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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1963
Page
2
AP reports cattle receipts around 3 500 calves 100 steers steady and heifers steady to weak with varied classes. Choice steers 24.25 to 25.00 good to choice 23.00 to 24.25. Cows 14.50 to 16.50. Hogs 2 500 barrows and gilts weak to 25 lower, sows up 25. 1 3 200 to 260 lb barrows and gilts 18.00 to 18.35. Sheep 2 000 all classes steady with lambs 19.00 to 20.00 and ewes 4.50 to 6.00.
Hogs and cattle show steady to mixed prices with varied weights and grades. Hogs include U S No 1 2 3 at 17.75 to 18.00 per 100 pounds and sows down to 12.50. Cattle cover steers and heifers 600-700 pounds at 24.00 to 25.50, several weight classes, calves, stockers, heifers, and bulls listed with ranges. Sheep steady with spring lambs 18.50 and feeder lambs 12.00 to 14.00, ewes 6.00 to 12.00.
Kansas City prices show consumer eggs: large A 28-34 cents per dozen with graded checks 18-21. Wholesale eggs: large 30 33 cents, 31-35 cents range, mediums 27-32 cents with 80 percent A averages around 30 cents. Poultry and butter unchanged.
Chicago AP notes live poultry mostly steady to higher with roasters at 22 to 24 cents per pound and fed white rock fryers 18 to 19 cents. Butter holds steady. eggs show mixed changes with higher grades at 30 to 30 cents and lower categories down to 25 to 27 cents depending on quality.
Ed Hurd of Coffeyville was installed as Commander of District No 2 of the Disabled American Veterans by State Commander Robert Reed of Parsons at a district meeting in Carpenters Hall. Other officers elected were Paul Redburn of Parsons Senior Vice Commander Floyd Redburn of Independence Junior Vice Commander Herschel Straw of Earlton adjutant treasurer and Harry Swalley of Parsons chaplain. A program on Americanism sponsored by veterans organizations will be held in Independence Nov 11.
Wheat futures slip with No 1 red at 1.84 3/4 to 1.844, No 2 red 1.84, corn No 1 yellow 1.13 1/2, oats mixed around 68 1/2 cents. September and August contract levels shown for wheat, corn, rye and soybeans. soybeans down 9 1/4 to 45 1/4 cents.
Kansas City figures show wheat at 1.97 to 2.00 for No 1s and 1.93 to 2.00 for No 3, corn with No 2 white 1.24 to 1.31 and No 3 1.20 to 1.30, mile maize at 2.02, kafir 1.95 to 2.07, rye 1.17 to 1.23, barley 1.04 to 1.10, soybeans 2.48 to 2.56, bran 41.50 to 42.25, shorts 43.50 to 44.25, with some categories unchanged and other minor shifts.
In New York trading the market's advance slowed somewhat late in the day but major issues kept most gains. The rally that began Friday continued with some profit taking after midday. Oils and tobaccos led with gains, high priced specialties fell back, and government bonds were unchanged while corporates edged higher.
Neosho Memorial Hospital admissions yesterday include Chester Kimble and Ernest Gardner among others with dismissals listed. Admissions today feature Elaine Miller and Mrs. Howard Locke, while dismissals include Mrs. Horace Griffith and Mrs. Carl Cox. A birth is recorded for Coach and spouse Wilson a boy at 918 N Forest. Highway Patrol cited Thomas W Biehier of Wichita for speeding with fine and costs. Recent moves list multiple residents shifting addresses within Humboldt and nearby towns. Building permits note additions and a new animal hospital project at 413 E Main. Fire run reported at 7:45 p.m. Chester Hamsner residence resuscitation. Howard Hartwig of Oak Brook Illinois dies at 43, with full obituary details and funeral arrangements.
Spanish moss draws most of its nutrients from the air and relies on trees, telephone poles, and fences as anchors to hang and grow across landscapes.
America's railroads operate a port side navy of car floats lighters scows tugboats and ferries totaling about 1300 vessels.
Bessie M. Gaulter of San Leandro, California asks northern friends and relatives to note the fifth annual Kansas basket picnic set for September 8 at Hayward Memorial Park in Hayward. She reports 50 attendees at the first event and over 600 last year.
Dr and Mrs Murray J Casey of Boston Massachusetts returned to their home Sunday after a ten day visit with his parents Mr and Mrs M J Casey at 910 Central.
Total carloads moved on Santa Fe System lines for the week ending August 3 1963 were 29 174 down from 30 409 a year earlier. On line loadings were 18 753 down from 20 293. Cars received from connections totaled 10 421 up from 10 116. Santa Fe handled 32 048 carloads in the preceding week of the year.
A back ing accident at 210 West Main around 9 45 am yesterday involved a 1950 Chevrolet driven by Willard Hasty 20 of 811 South Garfield and a 1956 Dodge owned by Marvin Seger 725 South Santa Fe parked in an adjoining stall. Police estimate damages to the Seger car at 7 50 and to the Hasty car at 5.
David Fehr of Chanute told police last night that someone broke his car radio aerial and rear view mirror while the vehicle was parked on North Santa Fe.
Police were called to 1114 S Highland to a disturbance report at 11 30 last night. Officers found a broken egg and the cap off a malt cup in the car, indicating minor damage or tampering but no injuries.
C F E Patterson known as Pat Patterson 81 of 1306 S Central died this morning at home. Retired barber born July 9 1882 in Decatur County Ohio he lived here 40 years married Carrie Waddle Feb 16 1904 at St Paul she died Jan 10 1961. Survived by four sons Kenneth Paul Earl Jr Harry. two daughters Florence Phillips Vivian Stratton. sister Mrs Mary Smith. brothers Walter Frank. 13 grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. Funeral plans incomplete Johnson Mortuary.
A circulating report claims Haitian exile fighters captured Cap Haitien and nearby towns in Haiti's north, amid confirmations of an invasion acknowledged by Francois Duvalier. Dominican authorities met with armed forces as rumors spread of exiles crossing from the Dominican Republic.
The city pauses for a memorial and a minute of silence marking 18 years since the atomic bombing as the Moscow treaty on partial nuclear ban is celebrated. Delegates gather amid tension as China and Japan push for a broader ban and protests erupt over testing by all nations.
Alabama public school children will be required to take a course in the Bible under a State Board of Education ruling. The change is largely cosmetic, aligning reading of scripture with the course of study after a Supreme Court ruling.
Funeral services for Lake Elmer Ray were held at Johnson Mortuary at 10 a.m. with Rev. William T. Hunt officiating and organ music by Mrs. Dave Petterson. A second service took place at Overbrook Methodist Church at 2 p.m. with Rev. Clifton Kruse officiating. burial followed at Overbrook Cemetery.
M. K. Snyder new Chamber of Commerce manager will visit Chanute tomorrow and Thursday on a preliminary tour. Harris says he starts Sept. 1 and a luncheon at the Tioga Hotel Thursday noon will bring chamber representatives and city officials together.
W Chester Evans, 99, who helped found the Lebo Enterprise in 1887, died in an Emporia nursing home. He lived in Lebo 76 years and once worked for the Kansas City Star before starting the weekly paper with his parents. Evans later served as a rural mail carrier from 1901 until retirement 23 years later, leaving eight daughters, two sons, five grandchildren and four great grandchildren as survivors.
On Tuesday August 6 1953 Chanute Tribune covers page two local briefs and notices. Short items include community events church programs and civic updates affecting Chanute and surrounding areas with names and places named in this mid century issue.
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