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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1962
Page
2
Kansas City price report shows hogs at 19.00 to 25.00 for various weights, barrows and gilts weak to 50 cents lower, sows mixed to 25 lower. Cattle and calves per hundredweight steady to mixed, good slaughter steers 25.75 to 27.00, cows 14.25 to 16.00, calves 22.00 to 23.50. Sheep steady with spring lambs 22.00 to 23.00 and feeders 13.50 to 15.00.
Parsons livestock prices show steady markets across hogs cattle sheep and calves. Hogs top grades range 18.50 to 18.75 per hundredweight with various weights and grades, while cattle include grain fed steers and heifers 24.00 to 26.75, stock calves 28.00 to 31.00, cows 11.00 to 17.00, bulls 14.00 to 21.00. Sheep and lambs see steady demand with spring lambs up to 21.00 and utilities 14.00 to 15.50. Kansas City grain futures report mixed with corn around 1.02 to 1.34 and soybeans about 2.43.
AP reports Missouri Arkansas live fryers and broilers with farm delivered prices. Eggs show consumer Large A 23-29 cents, Medium A 19-25, Small A 15-18 cents and unclassified 18-22 cents. Wholesale Large 27-30 with 80 percent A, Medium 24-26. Fryers 15-15.5 cents and broilers 14 cents delivered.
Chicago wholesale notes butter prices steady with AA 93 score at 57'2, A 92 at 57% and C 89 at 53. egg values firm with top grades at 70 percent or better and whites at 292, others ranging from mixed to dirties.
Grain prices in Chicago show wheat down by a cent, corn mixed with slight gains, oats down fractionally, and soybeans mixed. Soybean oil quotes and barley ranges are noted. September and August futures are listed for each commodity with price movements.
Local markets list egg grades with prices for Extra Large Grade A Large Grade A Medium and Grade B Large. Breaker receipts show figures 21 and 18 in the record.
A political ad urges teenagers to persuade parents to vote for J Ed Thompson for Congress. It notes his ownership of Thompson Ice Cream Co and references teen dances as part of the appeal. Don Walker chairs Thompson for Congress Conan.
The market edged up late trading led by savings and loan stocks and aerospace issues amid 3.3 million shares traded. Afternoon buying revived for several issues as government bonds held highs and a mixed corporate tape persisted with the closing average at 218.7, down 0.2.
Police cited Mrs Ray Thompson of 1112 S Lafayette last night on a charge of reckless driving after her car ran off the road into a ditch near the Thompson home. A minor two car accident at 318 E Main involved Chester Harvey of Walnut R 1 and W G Markley of 905 S Central with $5 damage to the Markley Mercury and no damage to the Harvey vehicle.
Daily Transcript reports Neosho Memorial Hospital admissions on Wednesday for Mrs Lawrence Mishe Leroy Kas and others with addresses in Belle Milby Buffalo and Humboldt. Birth announced for Mr and Mrs James Brandon of Fredonia a boy. Traffic citation issued to George S McKellips Jr for reckless driving with a $25 bond posted.
A parade of ads touts clear, accessible products and services. Prominent displays promise ease of use, readability, and quality. Shoppers are urged to compare offers and choose dependable brands.
Cream, premium .0osene Lae Cream No 1 copedsnneeee AU Oe ee ae ee The ece are Hens 5 lbs and up Hides under 30 lbs 10¢ per pound over 30 lbs 3 dollars each.
Lawrence Cordingley, 22, was jailed after an assault on his wife and robbery attempt at his mother in law’s home. Returned to his cell he was found dead hours later, hanging with a bedsheet rope. He had a restraining order against his wife.
Two jet airliners with 184 aboard nearly collided over eastern Kansas. An American Airlines flight 73 from St Louis to Los Angeles and a TWA flight 78 from Los Angeles to St Louis passed within 250 to 300 feet laterally after a 10 degree right turn by the TWA captain. FAA suspended two traffic control employees pending investigation.
Ralph Rice, 74, died this morning in San Antonio. Born May 10, 1888, near Thayer, he lived in rural Thayer until 1961, then moved to San Antonio. He retired at 65 due to ill health and is survived by four siblings. Funeral arrangements are incomplete. Engel Funeral Home, Thayer, is handling the arrangements.
Todd Cannon of Humboldt presented color slides of Western Europe at a Rotary meeting last night at the Tioga Hotel. The nine month study at the University of Paris shaped his plans to enter the diplomatic service. Visitors included Otto Kruse of El Monte and the Rev Boyd C Latimer. Floyd Naff presided as president.
A 380 foot U S balloon carried two monkeys and two hamsters across Canada in a 2000 mile, 54 hour mission toward Edmonton Alberta The capsule environment was updated after prior monkey and hamster deaths to use water cooling and adjusted cabin heating The payload includes capsules with beetles seeds nerve cells and a National Research Council film pack for Canada The flight aims to test cosmic flight conditions and parachute recovery is planned for Friday
The House approved a bill to pay 73 million dollars in war damage claims to the Philippines. It moves to the Senate where swift approval is anticipated after a 194 to 35 vote.
Chicago AP report on Gov. Otto Kerner commuting the death sentence of Paul Crump, a 32 year old condemned killer, citing rehabilitation. Crump had faced execution for a 1953 murder after multiple stays and Supreme Court refusals.
Peter B. Hickey of the Rochester Times-Union obtained exclusive close-up photos of Soviet Premier Khrushchev after a conference with 12 American editors in the Soviet Union. Hickey explains he pressed for one more shot as light faded and Khrushchev smiled after a reframe.
Economics Laboratory Inc of Minnesota sues J Ed Thompson a Parsons candidate for Congress in the new 5th District for 342 36. The suit accuses Thompson doing business as the White House Inn and White House motor hotel of Abilene of owing for hotel maintenance supplies. Thompson recently sold the motel.
AP report from Kansas City says one man, Wilbert E. Durbin, 53, died in a northeast industrial district single car crash. His wife Frances and their 5 month old daughter Lucille were seriously injured after witnesses said Durbin was racing another car when he lost control, struck guard rails, veered off the road and were thrown from the vehicle.
Kathy Lee Gene and Michael Groves honored their great grandmothers Mrs. Bessie Pifer Mansfield Ohio Mrs. Bessie Geyer Iola and Mrs Leona Brooks Bronson at a family dinner hosted by grandparents John and 126 S Garfield The attendance included maternal grandparents Eugene Geyer a great uncle and aunt Raymond W Pifer Patty of Mansfield and Ray Christiansen and Gregg
AP briefs report a U.S. Navy P5M seaplane with 13 crew missing after a radio contact 13 hours earlier near Point Naval Station. In Ghana, Kwame Nkrumah survived a bomb attack injuring a schoolboy and 56 others. Nepali airliner missing with 10 aboard, including two U.S. officials, search hampered by weather. Former President Eisenhower greeted in Cologne as humidity notes.
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