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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1962
Page
2
AP notes hogs rising with 4,500 head on the market and barrows and gilts up 10 to 25 cents. sows steady. Cattle steady, calves small gain. Lambs and ewes mixed, spring lambs and feeders show varied quotes. Consumer eggs rise, wholesale eggs eek up, butter unchanged in Missouri Arkansas markets.
Hogs hold steady with varied carcass grades and weights from 180 to 400 pounds priced up to 17.95 per cwt while sows and bears show broader ranges. Cattle and calves stay steady with grain fed steers and heifers at 24 to 26.50 a hundred, stock calves 25 to 29.75, and veal at 28 to 30. Sheep and lambs stay steady with spring lambs up to 19, wool prices around 16, and slaughter ewes 2 to 4 dollars.
Post from Chapel Hill North Carolina reports Prof. Elmer F Berth of the University of Kansas School of Journalism was named secretary treasurer on Wednesday of the Association for Education in Journalism.
The market ended mixed with declines in some steels and gains in others as volume slipped to about 2.4 million shares. Trading slowed ahead of Labor Day, with bond prices mixed in light dealings and the day’s key commodity quotes mostly steady to lower across wheat corn oats and soybeans.
Neosho Memorial Hospital admissions list includes George Manning Susie Britt Hollis Stith Melvin Bresee and Mary Alice Fogel with towns and medical notes. Dismissals name Robert Christy Jo seph Kelsey Forest Hosack and Ray Hutchison. Marriage licenses issued list Feverborn Neptune Greer Hillman Brooks Atkins Ye arns. Traffic citation for Dwight Ambler for no license with $10 bond. Fire run recorded at West 4th. Court filings in Chanute include two divorces for Lewis Vance and Vance and Mc Coy name restoration request.
Mrs. Alice Fogle of Thayer is at Neosho Memorial Hospital after a home fall broke her hip. A glove box theft occurred from Jim Brant’s car on North Santa Fe. John L. Robertson’s 1954 Chevrolet hit a tree at 19th and Evergreen, with teens David Heath and Mike Joyce uninjured. The Wagoners returned from a Paris exchange and Kiwanis trip to Louisville. Chanute Humane Society to discuss city humane officer duties Monday at 7:30 pm. Attendees at Darrell Pace’s funeral from Chanute listed family members. Pace was a relative by marriage or kin to several in attendance.
A swarm of about ten thousand bees settled on a small green patch on a Kansas City office patio. James M. Kemper Sr., chairman of Commerce Trust Co., clipped the branch and bagged the bees, relocating them to his home where he already maintains seven hives.
The report lists bid prices for wheat corn oats rye barley and soybeans in Kansas City with bids for No 2 and No 3 grades and various varieties. Prices show small gains and declines across commodities and grades in the trading session.
Burma will receive 34 million dollars from the United States Agency for International Development to fund agricultural machinery. The program aims to open about 30,000 acres annually for rice production under Burmese government plans.
Mrs Maude Ethlyn Lathen 82 died after a weeklong illness at Neosho Manor born March 9 1880 Greenwood Mo. She taught in Franklin County and lived in Ottawa Chanute later. Survived by sister Edna McCurdy brothers R L Kirkpatrick F M Kirkpatrick and others. Funeral Saturday at 10 a m Roy S Gibson Funeral Home burial Highland Cemetery Ottawa. Verna Boehme Nelson Boehme died recently in Oklahoma City funeral and burial held there.
The Engel Funeral Home in Thayer will be sold to Mr and Mrs Harry Robison Jr of Parsons effective Sept 1. Engel cites poor health. Robison will operate under the Engel name and has recent experience at Parsons Shigley Funeral Home and Larkin Funeral Home in Leavenworth.
An earthquake struck parts of Utah and Idaho starting 6 36 a m and lasting about 30 seconds. Residents reported minor damage such as a cracked porch in Ogden while others felt the tremor in Vernon Utah and Preston Idaho. A Salt Lake City resident described the quake as the bathtub twisting.
Ekwo Okon, a Lagos Nigeria student visiting the Williams home in Neosho County, attended a UNESCO meeting at 1208 S Edith. He was made an honorary member and shared images of his home. The group discussed the Ibarra School dairy barn fund and planned a UNESCO food stand for the Mexican Fiesta on Sept 14 15. The next UNESCO annual meeting was announced for Sept 28 in Chanute with the site to be determined.
W. G. Bodley, president of the Bank of Commerce, has completed his junior year at the Graduate School of Banking, University of Wisconsin Madison. The program is sponsored by the Central States Conference of Bankers Assns. from 16 states and requires attendance at three summer sessions on campus for graduation.
A Lincoln Nebraska truck driver James S Win gate 47 died when his tractor trailer left the road and rammed a stone building housing Smith Paint and Wallpaper Co in Wichita just east of the business district. An acquaintance noted a long history of a heart ailment.
Gordon Yeargan 51, Goodland superintendent, was named to lead Leavenworth schools effective Nov. 1, succeeding C A Christ who resigned months earlier.
The men’s Kansas Softball Tournament resumes in Great Bend with eight teams in action. Garden City faces Chanute while Coffeyville plays Sterling and Salina takes on Clay Center. Winners reach Friday’s losers’ bracket semi finals, with undefeated Dodge City facing Topeka and Hays meeting Wichita. The event concludes Sunday.
The National Safety Council reports nearly 22 000 people died in U S traffic accidents from January to August, with a record July toll of 3 840 fatalities.
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