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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1965
Page
2
Cattle and hog bids rise with feeders leading gains. Feeder steers fetch 23.65 to 25.60 per cwt and feeders 21.40 to 22.20 for heifers while hogs rise 25 to 50 cents with some 24.00 to 27.00 for 1 3. Sows 21.25 to 23.00. Wheat and corn prices mixed with No 2 hard red options around 1.55 to 1.61. Soybeans 2.50 to 2.58 and oats mostly unchanged.
AP reports price levels for consumer and wholesale eggs in Kansas City with ranges for large A medium and other farm eggs. Butter prices remain unchanged.
Butter unchanged while eggs hold firm in Chicago with values steady to slightly higher. Grade A whites reach 43 cents, mixed 42, mediums 37, standards 36 cents per dozen.
The market posted irregular declines late in the session though losses narrowed. Trading remained heavy with about 9.4 million shares changing hands versus 10.15 million the previous day, while corporate bonds stayed mostly unchanged and U.S. Treasuries firmed.
Wheat No 2 red and No 2 hard finish higher with December values around 1.63. Corn No 2 yellow climbs to about 1.21 with December at 1.21 and other yellows also up. Oats No 2 heavy white gains, December near 70 cents. Soybeans No 1 yellow up to around 2.63 with January futures near 2.63. Soybean oil trades near 1130.
Christmas packages for service men in Viet Nam continue to pile up at McConnell Air Force Base for Operation Christmas Star with a Sunday deadline. President Johnson authorized the project. Lt. Col. James Townsend declined to estimate totals. Packages go to a general address and are shipped by air to Viet Nam for unit commanders to distribute.
Daily hospital admissions and dismissals at Neosho Memorial. Milo Smith and John Coykendall listed among admissions. William Shepard and Claude Schul among dismissals. Police court action against Charles Hill for disorderly conduct with a $10 bond. District Court filings include recoveries, damages, and a divorce proceeding, with multiple cases across Chanute and Eric.
Mayor Charles Wright announced Topeka will resist any move to shift U.S. 24 north of the city. Proposals discussed would place the highway between Manhattan and Leavenworth, bypassing Topeka, with related talks arising from Excelsior Springs meetings.
Homer G. Riley of Pan American Petroleum Corp says changes are desired in the method of setting gas allowables. He rejects a Cities Service Oil Co proposal that would set field production by reserves underneath each well using a pressure and acreage formula.
Gov. William H. Avery reports ongoing talks with the federal government over the value of his Wakefield area farm seized for Milford Reservoir. Talks continue as offers and counter offers are exchanged amid expectations of settlement through negotiation rather than trial. About 500 to 600 acres were taken. most other acquisitions are already settled.
The Rev. Leo Davis of the First Southern Baptist Church in Sheridan, Wyoming hopes a thief who took three bundles of Sunday school literature from his car will benefit from the fruits of their labor.
Holiday visitors gather across Missouri and nearby states. Capt. Robert E. Taylor and family from Richards Gebauer AFB bring relatives for Thanksgiving. Navy sons Bill and Lester Taylor visit brothers as ships rested in the Philippine Islands. Open houses mark new nursing homes in Altamont and St. Paul. Funeral for Crawford County undersheriff Jim Davis noted in Frontenac.
State Highway Director Addison Meschke announced $6,722,500 in construction awards. Interstate 70 surfacing and signing contracts total about $5 million. The largest bid, $4,675,317, went to San-Ore Construction Co. and J. H. Shears Sons for 23.5 miles of I-70 from near Russell to near Hays.
Washington AP reports a March 31 deadline for persons age 65 or over to enroll in the voluntary medical insurance phase of Medicare. Those missing the date face a two year wait. The plan costs 3 dollars monthly and covers doctors and medical costs with hospital insurance starting July 1.
Delegates from Kansas attend the National Farmers Organization convention in St. Louis totaling 260. Mrs Gene McMillen of the 5th district serves as publicity chairman and said voting delegates from Kansas number 100. Yesterday’s delegates totaled 10 000 with 12 000 expected today. The farthest travelers were eight from Idaho. The theme is With successful bargaining the NFC way.
The National Farmers Organization closes a two day convention in St Louis with officer elections and resolutions crucial to grain and cattle producers. President Oren Lee Staley notes seven years of collective bargaining efforts while Vice President Erhard Pfingsten says NFC bargaining is felt nationwide. Rep Paul Findley criticizes Johnson and Freeman for fostering farm dependence on treasury handouts.
Lee Stucky Southwest High School offensive guard and defensive linebacker said Wednesday he signed a letter of intent to attend Wichita State University in Wichita Kansas.
Funeral services for Waldo Emerson Mowry were held at the Gibson-Koch Chapel on Wednesday afternoon. Dr. Duff D. Wagoner officiated with burial in Blue Springs, Nebraska. Mrs. C. H. Pankratz and Mrs. Dave Peterson sang The Old Rugged Cross and Sweet Hour of Prayer.
Mrs Lewis Young's funeral was held Wednesday afternoon at the First Methodist Church with Dr Duff Wagoner officiating. An organ piece, Will There be any Stars in My Crown, was performed by Mrs James Lusk. Pallbearers included J E Ketchum Charles Good Clarence O Wrampe Russ Browning George Wittich and Clem Keller. Burial followed at Greenlawn Cemetery under Johnson Mortuary direction.
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