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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1964
Page
2
AP ledes with hog price trends in Kansas City, noting 1,500 hogs traded with barrows and gilts uneven and 25 to 50 cents higher, sows steady. Breakdown shows weights 190-230 lb at 14.25 to 14.75, 240-290 lb at 13.25 to 14.00, sows 280-450 lb at 12.25 to 12.75, under 300 lb at 12.00, and 450-650 lb at 11.50 to 12.50. Cattle and sheep receipts described as light or unavailable for price tests.
AP report lists consumer eggs medium A 23 26 with other batches unchanged. Wholesale eggs large at 80 percent and mediums at 80 percent. Poultry and butter prices unchanged. Missouri and Arkansas live fryers and broilers priced at farm 12, delivered at plant 12 2 14.
Chicago AP reports butter steady and eggs irregular with varied quotations. Grade A whites 29, mixed 29, mediums 24s, standards 28, dirties 25s, checks 25. Prices focus on wholesale levels, reflecting a cautious market for dairy commodities in Chicago.
Chicago grain prices recap Wheat No 2 red 2.15n and May bids around 2.04 to 2.05. Corn No 1 yellow 1.28 with other yellow grades 1.27 to 1.29. Oats No 1 heavy white 68 with May near 68. Soybeans No 1 yellow 2.59 and May about 2.55. Soybean oil and rye notes included with mixed moves.
An AP stories joke notes a Louisville shopper asking for her husband’s pajama size. The clerk explains sizes run A B C and D. She pauses then says she will take size B, mentioning her husband’s name Bernard.
Wall Street fell in moderately active trading in New York as 5.6 million shares changed hands versus 6.69 million on Thursday. Most major stocks declined by fractions to about a point while corporate bonds showed mixed moves and U.S. Government bonds remained largely unchanged.
Eighty observation stations worldwide monitor earth tides as part of the program begun in the International Geophysical Year 1957 58. Gravity meters and deep rock pendulums aid measurements at each site.
Phillip E. Markham, seaman USN, son of Mr and Mrs Ver Markham of Stark, serves aboard radar picket ship USS Haverfield operating out of Guam in the Marianas Island. Navy Lt. (jg) Dave Toland, son of Mr. and Mrs Ralph H. Toland of 218 N Lafayette, took part in Seventh Fleet exercise Crazy Horse with Carrier Division Seven staff in the Far East.
Mrs Glen Strack of route 3 returns home after visiting daughter's family in Topeka. The couple Dallas and Sharon Cramer welcome a baby girl Sharon Blythe born April 15, joining siblings Scott aged 5 and Susan aged 2. Great-grandmother is Mrs Norris Strack of route 2.
Mr and Mrs Robert Lopeman Bill Doug and Steve R J entertained with a dinner honoring her mother Mrs Ma Bel Pens Thursday night Guests included Mrs Beulah Griswold Mrs Lena Barnett and Mr and Mrs RD Churchill in attendance
Mrs. Cresent Owens will tell the story Almost Big Enough to children at the public library on Saturday morning from 10 30 to 11.
Three Chanute employees of Cities Service Gas Co. were among 18 from Kansas, Oklahoma and Missouri to receive service awards at a company dinner in Joplin last night. Twenty-year awards went to F. H. Clemens and J. A. Thurman, with E. J. Lombard receiving a 10-year award.
Charles Crabtree, son of Mr and Mrs Vernal Crabtree of 25 S Gretchen, will portray Captain Keller father of Helen Keller in Emporia State College Emporias presentation of The Miracle Worker May 6 to 9 in Albert Taylor Hall He also designed the sets Crabtree is a graduate student at the school.
Police report a 1958 Ford station wagon driven by Donna Willis backing from a curb at 101 W Main scraped a car parked beside it causing about 50 in damage. Another minor backing accident involved Henry Brinkman hitting a parked Mayer car at 15 S Steuben around 11:50 am with no major damage. Harold Markham reported his 12 foot plywood boat on the Neosho near highway K39 bridge stolen. the boat was secured by a cable that was cut or hammered in two and valued at 35.
