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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1966
Page
2
AP dispatch reports meager livestock conditions and assorted market quotes from Kansas City. Eggs butter and wheat corn oats and soybeans prices and car counts are listed with bid ranges and grades.
Cattle 200 head reported with calves none. Hogs 2 000 head with barrows and gilts 50-75 cents higher and sows 25 cents higher. Prices ranged for 1-2 190-225 lb at 25.50-26.00 and 250-270 lb at 24.00-25.00, 270-300 lb 5-24.25. Sheep 50 head with spring lambs steady to 27.00 for choice and prime.
Chicago AP notes butter firm with eggs mostly steady to mixed. Markets show 60 percent or better grade A whites at 32.25 cents per pound, 32s around 32 cents, mediums 26 cents, standards 30 cents.
Chicago market report shows Wheat No 2 red and No 2 hard at around 1.68 n, Corn No 2 yellow about 1.29 n, Oats No 1 heavy white at 74% n, Soybeans No 1 yellow near 3.15% n. Prices closed mixed with July futures edging higher for wheat and soybeans while corn and oats drift.
Washington AP The Agriculture Department will not alter storage and handling rates for government grain under price programs after a cost survey. It cites need for more time to interpret the study. New 1966 loan and purchase rates also announced at $1.25 wheat $0.80 barley and $1.02 rye, same as 1965.
Listings show Eggs Grade A Extra Large two units Grade A Large twenty seven cents Grade A Medium twenty three cents Grade B Large zero to twenty eight cents Grade C cases Current Receipts and notes on sweet cream premium No 2 cream Hens Lenahabees roosters 06 Hides ten cents per pound glue hides at percentage price.
Trading slowed to the year's lightest pace as Memorial Day weekend kept traders on the sidelines. Volume around 4.5 million shares versus 6.09 million a day earlier. markets drifted lower with a mixed bag of small gains and losses. General Electric dropped over 2 points while Treasuries and corporate bonds remained mostly unchanged.
Raymond Kauffman, 3, grandson of a Reno County commissioner, died in a car-truck collision northeast of Hutchinson on Thursday.
Two year old Troy Edwards died from injuries after a donkey seized him in its jaws and carried him about 200 yards on a Holland Michigan farm. Hospital officials cited extensive internal injuries as the cause of death. The donkey was ordered stalled for 10 days to test for rabies after the attack occurred Wednesday while Troy visited a nearby farm.
In Hanover Kansas two cousins Henry Grefe 26 and Frederick W Grefe Jr of Hollenberg were killed in a head on collision on a narrow gravel road seven miles northwest of Hanover. Neighbor Aaron Wiese found the bodies as he headed to a high school commencement. Fred Grefe drove south toward Hanover while Henry Grefe north toward his farm when they met.
Burglars cut open the vault at Coats State Bank in Coats Kansas on Thursday night and gained entry by forcing a locked door from an adjacent public library. Loss was not immediately determined. Assistant cashier Raymond Rauhut found the breakin when he reported for work about 8 am.
In Lexington Kentucky two cats suspected of rabies were stolen or released from the animal shelter after a cage lock was broken. The cats had bitten two people who now face rabies treatment with 14 or more shots.
James Bass a 39 year old inmate from St Louis died of stab wounds at Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary The warden said no weapon was found and several inmates were being questioned by authorities for the incident
The Church of God in Christ youth will celebrate Pentecost with a 7 o'clock love feast and an 8 p.m. sanctuary service led by Rev. Orin Boyd. The Rev. Floyd H. Thuston is pastor. Public invited.
Ruth Spurling 13 was bruised but not seriously injured after she ran into the rear of a car driven by Robert Huerter Jr. in Neosho at 417 West Main yesterday. She was taken to Neosho Memorial Hospital for examination.
The report notes Yellowstone National Park hosts over 300 geysers along with 10 major waterfalls, 12 rivers, and hundreds of creeks, highlighting its geothermal and hydrological diversity.
Police arrested Carl Cox and his wife Carol about 6 10 p m yesterday on charges of disorderly conduct following a disturbance at Central and Chestnut They were released later on 15 bond each The couple provided addresses in Chanute Betty Druma 1824 S Ashby reported wires on her car were pulled loose while parked at a manufacturing plant where she works. Mr and Mrs Thomas Whitmer Wichita announce the birth of a son May 21 named Thomas Brett weight 6 pounds 7 ounces Maternal grandparents are Donald Briggs 215 N Washington paternal grandparents Norris Whitmer 1001 N Garfield
Charlotte North Carolina AP Grand Dragon J Robert Jones of the United Klans of America says a watchdog committee tracking the Klan follows him constantly and compares them to poodle dogs while at a news conference detailing the surveillance.
The Kansas Turnpike Authority said traffic rose 10.47 percent and gross toll revenue increased 15.07 percent for the first four months of this year versus 1965. Net revenue through April covered construction bond interest 1.29 times, with sinking and reserve funds totaling about 10.86 million dollars.
Fred E Cronemeyer of Kansas City died yesterday from a heart attack. A World War I veteran he joined April 1 1917 served in the 129th Field Artillery 35th Division under command of Harry S Truman. He was born August 19 1891 in Tonganoxie and survived by his wife one son three grandchildren and one brother. The funeral is Saturday at 2 PM at Newcomers Chapel in Kansas City.
The Chanute Tribune lists the publisher Dwight McCreight the news editor John Movolka and the advertising manager Fay Clopine along with circulation and composing staff. Subscription rates are detailed for in territory and outside territory including post office box and Chanute carrier terms.
Neosho Memorial Hospital admits Thursday Mrs Homer Walker 501 N Garfield surgery Beauford Eastburn 1310 S Grant surgery Ruth Spurling R 4 medical Mrs John Mitchell 212 S Western surgery Glen Staton Colony medical Kathy Stipp Thayer surgery Thomas E Evans 115 W Lafayette medical Mrs Albert G Ryder 30 W 4th medical Dismissals Thursday Mrs Clarence Cross Lavonburg Ed D Lewis 813 W Walnut Admissions today Jeffery Donovan 202 N Highland surg
John Monard Borgen and Bernice Evelyn Olson, both of Chanute, obtained marriage licenses. Lester Lee White, 19, and Gloria Claudine Dix, 17, of Thayer, noted. Gene Koester, 816 N Forest, faced speeding and careless driving charges with a stop sign violation. pled not guilty, verdicts: not guilty on speeding, guilty on other two counts, fined $35. Bond $15 previously posted.
The National Park Service marks its 50th anniversary this year highlighting five decades of preserving American landscapes, wildlife, and historic sites while expanding access and educational programs across its network of parks.
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