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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1968
Page
2
Livestock Lot totals: cattle 1 475 and calves 125 with feeders 510 575 pounds at 29.00 or more per hundredweight. Hogs run 2 500 with varying weights and prices from 17.50 to 19 75 per hundredweight for 270 295 pounds. Sows steady at 14 25 to 16 75. Sheep listed as none with nothing on offer.
Kansas City wholesale eggs prices paid to producers remain unchanged with Large A at 2-26. Butter prices also hold steady with Grade A solid at 77 and Grade A per pound quarters at 78.
The report lists butter prices at 3 dollars and various grade notes, with A and AA quality references. It also notes eggs with 80 percent or better whites, and car statistics with percentages in the 60s to 90s range.
Chicago AP reports grain futures with wheat at No. 2 hard 1.43 percent and No. 2 soft red 1.36 percent. Corn prices listed for No. 2 yellow 1.17 and other grades, oats No. 2 extra heavy white 82 percent, soybeans No. 1 yellow 2.73 and soybean oil 8.50.
Obituaries announce the death of Mrs. George Bradley 62 of 208 S. Malcolm with service at Gibson Koch Chapel and Elmwood Cemetery. Other rites include Lester Purdy at First United Methodist, Joseph P. Weiner at St. Joseph's Humboldt, Norman Larkin Maples at New Hope Baptist, and E. Maples with Elmwood burial. details list churches, officiants, and bearers.
Police report two windows broken at Santa Fe Park restrooms last night with damage between 9 30 and 10 30. A coat belonging to Mrs Fred Tweedy of Iola disappeared from the Orchid Buffet after a Sunday visit. Orcutt Mt Zion Oak Grove Boman Garfield Big Creek Leanna and Rush host a June 9 school picnic at Highland Park with a 12 30 p m basket dinner. Memorial Day dinner hosted by Mr and Mrs Don Cooper Steve R 3 with guests including the Roses Marshalls Raders Kimmels and others from Chanute and nearby towns. The Drybread family returned from Hemisfair in San Antonio where they saw President Johnson’s daughters on TV. Judith Kay Wilson received the Robert L Kerns Trophy for beginning photography and will intern with the Washington Department of Institutions. Roger Allen Ford accepted a Berkeley Missouri teaching post after finishing a master’s at Emporia. The New Hope Baptist church youth and Sunbeams are mentioned.
The New York market advanced as investors cheered President Johnson's acceptance of a $6 billion spending cut to back a 10 percent income tax surcharge. Trading was heavy with the Dow up 6.62 at noon to 901.83 and the AP 60-stock average up 2.4. Steels led gains on forecasts of higher profits from capital spending.
Hospital notes show visiting hours from 2 to 4 pm and 6 30 to 8 pm with a census of 57 patients including adults and a baby. Admissions and dismissals span multiple names and addresses. police court actions include speeding and careless driving with bonds and fines. a fire run report notes a broken hot water line with no fire.
Four speeding citations and two careless driving charges were issued while two notices for driving without a license were recorded. Eldon Coomes of Albuquerque reported his 1965 Chevrolet stolen near the Tioga Hotel and the vehicle was found on the Ash Grove cement plant grounds near a pit.
Angelo Scott 68 former Iola Register publisher died Thursday in Iola Kansas. Private funeral is set for 1 p m Saturday at Friskel Kinser Chapel with a public memorial at 3 p m Sunday at Presbyterian Church. Burial in Highland Cemetery. Survived by his widow and sister Mrs Emerson Lynn Sr of Iola. Scott sold the paper to Emerson Lynn Jr in 1966 but remained active.
The Rev. T. L. Thompson of Shiloh Baptist Church Fort Scott will speak at an evangelistic service Sunday afternoon at 3 o clock. The Shiloh Baptist choir will provide music. The public is invited.
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