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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1968
Page
4
AP reports cattle at 2 000 with steers 27.00 to 28.00, hogs 3 600 with various weight ranges priced 17.7 to 20.00 per hundredweight, breakfast eggs and butter prices for wholesale egg grades and butter. Continuous market notes reflect mixed demand and price levels across beef, pork, eggs, and dairy products.
Parson s hogs and cattle prices show bids across categories. Hogs range from 9.00 to 19.60 dollars by weight and grade. Cattle and calves include grain fed steers and heifers up to 27.00, creep fed calves 23.00 to 25.50, stockers 19.00 to 33.00, yearlings 24.00 to 28.00, and cows 11.00 to 22.00 with bulls 18.00 to 25.00. Sheep list finishes lambs and ewes with prices from 4.50 to 24.00.
Live poultry roasters fetch 24 12 to 26 2 cents per pound and special fed white rock fryers range 20 to 22 1/2 cents. The report notes current wholesale pricing and market activity in Chicago.
AP lists Chicago grain quotes with Wheat No 2 hard yellow at 1.24 n per bushel, No 2 soft red at 1.21 n, Corn No 2 yellow 1.082 n, No 5 yellow 1.20 n, Oats No 2 extra heavy white 61.4 n, Soybeans No 1 yellow 2.6954 n.
The stock market moved unevenly down in early trading as losses slightly outweigh gains. The Dow fell 1.19 to 923.79 by noon while the AP average held at 341.8 with little change in industrials rails and utilities.
Obituaries note C N Clough 72 of Buffalo with service in Christian Church, survivors include widow two daughters and nine grandchildren. Edna Hart 79 of Fort Worth remembered for Hart Oil Royalties and charitable gifts. memorial service held in Fort Worth. S E Gibson 84 of rural St Paul died after illness. funeral in Gibson Koch Chapel. Effie J McBee Erie 101 with multiple children and grandchildren. services at Erie Full Gospel Tabernacle. Robert Greer 83 formerly of Neodesha and Leanna, died in Winchester after 13 months illness. long-time merchant career noted.
Survivors include wife at home, one daughter Mrs. Myron Leonard of Perry, three grandchildren, two great grandchildren, and brother Alfred H. Greer of Neodesha. Memorial at Johnson Chapel 2 p.m. Thursday. Burial in Savonburg. Friends may call 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at Johnson Mortuary.
The funeral service for Margaret Anna Stoll was held Tuesday morning in Gibson-Koch Chapel with Rev. Dale Sneeringer officiating. Mrs. Dale Fairchild and Mrs. Wilma Hutchison sang Beautiful Isle and Rock of Ages, accompanied by Mrs. Palmer Forslund. Bearers were Robert Shultz, George Shultz, Lawrence Shultz, Earl Shultz, Vernon Shultz and Melvin Shultz. Burial followed at Swede Center Cemetery.
The Daily Transcript reports visiting hours 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 30 to 8 p.m. The hospital census lists 66 patients including adults and pediatrics and one baby. Monday admissions include Mrs Merta Irwin 19 N Kansas medical Mrs I O Minniear 324 S Rutter medical Mrs John Griffith Humboldt surgery Mrs Earl Wilson 1501 S Ashby medical. Dismissals include Daniel Cooper 19 S Plummer Mrs William Cunningham and daughter Cherryvale Harry Salzwe del 215 S Evergreen. Today admission Vester Robinson 1011 W 7th medical. Police Court action Charles A Born Parsons in toxication arrested 11 05 last night held pending disposition.
Mr and Mrs Hugo Larson of 1409 West Main hosted weekend visitors including Harold Alan Rodney and Anita Larson from Hoisington. A family reunion and picnic occurred in Iola Riverside Park on Saturday with guests from Hudson Chanute and more. An accident at Main and Plummer at 5 p m involved a 1964 Cadillac driven by Richard R McMinimy and a 1964 Dodge pickup driven by Henry Wittich causing estimated damages of 100 and 40 dollars respectively.
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Erie High School Future Farmers of America earned third in overall displays at the Mid-America Fair Farm Mechanics exhibit in Topeka. Terry Theising was reserve champion in repair projects aboard a tractor overhauls. Don Taylor placed sixth in individual construction with a squeezer shoot. Joe Phelps John Phelps Dwight Baldwin and Theising accompanied by sponsor Ken Buttin traveled to Topeka Saturday.
Erie High School students Rebecca Long Lois VanCleave and Mrs Lois Carlson attended the Mid-America Fair in Topeka with home improvements clothing and foods divisions. Other students Royce Edwards Judy Tipping Dwight Baldwin and younger Sterling Hudson Mike Kennedy joined Vern Lohmann farm agent for livestock and dairy judging today.
Ninety five members and guests attended the Chanute Chapter 42nd Rainbow Veterans gathering at the Tioga Hotel. The program opened with invocation and flag salute, followed by magic acts by Harvey Rhodes. Guests included Capt. Hugh MacLean and national officers, with remarks by Mrs. Butts and Velma Parham.
State Rep Henry Watkins spoke at the Lions Club regular meeting last night at the Orchid Buffet. He used slides to recount a recent trip to Peru and Brazil.
Unified School District 413 reports total enrollment of 2 706, up from 2 670 last year. NCCJC stands at 255 with 17 nursing students plus evening classes. St Patrick's School 120. Total combined enrollment reaches 3 071 with elementary 1 380, down 13 from last year.
Vogel the Air Force Week chairman attended as the city council signed for the Air Force’s 21st anniversary as a separate service to be observed Sept 18. Officials discussed a four year surface water drainage problem at George Lightfoot’s 502 West Hayes property and plan installation to ease it though heavy rain will still overflow. The council approved an exception to zoning to place a mobile home at Walter Aday’s 1315 South Evergreen lot, with neighbor consent. A relocation site for the Highland Park Softball diamond was tentatively approved to allow Kustom Electronics expansion, funded by the firm. Santa Fe freight agent George Strauch noted potential industrial site use on about 70 acres, expressing railroad collaboration interest. Rev Robert Greene gave invocation at the session tied to a public hearing on minimum structure standards housing code.
Kansas traffic death log counts three deaths in the 24 hours ending 9 am Tuesday and lists nine fatalities for September and 422 for 1968. The report notes two earlier fatalities not previously reported and compares with 464 deaths in the 1967 period.
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