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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1964
Page
2
AP reports livestock and egg prices with cattle hogs and sheep mixed to higher and unchanged. consumer and wholesale egg prices show firm or unchanged trends across large and medium grades. Grain and feed items list corn oats soybeans and bran with varied price ranges and quality grades.
Chicago grain markets show slight shifts with wheat up two cents per bushel and corn rising about four to five cents. Soybeans gain modestly while oats and rye edge lower or higher in mixed activity as September and August contracts move on the board.
Wheat market reports 90 cars moved in Kansas City trading with prices down 7 and up 4 points for No 2 grade amid fluctuating futures and cash activity.
The New York market recovered late in the afternoon with gains in key stocks. Volume was about 3.6 million shares, below Thursday's 3.95 million, as the rebound came on the slowest trading day of the week. Brokers noted preweekend selling largely completed on Thursday. Corporate bonds were mixed and governments unchanged.
Quotations from Emporia Gazette Coffeyville Journal El Dorado Times and Kingman Journal show satirical takes on gender roles. References include cosmetics hair care advertising trends and jokes about automated factories and marital changes. The selection preserves period voice and regional flavor.
Kansas farm leader Martin J. Byrne of the Kansas Farmers Union argues that wheat costs do not explain bread price increases. He notes farmers received 2.5 cents per pound of wheat for a loaf in 1949 and 2.7 cents in 1949, while a loaf rose from 13 cents in 1949 to 20 cents in 1964. He says if farmers gave wheat away it would only shave about 2.5 cents off a loaf, and points to processing, packaging and distribution as major drivers of rising bakery prices.
Kansas City Kansas police report Lenora Williams 42 mother of 14 shot and killed Eugene Ballew 38 after he allegedly threatened to kill her and the children. Williams said she fired as he lunged on the porch. Ballew died in a hallway. Williams released on bond after arrest for murder.
Publication rules for the women’s page emphasize calendar listings from yearbooks, advance notices by 10 AM on Saturdays for Monday and Tuesday meetings, and pre-10 AM submissions to be used as written. Names of married women should include husbands’ names, and complete material is preferred when calling items in for general public news value.
The Mine Creek clash, Kansas's only Civil War battle on state soil, saw Price’s 9000 Confederates defeated by Gen Curtis’s Union forces after a muddy all day fight. The centennial is Oct 25 with a new US 69 segment, roadside park, and markers ahead of governors from four states.
Hong Kong based American military intelligence said there is no substantiation for reports that the Chinese Nationalists claimed China sent about 100 Soviet built MIG fighters to Hanoi to reinforce the North Vietnamese air force. Source notes indicate no mass troop movements and only limited border province activity with possible air unit reinforcements in Yunnan and Gwangsi near North Viet Nam.
A new video phone named Picturephone connects selected instruments in Washington D C New York and Chicago signaling a step forward in long distance visual communication.
Arkansas City defeated Great Bend 4 0 to reach the third round as Erie beat Hays 7 1 and Topeka defeated Scott City 13 3 Greensburg edged Garnett 9 7 with evening consolation bracket games set Manhattan versus El Dorado Hays against Hutchinson Great Bend against Logan Kingman versus Scott City.
Obituaries and funeral notices list Tom O Bry an 53 of Columbus New Mexico Ed Randle of Neosho Memorial Hospital Marie Fresonki 49 and Albert Henry Bass 83 among the deceased with details on birth, family ties, residence, and services. Burial plans, church and funeral home arrangements are noted for Saint Francis Church Earlton and Independence Missouri locations.
Daily Transcript records Neosho Memorial Hospital admissions on Thursday for Edward Randle and Jacqueline Cummings with medical cases. Dismissals listed include Dr G L Ashley Everett Barnhart Francis Tem ming and Mrs Amos Chaney, plus Humboldt entries.
A new 6.5 mile stretch of K9 from Concordia east opens replacing an old road with two narrow bridges a flood prone railroad crossing and frequent flooding.
Betty Darling, 33, fired at a rabbit raiding her Fort Pierce garden with a .22 pistol. The shot wounded her arm and her car ran into a ditch en route to a hospital, causing a bruised forehead and facial cut.
The notice instructs readers to reach the Tribune by calling their carrier and, if unavailable, dialing HE 1-3400 after 6 p.m. It provides a fallback contact method for after hours accessibility.
city brief notes and local updates span August events in Chanute Kansas. community announcements cover civic happenings, school news, and upcoming activities for residents.
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