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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1965
Page
2
Kansas City livestock trading shows calves scarce and steady demand while hogs pull near 25 higher in spots. Feeder and steer prices range 22.90 to 25.00 with heifers and calves in the low to mid twenty dollar zone. Sheep listings mirror steady tone with spring lambs near 24 and ewes around 5 to 7 dollars.
AP reports consumer eggs across mediums 26 29 wholesale eggs large 80 percent 27 29 mediums 80 percent. Missouri and Arkansas live fryers quoted at farm 14 2 delivered at plant 14 4 16. Other produce prices unchanged.
Chicago AP notes butter prices steady to firm and eggs unchanged to higher with mixed grades and standards quoted. Price ranges show 37 1/2 for whites and 29 to 28 for lower grades amid mixed market signals.
Kansas City market notes show mixed grain quotes with multiple classes of wheat corn oats rye and barley. Prices for No 2 and No 3 grades vary by type with soybeans around 1.74 and meal/sacks listed alongside.
The Chanute Tribune lists subscription rates for Neosho and nearby counties with yearly $9.00, six months $5.00, three months $3.00, and seven months $1.00. Publication details show staff roles including Dwight McCreight publisher and Dwight Wallingford news editor. The paper is a second class matter publication with AP news rights.
Wall Street closed irregularly higher as activity remained brisk. Anaconda slipped about 3 points and Kennecott fell around 2 amid Chile copper industry nationalization news. Ekco Products declined about 1 on heavy volume while Chrysler surged over 17 and Ford edged up near 1. IBM added 6 points in late trading.
Wheat No 2 red and No 2 hard edges run higher and lower around 1.56 and 1.60 while corn No 2 yellow sits near 1.28, oats No 2 heavy white about 71 cents. Soybeans No 1 yellow near 2.72. September prices show declines across all grain types with oats and rye dipping, soybeans down about 2 cents.
In Warsaw a tourist notes a gray market for dollars where rates range from official four to one to black market levels up to 100 to one. Poles exchange dollars at savings banks for 72 to one, while merchants claim 100 to one, with dollar value tied to goods and tips shrinking to pennies.
Alva McLaren of Earlton entered Mercy Hospital in Fort Scott for tests and surgery. Marvin Elling and wife from Chicago visited his sister and husband E O Gilbert at 518 West Second. Charles Edwards and sons from Las Vegas New Mexico vacationing with Floyd Kelley family at 122 North Steuben and Kay Groskinsky and Kenneth Chestnut households. Ambarger Miller family reunion set for Thayer park shelterhouse with a basket dinner at noon. Myrtle Fletcher hosts weekend guest Harry Smith and his wife from Bell Gardens California.
A Senate Labor subcommittee approved 7 to 1 the administration bill repealing Taft-Hartley Section 14B banning union shops. Provisions protect conscientious objectors on religious grounds. The move would overturn right to work laws in 19 states. House previously passed repeal 221 to 203.
About 3,500 loans have been made through United Student Aid Funds since Kansas banks and colleges joined. Kansas Bankers Association official Carl Bowman said a majority of Kansas banks are taking part, with annual loan limits of 1000 dollars for needy undergraduates and 2000 dollars for graduate students.
Great Plains Wheat Inc urged President Johnson to drop the 50 percent US flag requirement for wheat shipments to the Soviet bloc. Howard W. Hardy said Russia’s recent buys from Canada and Argentina show the rule raises costs and hurts US competitiveness. The group represents about 300,000 farmers across six states.
Topeka native Robert T. Wible is named assistant service director of the Kansas State Chamber of Commerce, effective September 1. Wible, of Topeka, will take on duties supporting member services and programs.
Watson Son Topeka firm M. W. Wat son Inc. led bids with 337000 dollars for the outer steps reconstruction of the Statehouse as of Wednesday.
Kansas mortgage investments by life insurers rose to 683.3 million at end of 1964, up 33.1 million or 5 percent for the year. The total breaks into 523.4 million in resident and commercial mortgages and 158.9 million in farm mortgages, per the Institute of Life Insurance.
Reps Joe Shubitz Garner Shriver and Robert Dole with 22 lawmakers pressed for reduced petroleum imports and scaled back foreign oil purchases. Cordell Moore, head of the Oil Import Administration, heard their proposals including moving surplus crude to deficit regions, expanding import controls, and closing loopholes in the program.
President Johnson signed into law a 200 acre Herbert Hoover National Historic Site at West Branch Iowa and honored Hoover with a White House ceremony attended by a select group of Republicans including Dirksen Ford and Milton Eisenhower none of the five living presidential candidates attended due to prior commitments Eisenhower sent regrets from a golf tournament.
Requiem mass for Floyd Osborn, died after an accident, will be held Saturday at 2 pm in St. Patrick's Catholic Church with Rev. Vincent Brown officiating. Burial in St. Patrick cemetery. rosary at 7:30 Friday at the church. Osborn, born August 24, 1904 in Chanute, lived here all his life, married Thelma Wanamaker June 8, 1932. Survivors include wife, one son James Floyd Osborn of El Paso, one daughter Gloria Upton of Route 2, his mother Mrs. Margaret Osborn, sister Edna Weber, and brothers H Raymond Osborn, O H Osborn, Ralph James Osborn, and five grandchildren.
U S and Vietnamese forces ended a 70 day siege of Duc Do near the Cambodian frontier. A Navy A4 Skyhawk was shot down 50 miles south southwest of Hanoi while three other planes returned safely. Paratroopers engaged Guerrillas at Plei Ya Ho but found only frightened villagers.
The Employment Security Division reports Kansas unemployment improved. The insured unemployment rate fell to 1.6 percent from 1.7 percent last week and 2 percent a year ago. Benefits totaling 202,587 dollars were paid to 5,284 people.
Eighteen year old Rob Lewis of Colby constructed a ruby laser from a magazine diagram. The device emits a pencil thin beam that can drill holes in wood and diamonds and has eye surgery potential. He plans cancer tissue research next summer with a project costing about $350.
Cool pockets linger in the central and northern Appalachians while most regions enjoy mild to warm conditions. Gulf Coast showers and Far West sprinkles occur, with 1.5 inches in six hours at Pensacola. Northern Plains reach 100 at Huron and Philip SD, and 95 at Bismarck ND and Denver.
Wednesday admissions list includes Mrs. Louie Wright Thayer medical Mrs. Leonard Wheeler medical and Estel Howell medical Also admission today George Fletcher Thayer medical Births report a girl to Mr and Mrs Larry Bailey and a boy to Mr and Mrs James Farrell Dismissals include Mrs Chris Coots Mrs Arthur Sprague Viola Woodward and others Police court actions list Kent Belfort guilty fined 125 15 10 appealing bond posted Robert Joy guilty fined 10 Traffic citations note Beverly Mintz James Whittley and Donald Moses with bonds Fire run reports a grass fire 42 miles east of Shaw Road corner
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