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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1964
Page
2
AP dispatch from Kansas City shows cattle and hog prices with steady to lower trends. Cattle calves cows and slaughter steers at various ranges while hogs barrows gilts and sows weaken. spring lambs ease. wheat corn rye barley soybeans and feed items listed with quoted prices and car counts.
Kansas City AP reports wholesale egg prices in a market update. Large eggs at 80 percent AAA are quoted 42 to 44 cents per dozen while mediums at 80 percent AAA run 34 to 35 cents. Other produce prices remain unchanged.
Chicago AP notes butter prices steady while eggs show little change or slight declines. Grade A whites reach 40 cents, mixed 40, mediums 34, standards 32 cents per dozen as market foods discuss price movements.
Chicago AP notes wheat No 1 hard 1.58 No 2 red 1.46 etc with advances in rye and soybeans. Wheat closes 4 to 1 scents higher, September grades at 1.44. corn steady to higher at 1.24. oats about 65 cents. soybeans 2s to 2s higher at 2.54 for September.
In late trading the market moved higher with about 3.4 million shares changing hands. Chrysler weakened roughly a point on news it became the UAW strike target. Corporate bonds mixed and U.S. government bonds steady as closing stocks are reported.
DES MOINES AP Sixteen National Farmers Organization members were arrested in Iowa and Wisconsin as authorities clamp down on livestock movement. Five jailed in northeast Iowa face charges of carrying on a boycott while 11 in Chippewa Falls Wisconsin posted $100 bonds for using force to block hog trucks to a packing plant. Police used fire hoses on about 400 protesters outside Peters Packing Co. Oren Staley NFO president said the group forbids violence and the holding action began August 19 in 23 states. The action aims to pressure meat processors on prices. Cattle and hog receipts fluctuated but markets rebounded this week. Stoney said the group is in a strategic position. processors have “shot their wad.”
Daily Transcript lists Wednesday admissions including John Barr Yates Center Mrs Lawrence Barr and others plus discharges Claude Barker Glen Winn and Lisa Mueller Humboldt Births note a son for Mr and Mrs Joseph Weiner Humboldt Admission today Mrs Warren Phillips surgery and multiple dismissals. District Court Chanute action Neosho county commissioners vs Gaucher for county road condemna tion. Traffic citations Gary Keys and Kenneth Dye cited for noise and speeding with bonds posted.
A final reminder that physical examinations for all boys planning to participate in any sport during the school year will be given at 7 p.m. Friday at the Ashley Clinic. A $3 fee for the examination must be paid at that time, announced by Jerry Steele athletic director of Chanute High School.
The sheriff's office investigated a minor traffic accident on Main Street in front of the post office at 8:10 a.m. involving Ivan Engel and Vern Taylor, both of Thayer. Engel backed from the curb damaging a 1960 Comet valued at 25 dollars, while Taylor’s 1958 Chevrolet wagon sustained 90 dollars in damage.
Mrs. Marjorie Elizabeth Whitworth 40 of 1532 S Evergreen died early today at Neosho Memorial Hospital after a long illness. Born February 3 1925 in Vilas she married Paul Whitworth on September 12 1953 in Fayetteville Arkansas. She worked as a proofreader at The Chanute Tribune and was a Grant Avenue Baptist Church member. Survivors include her husband daughter Latisha her mother Mrs. George E Carlson a stepson Stanley Ronald Whitworth two brothers Leonard and Lavern Carlson and a sister Mrs. Max Tharp. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. at Grant Avenue Baptist Church with Rev. E M Pearson officiating. Burial will be in Greenlawn Memorial Park Cemetery under Johnson Mortuary direction.
Carl Cox reported bumper damage to his 1962 Ford parked at 103 E Main. Two theft reports followed, including a tachometer and transistor tape recorder taken from Phil Brazil’s car and dash knobs removed after midnight Tuesday. Mrs. David Anderson reported a bed frame and headboard stolen while left outside during moving. A Neosho County 4-H appreciation picnic for supporters is set for 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at the National Guard armory with Chamber members invited. Mid-America Inc hosts a 6:30 p.m. Sept 10 meeting at the Parsonian Hotel in Parsons to discuss a Kansas State Development Credit Corp for industrial financing.
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Sen. Barry Goldwater on a yacht off California warned a pre election Viet Nam truce would be a giveaway to the Communists. He urged no negotiations until the US military position improves, saying talks could unfold before Election Day but must not weaken allied strength.
Kenneth Larry Young, 21, of Kansas City, charged with grand larceny in thefts at Thayer, released on 1000 dollar bond after prelim hearing. He to appear in district court Oct. 13. bond posted by a professional bondsman. Glen W. Hyatt, 23, Perry, Okla., also charged and in custody without bond. A third youth’s charges were dismissed. Goldwater cited a CIA report on Vietnam peace negotiations and said the pattern signals public preparation for an announcement.
Maj. Gen Nguyen Khanh and two top generals were chosen to govern South Vietnam for up to two months amid a political crisis and bloody riots in Saigon. Troops opened fire as crowds demanded government shakeup, causing several deaths and many injuries.
In Atchison County Kansas farmers and sheriff's deputies patrolled Huron and Lancaster areas after widespread fence cuttings. About 15 patrol cars and three sheriff vehicles worked the region as investigations linked the vandalism to possible NFC actions. Damage exceeded $1,000 on a Lancaster area farm with five wire fencing cut in 150 places.
A Pittsburg resident recalled a trip through Oklahoma where a town held a sidewalk bazaar. A stall offered free latex paint thinner with a two gallon limit, but onlookers found the thinner was just water, the only thinner for latex paint.
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