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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1966
Page
2
AP reports cattle numbers at 2000 with cows strong to 25 higher and steers and heifers in the 23.50 to 26.00 range. Hogs at 3500 show barrows and gilts 25 lower while sows rise 25 to 50. sheep with lambs steady to 25 higher, prices 23.00 to 24.00 for prime and choice. Butter and eggs unchanged in Chicago market.
U.S. price ranges for ParsonS hogs and sows, boars, and stags, with cattle and veal categories, including grain fed steers, heifers, stocker calves, and calves. Veals, cows, bulls, and sheep show varied price bands by grade and weight, from prime to utility and cull categories.
Kansas City reports wholesale egg prices with large eggs at 80 percent strength for A 47 to 49 and medium eggs at 80 percent strength for A 45 to 44. Butter prices remain unchanged.
Market listings show Egg grades with prices ranging from 0.20 to 0.48 per unit for various sizes. Current receipts list additional dairy items and a note on cream quality. Hides are quoted at 10 cents per pound with glue hides also mentioned.
Chicago Grain markets show wheat closing 2 to 3 cents higher with September at 1.91 and soybeans advancing 4 to 5 cents to 3.23 in September. Corn up about 4 cents to 1.54, oats up 7 to 9 cents, rye up about 2 to 3 cents with September near 1.28.
AP reports a grain price bulletin with Wheat at 4-1s higher and 99 cars. Corn up to 2 higher with No 2 white 1.50-1.58 and No 3 1.40-1.57. Oats up with No 2 white 78-80 and No 3 77-79. Mile maize 2.09-2.50. Rye 1.16-1.21. Barley 1.15-1.20. Soybeans 3.08-3.16. Sacked bran 50.00-75 and sacked shorts 53.50-54.25.
Wall Street moved higher this afternoon as investors digested early profit taking. Trading was moderate with about 5.2 million shares changing hands, down from Tuesday's 6.87 million. Glamour stocks rebounded, with airlines and aerospace firms leading a broad rise in office equipment, oils, and drugs.
Visitors in Urbana attend Terri Daneen Dunivant birthday party. Funeral services for Fred Hammer held in Chanute. Local residents share weekend travels and family visits across Iola Grand Prairie Tex Lawrence Missouri Arkansas. Freddie Osborn dismissed from Neosho Memorial Hospital and convalesces at home. Roger Fickel attends Fort Hays State College. Roy Triplett and Shirley Triplett make local visits and trips.
Multiple obituary items list survivors, birthplaces, and service times. Zella Dunivant, Parsons sister-in-law to Roy Dannelley, dies. memorials for Marie E. Baker. Gaylon C. Blotz of Grand Rapids dies while visiting Chanute. services by Johnson Chapel and Potts Funeral Home. Other notices include Anna Huston of Oklahoma City, James L. Norris of Walnut, and Len B Herod of Erie with funeral details and burial plans at local cemeteries.
The Chanute Tribune lists staff roles including Dwight McCreight as publisher and John Hovorka as news editor. It also outlines subscription prices for in and out of trade territory and Chanute/post office boxholders, plus carrier rates and AP affiliation details.
An airplane at 120 mph swooped over Sussex County Airport to snag parachutist Charles Alexander with a hook device after an initial miss. The 27 year old engineer was saved from a dangerous fall, demonstrating a potential method to recover downed pilots to prevent enemy capture.
Instructions urge callers to reach Tribune via carrier and provide an after-hours number HE 1 3400 for evening contact after 6 p.m. The terse notice emphasizes contacting through the specified line when the main number is unavailable.
The note mentions Ton, three granddaughters, one grandson, and one sister Mrs. Margaret Miller of Erie, outlining a small family roster in the region.
The Jones funeral for Alta Ethel Jones was held Tuesday afternoon at Gibson Koch Chapel with Rev. Bert Sutton officiating. Altar flowers by a group including Mrs. Clifford Deay and Mrs. A. B. Chauncey. Burial in Elmwood Cemetery. A second service for Roy J. Chapple followed in Gibson Koch Chapel with Rev. Robert Giezentanner presiding. Mrs. D. A. Finney and Mrs. Dave Petterson sang The Lord's Prayer. bearers included John Hargraves, A. B. Chauncey, and others.
Daily Transcript lists admissions and dismissals for Tuesday including Ella Jewell Mrs Ray Elrod William Schouten and Roger Findahl with surgeries and medical stays. Birth announced for William Gericke's family. Police court action Ronald Wiltse cited for careless driving with a $15 bond. Fire runs noted with locations and times.
The weather bureau via the Associated Press reports a rain bearing front moved south across Kansas overnight. Readings in Concordia area include Munden 2.50 inches with hail Mankato 0.80, Washington 1.21, Had dam 0.73 and Chanute 1.76 Altoona 1.40 Oswego 1.35 Trading Post 1.20 Olathe 1.25. Forecasters expect a few showers southeast Kansas this afternoon with a mostly partly cloudy pattern through Thursday.
J. E. Pallesen said Kansas crop and livestock data and farm price statistics are issued for 94 years. The reporting service is jointly run by the Kansas State Board of Agriculture and the U S Department of Agriculture. The U S Department of Agriculture reports a century of service this year.
Business leaders testifying before the House Ways and Means Committee split on President Johnsons anti inflation agenda. Some urged exemptions or cautioned over tax credit suspensions while others urged rapid reductions in federal spending. The U S Chamber opposed suspensions as ineffective while Senate Republicans touted a bigger spending cut plan.
Harold M. Koch, a former Roman Catholic priest from Chicago, has refused contact with U.S. Embassy staff in Moscow. He appeared on Moscow TV to announce his defection to the Soviet Union in protest against the Vietnam War.
Senate Republican leader Everett Dirksen said no to President Johnson’s civil rights bill after a White House conference. Dirksen called the answer a loud emphatic no and suggested Johnson did not press hard enough. Mansfield said he would decide after a Senate vote on cloture.
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