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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1963
Page
2
AP reports steady to lower selling in cattle and hogs at Kansas City. Cattle slaughter classes mostly unchanged with some declines. hogs down 25 to 50 cents. sheep lambs steady and feeder lambs scarce. eggs and cream prices listed. hides and glue prices noted.
Livestock prices show varied bids across hogs cattle calves and sheep. Hogs 190-270 pounds mostly 13.00 to 13.75 with sows and bears listed, cattle steady with several weight classes, calves and stockers priced 16.00 to 32.00, yearlings and bulls quoted, sheep market steady with lambs and ewes priced.
AP reports consumer eggs unchanged with wholesale prices for medium 80 percent A at 30-32 cents and large 80 percent A also unchanged. Poultry and butter hold steady. Missouri and Arkansas live fryers and broilers quoted at farm 14-14, plant delivery 142-15 percent.
Chicago AP reports butter prices steady with minor dips, mixed grades at 34, 30, 31 and 29 cents. Live poultry unchanged to higher with roasters at 26 to 27 cents and special red white rock fryers at 20 to 22 cents.
Shih from Bangkok spoke at First Baptist exploring Thailand with colored slides. A Central Baptist Seminary student from Kansas City was a weekend guest with local missionaries the Worleys. Shih plans to finish theology studies and return to Thailand this summer.
Grain report shows no wheat or soybean sales. Corn No 2 yellow at 1.20 1/4 to 1.23 1/2, oats heavy at 74. Soybean oil 9% bushel. Barley options 1.23 to 1.30, feed 1.00 to 1.08. Wheat unchanged to 1/2 cent lower, May 2.06 3/4. Corn May 1.16 1/2, oats May 69 1/2 cents, rye May 1.27, soybeans May 2.55 7/8 to 2.60.
Wall Street pulled back from an early rally as news spread that a federal grand jury indicted steel companies on price fixing charges. Trading slowed with mixed prices and about 4.4 million shares that day, after an earlier rise toward February recovery highs.
Fourteen members attended a Chanute Association of Life Underwriters meeting at the Silver Grill. They discussed Life Insurance Week April 6 13 the Kansas Association Sales Congress in Salina and the Southeast Kansas Sales Congress in Chanute in October. Members voted to hold future regular meetings on the third Wednesday of each month from 7:30 to 9 a.m. at the Silver Grill.
Robert Goldsberry, 33, of Garden City Kansas, was sentenced to 20 to 42 years in prison after pleading guilty to a $43 holdup in Larned. Judge Maurice A Wildgen imposed the term under the habitual criminal act due to prior felony convictions. Goldsberry, a former Larned resident, was arrested March 7 after a labor store robbery in Larned.
Cedar Lodge No. 103 will meet in Stated Communication Wednesday April 3 at 7 30 p m Work in 3rd Degree Refreshments Visiting Brethren welcome Millard W Drisdell W M Jay T Klinginsmith Secy
The board narrowed coaching job applicants to four with more interviews planned. It approved sending Rural School District No. 44 students to Chanute for 18 dollars per month, maintained existing scholarships, and granted a 200 raise for Dean of Women Mariam Mih. Plans include a regional Kansas Association of School Boards meeting, United Fund success, and new athletic behavior standards with automatic penalties. A Sunday practice ban was approved and summer classes announced, along with projected major expenditures on facilities and equipment at local schools.
Frank A. Stover 23 of 906 S Grant and Mrs. Ford Daniels 71 of 716 N Steuben were in a 12 25 p m collision at Main and Lincoln when Daniels rear ended Stover who had stopped for traffic light changes. Damages: Stover rear $100 Daniels front $50. A separate minor bump occurred when Evelyn Lovett 319 N Grant touched Jim Beech 309 S Rutter at Ist and Lincoln.
Wichita regents recommend May 14 as date for a special election to turn over the municipal university to the state system. If approved, Wichita State University becomes state controlled and the city would lose the physical plant valued about 17 million dollars with a continuing special levy to retire bonds.
