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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1964
Page
2
Livestock activity shows mixed gains across cattle hogs and sheep. Slaughter steers and cows posted higher bids, while hogs rose 25 to 50 cents for barrows and gilts, with sows steady to higher. Sheep and lambs improved, with spring lambs 25 higher and feeder calves and stockers trading at varied but steady to firm levels.
Dean Skinner urges peace and brotherhood in daily life. He cites Marcus Aurelius and Henry Van Dyke on happiness from inner virtue, not wealth, and calls readers to attitudes that inspire others to become ambassadors of goodwill. Address 16 N Forest, HE 11 3440.
AP report lists consumer egg quotes by size with large prices from 36 to 38 cents, medium 24 to 33, small 18 to 20, large 23 to 25. Wholesale eggs show 80 percent at 40 to 43 cents and 34 to 40 cents elsewhere. Missouri and Arkansas live fryers and broilers priced at farm 13 to 14 cents and delivered at plant 14 to 15 cents. Butter steady at grade A solid 67 and grade A quarters 68 cents per pound.
Chicago AP reports butter and eggs holding firm with minor shifts by grade, 60 92 A 60 90 B 59 9 C 57 and 70 percent or better A white eggs. Live poultry shows no change, roasters at 23-25 and special red white rock fryers at 18 2-20.
Readable market items show eggs in multiple grades with small price figures, cream premium at a low price, receipts and miscellaneous items, and hides priced per pound. The fragmentary list resembles a 19th or early 20th century local market page with terse commodity entries and unit prices.
AP reports Kansas City grain bids with wheat and corn mixed. Wheat values for No 2 and No 3 grades shown across hard, dark hard and red varieties. Corn bids for No 2 white and No 3 yellow and mixed. Oats, rye, barley, soybeans, bran and shorts listed with bid ranges. Mile maize futures noted at 2.05 to 2.18.
Wall Street in New York reports an irregular gain with selected industrials showing strength and moderate trading. Volume estimated at 3.5 million shares versus 3.64 million on Friday. Corporate bonds mixed while U.S. Treasury bonds remained firm.
Chanute High School will issue football uniforms to 1964 squad members this week starting tomorrow morning. Coach Dick Purdy announced the first gridiron practice for Monday afternoon, Aug. 31, with players instructed to report to the Royster stadium dressing room for fitting.
Kansas City Athletics owner Charles C. Finley plans a one night Beatles concert at Municipal Stadium on September 17. He will pay the group 150000 and install about 4000 temporary seats to boost attendance. The stadium capacity will reach 37500 with field seating. The show will go on rain or snow as part of the contract.
Washington AP reports thieves cracked a Connecticut Avenue store named the French Poodle despite an extensive burglar alarm and a steel back door. About $50,000 in furs were stolen in the heist. No arrests announced at report time.
Mr and Mrs E A Reeves of 920 N Lafayette returned home after a two week vacation with their daughter Mrs Everett Olson and family in Syracuse and visits to relatives in Rocky Ford Cole Mr and Mrs Don Reeves visited their sister in Syracuse over the weekend. Mr and Mrs Ralph Cameron of 1202 S Garfield returned from a trip to Wya conda Missouri to visit his parents and Tremont Illinois to see his sister and her family.
Chicago grain prices show mixed moves with wheat steady to down marginally. No. 2 red wheat quotes around 1.47 1/2 to 1.55 1/2, corn gains 1 to 2 cents, oats advance about 1/2 to 1 cent, soybeans up about 4 to 5 cents. September quotes listed for each commodity reflect modest shifts and grain oil futures also noted.
Mr and Mrs R E Williams and Ed located at 218 East 11th visited Kansas City Saturday night for a friends reunion.
Four persons died in Kansas traffic crashes over the weekend. A 16 year old Wichita boy, Jerry Hodge, died when a car overturned on U S 50 near Emporia caused by a swatted wasp. Timothy Durbian, 16, of Topeka, was injured. Hodge was a passenger and another passenger Dennis Singleton, 23, escaped unharmed. A Pittsburg woman, Laura Jane Lane, about 30, died in a collision with a train near Mulberry. Herbert W. Tucker, 22, of Ogallah, died when his car hit a trailer truck on I 70 near Wakeeney. Robert L. Becker, 30, of Topeka, died on the Kansas Turnpike near the Lawrence service area. his wife Marne, 28, was injured. Missouri fatal weekend toll was eight.
A bald eagle with a 73 inch wingspan died after touching two power lines on a San Bernardino power line. The bird collapsed after the electrical contact and died the same day.
Jay M. Hildreth, 81, of Altoona died at Fredonia Rest Home. Born August 25, 1882 in Rush County, he farmed near Lafontaine and Altoona and is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Romena Jones. Funeral at Cason Funeral Chapel, Fredonia, Tuesday at 2 pm. burial in Bellview Cemetery, Buxton. D. H. Black, 86, died in South San Francisco, California. Funeral at Capital Hill Funeral Home, Oklahoma City, Thursday at 10 am. The Blacks moved from Chanute to oil work in 1922 and later. Mrs. Black active in Hulda Parker Chapter OES.
Funeral services were held for Minnie Elizabeth Brock at Buffalo Methodist Church with Rev. R L Bumstead officiating. Burial followed in Buffalo cemetery. Louis F Fehrman of Kansas City died after a stroke August 14 and is buried in Brooking Cemetery Independence Missouri. Daily hospital and local notices list admissions and dismissals, with a fire run and police citations noted later.
A 20-year-old from Tescott, Judy Burroughs, was killed early today in a one-car accident on Interstate 70 about a mile west of Abilene, according to AP reporting from Abilene Kansas.
In Kansas City a night watchman shot and killed one of four men who broke into a downtown Western Auto store. The assailant opened fire with a shotgun, hitting a fleeing occupant in a car and then catching another during a foot chase. All suspects had police records.
Gary and Keys at 106 South Garfield die turning peace with car. A ten dollar bond requested for Helen Walsh at 612 South Lincoln for parking in a no parking zone. Stone Wolfe Used Car Inc of Kansas City cited for parking in a no parking zone. Ronnie Webber with no address charged with intoxication and a fifteen dollar bond posted.
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