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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1962
Page
2
AP reports cattle at 300 head and calves 50 with cows and vealers steady. utility cows 13.50 to 16.00 and good vealers 23.00 to 25.00. Hogs at 3,000 with barrows and gilts down 25 cents, sows steady. 1-3 190 to 240 lb barrows and gilts 16.25 to 16.75, sows 13.50 to 14.50. Sheep 300 and steady. lambs good to prime 18.00 to 19.50, ewes 5.00 to 7.00.
Hog markets not established as cattle, veal, and sheep prices hold steady across weight classes. Cattle ranged from U S choice 24.50 to 27.00 for 600-700 pounds to canners and cutters at 11.00 to 14.50. stock cows 15.00 to 16.50. bulls 17.00 to 21.50. Sheep and lambs steady with spring lambs up to 18.00. stockyards close Monday and Tuesday.
AP reports Chicago style market data shows wheat and corn futures easing in Kansas City trading. No 2 hard and dark kernels around 2.22 to 2.66 with various No 2 and No 3 grades, corn No 2 white 1.17 to 1.26 and No 2 yellow 1.22 to 1.26, oats mixed bids about 0.83 to 0.84, soybeans around 2.44 to 2.42, bran and shorts around 48.00 to 50.25.
The New York market stayed higher late in the day but trimmed early gains as activity slowed. Volume was about 4.3 million shares versus 4 million yesterday. Key stock advances were mostly fractional, some around one point. Corporate bonds were firm and U.S. government bonds were unchanged in light trading.
Fred R. Hodgden aged 68 died Sunday in a Comanche rest home Oklahoma born February 9 1897. Survived by two daughters his wife six grandchildren four sisters and one brother. Funeral held in Corsicana Texas Monday at 2 p.m. Corlis Funeral Chapel. Also notice Ruth E James Ward and Ruth E James Amarillo Texas died from heart attack funeral held today at First Baptist church Amarillo.
Daily Transcript lists Neosho Memorial Hospital admissions on Wednesday including Gertrude Stevens Clifford Holman Pearl LaRue and others with specific addresses and medical notes. Dismissals and admissions at local facilities noted, plus police court action, district court judgments, and a Chanute marriage license for Orval Swaney and Marlene Kepsey.
Betsy, the single cannon that saved Fort Stephenson in the War of 1812, still stands at the fort’s victory site in Fremont Ohio.
Baton Rouge Louisiana conservation commissioner James Gill ordered a 30 000 barrel daily cut in January and February oil production. The two month total allowance drops to 1 098 400 barrels.
In Memphis AP recounts a proud moment as a parent watched their son debut in high school football only to learn postgame of a jersey mixup. The article notes the father and mother focused on No 72 during the game and later discussed the confusion at home.
Manhattan Kansas Dr Robert Katz a long time Kansas State University physics professor is named an outstanding member of the faculty. He will speak at a March 13 faculty lectureship dinner in his honor. Katz has worked on radiativity nuclear physics mil ling wheat inspection grain spectrometer grain hardness tester and kernel density measurement. He contributed to Army Air Force work at Wright Field and wrote Air Force regulations for X ray inspection of aircraft parts.
A Mexican orphanage boys choir Coro de la Ciudad de los Ninos touring the southwest to raise funds was stranded in fog and reached Wichita at 2 a.m. They stayed at a downtown hotel with lodging and meals paid by the Salvation Army until Friday morning. The stop may fund the rest of their tour.
Elmer E. Curts of Wichita sues Paul Mann of Augusta State Bank in district court for breach of contract over a Butler County land deal. Curts says he paid 5000 on execution of a 281 acre purchase, delayed a second 5000 until Oct 1 1957, then Mann allegedly sold the land to Continental Homes Co of Texas for 138100.
Vladimir Semichastny head of the KGB insists in Pravda that Molotov’s antiparty group was responsible for secret police terror during the Stalin era. He also names Molotov Mlenkov and Kaganovich as personally responsible for legality violations in the cult of personality period.
Edwards Air Force Base California reports an X15 rocket plane achieved a record altitude and return, marking the first flight to meet high altitude and speed without its ventral fin. A space agency spokesman confirmed the milestone.
Preliminary data shows a craft may reach 3886 miles per hour at 157000 feet. Test pilot Joseph A. Walker flew the venture to 246700 feet and 4104 miles per hour with the ventral fin. The large fin aimed to stabilize the dart but caused roll on reentry from extreme altitudes.
In Topeka Kansas the AP reports traffic deaths for the 24 hour period ending 9 am Thursday December 27 1962 tallying 659 across the state. The December figures compare with 132 deaths in the same period of 1961.
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