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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1966
Page
2
AP notes cattle at 6700 head and calves 500 with slow demand. feeder steers 23.00 to 24.70, heifers 21.10 to 23.60. Hogs 2500 with barrows and gilts down 25, sows 25 to 50 lower. 1-3 barrows and gilts 19.75 to 21.25, sows 17.25 to 19.50. Sheep 100 lambs steady. wool lambs mostly 23.00 to 25. ewes 6.00.
Kansas City AP notes wholesale egg prices for large 80 per cent A and 40-42, mediums at 80 per cent A 31-33, and butter prices unchanged.
Chicago AP notes butter unchanged and eggs steady to up to one cent. Grade A whites 42's and 42'2 for mixed, mediums 33'2, standards 40, reflecting mixed but generally stable egg values.
Chicago grain futures show wheat No 2 red around 1.71 and corn No 1 yellow about 1.38. Oats No 2 white 78% and soybeans No 1 yellow near 2.94 with December declines noted for several contracts as trading closed lower across cereals and soy products.
Wheat prices mix around 1.76 to 1.91 per 1 bushel with No 2 dark and hard varieties. Corn values range from 1.38 to 1.54 for No 2 white and 1.36 to 1.40 for No 3, with oats and rye also listed. Soybeans at 2.81 to 2.87, with bran and shorts prices quoted.
Daily Transcript reports Wednesday admissions and dismissals at Neosho Memorial Hospital including Rex Clements Charlotte Baker Eulalio Garcia and others with addresses in Humboldt Malcolm and Lincoln areas. Police court actions include Gary Parker license issue not guilty on replacement, Larry Beck improper passing with bonds, and Richard Solf fined for careless driving. Fire run recorded at 7 49 p m at Main and Lincoln for a trash can.
In Saddle Brook New Jersey the parents of one of 12 soldiers awarded the Purple Heart by President Johnson in a South Vietnamese hospital learn of their son’s wounding only when the announcement reaches them.
Community drives fundraising with broad participation from firms and shops including Foster Clothing Co, Jack's Appliance Center, Ward's Bootery, Merle Kelly Ford, Bell Body Shop, Chanute Discount Co, KK Electric, and Security Benefit Assn among others supporting the United Fund 100 Percent campaign.
In CLATHE Kan a $1.6 million bond proposal for the Gardner Edgerton Antioch Unified School District was defeated with 453 votes against and 386 for. The plan would have funded a high school addition, new elementary classrooms, and junior high facilities.
Thomas F. Sowers 36 of Walnut died at home after a long illness. He served in World War II, was in the American Legion, and is survived by his wife Jeneva Titmus, two daughters, siblings, and several relatives. A Knights of Columbus rosary and funeral rites at St Patrick’s Church will precede burial at St Patrick’s Cemetery with military honors. Guy Warren Furrow 59 of 511 W 2nd died at home after years of poor health. He was a former auto mechanic for Kansas State Highway, married to Ruth Hoerning, and survived by his mother Emma Furrow, a daughter, and siblings. Memorial services are set at Johnson Mortuary with burial in Elmwood Cemetery.
Avon Doty of 401 N Garfield died today at Lakeside Hospital in Kansas City. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Gibson Koch chapel. Raymond Henry Hoepker 54 of Route 2 died at Neosho Memorial Hospital after three weeks illness. He was born November 10, 1912 in Petrolia and was a farmer. He married Ova Mae Ramsey on April 28, 1935 at Independence. He belonged to St. Peter's Lutheran church Humboldt and lived here all his life. Survivors include wife, one son Ronald Kansas City Kan, one daughter Kathryn Wood Clathe, two granddaughters, three brothers Ben Hopkins Mo, Emil Lavenburg, Harold LaHarpe and one sister Adele Reay Glendale Calif. Memorial service at St Peter's Lutheran Saturday 2 PM with Rev H C Seyfert officiating. Burial Mount Hope Cemetery Humboldt under Johnson Mortuary. Norman memorial service held at Johnson Chapel with Rev Robert Giezentanner officiating. Hazel Slane organ solo Jesus Lover of My Soul. Flowers by Mrs Claude Carver and Mrs Joe Ermey. Bearers Walter Hartman Ralph Newton Paul Davis Willie Wood Fred Richter C K Erickson. Burial Elmwood Cemetery.
Chanute Recreation Commission completed 218 color slides titled Recreation Unlimited to tell the local recreation story. Shown to commission members and community leaders, the 36 minute set can be shown in segments for various groups.
Emergency officials report no injuries after a three car collision on Shaw Road near US 59. Daisy Bishop, Scott Phillips, and Louis Rogers were involved with damage estimates totaling about $980. A separate Calf collision near Chanute caused $250 in truck damage.
Actor George Hamilton, a frequent escort of Lynda Bird Johnson, is ordered by his draft board to report for a physical examination on November 7 in New York. The notice specifies the date and location for the medical assessment.
Halloween art winners were announced after yesterday’s judging by a citizens committee. Prizes for junior high ranged from 3 to 1 dollars in two divisions, and elementary prizes spanned 1.50 to .50 in each grade, with several students receiving honorable mentions.
The FBI reports a second suspect, James Luther Scott, 18, of Kansas City, has been arrested in the $29,000 Livestock National Bank robbery on Wednesday. Federal bank robbery charges are being prepared, per agent Karl W. Disly.
Chanute Tribune announces subscription prices for in and out of trade areas as well as Chanute post office boxholder and carrier rates. The roster lists Publisher Dwight McCreight News Editor John Hovorka Advertising Manager Fay D. Clopine Circulation Manager Ben Nicholas and other staff.
About 300 junior high pupils will canvass residential districts tomorrow afternoon from 3 30 to 6 00. The drive marks UNICEF winning the Nobel Peace Prize since last solicitation. Contibutors receive a bookmark. rooms compete. Cindy Bailey leads the student council committee. Chanute area donations exceed 4000 since 1957.
Nathan Hole a Rural Grange member and S L McMillen Frances McMillen and Harley Leona Roberts from local granges attend the 95th annual Kansas State Grange in Garden City. Hole serves as assistant steward and overseer with 19 state sessions. McMillen is master treasurer on the Finance Sessions Committee. Frances McMillen is lecturer and Neosho Pomona secretary. Leona Roberts is Fairfield Grange lecturer and Harley Roberts serves on the executive committee.
Police investigated several minor crashes today and yesterday. Betsy Painter and Joyce Manley collided at 4th and Highland with $75 damage to a 1964 Chevrolet. Alvin Cramer reported a parked 1955 Chevrolet damage. Mildred Atkins and Marilyn Savidge were in a 3rd and Forest crash causing damage to Savidge s 1959 Ford and Atkins 1966 Dodge. A city truck backed into Robert Barnhart s 1962 Chevrolet, causing left rear door damage. Spencer Brandon was the driver. the 1947 Dodge was undamaged.
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