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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1964
Page
2
AP market notes show hogs and cattle mixed with lambs strong. Hogs down 25-50 cents, sows steady. cattle calves and steers steady to weak with various price ranges, bulls steady and better, lambs and sheep firm with spring lambs up to 23 dollars and slaughter ewes lower.
Hog prices run from U S No 1 and 2 weights 190 to 240 pounds at 13 75 to 14 00 per cwt with other grades and weights ranging to 13 00 13 50 for lighter hogs and 11 00 to 12 50 for sows. Cattle prices steady with grain fed steers and heifers 600 700 pounds at 20 50 to 21 50, heavier cattle 18 00 to 20 00, calves and stockers from 14 00 to 27 00, yearling stockers 21 00 to 23 00, cows and vealers 11 00 to 30 00 depending on grade.
Kansas City AP reports consumer eggs steady across sizes with large 26 27 cents per dozen, medium 23 25, and small 18 20. Wholesale eggs hold at 80 percent yield for large 28 30 cents and mediums 24 26. Poultry and butter unchanged.
Chicago AP reports wholesale live poultry prices steady with roasters at 23 to 26 cents and special fed white rock fryers at 18.5 to 19 cents. Butter remained steady. eggs steady with Grade A whites 28s to 28s and mediums 24 cents. standards 27.2, dirties 25, checks 25.
Wheat No 2 red 2.11 n. Corn No 1 yellow 1.28-28's to 1.28-28's. Oats No 1 extra heavy white 68¾, No 2 68's, sample grades 63 and 61, Soybeans No 1 yellow 2.60 n, Soybean oil 8.05 n. Wheat futures down 2 cents to up 4 cents May 2.01. soybeans up 2-1?4 to 2.55 1/4. corn unchanged to up 1/4, May 1.23 1/4. oats 0?62 1/2, May 62 1/2. rye up 1/2 to May 1.28 1/4.
Wheat prices in Kansas City show No 2 hard and dark hard at 2.26 and No 3 at 2.26 with 97 cars trading and a 3 1/2 cent drop. Market activity noted in AP dispatch.
Wilson County ministers joined a soil conservation tour led by the Soil Conservation District supervisors and SCS staff. Local pastors from Fredonia and Neodesha observed waterways, terraces, diversions, and dam designs while officials discussed conservation issues. A noon lunch was provided by district volunteers. crop price postings followed.
City commission discussed enforcing repair or removal of unsafe buildings under the existing ordinance. A list of structures for inspection was approved. The board will seek county help to close a privately owned dump near North Santa Fe. They considered selling water to a rural district and approved Newt Chezem as city plumbing inspector. Debate over removing center street dividers in South Central blocks 900 and 1000 favored keeping them for cost, appearance, and traffic reasons. City Clerk Howard Parsons gave the invocation.
Hutchinson Kansas police said Robert Goodwin 24 admitted to 26 burglaries across Hutchinson and Reno County in the past seven months. He was arrested during a Moose Lodge break in and charged with burglary. Police estimate loot exceeded $1000 and he cited stealing for the girl he loved while using her car.
Wall Street closed with a mild recovery after a day of moderate trading. Airlines showed strength as the market edged higher from the opening and improved gradually. Volume was about 4.7 million shares, below Monday’s 5.09 million, with key stocks advancing from fractions to a point. Corporate and U.S. government bonds remained mostly unchanged.
Firemen and police hauled 37 women from a basement physical culture studio after smoke from a fire above. Four women were carried through a door, the rest through a window. most wore black tights, some were described as heavy.
Donald McLaughlin 17 of Stockton is named Star Farmer of Kansas for 1964 at the state Future Farmers of America convention. He receives a 200 dollar award and plans to study animal husbandry at Kansas State. Other state project winners receive 100 dollars in crops farming, dairy production, beef production, swine production, farm electrification, farm mechanics, and sheep production. Glen Shafer wins the public speaking contest. McLaughlin expands his beef cattle operation from 4,888 to 15,189 net worth in three years. He grows wheat milo and forage sorghums on a quarter section rented from his grandfather and owns registered Hereford stock, fattening cattle, sheep, mares, and hogs.
