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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1966
Page
2
Kansas City AP reports cattle numbers and hogs with price ranges for 200 3,000 head, sows steady. Wheat lists 34 cars with prices for No 2 hard to No 3, corn 97 cars with No 2 white and yellow ranges, oats and barley, soybeans and byproducts with price spans.
Kansas City AP notes wholesale egg prices with large eggs at 80 percent A grade 46 to 48 cents per dozen and mediums at 80 percent A grade 40 to 41 cents per dozen. butter prices unchanged.
Chicago report shows butter steady to firm with slight gains across grades and eggs holding or edging higher. Butter quotes range AA 74 to C 71 1/4 with 93 score AA and 90 B 73 1/2. eggs steady to firm with whites at 47 and overall 60 percent grade or better.
Wheat futures gain about 2 to 3 cents with September at 1.92. Corn rises around 1 to 2 percent with September bids near 1.345. Soybeans advance about 7 percent with September around 3.384. Oats and soybean oil show modest gains in Chicago trading.
Market prices listed for various grades of beef and other goods with noted quantities and labeling. References include Grade A extra large to small, Grade B large, current receipts, cream products, and hides priced per pound.
Mr. and Mrs. William Jimenez and family of Humboldt plus Angel Espinosa Jr of Chanute will attend the Mexican Fiesta in Garden City this weekend. Mrs. Jimenez, a longtime Chanute Fiesta performer, is slated to sing the latest Mexican songs on the program.
Brenda Laurie an 11 year old daughter of Mr and Mrs J D Laurie of 1006 N Grant won a grand prize puzzle contest from a Wichita firm earning a complete home library package including 15 volume Child Craft set and a 20 volume World Book Encyclopedia collection.
Ed North underwent surgery at Mercy Hospital in Fort Scott on Thursday and has been a patient since Monday. He is reported recovering satisfactorily.
The Annual Village Creek Homecoming will be held at Village Creek Center on September 14 for former members teachers families and friends. A covered dish dinner will start at noon bring table service and a basket dinner.
The Big Creek Methodist church will return to the winter schedule starting Sunday. Worship is at 9 30 a m and Sunday school at 10 30.
Missionary Laura Pape will discuss her work among Africans at the First Assembly of God on 3rd and Forest with doors opening at 7 PM. The Rev. John O Bannon of Churches of God in Kansas will also speak at the local church on 4th and Kansas at 7 PM with special Baker family music. A minor traffic crash near Main and Lincoln involved Steve Atkins and Bob Barnett reporting damage to a motorcycle and a car.
Enrollment totals 486 for the unified district with 189 students at Midway and 134 at Altoona. New offerings include aviation course, chemistry in alternating years, zoology second semester, world geography and Spanish. Facilities add two rooms for music and language, football lights, and staff updates. The Four County League organizes music and athletics with Midway's Ray Hames as president and Don Krouse as secretary-treasurer.
Chanute Recreation Commission announces two adult programs starting next week. Adults may enroll by calling the Recreation Department at the Launching Pad HE 1-4199. Golf lessons cost $2 for six weeks, led by Tony Lockyear at Byers Tulakes course with indoor options. women's tennis, led by Helen Anderson at Highland Park, is free.
TOPEKA RP Specifications for repair of the tornado damaged statehouse roof are being revised. Bids on the work were to be opened Thursday, but bidders reported damage not listed in the original specifications. Additional time is necessary to prepare new specifications.
Jim Barnett of 1408 S Central reported the loss or theft of license tag NO 5360 from a 1962 Chevrolet station wagon. The report lists the tag and the reporting party in a local police update. Nearby notices mention births and unusual sweet potato specimens in Austin road area with hints of weather effects and community curiosity.
Five junior college students from North eastern Oklahoma A&M College at Miami were killed when their car crashed on the Will Rogers Turnpike 13 miles east of Claremore after leaving a Tulsa football game. Victims include Robert Perez and Michael Ellis from Pawnee and Chenango Fork respectively, Ben son Badgley of Keyes, Everett Skidgel of Pawnee, and Michael Shaul of Binghamton. The truck driver Doyle Snyder of Pittsburg, Kan. was hospitalized with internal injuries.
