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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1963
Page
2
Cattle 250 calves 50 with market not established. Hogs 2,500 barrows and gilts steady to 15 higher. 210-265 lb at 17.25-18.00. sows 1-3 15.25-16.50. Sheep 25 no price test. few choice lambs around 21.00.
AP reports Kansas City wholesale eggs at 80 cents per dozen for large eggs with 34 to 38 prices unchanged. Consumer eggs and poultry products show no change, butter remains steady in today’s market update.
Chicago AP reports butter prices unchanged and eggs about steady with minor variation. Officials note typical market fluctuations amid spring demand.
AP notes Chicago market levels for wheat No 1 yellow hard at 2.00 percent and No 2 yellow hard at 1.992 percent. Corn No 2 yellow at 1.32 and No 4 yellow at 1.292. Oats No 1 extra heavy white 68. Soybean sales not reported and soybean oil listed as 8s b s a.
Irregular market gains late afternoon with 4.2 million shares traded. Rail stocks rise on hopes for progress in railway labor dispute ahead of a potential Aug 29 strike. Government bonds widen modestly. corporates steady to higher. Includes hospital admissions and dismissals, births, and a police court note.
AP reports mostly steady grain quotes with slight shifts: Wheat 114 cars, corn 15 cars, oats 4 cars, maize 1.88 to 2.00, kafir 1.89 to 2.01, rye 1.16 to 1.22, barley 1.01 to 1.07, soybeans 2.42 to 2.51, bran 41.00 to 41.75, shorts 43.50 to 44.25. Wheat futures closed slightly higher.
The Wilson County National Farmers Organization will elect delegates to the district convention at the regular Monday night meeting in the Fredonia REA building. The convention at Fredonia National Guard Armory is set for September 6.
Felix Frankfurter, 80, retired associate justice of the U S Supreme Court, was awarded the American Bar Association's highest honor the gold medal for conspicuous service to American jurisprudence. He could not attend due to a stroke suffered last year.
AUSTIN Texas promoter Billie Sol Estes, convicted of fraud, is named a director of the new International Love and Good Will Corp the secretary of state's office said The charter says it aims to obtain members interested in improving the economic welfare of underprivileged persons Washington AP Rep H R Gross Iowa may handle Christmas decorations for the House if Congress remains in session Carl Albert Oklahoma would designate the decorator if the session lasts Lewis plans to take classical piano lessons after four decades of jazz piano Meade Lux Lewis says he will study classical piano in upcoming lessons Chief industries of India are textiles chemicals and steel
Army Pvt Herbert H A Shores Jr 23 wife Judy lives at 715 N Western completed a field communication crewman course at Fort Leonard Wood Missouri in late July Shores joined the Army last March and trained at the fort He is the son of Mrs Vivian Nielson of 609 S Lincoln a Cha nute High School graduate in 1956 He previously worked for Disney Market Churchill Inc before joining the Army He attended College at Kansas University Lawrence Pittsburg State College Pittsburg and worked for Churchill prior to service The Yockey family picnic will be held Sunday in South Park Humboldt
Don R Gorham left Chanute on Wednesday for St Louis to teach machine shop and related subjects in a vocational trade school. He attended Chanute jun-
In Saigon the Diem government imposed martial law on Hue and Nhatrang after another Buddhist monk self immolated in Hue. U S troops were kept in barracks from dusk to dawn in both cities, while authorities ordered most residents indoors. The 71 year old Thich Tien Dieu died at 4 am in Hue's main pagoda, marking the fifth such act in two months as Buddhists press for civil and religious rights.
State Weather Kansas City reports the 24 hour period ending at 6 a.m. est detailing high and low temperatures and total precipitation recorded. Data reflects temperatures and rainfall measurements collected across local stations for the period specified.
Army private Richard L Robinson finished advanced training as a Nike Hercules missile crewman at The Air Defense Center Fort Bliss Texas on August 3. Robinson is the son of Mrs Josephine M Robinson of Piqua and a 1957 Iola High School graduate who later attended Iola Junior College. He enlisted in March 1963 and completed basic training at Fort Leonard Wood Missouri.
Lisa Tharp, granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Tharp and Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Wood, won a superior award and a trophy in the piano-organ division at the Mid-America Music Association Festival in Omaha. She played a solo and celebrated her sixth birthday on August 14 while visiting her grandparents. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Tharp of Chillicothe Missouri.
Mr and Mrs Marvin T Phillips of 417 West Standard return from Topeka where Phillips had been a patient at Santa Fe Hospital. It is reported he is doing well but will not be cleared to return to work for one month.
Children’s library event features Miranda and the Cat as the main tale. Program begins Saturday at 10 30 in the public library with a short reading followed by a brief activity for attendees.
Twenty nine Republican congressmen urged action on wheat legislation before the 1964 crop. After a private two hour meeting Rep. Bob Dole reported agreement that any program be voluntary. Leaders urged a remedial bill to prevent the Kennedy administration's wheat program from taking effect.
Miami dispatch reports two air attacks on Cuban targets. An uniden tified plane bombed and strafed the Bolivia sugar mill in Camaguey Province at 4 05 a.m. and another aircraft over Havana’s Nico Lopez refinery faced heavy anti aircraft fire forcing it away.
Kansas IRS records show six Kansas residents bought federal gambling stamps in the new fiscal year starting July 1. Over 300 licenses were sold in early weeks for coin operated gaming devices with $50 stamps and a 10 percent bets tax. July receipts show $328.96, while the 10 percent tax yielded $990.66.
Laurence Gilpin Cutler 61 printing instructor at Pittsburg Kansas State College died in Canada of a heart attack while on vacation with his wife Mildred His brother said he died in Quebec He formerly lived in Abilene and was KU graduate
A military report states an aerial attack recorded an altitude between 450 and 600 feet. Only one bomb exploded and it did not damage the target. The aircraft departed northward after completing its mission. The sugar mill lies at Moron in an area with some guerrilla activity.
Hays Kansas schools will employ 13 nuns among faculty at two elementary buildings leased from the Salina Catholic diocese. The district bars transfers from outsiders like an atheist parent, contending the board may refuse enrollment. The lease restricts hours with no religion taught 8:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and supports a parochial elementary program.
Cooler weather expected to improve Kansas fishing says Kansas Forestry Fish and Game Commission. Night fishing remains best with white bass crappie and bluegill common while channels and bass show variable catches across lakes and reservoirs including Fall River Reservoir Toronto and several county lakes with fair to good conditions and many bluegill reported. Southeast Kansas pits and waterfowl areas show fair to good fishing for multiple species as weather shifts.
AP reports a Missouri comparison to a 10 year earlier case where the Missouri Supreme Court ruled that allowing nuns to teach in public schools violated the state constitution on church and state separation, with attention drawn to a similar action in Hays Kansas.
Indonesia, long a major buyer of global cloves for its cigarette production, is launching its own clove groves to secure supplies and reduce reliance on imports. Officials say the program aims to enhance self sufficiency and stabilize prices for the industry.
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