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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1963
Page
2
AP dispatch from Kansas City notes hogs around 2,000 head with barrows and gilts up to 25 higher and sows steady to 25 higher. Prices for barrows and gilts 1-3 210-265 lb at 17.50-18.00, sows 270-350 lb at 5.125-16.50. Cattle and calves totals listed with limited establishment. sheep at 400 head steady.
Cattle and hogs price sheet shows mixed steady trends. U S choice 24.00 25.50 for 600 700 lb steers, prime calf ranges 24 25, stock calves 28 32, and cows 14 16 for utility commercial. Bulls 17 18.75 reliable, breeding bulls 19 21 dollars.
AP price notes list consumer eggs large size 23 to 27 cents per dozen with other sizes unchanged. Poultry and butter unchanged. Missouri and Arkansas live fryers and broilers priced at farm 13 to 14 cents per pound and delivered at plant 13 14 cents per pound.
Chicago AP market report shows butter prices steady while eggs move firm with minor gains. Grade A whites 70 percent or better, mixed 35s, mediums 28, standards 31, dirties 25 and checks noted.
Wheat No 2 yellow hard 1.98 and a quarter. Corn No 2 yellow 1.31. No oats or soybean sales. Soybean oil 8s. Wheat up four and a quarter cents to September 1.79 and a half. Corn steady to four higher at 1.23 and a half. Oats steady to a half cent higher at 63 and a half. Rye up one and a half to 1.26 and a half. Soybeans up one and a half to August 2.58 and eight.
Wellsford mayor Mrs. Buelah Powell laments losing the state’s smallest city honor after a state census shows Freeport in Harper County with 28 residents, upending Wellsford’s prior tally of 31. Freeport’s mayor Ben Brooks calls the distinction a “quite a distinction” and prideful for his town.
AP report from Kansas City shows bid ranges for wheat corn milo barley rye and soybeans with price per bushel per hundredweight and car counts. No 2 and No 3 varieties listed with varying price bands across white yellow and mixed corn and milo segments.
The Asbury Park boardwalk in New Jersey is described as 85 feet wide in certain sections. Rocking chairs are arranged at strategic locations along the promenade.
Wall Street in New York advanced as motors and steels led a late afternoon rise in active trading. Daily volume was about 4.4 million shares, with mixed corporate bonds and generally unchanged U.S. government bonds.
Bessie M Kimmey 86 of Erie Nursing Home died this morning after a long illness. She was born May 23 1877 in Walnut Grove Township and lived in Erie since 1904. Survived by daughter Reeves Kimmey and son Virgil Kimmey. funeral Saturday 2 pm at Federated Church Erie. burial East Hill Cemetery. Arthur Dietrich dies in Denver after years of illness. survived by wife Hazel and son Merle. Emma Spruell 73 of Tulsa died there. funeral Saturday 10:30 am Guardian Funeral Home Tulsa. burial Elmwood Cemetery Chanute. survived by three sons one daughter sister and several grandchildren.
Benedict is a hub of visiting relatives with extended stays from Montrose Pratt Wichita Fredonia and Perry. Local church events feature E Loren Miller and a Rally Day planned for early September. Numerous guests join Benedict families, plus Nigeria student N A Nwosu attends services as a two week visitor.
More than 40 area farmers joined a hog tour of Don Sailors farm 12 miles east of Chanute, hosted by the Farm Management Assn. Sailors, the fourth generation, operates a modern hog enterprise with 800 to 900 hogs sold yearly. The barn has housed Percheron horses, a milking unit, and now farrowing quarters. Gale Mullen and Bill Guy led the tour for the association.
Jack and Pat McVaugh of Long Fredonia welcome a 7 pound son named James Dean born August 8. Melvin Miller Jr. of Neodesha announces a son, with paternal grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Heinze and maternal grandmother Mrs. Oma Caldwell. Three Wilson County high school students will attend a citizenship seminar at Rock Springs Ranch August 2024, sponsored by the Kansas Farm Bureau. Le Donna Gibson of Altoona and Larry Friend of Imogene are funded travelers. plans for a Chanute High School class of 1924 reunion in 1964 are under way. Earl Fritz of Long Beach visits his mother at Westview Nursing Home for her 90th birthday, and his sister’s family are nearby. Other locals and families are visiting or traveling to Rockaway Beach and Huntsville for summer leisure.
First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy has returned to Hyannisport with her children and seven dogs, seeking rest after a Caesarean birth. Obstetrician says full rehabilitation requires curtailing official duties until after year’s start, delaying Washington duties and White House functions. The plan is to remain at Brambletyde until Sept. 15, then move to Newport, R.I.
A list of hospital admissions and discharges from Neosho Memorial Wednesday includes Mrs Wayne Klauman, Brenda Samples, Edgar Zastrow, Arthur Neilson, and others with medical statuses noted. Dismissals feature Mrs Walter Stierwalt, Mrs Robert Hembree, Douglas Fickel, and several others at various local addresses. Admissions today also list Lynn Gorrell and Edgar Chapman as medical. A police traffic citation for speeding was issued to James N Lewis Jr with a $5 bond posted.
W. G. Bodley president of the Bank of Commerce will leave tomorrow for two weeks at the Graduate School of Banking in Madison Wisconsin. This is his third year at the school which requires two weeks' resident attendance annually for three years to earn a certificate. The program is sponsored by the Central States Conference of bankers associations across 16 Midwestern states.
Kansas City area weather summary for the 24 hours ending at 6 shows high and low temperatures and precipitation measurements. The AP brief lists observed values and notes any notable conditions or trends for residents monitoring forecast accuracy.
Hollywood AP reports Clifford Odets famed Broadway playwright and film director died at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital after surgery for a stomach ailment. The 57 year old entered the hospital July 23 for treatment of ulcers.
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