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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1968
Page
4
In Bonner Springs Kansas a 15 year old boy William Musgrove was accidentally shot and killed with a .22 rifle at the city dump. An 18 year old brother and a 15 year old friend were there to shoot rats. the other boy believed the rifle was unloaded when it fired wounding Musgrove in the chest.
The Associated Press reports five people died in Kansas traffic accidents over the weekend. In Cherokee County a single car carrying Erna Wells 19 and Maurice D McElhaney 57 both of Parsons along with Betty Joe Brown 30 of Joplin and Danny Brown 2 were killed in a two car collision Sunday night. Four others were injured. Stephen Farrell 17 died in a two car collision in Topeka on Saturday.
Kansas City livestock report shows cattle 5 000 head steady with varied classes, feeders and calves trading firm. Hogs 5 000 head mostly 25 lower on several weight ranges, steers heifers and cows steady to mixed. Sheep 700 head steady with wooled lambs and feeder lambs paneled at steady to higher ranges. Prime to plain quality ranges listed for YEALS cows bulls and breeding stock.
AP reports wholesale egg quotes for large eggs at 34 to 37 cents per dozen and 30 to 33 for mediums, with 80 percent A. Butter remains unchanged with Grade A at 79 cents a pound and quarter pounds at 80 cents.
In Chicago wholesale dairy markets butter prices mostly unchanged or slightly lower with quotes around 93 score AA 66 percent 92 A 66 and 90 B 65 7 4 for grade B. Eggs remain barely steady with wholesale buying values listed for Grade A whites 37 cents mediums 31 12 and standards 36 cents.
Wheat No 2 yellow hard 1.3242n No 2 soft red 1.25%n. Corn No 2 yellow 1.038%-14. Oats No 2 extra heavy white 61n. Soybeans No 1 yellow 2.4514 No 2 yellow 2.42%4-44%. Soybean oil 7.25n.
Parsons market notes price ranges for hogs and cattle. Hogs show multiple weight grades from 200 to 290 pounds with values from 9.00 to 17.35 dollars. Cattle list grain fed steers and heifers 23.50 to 27.00, good 21.00 to 23.00, calves 23.00 to 25.50, stocker calves 28.00 to 33.00, and heifers 22.00 to 23.50.
Wall Street opened higher on the New York Stock Exchange but faded as blue chips loosened some gains. Analysts call the retreat mild profit taking amid waning hopes for a Vietnam peace breakthrough, with the Associated Press average down .3 at noon and the Dow off .99.
A 17 year old Chanute boy is in custody at the city jail on an investigation into a motorcycle theft and related thefts. He admitted taking a 1967 Honda from a Chanute resident and removing parts to repair a wrecked bike of the same model bought earlier from a salvage yard. The youth was placed in custody Friday.
Neosho Memorial Hospital reports visiting hours from 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 30 to 8 p.m. with a total census of 66 adults and pediatrics and seven babies. Admissions and dismissals span Saturday and Sunday with numerous names and addresses, including births and surgeries. A fire incident Saturday on Main and Lincoln damaged a 1962 Ford belonging to George Spencer. Sunday an aircraft standby at Martin Johnson airport concluded with a safe landing after a tire check.
A weekend of minor crashes in Chanute involved Tom Pugh on Rt. 1 colliding with Dan Rausch at Main and Lincoln. Kathleen Brown hit Oliver Phillips at Main near the railroad crossing causing 275 dollars in damage. Vernon Shultz in a 1967 police Ford struck a telephone pole near Garfield and Main with 180 dollars damage.
A political advertisement urging voters in the Third District to support L. K. Barham for county commissioner. The piece is paid for by the candidate.
Joe Eastburn 55 of rural Joplin died of cancer at Joplin. Lee Otis Fisher 88 of Walnut Erie area died at Erie Nursing Home after months of illness. Fisher funeral 2 p.m. Wednesday at Kimball United Methodist, burial Bethel Cemetery. Louis Larson 89 of Savonburg died at Neosho Memorial Hospital. Services 2 p.m. Wednesday at Lavonburg Evangelical Covenant Church. Leslie W. Pope 51 of Parsons route 2 died Friday night at Veterans Hospital Wichita. Funeral 2 p.m. Tuesday at Carson Funeral Home Parsons, burial Lakeview Cemetery Erie. Clifford D. Lukenbill funeral 2 p.m. Tuesday Neodesha at Loran Fawcett Funeral Home. Burial Neodesha Cemetery. Further notices list survivors and dates.
Hundreds attend the homecoming and Midway event with Henry K. Chiles of Buffalo winning the horse pulling contest. Children’s events feature turtles, penny scramble, chicken and duck races, crab and wheel barrow contests, and backward and frog races with multiple winners listed across grade levels.
The Chanute Area Chamber of Commerce board meets at 8 PM in the Memorial Building chamber office. Special internal committees will present on membership dues, the coming year program, and constitutional by law revisions. Another legislative committee meeting is set for 3 PM tomorrow and an Ambassadors breakfast at 7 AM Wednesday at Hart's Cafe.
The Rev. Robert J. Marshall, 50, has been instated as president of the Lutheran Church in America, a 3 million member denomination. Arch Bishop Iakovos attended the Riverside Church ceremony alongside other church leaders as Marshall succeeds the late Rev. Franklin Clark Fry, who died June 6.
A pasture where sheep graze can host earthworms whose total weight is at least equal to or greater than the weight of the grazing sheep. This highlights soil biology density and potential health implications for forage production.
Kansas State University teams swept intercollegiate judging contests during the American Royal event. A four man meat judging team coached by Dell Allen scored 3,646 of 4,000, with Sam Hands leading the top four individuals. The five man livestock judging team, coached by Calvin Drake, posted 4,441 of 5,000 to win, ahead of Oklahoma State and Iowa State.
Mr and Mrs Delbert McKel lips of Wichita were Sunday night guests of Mr and Mrs Ira Dutton.
Former Gov. Edmund G. Brown told a Modesto Democratic dinner that California could determine the national outcome if Vice President Humphrey carries the state. He forecast a close race in California.
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