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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1963
Page
2
Kansas City livestock prices show hogs steady to 25 lower for barrows and gilts and sows down to 28. Lambs and sheep mostly weaker with prime lambs at 21.00 to 21.50 and ewes down. Cattle and calves see steers weak to steady, heifers down 25 to 50, vealers mixed with primes around 25.00 and cows 14.50 to 16.00, bulls 17.00 to 21.00. overall market mixed amid steady to lower trading.
The report lists prices for hogs including U S No 1 and 2 grades 190-240 pounds at 17 50 to 17 75 with high choice at 17 85, and various weights and sow bear categories. Cattle and grain markets show steady trends with wheat corn oats soybeans and related futures and spot prices, including September contracts and stock calves and feeder calves price ranges.
In Chicago the Butter market shows steady prices and eggs remain about steady with no significant changes. The reports indicate consistent pricing across dairy and egg categories with no notable fluctuations.
Chicago AP reports live poultry prices fluctuated with roasters ranging 22 to 24 cents, mostly 23 to 24. Special red white rock fryers traded 18 to 19 cents, a few heavy hens at 17 cents.
AP reports a mixed grain session with wheat prices holding or edging higher. No 2 hard and dark hard ranged 2.00 to 2.31, No 3 1.97 to 2.02, No 2 red 1.99 to 2.08, and corn 2 car shipment mostly unchanged to up slightly with No 2 white 1.30 to 1.37, No 3 1.26 to 1.36, plus yellow and mixed at 1.35 to 1.49. Oats and kafir also cited with ranges, rye 1.16 to 1.22, barley 1.01 to 1.07, soybeans 2.42 to 2.50, bran and shorts listed.
Wall Street activity in New York saw motors oils and drugs trading steadily as volume reached about 3.6 million shares. Changes in key issues varied from fractions to about a point with Xerox moving about seven points. Bonds were narrowly mixed as the market held a cautious stance after Monday's extended advance.
Police report vandalism to the Jayhawk Glass Co doors with two panes broken and two others pierced by a BB or pellet gun. Ladies of Elks meet Tuesday at 7 30 pm in the clubroom. Santa Fe System weekly carload totals fall slightly from last year with 30 479 moved in the ending Aug 17 1963. Victoria Kahmeyer of Nashville visits brother Lyle Kahmeyer and family at 516 West 3rd. Do Si Do Square Dance club offers lessons at Santa Fe Park shelterhouse at eight tonight.
George A. Custer died at 37 in the Little Big Horn massacre after serving as the youngest Union general in the Civil War. He was 23 when given the rank of brigadier general. Harry Rumbeck of Miller Nel and Mr and Mrs Cecil Rumbeck and son of Whittier California have been visiting Nell Cecil of Stark and George Rumbeck of Savonburg.
W W Shaw 71 of 219 S Kansas died unexpectedly at home. He retired from a welding shop after longtime civic work in Chanute and was active in the Christian church at Moline. Born Oct 30 1893 in Quincy Mo he married Mary R Sproul on Apr 4 1931 in Rich Hill Mo. Survived by wife, one daughter, two granddaughters, a brother and a sister. Funeral plans incomplete. Charles Monihan of Denver died Saturday. survived by widow Maxine Schmidt and a son Pat. Services in Denver today. Jess Shoal 72 of rural Buffalo died of heart attack. survived by wife and son Harold. No funeral plans announced. Mrs Sarah Daisy Kelsey 385 died at Autry Nursing Home after living in Chanute six years. Born Jun 7 1878 she married Samuel F Kelsey in Kimball Feb 2 1896. He died 1956. Survived by three sons, two daughters, twelve grandchildren, 34 great grandchildren and seven great great grandchildren. Funeral plans incomplete.
An attractive Macon Missouri bank secretary was charged with embezzling 112000 dollars. Mrs Crayton Kirks 29 faced FBI complaint in St Louis. She is treated for a nervous breakdown in Kansas City and had led a local social sorority. The Kirks own property including a Macon home and Ozarks summer home with a yacht. no children. Bank officials disclosed the shortage with disputed totals.
Mr and Mrs Lee Judy and son Dwight of Hays have visited Mrs Judy’s parents Dwight and Mary Diver at 929 S Highland and brother Randall Diver and family at 130 S Larson. They will travel home Wednesday via Lawrence where Dwight will serve as a DeMolay delegate.
Carl Wortman the water plant superintendent told police he found holes in two plant windows apparently caused by BB or pellet gun shots yesterday.
Police were informed yesterday of a missing transistor radio from the Tommy Anderson residence at 501 East 6th. Officers documented the report and opened an inquiry into the whereabouts of the device.
Daily Transcript lists Monday admissions for Sheryl Freeman Eric Minnie Stacey and others at Neosho Memorial Hospital with mentions of surgery and medical cases. Births include two boys and a girl to Humboldt and Colburn families. Dismissals include several residents across Humboldt and nearby streets. Admission today notes Floyd Hart for surgery.
Bank officials investigate suspected misentries after identifying suspicious entries in records. Mrs Kirks had access to most accounts and records. President Charles Wirth and EVP Charles Gaines said operations remain protected by fidelity bonds up to 1,175,009.
The Associated Press reports 11 U.S. service members and two civilians killed across several crashes this week. Incidents include an F100 jet on a New Mexico ranch, two jets on the Constellation, a drone crash at Eglin, a B47 collision over Iowa, and three Navy jets lost near France with one plane hitting a home near Plouarnec.
King James IV grants Sauchiemuir Castle to Sir James Murray on condition he set out three glasses of port on New Year's Eve for the king’s grandmother’s ghost. The odd stipulation ties a noble deed to a spectral commemorative gesture.
In Brazzaville two former cabinet ministers were arrested as deposed President Fulbert Youlou is questioned in a probe into millions of francs allegedly missing from the treasury.
The wreckage of a Japanese airliner missing since Saturday with 19 Japanese aboard was located on a mountain top on Hachijo Island, about 100 miles south of Tokyo. National Police said all aboard were killed.
Basutoland covers 11,716 square miles with most of the land clinging to the steep Drakensberg Range, the largest range in South Africa.
A Sunday night basket supper in Santa Fe Park honored Mr. and Mrs. Dale Cook of San Diego with relatives and friends from across Kansas and nearby states attending. Attendees listed include Steve and Bob Cook of San Diego. other Cook family members from Wichita, Ottawa, Buffalo, Thayer, Altoona, Benedict, Chanute and Arkansas City.
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