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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1966
Page
2
AP notes cattle sales strong on calves and feeder demand with steady opening auction. Feeder steer price ranges 25.00 to 28.00. heifers 21.80 to 24.00. steer calves 27.75 to 30.85. hogs down 25 to 50 cents except sows steady. barrows and gilts 21.50 to 22.50. sows 19.00 to 21.00. sheep with wool lambs higher around 23.00 to 23.75 and ewes 5.25 to 6.50.
AP reports Chicago wholesale prices show butter unchanged. Egg prices are mostly steady with Grade A whites around 43 to 45 cents per dozen, depending on quality and grade.
AP dispatch summarizes grain trading as wheat and corn price quotes shift on the Kansas City board. Wheat futures closed mixed with gains and losses across several grades while corn and oats moved modestly. soybeans and byproducts show slight price ranges.
Wheat and soybeans rose modestly while corn and oats edged lower in Chicago trade. No 2 hard wheat climbed, soybeans gained, corn slipped, oats eased, and rye rose slightly with December and November contracts noted.
A Dyess Air Force Base troop carrier C130 Hercules crashed in a brushy pasture on the 6666 Ranch near Abilene Texas killing five of six crew members. A passing truck driver named Car roll Brezee pulled the lone survivor from the wreckage and the airman remained in critical condition. Sheriff E W Hollar reported initial bodies found at the scene with the remainder found later by a ground party amid mesquite brush near U S 83.
1st Lt Harold E Cornish of Fort Knox Kentucky was promoted at a recent ceremony. He is the son of Mr and Mrs E S Cornish of 103 N Washington and a graduate of Oklahoma State University where he earned his commission through ROTC. Women will attend Arts and Crafts at the Central Community Building Monday with a foil antiquing class requiring a small bottle glue and cloth. Mr and Mrs E M Kamm returned from a trip to Missouri and Arkansas visiting multiple sites including The Christ of the Ozarks Roaring River State Park and Marvel Cave among others with friends in Missouri and Arkansas.
Mr and Mrs William H Walters and daughters of Columbia Missouri will arrive Friday evening to visit his mother Mrs H E Walters at 125 S Plummer for the weekend. Police report a burglary at 1817 S Evergreen in which a television set and portable record player were taken overnight.
George W. DeWitt 61 of Medicine Lodge died early today in a car truck collision on U S 281 seven miles south of Pratt Kansas. Authorities reported the crash occurred on the highway with DeWitt the sole fatality and the investigation ongoing.
Police cited L. R. Shultz age 72 of 1616 S Kansas for failing to yield after a minor crash at Main and Forest at 5 10 p m. Shultz's 1939 Chevrolet pickup hit Gordon L. Smith's 1961 Ford, causing $75 damage to the Ford and none to the pickup.
A 13 month old boy named Kurt Bohr died after a bathtub scalding in Kansas City Kansas. His twin sister Lisa Bohr remained in serious condition at Providence Hospital with burns covering about 60 percent of her body. The parents are Louis and Mrs Bohr of 1802 South 3rd Street.
Instructions advise calling Tribune via the carrier if unavailable and provide after hours dial HE 1 3400 after 6 p m for reachability. The fragment notes contact steps and a numeric telephone code for evening hours.
Mrs. Lester Brooks 59 of 614 S Grant died at home after a two year illness. Martha Jane Wrestler born Jan 2 1907 in Lola moved to Bartlesville and back to Iola. Survivors include husband five children and two sisters. Funeral Monday 2 pm Wilson Avenue Baptist Church. Burial Mount Hope Humboldt. Also memorials for Mrs E E Van Laningham and Mrs George Frank Davis with services in Chanute and burial at Elmwood and St Patrick's.
The planning board reviewed a federal guarantee for housing projects issuing a 40 year obligation with the city as issuer. The Local Housing Authority would administer the program, replacing taxes with in lieu payments of 50 to 75 percent of normal tax. Deficits in early years covered by federal funds, title reverts to the city upon project payout, and central business district renewal may involve no direct city expenditure. The matter will be studied further at the next commission meeting. Dale Painter presided with six board members present along with city officials and business interests.
Kansas civil service examinations for stenographers and typists will be held here this afternoon. There is ongoing demand for workers in Kansas City Lawrence Topeka and Manhattan with occasional openings in Chanute and other cities. Examinations for Radio Telephone Operator I Clerk I and Clerk II occur on November 12. Applications from State Personnel Division 801 Harrison Topeka or any Kansas State Employment Service office. Return completed applications by November 3.
Twelve members of the World War I Auxiliary sewed all day Monday for the Veterans Hospitals. The session was at the home of Mrs. Hattie Larson Rh. 2 and a covered dish dinner was served at noon.
Daily Transcript lists hospital admissions and discharges for Neosho Memorial Hospital on Wednesday including Dan Pruitt Lucy Ingroom births for Peter Seivert Harley Record and Harry Sinclair. Police summonses and court actions reported with multiple individuals cited for careless driving and other offenses.
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