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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1963
Page
2
Kansas City cattle volumes show steady to lower action with steer and heifer prices mixed. hogs drop with barrows and gilts down and sows lower. sheep sell higher on slaughter lambs and good ewes. Chicago notes no wheat or grain sales and mixed fruit oil and barley quotes.
Hogs rise with U S No 1 2 190 240 lb at 14.00 to 14.25 dollars, high choice 14.50, sows 11.50 12.50, bears 8.00 9.50. Cattle steady with grain fed steers 600 700 lb 22.00 23.50, 700 900 lb 21.90 22.00, calves 23.00 24.00, stock calves 28.00 32.00, yearlings 21.00 25.00. Sheep steady with spring lambs under 90 lb 20.00, heavier 17.50 down, cull 10.00 down. Bulls and bulla noted.
Wall Street advanced late in the session as profit taking faded. Volume reached about 5.4 million shares, with miners and lead steels firming on price rise announcements from Armco. U.S. Steel recovered from a small early loss and posted a solid gain amid a generally higher market. Bond activity was quiet with corporate issues easing slightly.
Police issued a reckless driving summons to Jim Neyhard of Reeds Spring Missouri after a Saturday night chase in which his car reached 70 mph. Neyhard posted a 25 dollar bond to forfeit.
Obituary notices list multiple deaths and funerals across Chanute Humboldt and Thayer. Included are Joe Eaton 82, born 1880 Galesburg, Evangelical United Brethren member. Earl Mosier 73, Chanute native and Santa Fe worker. Edith Marie Winder. Charlotte W. Kimerling 66 Humboldt. Arthur P. Garricke. Kerry Eugene Fullerton. Gilbert M. Williams. services held at Robison Koch-Skinner Johnson and other local chapels with burial in Mount Hope Elmwood Memorial Park and Jolly Cemetery. Three families mourn in a single notice with memorials and church affiliations noted.
Kansas City AP reports consumer eggs unchanged while wholesale large eggs stay at 80 per cent A 28-30 and medium at 80 per cent A 25-28. Poultry and butter prices also unchanged.
Chicago market report shows butter and eggs remaining unchanged while wholesale live poultry prices shift within a narrow range. Roasters offered at 24 to 25 and special fed white rock fryers 20 to 20.2 cents per pound.
New York AP Dina Merrill seeks more of her late father Charles Post's estate in Nassau County Surrogate Court. The actress argues the will omits her three children from his fortune valued at over 3.8 million dollars. Merrill, born Nedenia Hutton Rumbough, is married to Stanley M. Rumbough.
Wheat prices show slight declines with 80 cars traded across grades No 2 hard and dark hard and No 3. No 2 red quoted around 2.33 to 2.46. Corn holds steady at 41 cars with No 2 yellow and mixed quoted 1.17 to 1.23. Rye at 1.10 to 1.25, soybeans 2.51 to 2.56, oats unchanged. barley 1.07 to 1.11, bran 35.75 to 36.50, shorts 35.25 to 36.00.
Ralph Rice Jr. won the Chanute Optimist Club boys oratorical contest held in the junior college Little Theater. Bill Hutchison took second and Bill Waggoner third. Winners received trophies and Rice advances to the zone contest in Pittsburg on April 27 with the chance to reach Salina Dallas and Toronto for a $1,000 international scholarship.
About 4 000 troops of the U S Army stationed in West Berlin started their annual four day spring maneuver at dawn. In Congo Premier Adoula reshuffles cabinet to draw in opposition, UN reports halt of tribal fighting at Jadotville with about 50 dead. In Iran nine more tribesmen are killed resisting land reform and arms surrender. In Nepal Everest expedition plans final assault between April 20 and 30 with six climbers to attempt summit.
An Army H13 helicopter crashed near the east edge of Turtle Creek reservoir injuring pilot Warrant Officer Billy H. Kahr and civilian Leland A. Brown. They were searching for Jerry Welsh, a Manhattan businessman who drowned April 7 after falling from a fishing boat. The craft settled in about four feet of water.
An unidentified man leaped from a retaining wall above the Horseshoe Falls in Niagara Falls Ontario and was swept over the falls. Police said hundreds of sightseers witnessed the incident.
Gov. William L. Guy of North Dakota faced a frustrating half million dollar fire that destroyed several Fargo stores. He said he had picked out a suit in one shop but must redo the purchase. W Averell Harriman will receive the Anti-Defamation League human relations award at a Chicago dinner marking the league’s 1963 fund drive.
An eight man University of Miami team transplanted half of a horseshoe shaped kidney from one identical twin to another. Donald Watkins, 17, previously suffered hydronephrosis and was smaller than his brother Dan. Doctors caution on early results as they monitor recovery.
Admissions include Mrs. Herbert Schmitt Humboldt and Mrs. Amanda Sparks medical cases with addresses 910 W Oak and 1415 S Highland. Dismissals list several patients and relatives. birth recorded for Mr and Mrs Richard Baughn at 819 W Elm a girl. Patrol citation for James R Williams no license. multiple speeding fines issued amid garbled OCR text.
Pinehurst North Carolina AP several top remaining players from the North and South Women's Amateur Championship second round feature past national finalists. Helen Sigel Wilson former finalist and others like Phyllis Preuss Marg Burns Nancy Roth and Jean Ashley are among the contenders with byes given to most in the opening round.
Building permits list issued for Ralph E. Glover at 620 MalColm with a $14,000 estimate, Howard Spurrier for a Santa Fe residence addition at 1 mn with $750 estimate, a lot extension at 28 W Main with $150, Glen Wrestler for a boat shelter at 60S Santa Fe with $100 estimate.
The Tommy Dorsey orchestra, a nationally known group of 18 artists, will stage a show at Memorial auditorium Tuesday night at 8 30 following the Chamber of Commerce annual dinner. Featured soloists include Sam Donahue Larry O'Brien Jeannie Thomas and Tony Pastor. The program opens with the orchestra theme I'm Getting Sentimental Over You.
Instructions urge contacting the Tribune via phone or carrier. If the primary number is unavailable, call HE 1 8400 after 6 p.m. for reachability. The note emphasizes after hours access and alternate dialing.
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