Haven Kansas A A Bontrager left three five gallon cans of gasoline for his sons to fetch for a field job. One can was half empty when the sons arrived and a thoughtful stranger had left 75 cents atop the half empty can.
Eleven Japanese governors and their wives travel with officials to Kansas as guests of Gov. John Anderson. They tour Wichita plant, Hesston farm equipment firm, Maple Hill ranch, and Cedar Crest mansion, with Capitol visits and a Topeka Country Club dinner before returning to Kansas City.
Mrs. Joseph Walter Leroy 80 formerly of 909 N Garfield died in Hutchinson after an extended illness. She was born January 23 1884 at Seymore Missouri and married Joseph Walter Leroy September 2 1906. She survived by her husband, three daughters, five sons, a sister and five brothers, plus 16 grandchildren and 16 great grandchildren. Memorial service Saturday at 2 p.m. at Johnson Mortuary with burial in Memorial Park Cemetery. Also noted are funeral plans for Mary Katherine Diveley in Cleveland Oklahoma. Clara F Schroeder 82 of Great Bend died. service Saturday at Trinity Lutheran Church Great Bend. Kiplinger funeral service held at Grace Episcopal Church. obituaries list mourners, churches, and burial details.
The Up and Atom cooking and sewing clubs held meetings with demonstrations on table setting selecting meat skirts and blouses. Members include Jacquetta Edwards Dorothy Edwards Lynda Lassman and Terri West with officers named. A death notice for Eleanor Basler Thayer follows with service details at Galesburg Methodist Church.
A three story Sumner elementary school built about 1906 was destroyed by a late Thursday fire near General Hospital. Firemen struggled with wind and water pressure as the roof collapsed leaving only brick walls. loss is over 750000 with 90 percent insured. About 400 pupils, mostly Black, attended K through 6. cause unknown.
Forty aviation enthusiasts attended a film on aviation history at a meeting sponsored by the Dickerhoof Flying Service CMU Privateers and Chanute JayCee Flyers in the First National Bank community room. The film We Saw It Happen was shown courtesy of the Federal Aviation Agency with coffee and doughnuts served. On Sunday members will attend a flyin breakfast at Friend Air Park Monett MO. interested individuals may contact club members.
Reports show a high of unknown degrees and a low of unknown degrees with precipitation recorded over the 24 hour period ending at 6 am local time. Details on amounts and locations are incomplete in the provided data.
A Neosho Memorial Hospital notices section lists Thursday admissions including Mrs. Wilbur Mitchem, Mrs. Maude Wagner, Mrs. Kenneth Swaney, Mrs. Norman Madill, Mrs. Dalton Stewart, and Mark Wilson among others. dismissals include George J. Koester, Mrs. Leslie Cable, Sherry McCoy, Mel Thompson, and Edward Billbe. Also shown are admissions today for Mrs. Floyd Byers, Philip Yarnell, William Morey, and Dennis Chamber, with dismissals of Mrs. Johnnie Leroy Jr. and daughter, Jeffrey Cleaver, Mrs. William Dever. Marriage licenses issued for Eric Hardin Murrell and Phyllis Marie Stierwalt. Phillip Dee Pugh and Shirley Ann Koester. Joan P. Kennedy and Mary Ann O'Brien. George G. Palen and Nina Faye White. Police court actions list fines for Phillip McCoy, Donald R. Baughn, and Lue D. Yowell. Recent moves record residents relocating and building permits issued for Ray Carder and Robert C. Reynolds with costs listed.
Lawrence Nebraska residents uncover a hidden menagerie beneath an old farmhouse after tearing it down. Jack Lemke and helpers discover 21 raccoons, two skunks, and a tomcat living inside the structure. The find prompts wildlife concerns and cleanup steps in the rural area.
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