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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1963
Page
2
AP cattle and hog prices show higher hogs with gains across barrows gilts and sows. Cattle steady with calves and cows ranges noted. sheep active with strong gains and prime lambs priced up to 75.
Parson's market reports steady conditions across hogs cattle and sheep. Prices cover fat cattle from 600 to 900 pounds and calves 300 to 450 pounds with ranges for U S choice to lower grades. Stocker and feeder calves new yearling prices shown with varied quality notes. Sheep prices steady for spring lambs and feeder lambs with ewes and breeding stock also listed.
A historical price table lists Grade A eggs with sizes Extra Large 27 cents, LAPOe 0s0, Medium 20 cents, Grade B LATG cceeeee, Grade C ieee 15 cents, and current receipts 23 cents. Poultry items include roosters, hens, hides with a price of 2.50 dollars per 40 pounds and up, plus uncertain 40 pounds and 6c per cent, glue hides and related entries.
AP dispatch notes mixed grain prices with wheat 116 cars steady to 2 cents higher and corn 46 cars mostly unchanged to up 1 cent. No. 2 white corn 1.27, No. 2 yellow 1.32, oats nominally unchanged, soybeans around 2.48 to 2.53, bran 39.50 to 40.25, shorts 41.50 to 42.25.
New York AP reports stock prices were mixed with modest gains late afternoon. Volume around 3.4 million shares, down from 3.79 million Wednesday. SEC final report on industry inquiry had no immediate adverse effect. Aircraft, mail order retailers and drugs rose while tobacco shares fell about a point after speculation about forthcoming health reports. Corporate bonds edged higher and U.S. government issues were mixed.
Russell Champion Hutcheson/TBD led Russell to the Kansas American Legion baseball title by beating defending champion Lawrence 7-5 in the final after previously defeating Lawrence 10-2. Lawrence eliminated Great Bend 5-1 to reach the final, with Russell rallying from a 5-3 deficit.
AP reports consumer eggs unchanged while wholesale eggs show large and mediums at 80 percent A with prices 30-2-34 and 27-31. Poultry and butter steady. Missouri and Arkansas live dry ers and broilers quoted at farm 12-13 mostly 13, delivered at plant 13-144.
Chicago AP reports butter prices unchanged while eggs vary. Grades and counts are listed with whites mostly in 31s for 70 percent or better and mixed, mediums, standards, and dirties around the mid 20s to the low 30s, indicating a fluctuating market.
Chicago market bids show Wheat No 1 red at 1.80 3/4, No 2 hard 2.01, sample grade yellow 1.92 1/2. Corn No 1 yellow 1.33 1/2, No 2 yellow 1.33 1/2, sample grade yellow 1.26. Soybeans No 1 yellow 2.64, No 2 yellow 2.64. Wheat futures gain 4 cents to about 1.81 1/4, corn up 1/2 to 1.21 1/2, oats mixed, rye down.
STAFFORD Kan AP A Stafford farmer Herman Perry Dickson 45 was killed Wednesday night when his car crashed into a jackknifed truck five miles east of Stafford on U S 50 Trooper Tony Beadle said the truck driver Junior Settlemeter 33 of Waurika Okla had jackknifed while turning around Dickson came over a rise and plowed into the cattle laden truck
Admissions yesterday include Melvin Wilson at 616 N Grant medical and Vicki Record at 1005 W 14th medical. Dismissals yesterday include Chris McKinney and Elsie Fuller. Admissions today list Mrs Sylvester Hopper and John Gier among others. Police and city court actions involve Vaughn Brooks and Michael Brooks on fighting charges with bonds, driving without license, and traffic charges with hearings set. Harold J Dickerson facing traffic and parole violation with continued hearing. Elton Kiauman cited for muffler and later reckless driving with upcoming hearing.
Cedar Creek Watershed board of directors met at Thornburg Grange Hall and signed papers authorizing no-fund warrants. The action funds indebtedness from organizing Cedar Creek Watershed. Legal notices and fees to be paid. Flood data from 1961 will support a planning assistance application. Ice cream and cake were served afterward.
The Cottage Grove homecoming will be held Sunday at the Zillah school with a noon basket dinner. Former pupils, teachers and patrons are urged to attend. Jim Gough and friends plan water skiing and other activities at Grand Lake in Oklahoma this weekend.
Mr and Mrs Paul Parsons of 415 West Oak returned from a trip to Michigan visiting relatives in Battle Creek and their daughter and her husband Mrs Marilin Simon in Lansing A Soo Locks visit at Ste Marie and a boat trip across Lake Michigan noted as very rough marked highlights of the journey.
The 1923 Chanute High School graduates will hold a Saturday reunion at the Tioga Hotel with a 6 30 dinner. Reservations can be made by calling Hank Powell at 1126 S. Evergreen. Also, Bert Truster, 1216 S. Central, was arrested for intoxication and detained. Mrs. Wesley Roecker reported her car damaged a fire plug at Main and Kansas about 9 20 a.m.
Kenosha Wisconsin AP reports dog catcher Ralph Thomas forfeited a $10 bond in County Judge Urban Zievers' court for allowing his dog to run loose.
Infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Romine of Elwood died at St Joseph Hospital after a brief illness. Born March 18 1962 in Chanute, he is survived by parents two brothers DeWayne and Michael a sister Sandra. Grandparents Homer Romine Kimball and Stella Laver Humboldt. Funeral at Koch Skinner Memorial Chapel 2 pm Saturday with Dr Duff Wagoner officiating. Burial Greenlawn Memorial Park Cemetery. Scott funeral for Charles Scott of Nevada will be 2 pm Saturday at Ferris Funeral Home Nevada. Sister Mrs George Defebaugh of 102 N Steuben is a sister.
In Wichita AP report two boys aged 14 and 12 and a friend found 193 dollars under a water meter while looking for bottles on July 8. Police seek owners before returning the money. If returned the boys would give 10 percent to churches and divide the rest among themselves.
A revived Arlene, first storm of the 1963 hurricane season, churned toward Bermuda today with the threat of gale winds. The Miami AP dispatch notes the tropical cyclone gathering force as it nears Atlantic waters.
Premier Khrushchev reportedly seeks to deploy part of the 300000 Soviet troops in East Germany along the Soviet-Chinese frontier to push a Berlin settlement. Western diplomats and correspondents in West Berlin questioned the source and possible Communist planting of the idea.
In Hanoi Ho Chi Minh said peace in South Vietnam would return if the United States withdraws arms and troops. He blamed U.S. interventionists for the fighting and called for a halt to U.S. involvement.
American turncoat Lowell D. Skinner from Akron Ohio flew from Hong Kong to Tokyo en route home using the assumed name Braun. Skinner, a former U S Army corporal, refused repatriation after the Korean War and spent nine years in Red China.
Ottawa reported Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson says negotiators have "pretty well agreed" on arming Canadian weapons with U S nuclear warheads and may bring the draft to his cabinet next week. In Moscow, U S Secretary of State Dean Rusk returned from a Leningrad visit to join Premier Khrushchev at the Black Sea with aides Loy Thompson and Foy Kohler.
Former French Premier Robert Schuman aged 77, a key advocate of European unity, shows considerable improvement after a period of serious illness caused by a lung infection and circulatory ailment. He is reported in Metz France.
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