Hog Prices Edge Higher at Kansas City Livestock Market
Cattle 500 head with calves and some classes unavailable for price test. Slaughter steers good to choice at 26.50, utility cows 12.00 to 15.50. Hogs 2,200 head with barrows and gilts up 25 cents on some lots. sow prices steady. Barrows 210-250 lb 19.00 to 25.00. 210-260 lb 18.75 to 18.00. 250-280 lb 18.50 to 18.75. 270-350 lb sows 16.75 to 17.50. 350-400 lb 15.75 to 16.75. 500-650 lb 14.25 to 15.00. Sheep 100 head steady. spring lambs and ewes, choice to prime lambs 20.00 to 23.00. others 4.00 to 6.25.
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Kansas City
Brilliant Flying Objects Are Mystery in Kansas City
AP reports record wheat prices and varied grain and feed prices with no clear pattern. Market figures show multiple grades of wheat and corn unchanged or up slightly, with analysts noting mixed reports from Liberal and Central Air lines and a local agent saying similar data is being received.
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Kansas City
Liberal
Kan
Central Air
Fred Jones
Hite
Pueblo
Colo
Garden City
Guymon
Okla
Jones
Jack Metzker
Central Airlines
Wichita
Amarillo
Metzker
Federal Aviation Agency
Awomen
Albuquerque
la Junta
Colo. Pueblo
Irregular Wall Street Rises Amid Mixed Gains
In moderate trading, stocks edged higher with a narrow gain and about three million shares changing hands. Several blue chips rose slightly while speculative issues attracted buyers. bond activity was dull and minor price moves were recorded.
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NEW York
Local Markets Promises Best Goods at Reasonable Prices
A local market advert promotes top quality products and service with emphasis on affordable prices for shoppers seeking value.
Local Briefs Highlight Visits Births and Travel
Strong City residents Mr. and Mrs. Phares O Bross visit relatives while Mrs. Bross’s prior name is noted. Lee Lasley of Meeker Colorado visits his brother Luke Lasley and friends. Ralph Willcott and Beverly Willcott depart for San Angelo Texas and Piedras Negras Mexico for a vacation. Vandalism reported on Ronald Reed’s 1956 Oldsmobile at 1125 North Santa Fe with scratches and prior fire damage. Calgary couple H F Mattinson announce the birth of a daughter. Mrs. Mattinson is Janis Finney. Capt. Howard D Stitt, son of Howard A Stitt, graduates from Squadron Officer School and heads to Lockbourne AFB Ohio.
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Ralph Willcott
Beverly
W. 2Nd
San Angelo
Tex
Y and Piedras Negras
Mexico
N. Santta Fe
Ronald Reed
N. Steuben
H. F. Mattinson
Calgary
Alberta
Canada
Mattinson
Janis Finney
D. A. Finney
S. Plummer
Mattinsons
Howard D. Stitt
United States Air Force
The
Air University
Maxwell
Ala
Stitt
Howard A. Stitt
Kansas State University
Manhattan
Lockbourne Afb
Ohio
Egg and poultry price report from Kansas City
AP notes consumer and wholesale egg prices in ranges for large medium and small sizes. Missouri Arkansas live fryers and broilers show farm and delivered price points.
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Kansas City
Missouri-Arkansas
Chicago Produce Butter and Eggs Prices Steady
Butter unchanged with several grades listed including 93 score AA 57'2 and 90 B 55% while 82 A 57'2 and 89 C 53 are noted. Eggs steady with grade A whites at 29'2, mixed 29, mediums 26, standards 25, dirtries 21, checks 21.
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Chicago
Wheat and corn futures mixed in Chicago grain market
Chicago grain prices show no wheat or soybean sales. Corn No 3 yellow 1.07%4-08%4, No 1 white 1.15. Oats No 1 heavy white 64% and extra heavy 66. Barley prices for making choice 1.23-1.40. Wheat closes slightly higher, corn down, oats vary, rye mixed, soybeans down.
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Chicago
Seminar Speaker Builds Confidence After Check Forgery
Miami AP reports Iago Jimmy Pullen, 32, once a life long check forger, addressed a chamber of commerce seminar on reform. He told attendees his motto is neat dress and honest behavior. Pullen was sentenced to one year in prison after pleading guilty to passing 57 worthless checks totaling 4,843.50.
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Miami
Fla
Iago
Jimmy Pullen
a _ Pullen
Reforms Chamber of Commerce
Pullen
Commuter Selected for Private LIRR Train Trip
John K Mountford, a 44 year old Long Island Rail Road commuter and insurance lawyer, was chosen from about 50 000 daily riders to ride a diesel locomotive with two deluxe parlor cars and attendants for a day. He will take 25 friends on an outing to Montauk on Long Island's eastern tip with free food and beverages provided.
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New York
Long Island
John K. Mountford
Mountford
Montauk
Miracle baby survives seven surgeries in 18 months
Todd Groenewold born March 3, 1961 in Rushmore faced a conjoined esophagus and stomach. After multiple operations between 1961 and 1962 at University Hospitals Minneapolis he survived against 100 to 1 odds and is now thriving at home. Doctors plan to relocate the feeding tube into his chest when he is six.
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Todd
University Hospitals
Minneapolis
Industrial Waste Costly to Hutchinson
Hutchinson faces a costly sewage plant repair after Hazen and Sawyer found paper pulp waste from Packaging Corporation of America clogging pumps and blocking digesters. City officials were urged to bill the company higher rates for handling about two million gallons of pulp waste daily. the $2 million plant was financed by bonds issued in June 1958.
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Hutchinson (Ap
Hutchinson
Hazen and Sawyer
New York
Packaging Corporation of America
Saffels Calls for Quick Clarification on Anderson Conflict
State Rep. Dale Saffels, candidate for governor, urged Gov. John Anderson to clearly address his position on Republican state chairman Don Schnacke’s ties to the Kansas Highway Department. Saffels cites a $200000 contract awarded to Schnacke's employer and questions possible political influence and reporting accuracy.
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Wichita
Dale Saffels
John Anderson
Kansas Highway Department
Saffels
GOP
Don Schnacke
Schnacke
Anderson
Landon Predicts Pearson Victory in Kansan Senate Primary
Alf M. Landon forecast that Sen. James Pearson will win all five congressional districts in the Kansas Republican U S Senate primary next Tuesday. Pearson seeks election to succeed the late Andrew F Schoeppel, with former Gov Edward F Arn also running. Landon, 1936 GOP nominee, recently endorsed Pearson.
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Topeka
Alf M. Landon
James Pearson
U. S. Senate
Pearson
Andrew F. Schoeppel
Edward F. Arn
Landon
Hart urges new uses for wheat to curb surplus
George Hart, seeking the Democratic nomination for governor in Kansas, urged a commission to study new industrial and commercial uses for wheat and feed grains. The panel would include Farm Union, Farm Bureau, Wheat Growers Association representatives, Kansas State University agriculturists, and officials from the State Department of Agriculture and the governor's office.
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George Hart
Dodge City
Kan
Hart
Kansas
The
Farm Union, Farm Bureau and Wheat Growers Association
Agriculturists
Kansas State University
State Department of Agriculture
Governor's Office
Actor Charles Laughton Undergoes Cedars Surgery
Los Angeles AP reports 63 year old actor Charles Laughton was in fair condition after surgery at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital.
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Los Angeles
Charles Laughton
Cedars of Lebanon Hospital
Montgomery backs Saffels for Kansas governor nomination
Kansas Democratic chairman John PD. Montgomery endorsed Dale E. Saffels in the primary, praising his tax stance and economic highway program while avoiding opponent Hart in his Junction City Daily Union editorial. Hart countered with calls for new party leadership at a Wichita rally.
