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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1968
Page
2
The report lists steady to varying prices for cattle hogs and sheep, including grain fed steers and heifers, stockers, feeders, sows and bulls, with price ranges across weight classes. Also notes Chicago AP updates on live poultry butter eggs and egg whites pricing.
AP reports wholesale eggs paid to producers unchanged with Large A at 23 to 26 cents per dozen and butter prices steady at 77 cents per pound for Grade A solid and 78 cents per pound for Grade A quarters.
Section two of the Chanute Tribune dated Tuesday May 28 1968 documents local news and notices with brief items and community notices. Information reflects typical mid century local reporting from Chanute Kansas.
Chicago market brief shows wheat and corn futures with No 2 hard and No 2 soft red wheat trading around 1.42 and 1.36 percent respectively. Corn values for No 3 and No 4 yellows around 1.16 and 1.11 percent with sample grades near 1.05. Oats No 2 extra heavy white 82.2n and soybeans No 1 yellow 2.73'2n with soybean oil at 8.60a.
Wall Street opened with a small gain as more than 5.5 million shares traded in two hours. The Dow Jones industrial average stood at 893.05, up 1.45, while the AP 60-stock average rose to 329.1 with mixed sector moves and slower ticker reporting.
Phillip Bloomberg of Falun encountered his World War I buddy Adam Halback at his door after 50 years. Bloomberg, with white hair, met Halback who was bald, and the men shared a quick reminiscence about old times.
Paris AP reports Education Minister Alain Peyrefitte resigns as student unrest and a weeklong strike cripple France. Premier Pompidou to assume duties. calls for provisional government to appoint a successor to President de Gaulle as unions resist. France pledges to use gold and currency reserves to cushion a worsening trade balance.
The Old Time Fiddlers Pickers and Singers hold a monthly meeting Sunday June 2 1968 in Blue Mound theater with a 130 pm business session and a 2 pm public musical program. Mrs Ellen Lance has returned from graduation travels in Bethany OK and Lyons. Francis A Kirby former Neosho County teacher and KS Pittsburg alumnus earned a masters at Emporia State this spring.
Navy reports the Scorpion remained submerged well beyond 60 days and may have faced weather delays or altered course while returning to Norfolk. The $40 million atomic submarine, on a routine training patrol, failed to report and prompted a large search as relatives waited at port for word.
Susan M Jones of 115 N Larson is among 67 graduates of St Francis Hospital School of Nursing in Wichita. Commencement exercises are set for 2 p.m. June 16 at St Marys Cathedral.
Larry Beck and Curtis Hupp Jr reported a minor rear end collision at Main and Steuben at 2:35 PM. Hupp’s 1965 Chevrolet struck Beck’s 1955 Chevrolet as Beck stopped in traffic.
The report notes two bicycles stolen while riders were at the city dump on East 14th and found later in vegetation nearby. A separate incident records a minor accident in the 100 block on South Kansas at 8 p.m. last night when a backing 1968 Plymouth driven by Reva Brown collided with a parked 1965 Ford owned by David Dudley, damaging the Dudley vehicle’s back bumper and trunk.
TOPEKA AP Fred W. Burr an El Dorado business man was named state coordinator for the Federal Highway Safety Act succeeding Jerry Muth. Muth resigned from the $13 236 a year post May 21. Gov Robert Docking announced Burr 56 accepted the appointment and had resigned as 5th District Highway appointee to the Highway Commission March 23.
Young McCune completed prerequisites for Scouting's highest honor at age 14. Only one per cent of Scouts reach the Eagle award. Wicker, son of R O Wicker, has accepted a teaching post in Unified District 501 Topeka after earning a Bachelor of Science in Education from Kansas State Teachers College of Emporia this month. He is a 1964 Chanute High School graduate and studied at Neosho Community Junior College and Kansas State University Manhattan.
The Cha nute Senior High School announces the 1968 graduating class led by president Barbara Bender and secretary Dick Helton with honor graduates Sherrie Caldwell Beth Hutchison Anne Neely Greg Barnard Bruce Morgan Vicki Van Gotten Pam Byers Doug Morley Donni Mitchell and Magill. The roster includes Cheryl Ann Acree Paul Wayne Alford Daniel E. Allen Marcia Ann Allen Pamela Ann Ashley Rex Eugene Babcock Linda Lou Bailey Deidre Kay Barker Marietta Joan Barker Gregory K. Barnard Charles Wesley Barnhart Randall Gaylord Bauer Barbara Bender and many others.
George C. Dunn of 705 N. Kansas died at Neosho Memorial Hospital. Funeral arrangements to be announced by Johnson Mortuary. Robert L. Wade, 78, Moran, died after two weeks of illness in Iola. Born June 18 1889 in Russell Springs Kentucky, Wade moved to Moran in 1944 and was a retired farmer. He married Thula Dunbar in 1915. Survived by wife, three sons and 10 grandchildren. Funeral 2 p.m. Wednesday at Price Funeral Home Moran Cemetery. Hutson funeral held in Gibson Koch Chapel with Rex Bert Sutton officiating. Burial Greenlawn Cemetery. Anna Gregory memorial service 2 p.m. Wednesday at Faris Funeral Home Colony.
A long line of individuals including L. Myers Anne Nell Neely John P. Newton Steven Ohraz da Dennis Lee Oliphant and others is presented, listing numerous residents likely connected to a local notice or roster. The compilation emphasizes community names and personal identifiers without additional context.
Daily Transcript lists visiting hours at Neosho Memorial Hospital and a full patient census of adults, pediatrics, and three babies. Admissions include multiple patients with surgery and medical needs, births in Iola and Humboldt, and several dismissals. Police court records show a careless driving case with bond and speeding summons, plus two carbon monoxide check outcomes from home safety runs.
Chanute Tribune details staff and billing practices including publisher Dwight McCreight editor Wayne J. Smith and advertising manager, plus subscription rates for in and out of trade territory. Also notes carrier and boxholder terms and AP membership.
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