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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1964
Page
2
Livestock data shows cattle 2 200 head and calves 50 with slow to steady demand for slaughter steers and mixed cattle categories. Hogs around 3 000 head with barrows and gilts down up to 25, sows modestly lower. Sheep 800 with active demand for lambs and ewes, eggs unchanged.
Parsons market lists hogs cattle and sheep with price ranges for U S No 1 and 2 hogs 190-240 pounds to bears and sows, cattle prices by weight and grade, calves stockers and yearlings with varied quality, cows bulls and veal values, sheep prices for lambs ewes and feeders. Kansas City AP reports consumer eggs wholesale poultry and butter steady with farm delivered fryer prices.
Chicago AP reports live poultry unchanged and butter prices steady. Wholesale buying prices are unchanged to lower, with quotations at 93 score AA 57s, 92 A 57s, and 90 B 55s.
Wheat pricing shows 172 cars with slight to moderate gains for No 2 hard and dark hard and No 3. Corn unchanged to lower, with No white and No 3 yellow mixed. Oats unavailable, rye and barley modest ranges, soybeans steady. Bran and shorts quoted at 40.75 and 39.00 respectively.
A compact price snippet shows Grade A eggs from extra large to medium with small cents and grade B and C current receipts. Roosters hides at four cents per pound and glue hides listed with a percent price. other entries are partially readable and indicate miscellaneous egg and poultry pricing in a local market.
Chicago market notes wheat No 2 red quoted at 2.10 and corn prices listed for yellow grades No 2 at 1.28, No 3 at 1.26-27, and No 4 at 1.23 1/2. Oats No 1 extra heavy white 66 1/4, No 1 heavy white 66 1/2. Soybeans No 1 yellow 2.60 1/2, soybean oil 8.20.
In New York the stock market closed mixed after a session marked by active trading and a 5.9 million share volume. Early gains faded and the market showed small advances and losses generally from fractions to about one point. Corporate bonds were mixed and U.S. government bonds were largely unchanged.
A creature resembling a grasshopper mole was shown at The Tribune and later identified as a mole cricket. About two inches long, it was found by two men and given to Eldon Cleaver and Dan Newland who learned its identity from a city library book. It digs underground eats roots and harms peanut crops. its use as fish bait is unclear.
Ray W Stout residing at 201 S Denman was admitted to Santa Fe Hospital in Topeka on Sunday for treatment of a back injury.
Ernest A. Baker of Pacoima California flew home yesterday after spending the weekend with his mother Mrs. Zack Baker and sister Mrs. P L Forslund. Mrs. Forslund accompanied him to Kansas City by car and returned by train. Mr and Mrs Robert Fischer of Rupert Idaho are parents of Kathy Louise born yesterday. they have four sons. Paternal grandparents are Mr and Mrs George Fischer of Erie and maternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Henry Broughton of Erie.
About 30 patients at the Southeast Kansas Tuberculosis Hospital enjoyed a volunteer musical program Tuesday evening in the hospital chapel. The Westerners, a local country and western music group, performed an hour and a half of vocal and instrumental guitar music. The group comprises Dale Schiesser M C Chuck Smith and Dale Markham all of Chanute.
Mr and Mrs Rudolph Sandberg of W Walnut and Edith Sandberg of Parsons attended the spring concert by the Chetopa school music department in Chetopa last night. Ronald E Sandberg, son of the couple, was mentioned in relation to the event.
Senior High and Junior College Night will switch to Friday this week to fit a dance party plan for the Junior High group. The change aims to accommodate all students and ensure a coordinated event schedule.
Two age groups swap normally reversed times. Junior high students may attend Saturday night from 7 30 to 10 o clock with dancing and quiet games. Dress rules require wash pants or slacks for boys and skirts and blouses for girls, no blue jeans. No admission charged. The Mediators band will provide music. Senior high Jaco Night runs Friday from 7 30 to 10 30 p.m.
BARTLESVILLE Okla AP Stanley Learned 61 selected as Phillips Petroleum third executive officer in 47 years, succeeding Boots Adams who steps down as president but remains chairman. Adams and Learned, both Kansans, have spent entire careers with the firm. Learned has been president for two years. Co founder Frank Phillips led the company from 1917 to 1951.
Mrs. Sandberg directs the department as Vilas alumni plan a Friday meeting at 8 p.m. with Mr and Mrs Gerald Olson at 807 S Lafayette. Officers will be elected and plans discussed for the annual banquet after a program featuring numbers by the school band and girls chorus.
The Chanute Ministerial Alliance heard Dick Purdy outline the Fellowship of Christian Athletes summer program at Estes Park. A $150 fund was approved to aid delegates, with two to four high school juniors eligible per school and a $75 camp fee plus travel. The group also noted Holy Week plans, nursing home services, and a leadership school with 90 registrants and 13 instructors. Next meeting is May 26 at the Church of the Nazarene.
Dr James Brown, superintendent of the Southeast Kansas Tuberculosis Hospital, spoke to the Wichita Tuberculosis Association at a dinner meeting. He reviewed a study by Katharine Boucot linking abnormal chest X rays to higher risks of both active tuberculosis and later lung cancer, noting 36 of 67 men who developed lung cancer had prior abnormal X rays. He urged vigilant follow up for early detection of both diseases.
Daily Transcript lists Neosho Memorial Hospital admissions and dismissals on Tuesday and today. Entries include patients with names and partial addresses, plus surgery or medical designations. Several court actions follow from Chanute District Court and a Yellowstone wildlife note closes the item.
The quote advocates informing the public about the importance of regular annual chest x rays for individuals with abnormal or even slightly abnormal chest x rays, suggesting life-long monitoring. It emphasizes proactive screening and long term vigilance by medical authorities.
Chanute and Altoona Future Farmers of America teams ranked among the top ten in multiple divisions at the 41st state high school vocational agriculture and farm mechanics contests at Kansas State University. Highlights included Altoona securing third in rural electrification and poultry judging, with Garry Topham and Mike Stark placing high individually, while Chanute earned second in poultry and led in horticulture with Wayne Erickson runner up. Terry Odle of Stockton Rural High School was named head of the state FFA association amid the convention summary.
Kansas City area 24 hour period ended 6 a.m. today reports show temperature range from 42 to 65 degrees with varying precipitation. Weather observers note scattered showers and light drizzle in some neighborhoods while others remain dry.
Terry Odle, a Stockton Rural High School senior, was elected president of the Kansas Association of Future Farmers of America at the Kansas State University convention. Other officers named include John Holsten Norton as vice president, Salina secretary David Lightner Garden City, treasurer Larry Ehrlich Russell, reporter Warren Brable Troy, and sentinel David Martin.
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