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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1963
Page
2
AP reports Kansas City livestock prices with hogs steady across weights, sows at 11.75 to 12.50, sheep at steady with slaughter lambs near 19 to 20 dollars, ewes 4.50 to 6.50, cattle and calves mixed with slaughter steers steady to 25 lower and breakouts for choice steers 21.50 to 22.25, heifers 20 to 21.25, and cows 13.50 to 14.50.
Wheat 167 cars with mixed declines and gains across grades. Corn 17 cars steady to up slightly, with No 2 white and No 2 yellow ranges noted. