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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1962
Page
2
Cattle and hog trades show higher hog prices with barrows and gilts up to 50 cents. Slaughter cattle and sheep mostly steady. Wheat, corn and soybeans move mixed with No 2 hard wheat around 2.17 to 2.30 and corn near 1.19 to 1.30. Prices for oats, rye, barley, bran and shorts listed as traded.
Hogs steady with price ranges for various grades from 8 to 18 dollars per hundredweight. Cattle and calves show wide spreads by weight and grade with steady demand. Wall Street gains despite an early drop as volume nears 4.3 million shares. bonds widen gains and over-the-counter bids lift long Treasuries. Closing stocks listed for New York, AP report.
Mr and Mrs Robert Talbot and sons returned home after a week with relatives in Lubbock Texas and with Mrs Talbot’s sister Mrs Herschel Woolery in Thayer. Police logged gasoline thefts and a missing lounge chair while a warehouse exhaust fan was stolen from Koch Brothers Furniture. Outreach includes out of town guests visiting local families and a sermon this Sunday at United Brethren church.
The AP report lists consumer egg classes with price ranges for Large A 30 34 and Small A 15 18, C's 15 19, unclassified 17 22. Wholesale eggs show Large 80 per cent A 3437 and Medium 80 per cent A 29 31. Live fryers and broilers in Missouri Arkansas quoted at farm 14 2 delivered 15 15 2.
Chicago prices show butter unchanged with AA and A grades listed and egg values firm to slightly higher. Grade A whites lead at 37 cents per unit, with mixed 37 and standards 29 cents. dirties 23 1/2.
Chicago market brief notes no wheat fats or soybean sales. Corn No 4 yellow priced at 1.09. Soybean oil bid 8s a. Barley making choice 1.23 to 1.35n. feed barley 93 to 1.10n.
Market notes list Grade A Medium eggs, receipts, and cream with varied prices. Hens priced by weight under and over 30 pounds, with hides priced at 10 cents per pound for under 30 pounds and three dollars each for over 30 pounds.
Admission and dismissal listings for Neosho Memorial Hospital include Mrs Belle Leighty and Mrs Ida White, with multiple dismissals from various nearby towns. The marriage licenses include Gary F. Braden with Katherine Cooper and others from Chanute, Erie, Parsons, and Dayton. District Court filings from Erie feature divorces, separations, name changes, and a money judgment request.
Hollywood veteran actor Alan Mowbray known for his many film roles as a butler was arrested Wednesday night on suspicion of drunken driving. The 66 year old actor was released on bail.
Raymond Arthur Perry 73 died Wednesday evening at the Erie Rest Home after an illness since World War I. Born May 25, 1889 in Erie, he married Ruth M. Hartman in 1922 and was a WWI veteran. Survivors include daughters H L Dickerson and Arthur Spada four grandchildren and four sisters. Funeral Saturday at 10 a.m. Pierce Funeral Home with Rev Wayne Newlin officiating. burial East Hill cemetery.
Tass described Maj. Andrian Nikolayev and Lt. Col. Pavel Popovich as in excellent physical condition after landing in Kazakhstan. Doctors praised Nikolayev for his calmness and cheerfulness as they traveled toward Moscow for reports and a planned welcome in Red Square.
Walter C. Peirce president of the Kansas Farm Bureau urges farmers to vote in the August 30 wheat referendum for long term benefit. He says a yes could be seen as support for government controls and a no affects future congressional action with options on parity loans and acreage policies. He notes price supports as a floor and warns high supports boost overproduction and reduced quality wheat. If defeated a voluntary land retirement program in Congress next year may be possible.
Secretary of Agriculture Orville Freeman pressed Congress for legislation this session to authorize milk production controls to avert a dairy price support program disaster. He warned the department must buy surplus butter, risking freezer space while noting dairymen under current policy lack adequate income and taxpayers bear over 500 million dollars annually in surplus butter cheese and dry milk costs.
Amos Alonzo Stagg, the "Grand Old Man of Football," turns 100 in Stockton Calif as celebrations spread across 12 cities. President Kennedy and sports figures hail his 70 years of coaching and lifelong creed of clean play while nurses note his enduring pace and vigor.
About 300 million gross of bottle caps are used each year for cap ping soft drinks and beer in bottles and cans.
Alaska's last territorial governor Mike Stepovich led the Republican race for the nomination to challenge the first elected governor William A. Egan. In unofficial returns from 223 of 339 precincts Stepovich had 5 553 votes to 4 826 for his nearest rival Howard W. Pollock.
Washington AP reports government officials met in urgent session to seek a federal court injunction to stop picketing at the Space Development Center in Huntsville Alabama. The three day strike by AFL CIO Electrical Workers Local 558 halts work on space projects aimed at catching up with the Soviet Union. About 1500 AFL CIO building trades workers refuse to cross lines, and NLRB attorneys were expected to seek a court order by late today or Friday.
Local page carries brief items from Chanute and surrounding area dated Thursday August 16 1962. Short notices cover community events and announcements of interest to residents.
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