednesday for driving while intoxicated and lacking a valid license. She was sentenced to county jail until a $135 fine is paid after police arrested her following a minor Saturday traffic accident.
Obituaries list Edward A. Flottman of Kalispell Montana a former Chanute High School teacher and World War I veteran. Also details on Mrs M C Taylor 86 Mrs Nellie Wegman 85 William Wegman son William C Johnson Lige Wells and others with surviving relatives and service dates. Funeral services announced in Kalispell Chanute and surrounding communities with locations in Memorial Park Cemetery and Johnson Chapel.
Saxophonist Boots Randolph tops a Sunday concert at Memorial Auditorium starting 8 30 p m with recording and TV artist Jerry Reed and the Nashville Brass. The bill lists Joe Layne Jimmy Wilkerson Jack Gruebel Chuck Sandus and Bruce Wasterman among others. Tickets were bought for 400 by Kustom Electronics Inc for employees and families. Vernon McCune sponsors the show.
Joe Smith of Paola has been hired to replace Ted Wary as Woodson County agriculture agent. Wary resigns to become agriculture agent of Cherokee County with headquarters in Columbus. Smith, currently 4H agent in Miami County, plans to move to Yates Center before July 1 to assume duties.
YATES CENTER State Rep Clyde Hill was guest lecturer at Wichita State University Monday. He addressed a class of 50 senior political science students about the Legislative Process as it applies in the Kansas Legislature. Hill, from Yates Center, represents Wilson and Woodson Counties and is a former speaker of the House.
YATES CENTER Alumni of Yates Center High School meet for their annual banquet and dance Saturday. The event starts at 6 30 p.m. at the Community Building with about 125 reservations. Donna Weston will preside, and Gary Hutch Dixon and Bill Steiner Jr will lead the initiation of the class of 1969 after the meal. A dance follows at the armory at 9 p.m.
Dr and Mrs Anthony Fazio Milwaukee announce birth of daughter April Karley weighing seven pounds one ounce Grandparents Omer Stoll of 320 S Wilson Buffalo Carroll great grandparents Mrs and Mrs Carroll Rural Buffalo Also Royster Junior High honors assemblies rescheduled to Tuesday and Wednesday Floyd McDermot Jr R2 to be honored at Miami Beach insurance conference May 29 to June 1 ROTC cadet Gary Follmer to attend six week summer encampment at Fort Riley Kansas State University agronomy major to be commissioned upon graduation Burglary report James Walken R2 says someone entered his home Sunday evening taking a clock radio air rifle pump and outdoor cooking stove Entry gained through back door Jon David Cromwell Shawnee Mission son of Larry and Marge Alger Cromwell born May 18
Daily Transcript lists Neosho Memorial Hospital visiting hours 2 to 4 pm and 6 30 to 8 pm. Patient census shows 63 adults and pediatrics and two babies. The Chanute district court filings include several divorces, quiet title actions, a contractual judgment, and an automobile negligence case seeking 18500. Birth announced for Harvey Young is a boy. Births, marriages, moves, and police court actions noted with multiple local residents and addresses.
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