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Junction City
John PD
Montgomery
Dale E. Saffels
Kansas
Myers Raps Hargis Stand for Congress Bid
Wade A. Myers running in the new 5th District criticized Denver Hargis for accusing Mid-America Inc and local chambers of commerce of failing to attract industry. Myers said McVey and Hargis blocked cooperation and warned against reliance on government defense contracts.
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Arkansas City
Kan
Wade A. Myers
Congress
Denver Hargis
Myers
Hargis
Mid-America, Inc
Chambers of Commerce and Industrial Development Committees
Walter McVey
Laughton Underwent Surgery for Collapsed Vertebra
Laughton had an operation Thursday to treat a collapsed vertebra. He previously had cancer surgery in New York two months ago.
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Laughton
New York
Patronage Is Issue Hart Says
George Hart a Democratic governor candidate pressed Kansas Democrats to back Dale Saffels he accused party leaders of seeking patronage control Hart urged new leadership and criticized John Montgomery and State Sen Joseph McDowell while challenging Saffels to a debate before the primary
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George Hart
Kansas
Dale Saffels
Hart
John Montgomery
South America
Junction City
Kansas City
Joseph) McDowell
Docking
Wyandotte County
Gov. Anderson
Anderson
Saffels
Daily Transcript: Hospital Admissions and Births Reported
Neosho Memorial Hospital logged Thursday admissions for Mrs. Roy Herrin and Mrs. Rex Clements with surgeries noted. Dismissals included Mrs. Gene Webber, Mrs. Marion Kibler, Isabella Boo, and others. births to Mr. and Mrs. Sanchez and to Mr. and Mrs. Byers and Mr. and Mrs. Chandler recorded.
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Roy Herrin
Walnut
Rex Clements
Humboldt
Gene’ Webber
S. Lafayette
Marion Kibler
Hillside Acres
Isabella Boo
Lavenburg
Roy Harp
Louis Sanchez
N. Steuben
Robert Koch
N. Grant
Doran Small
W. 5Th
Medical
Everett Boe
Jerry Baughn
S. Malcolm
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S. Ashby
Fred. Byers
S. Garfield
Albert Chandler
W. 3Rd
Erie
Ronald L. Horvick
Ludeil
Mary C. Wood
Chanute
Aleck A. Stuchlik
Jean Marie Watts
Chany
Parsons Firm Awarded Elk River Contract
A Parsons Kansas firm received a $124 240 contract from Army Engineers for work on the Elk City Table Mound Reservoir project on Elk River.
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Elk River
Washington
Parsons, Kan
Army Engineers
Elk City Table Mound
Funeral services and obituaries for local residents
The Chanute Evangelical United Brethren church held Chester Earl Yockeys funeral with Rev. Life officiating and singing by Mrs. Dale Stemple and Mrs. Ethel Reno. Burial followed at Shaw Cemetery. Roy Gibson Funeral Home managed arrangements. Walter L. Smith, 84, died at Neosho Memorial Hospital after a long illness. He was born May 27, 1878, in Chanute, served in the Spanish American War, and owned local drug stores. Survivors include his sister Mrs. Montague and niece Mrs. Marian Burke. Memorials to cancer fund. Interment at Angles Abby, Compton, California. Johnson Mortuary handled services.
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Neosho Memorial Hospital
William H
Edith Wendell Smith
Chanute
BPOE
Main
Lincoln
Crown Drug Store
California
Edith Portsmith
Katie Montague
N. Highland
Montague
Marian Burke
Calif
Johnson Mortuary
William T. Hunt
Presbyterian Church
Cancer Fund
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Angles Abby
Compton
Big Balloon Drops Cargo Near Prince Albert
A large plastic research balloon launched from Goose Bay Labrador released its live cargo in a wilderness area 55 miles northeast of Prince Albert. The capsule carried two monkeys two hamsters flour beetles and seeds and nerve cells to study cosmic radiation effects.
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Goose Bay
Labrador
Here
Space Administration
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