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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1968
Page
4
In Kansas City trading, cattle and calves totaled 6,700 with feeder steers at 530 to 600 pounds from 27.30 to 98.70, others from 24.90 to 26.20 for 650 to 850 pounds. Hogs at 6,000 head with barrows and gilts 215 to 240 pounds at 19.35 to 19.50 and 200 to 265 pounds at 19.00 to 25. Sheep run 200 with spring lambs at 25.00 to 26.00 and prime at 26.50.
Wholesale eggs show large 80 percent A at 39 to 43 cents a dozen and mediums 38 to 41 cents. Butter unchanged grade A in 1 pound blocks at 79 to 80 cents.
AP price table notes butter grades AA A and B with scores 93 69 92 69 90 67 percent 89 61 and 90 B 684 89 C 63 in the dairy section. Eggs show eighties and above with whites mediums standards checks 25.
Chicago grain prices showed mixed movement with soybeans down while wheat opened slightly lower and corn ranged narrowly. The report notes slight declines across the board with November contracts displaying modest losses.
Grade A Extra Large eggs priced at 0.40 per unit. The listing notes current market pricing and availability for shoppers.
The New York market kept rising in heavy turnover with many issues up more than a point and advances outnumbering declines by about 300. First hour volume was a record setup, easing later, as inflation fears rose on living cost data and economists projected expansion through 1969 despite a late year dip. The Dow stood at 940.33 after two hours, up 2.05.
DailyTranscript reports visiting hours 2 to 4 pm and 6 30 to 8 pm and a census of 57 adults and pediatrics with three babies. Admissions include Mrs Spencer Brandon and Mrs Alice Holtzman, Barbara Middleton and James E Bailey. Dismissals include Mrs Charles S Young and daughter, Mrs Mina Deay, Mrs Meta Irwin, and Edward Gefert. Police Court actions: James E Bailey pleaded guilty to careless driving and was fined 100 dollars, jailed 15 days, paroled, with until Oct 1 to pay. Richard D Horn pleaded guilty to speeding. Dale Hardesty found guilty of careless driving and running a red light, fined 25 dollars.
Gov. Docking announced a $14 million Rural Electrification Administration loan for a Garden City Kansas power plant to serve western Kansas. The Sunflower Group will own the plant with Electric Cooperative of Scott City managing. cooperatives in Wheatland Norton Decatur Lane Scott Digton Western Keeney Great Plains Colby Ulysses Dodge City and Bird City will receive power. A certificate of convenience and necessity from the Kansas Corporation Commission is still required.
Henry King of New York president of the U S Brewers Association will address the Kansas retail Liquor Dealers Association at its three day annual convention beginning Friday. Brewers and beer distributors will be among those attending.
Chrysler Corp reduced its 1969 price boost to about 1.8 percent or $52 per car after White House criticism. Ford matched GM with roughly 1.6 percent increases, while GM had approved a $49 per car rise. Presidents Johnson and advisers had challenged Chrysler's earlier 2.9 percent hike.
Erie Kiwanis held a fish fry at Country Kitchen with 22 members plus guests. State Rep. Henry Watkins presented slides from his People to People trip to Peru Paraguay and Brazil for the program. Sam Wood served as program chairman.
Obituary items report the death of M. Sgt. Ralph Hollis Jr at George Air Force Base California with services at the Christian church and military burial at Lakeview cemetery. Additional notices include the death of Dr. Joseph Wheatly nephew of Dr. Ernest Roe in Chicago, the Rev. Avi Gaddis in West Plains Missouri, and the Carlson funeral at Otterbein United Methodist Church with burial in Colfax cemetery. Funeral arrangements are led by local mortuaries Pierce Erie and Neil Schwinson Mortuary Clay Center.
Memorial services for Francis Milton Kirkpatrick were held at Otterbein United Methodist Church with Rev. William Baldwin officiating. Burial followed in Memorial Park. Mrs Newt Cherem and Mrs George Taylor with Grace Boman sang two selections. Flowers cared for by Mr and Mrs Orville Funk. Honorary casket bearers were Men's class members Perry Swan Earl Wertz John Oglesbee Buck Radar Frank Percy and Frank Fackler. Active bearers were H D Ewing Lloyd Taylor Harry Johnson Claude Wilkins Sam Yockey and Bill Yockey. Gibson Koch Chapel directed arrangements.
Mr and Mrs Rosco Offen backers from Buffalo along with Mr and Mrs William Cline of R 4 and Mr and Mrs Henry Alford of 801 W Chestnut returned from the national World War I Veterans convention at the Jung Hotel New Orleans They toured Arkansas Mississippi and Louisiana en route and took a bus tour of New Orleans On the return trip they visited Galveston Bay crossed by ferry and visited the Astrodome in Houston.
The island of Timor is described as the most eastern island in the archipelago that includes Sumatra Bali and Java.
Desmond I. Donnelly, Pembroke Labor MP, warns of intensified Soviet naval activity around Britain. He accuses the government of disarming sea power to appease leftists, citing 25 cruisers and 100 destroyers with 55 nuclear-powered ships and plans for more carriers.
Congress approves a 14.57 billion money bill for the President's housing plan. The Veterans Administration receives 6.97 billion, NASA about 4 billion, model cities 625 million, urban renewal 750 million, and rent subsidies 30 million, all totaling roughly half of the President's 10 year goal.
Police officer Gary Douglas sustained a minor leg injury when a car exiting an alley struck his motorcycle in a motorcade to the International Airport. Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey rushed to Douglas to offer comfort. The auto driver was not cited.
A Sedgwick County jury awarded $415,962 to the survivors of Guy Garst who was killed when an earthmover at Glen Elder Dam struck him. John Roy Benton and Jerry Hancock received $62,985 and $25,962 respectively for injuries. Defendants were General Motors Corp and Euclid Road Machinery Co plus driver Lyle Baskin.
Margaret McConville, hired as a cleaner at Radio Merseyside, unplugged a 3250 watt studio circuit while plugging in her vacuum. The broadcast went dead for about 15 minutes until she reconnected power and the station returned to air. Studio manager Michael Hancock said listeners were informed a technical hitch.
In 1933, automotive design shifted to standardize low pressure balloon tires across American cars. The change affected production lines and consumer expectations as industry practices evolved.
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