A man passed a 36.80 check at Jack's Jewelry on April 18 to buy a 4.50 gold cross and received change. He planned to return for a watch later but made no payment. The check, drawn on First National Bank of Parsons and payable to Thomas C. Mott, was signed Harry E. Slusher. The passer was a white male about 6 feet tall and 45, wearing white painter's overalls.
Mrs Lena Every reported rocks damaged her parked car near 1152 West Main with windshield chips from Friday. Jane Ward backed into a parked car by Tommy L Arthur in a parking lot near Island Santa Fe at about 11 30 a m. Damage estimated at 15 dollars per car. Myrtle Moeller reported a minor door-scrape incident at 23 West Main with Mrs Edwin Cathers. Santa Fe System weekly carloads show 35186 loaded versus 32795 last year. on line loadings 22470 vs 21314. connections received 12716 vs 11481. total 33704 for the prior week.
Admissions list for Neosho Memorial Hospital includes Edward Rubew of 1 E 8th and several others with details on dates, names, and medical or surgical reasons. Notable entries include Mrs Delbert Finney, Thomas Frederick, Randy Simpson, Mrs John Ray, Edward Kuhn, and Arthur Schommer with various addresses and medical statuses. Birth announced for Zenn Dale Ratliff at R 2 with a girl. Dismissals and additional admissions noted plus a highway patrol citation for Karen LaVerne Olson with fines for speeding and no license.
New York AP report lists NBC American Revolution of 63 The Kremlin CBS Town Meeting of the World ABC The Making of the President 1960 and CBS The Defenders episode Blacklist among nominees for program of the year Mort Werner president of NATAS announced 128 nominations in 27 categories Statuettes to be awarded in a 90 minute NBC special on May 25 after academy members votes counted
A2C Wesley R. Jackett participates in Exercise Air Boon Choo in Thailand through April 30. He is a U.S. Air Force weapons mechanic with Tactical Air Command at Cannon AFB New Mexico, married to Rosemary Ellison Jackett.
Larry Fail and Mrs Margret Laverty finished in the top ten in an open beauty operators contest held in Tulsa last weekend. Competitors hailed from Texas Oklahoma Kansas and Missouri, highlighting regional talent in the event.
Mrs Clyde Lowe of rural route 2 received copies of the Anchorage Times and the Anchorage Daily News showing the Good Friday earthquake from her mother Mrs Douglas Bell of Anchorage. Lowe said her mother and stepfather were not hurt though their home sustained damage.
Mrs. C. H. Decker of 121 E. 9th returned Saturday from West Alexandria Ohio where she had stayed several months with her daughter. She had left Chanute in December expecting a month away but illness delayed the return.
Mr and Mrs Luther Scogin of R 3 returned Sunday from a three week vacation spent with their daughter and her family Mr and Mrs Carl Mitchell and family in Twin Falls Idaho and their niece and her husband Mr and Mrs Bert Walker.
Mrs Ruth Nicholson of 215 North Grant returned Sunday evening from a two week vacation in New Orleans paid visits with her daughter and family Mr and Mrs Robert Greenwood and Robin during the trip
NEODESHA AP P. W Stephens a Neodesha lawyer filed yesterday as a candidate for the Republican nomination for state representative from Wilson County Stephens formerly served several terms in the Legislature He is city attorney of Neodesha and formerly was county attorney.
London AP reports Moscow Radio expanded its Chinese language output by a third as part of a propaganda effort aimed at Peking. A summer schedule shows Chinese programming rising from 42 to 664 hours weekly, the largest boost, while the English service to the U S East Coast was reduced by 90 minutes.
An entirely new species of primitive human being, believed to be the direct ancestor of modern man, has been discovered in East Africa. Fossil remains point to an early human lineage and shed light on human evolution. Researchers caution that details are preliminary and further study is needed to confirm classification and age.
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