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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1963
Page
2
Kansas City AP market rundown covers cattle hogs and sheep with price ranges for barrows gilts sows slaughter lambs and feeders. Consumer eggs wholesale eggs poultry and butter prices listed with regional bids and farm plant quotes for Missouri Arkansas and surrounding markets.
Hog prices range from 10.00 to 14.00 per hundredweight with top grades at 13.50 to 14.00 for U.S. No. 1 and 2, plus heavier sows and bears noted. Cattle rates show steers and heifers 19.90 to 22.50 for prime to choice ranges, calves and stockers quoted across multiple weights, and yearling stockers at 20.00 to 23.00. Sheep and lambs hold steady with spring lambs up to 17.25 and feeder and cull lambs down to 10.00.
Wall Street in New York shows irregularly higher prices in moderate afternoon trading. Estimated volume around 4.5 million shares vs 43 million on Friday. Gains in key stocks run from fractions to roughly a point as corporate bonds mix and U.S. government bonds stay largely unchanged.
AP notes Kansas City grain quotes with wheat near 2.18 to 2.36 for No 3, corn 1.23 to 1.39 for No 3 white and yellow, oats steady at 0.71 to 0.78, maize 1.93 to 1.95 a bushel, kafir 1.89 to 1.98, rye 1.40 to 1.44, barley 1.05 to 1.12, soybeans 2.64 to 2.70, bran 45.50 to 46.25, shorts 47.50 to 48.25. Prices shown for No 2 and No 3 grades across commodities, with minor declines noted in some lines.
Chicago AP notes butter prices steady with various quality grades listed and eggs steady to firm with wholesale prices unchanged to 12 higher. Grade A whites quoted at 37 cents. mixed and other grades follow with ranges from 29 to 36 1/2 cents and higher grade percentages around 57.
A string of ice slick incidents over the weekend left several drivers shaken but mostly unharmed. Dr. Alex Mih escaped with minor injuries after his 1960 Dodge overturned on Shaw road. John Willcott and John Campbell reported damage from a skidding collision on City Park drive. Robert H. Simmons, his companions, and Mrs. Kaufman avoided injuries after a skid near 14th and Plummer. Mrs. Kaufman, an expectant mother, went to Neosho Memorial Hospital by ambulance. Other crashes occurred at Cherry and Western and at Oak and Allen, with modest vehicle damage and drivers unable to stop on glare ice. No serious injuries reported.
The Associated Press reports a broadly clear and frigid pattern across the eastern two thirds of the United States with subzero readings in the eastern Plains Midwest and Northeast as the season’s cold wave persists. Temperatures dropped to 30 below in International Falls Minnesota and near zero in St. Louis. Snow fell along Lakes Erie and Ontario with up to 30 inches near Buffalo and six inches in Traverse City Michigan. Tips of warmth appeared along the Rockies and central northern Plains. Eric Tipton has coached West Point’s 150 pound football team since 1957.
Airman First Class George F. Morehead Jr., son of Mr and Mrs George Morehead of 805 S Washington, is spending his leave with his parents after two years in Japan. The Presbyterian Church Builders Class canceled its December meeting. Sunday dinner guests at 217 S Lafayette included Mr and Mrs A J McCready Thayer Mr and Mrs Arvin Johnson and Mr and Mrs W D Barker and family Kathy Barker. Afternoon visitors were Mr and Mrs George Briley and Ronnie Mr and Mrs Don Briley and Sherri Ann Mr and Mrs Jess Barker Jr and Vikki.
Frederick mourns Ed Caldwell with memorial services announced by Johnson Mortuary. City offices and the Chamber of Commerce will close on the day of the service. Mrs. Robert Stowell and address details appear in the notice. Local offices prepare for closure to honor the deceased.
Pvt Lawrence P Fox son of Mr and Mrs Lawrence A Fox of R J Walnut graduates from the U S Army Signal School Fort Monmouth New Jersey after 15 weeks training as a radio technician. A 1957 St Patrick’s High School graduate he also attended Rockhurst College in Kansas City.
Mrs Georgia Morton of Frankfort Indiana arrived Friday for a visit with relatives. She is a guest of Mrs Gladys Wright at 1602 South Ashby Street. Steven Allen son of Mr and Mrs Robert Allen at 201 South Larson will begin his Christmas vacation December 19. He attends Shattuck School in Faribault Minnesota.
The annual BMA Christmas party was held Thursday night at the Ralph Willcott residence 1220 W Second and the Cha nute Country Club A sales meeting was attended on Friday Cap Kruil Mound City led the November sales campaign Representatives attended from Iola Emporia Coffeyville Topeka Garnett Fort Scott Humboldt Parsons Mound City Lanagan Mo Burlington Ottawa Cherryvale and Neosho Mo.
Neosho Memorial Hospital reports Saturday and Sunday admissions and dismissals. Entry names include Mrs Howard Plum and Mrs David Kaufman among admissions, with several surgery cases on Sunday. Births noted for Carlos Fletcher and Harvey Sloan, plus multiple dismissals and fire run details.
In Goodland Kansas the jury pool is selected for the trial of Olive Irene Kaufholz 26 charged with second degree murder in the death of her 4 year old son Joey Vernon Kuyper from a brain injury suffered at home on October 25 She had been sent from Larned state hospital for psychiatric tests by District Judge C E Birney prior to the trial.
Chanute begins updating the national fallout shelter survey with U S Army Engineers and local civil defense staff surveying buildings and facilities to add unlisted spaces, correct capacities, and remove ineligible sites. Toland urges building owners to contact him to include their facility.
The Maya of Chichen Itza played a ball game where the objective was to drive a ball into carved stone rings set high on the walls. The rings had 18 inch holes positioned 24 feet above the court, creating a dramatic and challenging hoop system.
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