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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1962
Page
2
AP report from Kansas City shows cattle and calves mixed with firmness in some categories. Slaughter steers and heifers mostly steady to weak with some declines, hogs down 25, sheep steady with higher lamb values and steady ewes.
Market notes show Hogs and Cattle values by weight and grade with steady to firm trends. Sows and bears fall or rise by class while Sheep and Yearlings list price ranges. Wall Street update follows with AP report on stock activity and closing stocks.
The Kansas City AP market report lists wholesale and consumer egg prices by grade. Large eggs run 60 cents per dozen wholesale, with A grades 30 to 36 cents, medium 27 to 30 cents, and other varieties 15 to 22 cents. Missouri Arkansas live fryers and broilers price ranges are 14 to 15 cents at farm and 15 to 15.5 cents delivered.
Chicago AP brief notes steady butter with mixed 93 score AA at 57'2, 92 A at 572, and other grades. eggs firm with whites at 37 and other grades 36 to 29, dirtys 23'2, checks 23%. USDA live poultry unchanged to 1 lower, roasters 24'2-26, red white rock fryers 19-20, hens 16-17%.
The Eisteddfod a Welsh music and literary festival traces roots to the sixth century, celebrating performing arts, poetry, and culture in Wales through generations.
Wheat No 4 yellow hard to 2.12, corn No 2 yellow 1.132, oats No 1 extra heavy 6594, soybeans No 4 yellow A, soybean oil 8s n. Barley mixed with choice 1.23-35 n, feed 93-1.10 n. Wheat up 2 to 1 cents, corn up 1 to 1.5 cents, oats up to 1.2 cents, rye steady, beans up 1.54 or down 0.5 cents with August at 2.47-12.
Kansas City report shows wheat with 74 cars down to 2.16 to 2.28 for No 2 hard and dark hard. No 2 red 2.11 to 2.17. corn 46 cars unchanged to up 0.01. No 2 white 1.19 to 1.30. oats 7 cars with No 1 white 66 to 69. mile maize 1.91 to 1.94. soybeans 2.33 to 2.39. barley 1.04 to 1.08. bran 36.50 to 37.25. shorts 39.50 to 40.25.
Kansas fruit crops are expected to be below average this year according to the Federal State Crop and Livestock Reporting Service. Apple production is estimated at 210000 bushels, down from the 1951-60 average and last year, while peaches are pegged at 100000 bushels, under both longer-term averages and the prior year. The Irish potato crop is put at 225000 hundredweight, down 13000 from last year.
Democratic leaders in Congress plan to advance the six Kennedy economic measures. Senate Leader Mansfield said both chambers back the president and will work toward quick floor action on unemployment compensation and college aid. He expects Senate passage after satellite bill battles, then drug, farm, tax, and trade expansion bills.
The funeral service for Helen Spillman who died from injuries in an automobile accident last week was conducted Sunday afternoon at Fairview rural cemetery near Kincaid. She was a sister of Mrs. Wayne Gillham of Humboldt.
A GAO supervisor told Senate investigators to question former Treasury Secretary George M. Humphrey and son Gilbert about burned records on nickel profits. He testified records were destroyed in February and March after a Senate inquiry began, involving Hanna interests earning over 39 million dollars on roughly 4.5 million in contracts signed January 16, 1953.
Chicago AP reports railroads press for court ruling on Thursday start of job cuts that would eliminate 40 000 diesel firemen and 25 000 more over five years. Five operating unions vow a 210 000 member strike if work-rule changes take effect. Emergency fact finding could delay action.
Neosho Memorial Hospital admissions on Monday include Claude Moon from Humboldt for medical care and Mrs John Witt for surgery at 409 S Ashby. Dismissals listed include John Jensen and several Humboldt residents. Birth announced of a boy to Mr and Mrs Herbert Keighley at 111 N Garfield.
Clair Roddewig president of the Association of Western Railways warned a showdown on featherbedding is needed or railroads as private businesses will fail. He cited $500 million yearly payroll waste and said revolutions in work rules could trigger mass layoffs over the next five years. He urged equal competition and removal of government bias in transportation rules.
Local brief notes the annual Taylor reunion will be held Sunday August 19 at the south shelterhouse in Santa Fe Park. Also reports moves and visits of residents across the area, highway patrol citations, and police court action.
Wilson County NFO delegates were chosen at a Fredonia meeting to attend the district convention. Names include Lenard, Farwell, Travis, Carter, Nunnenkamp, Erickson, Compton, Fail, Morgan, Erbe, Gibson with Mandershire and Myers as alternates. Speaker will be Erhard Pfingston. A Des Moines meeting to set a timetable for an all-out holding action is planned for Aug 28, with Wilson County planning strong attendance.
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