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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1965
Page
2
AP reports hog prices up to 50 cents higher with barrows and gilts 23 to 25 dollars, sows 21 to 23, sheep showing strong spring lamb demand with 23.25 to 24.00 for prime lambs, cattle and calves listing steady to lower prices across steers cows and feeders, with multiple ranges for each class and breeding stock.
Market report lists price ranges by weight and grade for hogs cattle and veal in Parsons. Hogs include no 1 2 grades 200 220 pounds at 24.00 24.35 and other weights. cattle cover grain fed steers and heifers US choice 23.50 25.50 up to veal prime 22.00 24.00.
Chanute Tribune lists subscription rates for Neosho Allen Wilson and Woodson counties with yearly and monthly options. It notes postal handling and office staff roles including publisher and news editor. The paper is a second class matter with AP subscription rights and has regional pricing for Kansas outside four counties.
The market summary shows consumer eggs with large A 30 32 cents, medium A 25 29, and other farm eggs large A 27 30, mediums 23 24, small 18 20, grade B 23 24. Wholesale eggs large 33 1/2 36 1/2 cents, mediums 26 1/2 28 1/2. Missouri Arkansas live fryers at farm 14 1/2 14 1/2, at plant too few to report. Butter grade A solid 69 and quarters 70 cents per pound.
Chicago AP reports butter steady to firm with prices shown for 93 score AA, 92 A, 90 B and 89 C grades. Eggs also steady to firm with prices for grade A whites, mixed, mediums, standards, and checks across various percent grades.
AP dispatch details futures and cash prices for wheat corn oats rye barley soybeans and by products in Kansas City with bid ranges for several classes and a note that wheat futures closed 7 to 14 higher. Distinct prices listed for No 2 and No 3 grades across hard red winter and white wheat along with sacked bran and shorts values.
Moderate session ends with losses after early gains. Boeing rises about two points and Eastern Air Lines up three. RCA gains on 18,200 shares while Consolidated Natural Gas and IBM gain. U S Steel GM slip about half a point and AT T slips slightly.
D&RG seeks support in Kansas to buy Rock Island Lines properties if Rock Island merges with Union Pacific. The agency studies future railroad traffic in Kansas and may ask the Kansas Corporation Commission to intervene. Legal and economic officials monitor developments and consider possible actions.
Wheat moved up one half to one cent on opening trades at the Board of Trade while corn slipped about four to four and a half cents and oats and soybeans varied modestly. Prices at the close showed wheat up about one and a half cents, corn down roughly four cents, oats mixed, and soybeans down about one to one and a half cents.
Singapore announces independence from Malaysia triggering tensions with Indonesia and Kuala Lumpur. Lee Kuan Yew demands recognition as a sovereign state before normalizing ties with Jakarta while Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman warns of action if Singapore allies with Indonesia. Britain notes bases remain unaffected. Riot police guard Malay districts in Singapore amid demonstrations.
Two Manhattan men Frank A. Mosier and Thomas F. Creech were named to administrative and faculty posts at the Schilling Technical Institute in Salina. Mosier becomes director of finance and registrar, Creech is curriculum director. They will also teach as full professors and start Aug. 17. Mosier, from Hoxie, earned a B.S. in business admin and an M.S. in agricultural economics at Kansas State University, and has held roles at K State and the Kansas Farm Bureau. Creech, from Licking, Missouri, is a Kansas State mechanical engineer with an M.S. in applied mechanics and has worked in K-State’s applied mechanics and a NASA Air Force project.
James Wolfe of Dodge City is restocking his reptile house after a cycle of liquidating all 130 snakes twice. He keeps bull, blue racer, garden and rattlesnakes and notes snakes are easier to care for than dogs since they eat twice a month and hibernate in winter.
T DeWitt Carr former dean of the University of Kansas school of engineering and architecture from 1947 to 1957 died Sunday in Washington DC He was 71 A retired Navy captain he and his wife had traveled from Scottsdale Arizona to visit relatives on the East Coast Cremation and burial will be in Arlington National Cemetery a memorial service to be announced Carr served KU in administration and as faculty representative to the Big Seven conference prior to his retirement.
An explosion at the Retzloff Chemical Co plant in east Harris County, Houston, kills two and injures three. The plant, open only days, manufactures agricultural chemicals and employed about five or six workers at the time. The cause is undetermined.
A2C Ronald Friederich, son of Mr and Mrs Raymond Friederich of 923 S Central, finishes a 20 month Misawa Japan tour and will report to Kelly AFB San Antonio on Aug 27. Stephen Edward VanVickle, son of Mr and Mrs John E VanVickle of 615 S Lincoln, enlisted Aug 4, flew to San Antonio for six weeks of basic training then airman third class, then mechanics training. He is a 1963 Chanute High School graduate.
Mr and Mrs Norman Curtis of Cobleskill New York recently stayed with Mrs Edna Strohm at 406 West 7th. They were joined by Strohm's daughter Mrs Allen Sherman and her Toronto family whom Curtis and his wife had been visiting beforehand.
A young man about 18, in a light checkered shirt and blue jeans, was seen peering into a home on S Edith at 9 p.m. yesterday but fled when confronted by a neighbor. A second prowler report came from the same vicinity.
Harry Atkins said a tire was stolen from his pickup in the last 10 days. Dick Bohling noted a second hole shot in the Sherwin-Williams front window, occurring within a week. Mrs. Faye Ingraham returned from a trip visiting relatives in Rhinelander Madison and Mexico City with Beale family and Burgess relatives in Marble Falls Texas.
Neosho Memorial Hospital reports Saturday admissions for George Morehead Vina Hoisington and various surgeries. Dismissals include Mrs. L. R. Fillman Guy Smith Lois Jackson and Stella Laver. Sunday admissions list multiple patients for surgery with several dismissals and births noted. Traffic citation issued to Grover E Laughlin. a pasture fire reported Earl Reinhardt farm at six miles east.
The funeral for Mrs Gladys Louise Steers was held at Johnson chapel this morning with the Rev Robert A Giezentanner of the Presbyterian church officiating. An organ solo Take My Hand Precious Lord was played by Mrs Hazel Slane. Bearers were Joe Harris Max Alcock Ray Smith Shelton Propst George Butler and Frank Burtle. Burial followed at Memorial Park cemetery.
On June 1, 1900, the population stood at 76,212,168. By June 1, 1965 the estimate reached 194,437,000, reflecting a 155 percent rise over 65 years.
In Marble Falls and Dallas with Mr. and Mrs. Barney Hilton. They were also guests of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wilson in Princeton, Tex.
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