Television mini cameras measuring 15 by 3 by 4.5 inches are being tested by NASA for potential installation on spacecraft and satellites.
Mrs Mamie Dunham Baird 96 former Chanute resident died Thursday in Kansas City Kansas Born February 6 1870 in Leavenworth she taught in Chanute schools and was a private music teacher for 50 years She retired in 1945 and lived in Wichita then moved to Kansas City in 1963 Survivors include two daughters and five great grandchildren Services at First Methodist Church Sunday evening body lies in state Memorial Monday at 2 pm with burial at Elmwood Cemetery
Mrs. Pearl Babcock, 85, of Iola, died Thursday morning after hospitalization at Allen County Hospital. Funeral services set for Saturday at 2 p.m. at Waugh Funeral Home, Iola, with burial in Geneva Cemetery.
The funeral service for Mrs. Pearl Peyton occurred Wednesday afternoon at Gibson-Koch Funeral Home with Rev. Robert Giezentan officiating. Mrs. Finney led The Lord's Prayer and O Master Let Me Walk With Thee, backed by Mrs. Peterson on Brahms Lullaby. Flowers arranged by Paulen Moeller and Grace Boman. Bearers included Carl Schickhardt, John Hargrave, O H Bates, Harold Snyder, Grant Wilson, Ford Johnson. Burial followed at Elmwood Cemetery with Gibson-Koch Chapel in charge.
Chauncey promotes the Air and Space 18 A gyroplane as safer and easier to fly than a helicopter with 180 horsepower, two seats, 500 pound payload, 2 hour fuel range, and flight capability from 27 to 100 mph. See it for field calls and point-to-point transport.
Wall Street traded a mixed course in late afternoon activity as investors weighed President Johnsons proposed anti inflation program. Volume neared 5.2 million shares while airlines recovered from early losses and high priced glamour stocks resurfaced in a scrambled session.
The National Geographic reports a single 1934 storm displaced about 300 million tons of soil from overplowed prairie lands across the United States.
Police arrested Donald E Bri ley of West 4th last night on a contempt of court attachment from Wyandotte county district court. He was held overnight at the city jail for delivery to county authorities today after failing to comply with a court order.
Pratt Kansas AP reports a special teal season opens at sunrise tomorrow with hunting expected to be good according to the Kansas Forestry Fish and Game Commission.
The commission opens recreation events tonight at the Launching Pad 7 to 10 with junior high students urged to pay 25 cent yearly membership. A two part dance series begins tomorrow 8:30 to 11:30 p.m. at Central Park Building featuring B C and the Cavemen from Coffeyville. Admission applies to seniors juniors and college students with Bermuda shorts and slacks accepted and blue jeans banned per youth director Ray Zu malt.
The Very Rev John McLaughlin archdeacon of the Episcopal Diocese of Kansas will be celebrant at Holy Communion and deliver the sermon at 10 a.m. Sunday at Grace Episcopal Church. He serves as administrative officer of the Diocese of Kansas with headquarters in Topeka.
Chanute Tribune announces staff roles with publisher Dwight McCreight news editor John Hovorka and advertising manager Fay D. Cippine. It lists subscription rates for in and out of trade territories, Chanute post office boxholders, and carrier delivery, reflecting local newspaper economics.
Daily Transcript records Neosho Memorial Hospital admissions and dismissals for Thursday including Mrs. John Arnett surgery and Mrs. Walter Treloggen surgery. Also lists Temple Paul medical and Julia Hosack medical, with several additional admissions and dismissals and a section on marriage licenses.
A note instructs to contact the Tribune by phone or, if unavailable, dial HE 1 3400 after 6 p.m. The text provides a routing method for reaching the carrier when the main line is unreachable.
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