Scout Den 2 Pack 100 led by Mrs. J. E. Erickson at 715 N. Grant held an April Fool treasure hunt for Den 2 members. Boys planted seeds for a seed growing race and played animal tag and tether ball. The meeting closed with Good night Cub Scouts.
Daily Transcript lists hospital admissions for Mrs James John Walnut and others on Monday with several Humboldt residents and dismissals including Mrs Fran ces Lantz and Mrs Marion Buckner. Also reports traffic citation for James Boerwinkie and a police court action against Jimmy Smith for stop sign violation. Fire runs recorded and Chanute district court filings involve Dinah Jones and Shores Laundry case against Model Laundry for $1,163.25.
The Wickard Mull Seed Co changes its name to Chanute Grain and Seed Co Inc effective yesterday. No personnel changes. John A Mull remains president with Lewis J Gerken as vice president and James F Cooper as secretary treasurer. The Chanute firm, established in 1871 by S A Wickard, is Chanute’s oldest business.
Mrs A D Hull 82 of 1126 Highland died Sunday at home after a long health history. Born Jan 2 1881 in Manhattan she married A D Hull in 1904 and moved to Chanute in 1917. Survived by son Charles Hull Wichita two grandchildren Jeannine Webb and Richard Hull seven great grandchildren and brother Otto McAninch Manhattan Funeral at Roy S Gibson Friday 2 pm with Rev Fred Shaw officiating Elmwood Cemetery burial Rebekah Lodge 158 memorial at grave
U S customs seized a 40 foot exile yacht Alison at North Miami Beach with two bombs and a 20 mm cannon aboard. A second boat with 17 men including Jerry Buchanan was halted at Norman's Cay and taken into custody by British police. The State Department tracked the raid and exile leaders said protests would follow. a second boat was 40 miles from the Cuban coast.
U S oil production fell about half a percent in the first quarter of 1963, the Oil and Gas Journal reports. Crude and lease condensate averaged 7,374,000 barrels per day, down 26,000 from 1962. Last week output averaged 7,465,500 barrels daily, up 2,125 from the prior week. Kansas up 900 to 316,225 and Oklahoma up 700 to 573,300.
Police search roadside ditches for a shotgun discarded by a convict friend of Regina Audette near Wichita. George McKinney, 35, captured near Ardmore Oklahoma, is charged by the FBI with a March 1 Illinois bank robbery after escaping from Leavenworth.
A 6 year old, Jackie Eugene Stewart, drowned at Kellogg Lake in Carthage Missouri after slipping from a dock while fishing with an elderly neighbor W J Graham who did not witness the accident. A fishing companion spotted the clothing snag and alerted nearby residents.
Henry Powell said the 1923 Chanute High School graduating class plans a reunion in August but several members remain unlocated. People with addresses for Corrine Allen Lothia Belsher Helen Bowen Audrey Curtis Catherine Cooper Fern Evans Carl B Nylund Don Peak Faye Wilson Blanche Green Claude Hight Delores Jenkins Clyde Lindsey Ruth McCowan Mabel Martyn Alice Neff are asked to call the Powell home.
Washington AP report notes Sen Morse demands Ne neutrality Act enforcement against refugees aiding raids on Cuba. Senators Cooper Goldwater Spar kman criticize U S stance as unstable while Khrushchev pledge disputes and Soviet missile inspections loom over policy.
Second graders from Roosevelt and Lincoln schools rode a train to Iola this morning. Roosevelt sent 21 pupils and Mrs. Jim McCoy. Lincoln sent 23 pupils and Mrs. Faye Erickson. they left Chanute at 9 30 a.m. and will return by bus.
Frank Albertini of Chetopa was appointed Labette County Commissioner to fill the unexpired term of the late Howard Brown of Oswego. Brown died March 20. Albertini, an implement dealer and Republican, was defeated in last November's election. The appointment was made by commissioners Dale Westervelt and J D Baumgardner, both Republicans.
Fire destroyed an oil and grease warehouse near Picher Oklahoma, but did not reach gasoline storage tanks at a nearby DX Sunray distributing plant two miles north of town in Kansas. Fire crews from Baxter Springs Columbus Treece Picher Commerce Miami and Quapaw battled a blaze for 90 minutes.
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