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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1964
Page
2
AP dispatch from Kansas City notes cattle and calves steady with mixed grades. Hogs total about 4,500 with lighter weight ranges 16.50 to 16.75 and heavier hogs 16.00 to 16.50. Sheep at 800 head steady to higher with lambs 19.00 to 21.00, ewes 4.50 to 5.50. Local markets report.
U S hog prices ranged from 7 to 16.50 per cwt across grades and weights with sows, bears and stags listed. Cattle top at 22.50 for grain fed steers and heifers, with standards down to 14. Calf and veal values span 10 to 22.50, cows from 6 to 16, bulls 12 to 18. Sheep show finished lambs up to 19 and ewes down to 3.
AP reports Kansas City notes consumer egg prices for large eggs 28 to 30 cents and medium eggs 21 to 25 cents. Wholesale large eggs at 80 percent 33 to 34 cents and mediums at 8 percent 28 to 29 cents. Other produce remains unchanged.
Chicago AP report notes live poultry unchanged and butter steady amid a weak eggs market. Egg prices show declines across grades from 2 to 4 percent, with whites 70 percent or higher grade A at 30, mixed 30, mediums 26, standards 26, and ties unquoted with checks at 22.
Chicago Wheat and oats show no sales while soybeans also quiet. Corn No 2 yellow 1.2844, No 3 yellow 1.244, No 4 yellow 1.19 percent. Soybean oil trades at 11.42.
Kansas City reports open wheat and corn futures with No 2 and No 3 grades and prices alongside cattle and oat figures. The section then lists a string of obituaries and funeral notices, including Alfred Allen Anderson aged 80, a Chanute resident, and Ruth Jones formerly of Kansas City, plus Richard Henry Shireman Sr. of Walnut, with details of their birthplaces, families, and memorial services.
White mercenaries and Congolese troops freed Wamba and more than 120 European hostages after a dawn drive from Stanleyville. Reports claimed about 10 hostages were killed and cannibalized on Christmas Day by rebels. U.S. officials anticipated moving survivors by Wednesday, with 70 mercenaries and Congolese soldiers taking part. Among the rescued is William McChesney, an American Protestant missionary.
The New York stock market closed with a fairly sharp late-day loss as volume hovered around 4.1 million shares. Trading was dull and many stocks declined from fractions to more than a point. The session opened weaker and widened losses amid discouraging news and cautious investors.
AP reports 11 men slain in unsolved gangland style murders across Greater Boston since March. The latest victim, George E. Ash, 43, was stabbed over 50 times and shot in a parked car early Monday. Ash, a former Brighton bartender, had been released eight months ago from a Rhode Island prison for involvement in a Providence slave ring.
Abilene Kansas AP reports 21 year old Richard Hummell of Solomon died Monday night in a traffic accident near Abilene. The crash occurred on a rural road and authorities are investigating the cause.
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