Local Markets Prices and Receipts Summary
Markets report mixed dairy and hide prices with varied cream grades listed. Receipts show small lots and large quantities. hides traded at 10 cents per pound with glue hides noted.
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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1968
Page
4
Markets report mixed dairy and hide prices with varied cream grades listed. Receipts show small lots and large quantities. hides traded at 10 cents per pound with glue hides noted.
The Ad Valorem Tax Reduction Fund distributed 98 250 000 to counties with Allen receiving 44 670 38 Neosho 46 331 01 Wilson 41 066 01 and Woodson 18 276 09 on Sept 15 by the state Treasurer.
David Lee Lawless son of Mrs Pete Stockebrand among 48 students on the all A honor roll for the summer semester at Kansas State College of Pittsburg. Lawless a Yates Center High graduate is teaching at Fort Scott High School.
Mrs Kari E Jones of Tulsa is visiting Mrs Paul Villepiqne at 202 East Fourth and other friends nearby.
YATES CENTER The Woodson county home economics judging team tied for ninth place in the Mid-America Fair contest in Topeka with 45 teams entered. Members include Linda Morton alternate Arlene Leis Susie Massoth and Linda Ferree of the Durand Busy Bee 4H club. Accompanied by Mary Lee Edwards the county EH economist.
Larry Benteman harvested the first mile of grain from his Owl Creek farm east of Yates Center. The sample showed 15 percent moisture and yielded over 88 bushels per acre.
The funeral services for Mrs. Bessie Ansell were held in Johnson Chapel with Rev. Bert Sutton officiating. Burial followed in Elmwood Cemetery. Robert C. Greer’s rites were held in Johnson Chapel with Dr. Duff Wagoner presiding and Masonic Lodge members bearing and honor bearing at the grave in Mt. Moriah Cemetery Savonburg.
Philadelphia reports an exact fare plan to reduce robberies. SEPTA, acquiring the transit company, approves the system requiring exact fares or redemption slips for change. Passengers pay into a locked cash box, and the plan operates 24 hours daily.
In Ketchikan Alaska the Rollog family treats Friday the 13th as ordinary. Jerry Rollog marked his 31st birthday on a Friday the 13th. his son and father also share the date, celebrating without superstition.
Kansas State University industrial engineer Stephan Konz tested 24 fraternity members driving a 11.6 mile route on a controlled course to gauge how background music affects driving behavior. Using a driveometer, results showed upbeat Tijuana Brass increased minor steering, while fastest speeds came with slow music. no music raised wandering distance by 50 feet. He cautioned that effects are small and define good driving remains unclear.
A team from M I T Harvard Medical School Massachusetts General Hospital and Liberty Mutual developed battery powered arms controlled by muscle impulses. In tests Rudolph Paquin and Park Rand Jr praised easier use and greater capability. The device weighs about 5 pounds with a limb weight near two pounds and aims for under 1000 dollars with mass production.
In Marquette Northern Michigan University housing official Jack Kunkel recalls a freshman who mistook NMU for Eastern Michigan. The student realized the error after orientation line remark and left, noting Eastern Michigan is about 500 miles south in Ypsilanti.
Mystic Fire District alarms superintendent reports four boxes revealed two sets of hornets one ant colony and one mice nest. Wildlife removed wiring chewed by mice replaced and boxes restored to working order.
A compact appeal to advertisers to employ generous white space in their ads to attract attention, improve readability, and create a bold visual impact. The note emphasizes clarity of message and clean layout to maximize effect.
Alcott PTA met Tuesday introducing teachers from kindergarten to sixth grade and listing officers and chairmen. A bean supper was voted for September 20. Midway PTA opened with Star Spangled Banner, flag salute, devotions by Mrs. Kenneth Nelson, band performances, and a talk by Trooper Marion Cox on delinquency.
Daily Transcript notes Neosho Memorial Hospital visitors allowed 2 to 4 pm and 6 30 to 8 pm. Census lists 60 patients including adults and pediatrics with four babies. Friday admissions include George Gamble 407 E Main medical Mrs George Resh 1115 N Santa Fe medical, Mrs Merle Young 606 N Highland medical, Ronald Hudson Humboldt medical. Friday dismissals include Earl Reinhardt R 3 Mrs Ida White 219 W 4th Mrs Lawrence Meyers R 4 and Mrs I O Minniear 324 S Rutter. Dismissal today Eldee Jones 60 W Main.
YATES CENTER The Woodson County Grange held its Delegate Convention and officer election Friday night in the courthouse. Officers elected include Charles Lewis master and Elizabeth Clawson lecturer with Elizabeth Baursfeld as Pomona and Esther Baursfeld as Flora. Howard was chosen as Kansas State Grange delegate and Leonard Baursfeld as agricultural convention delegate for Topeka.
Airman Samuel P. Martinez AF 16959344 was injured in a car bus accident Sept 1 in Taiwan China and is in traction at the U S Army Hospital APO 96331 Okinawa He suffered a broken leg and other injuries and expects three to four months hospitalization Martinez a 1964 Cha nute High School graduate parents Mr and Mrs M C Martinez reside 1007 N Lincoln
Fireman William F. Matlock USN 20 son of Mr and Mrs Paul Matlock Chanute serves aboard the heavy cruiser USS St Paul off South Vietnam during the ship's third combat cruise to Vietnam. Crewmen fired more than 40000 rounds of ammunition as the ship provided naval gunfire support to U S and allied troops near the DMZ.
Fireman James E. Stover USN 21 son of Mr and Mrs August Stover R 1 serves aboard the repair ship USS Jason AR operating with the Seventh Fleet The Jason provides repair facilities to handle jobs that cannot readily be handled in a shipyard due to location or schedule
Humboldt visit by Sgt Allen Oliphant from Tripoli Libya 18 months. He will be stationed at Reese Air Force Base Lubbock Texas with wife and grandparents in Bartlesville. Also Larry Wal kins Navy furlough returns to San Diego en route to Hawaii then Vietnam. grandson of Mrs Ethel Gibson. parents Mr and Mrs Wayne Wolkins of Fredonia.
The notice outlines regular classified ad deadlines with a 1 am cutoff for standard ads and a noon deadline for the Friday preceding weekend editions. It notes exceptions apply to all play classified ads.
United School Dist 101 lists meals for Erie lunchroom. Monday features goulash cheese cubes celery green beans hot rolls butter and milk. Tuesday offers ham and beans sliced tomatoes mixed fruit bread butter and milk. Thursday serves barbeque beef on homemade buns buttered potatoes carrot sticks strawberry banana jello and milk. Friday presents grilled cheese sandwiches sweet pickle chips buttered peas and carrots apple crisp orange juice and milk.
Dr W W Holland Webelos leader and Jack Klingler cub master guided seven Webelos to Timber Lake north of here for rowing lessons and wildflower searches. Five Den 2 members and their den mother enjoyed a bicycle hike and bug collection, with refreshments on return. Den 4 under Margie Cox worked on miniature dragon projects and played games, with refreshments.
Southeast Kansas county officials will hold their fall meeting at the Neosho county courthouse in Erie on Oct. 10. About 150 county government representatives from 17 counties are expected. A prior meeting of county commissioners and engineers will address road programs at the highway office building.
In the District Court of Neosho County Kansas Chanute, Margaret Osborn seeks to quiet title to The West Half of NW ¼ and SE ¼ of NW ¼ in Section 29 and NE ¼ of NE ¼ in Section 30, Township 27, Range 19. Defendants include Elijah Sales Aurora Oil and Gas and others. Pleading due by October 21, 1963 in Chanute Memorial Building courtroom. failure triggers further decree.
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