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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1962
Page
2
AP dispatch notes cattle 400 head with calves not tested, hogs 2,000 with barrows and gilts steady and sows 25c lower to 18.50 per cwt range, weights 180 to 375 lb. Sheep 100 head with lambs steady, prime native lambs about 21.75 to 22.00. Eggs and dairy prices listed, hides paid per weight tier, receipts noted.
Kansas City market bulletin lists consumer eggs Large A 29-35 cents, medium A 25-28. Wholesale eggs Large 34-38, 80 percent A 29-31, medium 80 percent A 29-31. Poultry and butter unchanged. Missouri Arkansas live fryers and broilers at farm 15 cents, delivered at plant 15-16 cents.
Chicago AP reports butter prices holding steady with AA 57 2, A 57 42, B 56 42, C 54 2, and carload listings at 90 B 57 44, 89 C 55 2. Eggs also steady with grade A whites at 36 2, mixed 36 2, mediums 29 12, standards 28, dirties 23 2, checks 23 2.
Chicago grain markets show no sales of wheat corn or soybeans while oats and barley move within narrow ranges. Wheat ends slightly lower as September contracts trade around 2.08 dollars, corn declines to about 1.07, oats fall to roughly 0.62, rye holds steady near 1.20 and soybeans ease toward 2.34 per bushel.
Wall Street prices drifted irregularly in light volume around 3 million shares traded, with losses for most key stocks from fractions to about a point and declines broader among higher priced issues. Corporate bonds held firm in quiet NYSE trading and government bond activity was also very light.
AP report shows mixed moves across grains with wheat mostly steady to down and corn sliding slightly. Prices listed for No 2 hard and dark wheat at 2.15, No 2 red at 2.13, corn No 2 white 1.19 to 1.30, oats around 63 to 71, rye 1.10 to 1.14, soybeans 2.31 to 2.37, and bran 38.00 to 38.75 per unit.
In Fort Scott Kansas six Black youths aged 17 to 21 face preliminary hearings Monday on a forcible incident involving a white woman. The youths allegedly confronted a woman in a parked car with a young man Monday night.
John Bert Endsley 77 of Wilson County died at home. Born July 1 1885 he was a retired country club caretaker and husband of Lizzie E. McMillen Navy. Survived by wife three daughters four grandchildren nine great grandchildren two brothers and a sister. Funeral Saturday 2 p.m. at Johnson Mortuary with Rev E M Pearson officiating. Burial Elmwood Cemetery.
Betty Engle, Carol McDonald and Kay Wilson have returned to Burris Addition and Wilson neighborhood after visiting friends in Washington, California, and Colorado. Roy E. Hutchison of Wichita announces the birth of a son, Dale Eugene, on August 19, with Anita Kay as a sibling. Grandparents are Mable Hutchison and George E. Matton.
Rep. J Floyd Breeding announced the Agriculture Department has established final disposal dates for excess wheat acreage under the 1963 allotment program. May 15 applies to 19 named counties, June 1 covers 14 western counties, and May 22 is the date for all remaining counties.
Rocket scientist Wernher von Braun plans to turn over a private papers and mementos collection to the City of Huntsville Library. The Marshall Space Flight Center, led by von Braun, is based in Huntsville.
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Mr and Mrs J E Ramsdell of 1418 S Santa Fe report their daughter Frances Brewster is critically ill at Shasta County Hospital in Redding Colo. They cannot be with her due to Ramsdell’s health.
Two Kansas sisters, Diane Machart 12 and Marie 14, were climbing Eagle's cliff near Broadmoor Colorado. Diane fell about 100 feet to a rocky shelf and died. Marie was marooned on a narrow ledge for over two hours before rescuers from Fort Carson brought her down safely. The sisters vacationed with parents Harold and the late Mr. Machart.
The Senate passed the 73 million Philippine war damage claims bill by voice vote and sent it to President Kennedy. The measure, already approved by the House, authorizes payments by the U S Foreign Claims Commission to 88 000 claimants including 287 corporations with claims over 50 000 each. Kennedy urged prompt action to aid U S Filipino relations.
R D Hamar and wife return to Chanute after attending the Kansas Section of the 39th Federal Intermediate Credit Bank meeting in Wichita. Kenneth M Lyon, bank president, reports 14 Kansas associations held 38.8 million dollars in agricultural loans as of June 30. Chanute Association lent 4.38 million dollars to 417 members across nine counties. Also attending were Mr and Mrs Junior Braman of Buffalo and J I Wingrave of Yates Center. Braman is a director and Wingrave is president of the Chanute Association.
Manchester man Ralph Hubbard, 51, was struck by a small sports car on Wednesday while crossing a street. He was thrown over the windshield and landed in a bucket seat beside the driver before being taken to a hospital.
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