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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1966
Page
2
Kansas City AP notes cattle 1,200 with steady to weak steer and feeder values, hogs 3,000 with mixed barrows and gilts and sows firmer, sheep 200 steady with lambs 26.25 to 27.00. Fruitful notes on grain prices barley 1.17 to 1.24, soybeans 3.03 to 3.16, bran and shorts prices, eggs and hides listed with varied quotes.
Market price lists for hogs cattle veal cows and sheep with ranges for U S No 1 and 2 grades by weight plus sows boars and stags. Notes the Parsons stockyards will be closed Memorial Day and reopen Tuesday with wholesale eggs and butter unchanged in Kansas City and Chicago meanwhile live poultry and butter prices show minor changes.
Chicago grain prices show No 2 hard wheat and No 2 red wheat up about 1.69 percent with July futures at 1.66. Corn steady to lower with July at 1.26 and oats mixed near 68 cents for July. Soybeans rise to around 3.11 with July at 3.11 and rye up about a few cents.
AP notes Kansas City grain bids with wheat prices for No 2 hard and dark hard and No 3, and No 2 red ranges. Corn bids list No 2 white and yellow and mixed lots with price ranges, showing price movement from 34 car lots and totals.
Connie Myers daughter of Dr and Mrs W A Myers Newton and granddaughter of Mrs Foster Myers 508 W 7th elected campus queen at Kansas University Lawrence. Darrell Wiltse and fiance Winnie Nooitgedagt return to Fullerton Calif by death in Bartlesville. Mrs Arthur Kuster surgery in St Louis. Pearl Crawford cited for reckless driving. William Bircher and Nancy Isom report to police.
Lima Peru AP report from the government census agency notes about 80 percent of Peruvians speak Spanish. The remainder speak various indigenous languages such as Quechua or Aymara.
The brief lists area residents planning to attend the three day Jehovahs Witnesses assembly in Joplin from Friday to Sunday. Names include Harold Manly and family 1301 N Garfield Joan Hill and family 612 W Beech Mrs Roy S Greve R4 Mr and Mrs Dale Burnett R4 Mr and Mrs Don Larsen 192 N Evergreen Mr and Mrs H A Angleton R3 and Mrs Ethel Roberts Burnett is scheduled to speak Saturday afternoon.
Obituaries note the death of Mrs. R F Mae Bicknell of Dallas formerly of Chanute with funeral at Sparkman Mortuary and Grove Hill Cemetery. Oliver Killough 71 of Walnut dies after long illness with services in Walnut and burial in Walnut Cemetery. Charles Lucas Hall funeral held at Gibson Koch Chapel with burial in Memorial Park Cemetery.
Pittsburg Kan AP reports three faculty members with a combined 125 years of service will retire at semester end. Miss Gabriella Campbell joined the music department in 1921, Prof Robert Hart since 1923 in mathematics, and Prof George Ruggles in biology since 1929. Hart is a Pittsburg State graduate of 1916.
A Coast Guard search found no trace of the rowboat Puffin and its two crewmen John Hoare 29 and David Johnstone 34 who set out from Virginia Beach to row 3000 miles to England in a 15 foot craft aiming for 50 days. They were last sighted 20 miles off the coast on Monday and a Navy pilot reported Puffin near the Chesapeake light station Tuesday.
Police report shows Bircher 1963 Nash with damage to its right side and Isom 1964 Ford with damage to its left side after a collision at the Main and Santa Fe intersection.
Daily Transcript lists admissions for Mrs. Alice Brook and Ed Lewis at Neosho Memorial Hospital with dismissals for several patients. Highway Patrol citations in city court include speeding fines and a logbook violation. other fines cover stopping without clearance and defective brakes. A 1958 Chevrolet damage incident at K K Drilling Co and a police court case for intoxication destruction and resisting arrest are noted.
The VFW Auxiliary installation at the Memorial Building Monday night had Mrs. Kenneth Raney presiding. Installing officers were Mrs. Dorothy Rauhoff with helpers Mrs. Howard Dobson, Mrs. John Oglesbee, and Mrs. Howard Carter. New officers installed included Mrs. Tom Slater as president, Mrs. I. C. Minnear as senior vice president, Mrs. Stanley Allen as junior vice president, Mrs. Gertie Adams as treasurer, Mrs. Gladys Franklin as secretary, Mrs. George Hansen as chaplain, Mrs. Robert Willan as conductress, Mrs. Osman Bates as guard, and Mrs. Raney as three-year trustee. Color bearers were Mrs. D.
Ford officials Henry Ford II and Arjay Miller announced Lincoln-Mercury will launch the Cougar as a new specialty car in the 1967 line. They said it will fill a distinct niche between Thunderbird and Mustang, offering more flair, space, and luxury at a higher price.
Chanute Tribune lists staff roles led by Dwight McCreight and Dwight Wallingford. It details subscription prices for in and out of trade areas, Chanute boxholder rates, and carrier charges. The paper notes Associated Press affiliation and exclusive local news rights.
W Gates and several named members including Ora Ritterhouse Carl Breiner Rau hoff Irene Moore Etta Hanson Myrtle Ogden George Washburn and George Wilson attended. Refreshments were served at the close of the meeting by the retiring officers.
A stark reflection on infrastructure projects that claimed lives as cost, revealing a grim toll from roadwork. Officials debate responsibility while communities weigh the price of progress against safety.
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