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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1964
Page
2
AP reports cattle 4900 head with calves 300, tests limited by few slaughter steers. Prices: choice slaughter steers 20.50-21.00, utility cows 13.50-14.50. Hogs 3500 head, barrows and gilts 13.00-14.75, sows 11.50-13.25. Sheep 500 head, slaughter lambs steady with spring lambs 19.00-20.00.
Livestock price list shows cattle and hogs steady with various weights and grades. U S choice steers 600-700 lb 20.50 21.50, heifers 700-900 lb 18.00-20.00. calves creep fed 21.00-22.00. killing calves 300-450 lb 21.00-22.00. stock calves 25.00-27.00. crossbred steer calves 24.00-26.50. Cows and bulls steady with utilities 13.00-15.50 and 17.00-21.00 respectively. Sheep steady. spring lambs to 23.00, wool 20.00, feeder lambs 13.00-15.00.
Kansas City AP reports all eggs and poultry prices unchanged across markets as buyers wait for trade signals and producers maintain current price levels amid stable demand and supply conditions.
Chicago AP reports butter and eggs show irregular changes with prices mostly down. Grade A whites mix at 29 cents, mixed at 29 cents, mediums 274, standards 28, dirities 252, checks 26.
The Hot Springs Chamber of Commerce will sponsor petitions for a statewide vote on a constitutional amendment to legalize casino gambling in Garland County. R. H. Wootton, chamber president, announced the move on Wednesday night. Casinos had been closed since March 28 after Gov. Faubus warned officials he would deploy state troopers, if necessary.
Planning board approves a motion for city commission action to replace the pavilion roof and install a concrete floor at Central Park. Estimated roof and floor cost is 9,250 with total project costs above 23,000. Welker notes facility will be used if improvements proceed. Marlin Blackston leads the meeting with Tom Herrin present.
The readable items show egg grades with small cents per dozen prices and some beef or poultry items. Specifics include Grade A Extra Large eggs at .29, Grade A Large .29, Grade A Medium .24, Grade B Large .24, along with mentions of current receipts and various items such as cream premium and roosters.
Chicago AP report shows no sales for wheat oats or soybeans while corn prices edge mixed. May futures for wheat rise to around 2.04 dollars a bushel and soybeans hold steady, with corn and oats showing small gains or declines and rye moving as well.
New York AP report notes a mixed stock market with a slight late afternoon gain in active trading. About 53 million shares changed hands, compared with 5.31 million the previous day, with fractional gains and losses scattered across key stocks. Corporate bonds were mixed while U.S. government bonds were largely unchanged.
Chanute Junior College freshman David Pitman was elected president of the Kansas Public Junior College Student Council Assn at the state meeting in Hutchinson He will lead the statewide group next year Jerry Ricksecker and Dee Dee Addison, both of Hutchinson, were elected officers Retiring president is Jerry Leonard of Arkansas City Hutchinson was chosen as next year s meeting site Delegates heard activity reports voted to raise dues by enrollment and heard a keynote address by Dean Wilburn of Butler County Jaco Delegates from Chanute included Judy Chandler local president Jane Manske local secretary treasurer with sponsor Eldon Penner
Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Reinfeld of 507 S. Lincoln traveled to Claremore Oklahoma on Tuesday to attend the funeral of Reinfeld’s sister Mrs. P. E. Parrott. Lyle Rocky Jr. of Troy, a student at Emporia State College, has been released from Kansas University Medical Center after a tornado injury. His broken jaw requires five weeks of wiring before he can resume training at Chanute High School.
Claude White told police that three head of cattle escaped from his truck while he was hauling them from Chanute to his farm. he arrived home to find the animals missing, not in the vehicle.
Eldon Peters of Lola had a charge of felonious assault dismissed in city court yesterday after Claude Donald of Lola withdrew the complaint. The case stemmed from an altercation a week earlier at the Chanute Live Stock Auction on East 14th Street.
In Calhoun Georgia a jail bullpen opening for a drunken inmate led to a breakout. A second prisoner chased the first and both were captured in a nearby field on Wednesday. Sheriff Hughdon Davis is mentioned in the report.
Washington editors warned of rising calls for stricter court reporting curbs, fearing broader harm to news coverage beyond television. Creed C. Black led ASNE's report noting concerns over TV driven restrictions and urging self restraint to protect individual rights and press freedom.
TOPEKA AP. A legislative council committee heard a major change to the state school finance program introducing an economic index for local districts. The index uses sales tax receipts adjusted gross income adjusted property value and manpower. Manpower equals population minus school age children and welfare recipients. The plan aims to address Western counties’ objections by shifting toward a more equitable distribution of funds. Under the revised plan the state would provide 85 million to schools versus 87.7 million in the original. The current program contributed 39.5 million in 1962 63.
W H McMurray principal of Chanute High School was elected chairman for a two year term of the southeast Kansas area of the Kansas Association for Secondary School Principals at a Hum boldt meeting last night. He succeeds Clifford Long Coffeyville as area chair. The group heard a report on the new vocational technical school to open next September in Coffeyville presented by director W F Currier.
Goldwater supporters expect a large turnout for a rally and dinner at the Municipal auditorium in Topeka starting at 6 30 p m Friday. Kansas co chairwoman Mrs Roscoe Mendenhall of Emporia, formerly of Chanute, said here yesterday. Knowland, California campaign manager, will speak. Tickets are at Jayhawk hotel. Mendenhall returned from Washington after attending the National Conference of Republican Women and noted Kansas had 56 registered delegates at the All State GOP conference with over 4 000 women participating.
Daily Transcript notes Wednesday admissions for Ches ter Harvey and Mrs. William McCarty among others at Neosho Memorial Hospital, with dismissals and a birth to Ronald Griffiths. Today's admissions include Dar rell Finley and Kammi Hawkins, plus later dismissals. A traffic citation was issued for Ronald Haynes's motorcycle without a license tag. Fire runs report grass and railroad fires at city dump and 20th and Edith.
Dr Alfred Paul Bay superintendent at Topeka State Hospital said Hawaii State Hospital officials have asked Topeka staff for guidance in reorganizing the hospital’s administrative structure. He noted the Kansas institution may serve as a model for Hawaii as it reorganizes in the nation’s 50th state.
Raymond L Woodruff age 52 of Kansas City died Wednesday. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Cason Funeral Home Fredonia. He visited Cha nute often at the home of his uncle and aunt Mr and Mrs Frank W McBeth 231 S Wilson. His mother is Mrs W D Woodruff Fredonia.
April 16, 1964 Chanute Tribune reports on small town events. Local meetings, school updates, and community notices outline civic activity, student achievements, and upcoming events in Chanute and nearby areas.
The Neosho County Republican delegation of 12 members will travel to Topeka Saturday for the state Republican convention. Mrs Edna Peterson will chair the delegation with a 11 a.m. start at the Topeka Municipal Auditorium. Names include Mrs Peterson Charles Kenshall Marlin Blackston Fred Harris Richard Ashley Marion Showalter Emery Wilson Carol Richey Eric James Carter R C Buchanan Joe Volmer Harry Rash and others from Chanute and St Paul South Mound Thayer.
A head on collision on U S 275 five miles south of Hamburg on the Missouri side killed four people. The dead include C. J. White and wife Clara of Plattsmouth Ned in one car and Larry J. Loftus of Hamburg Iowa and Timothy Miller 17 of Rock Port in the other. Miller’s age was the only one available. The crash occurred about 12 miles north of Rock Port.
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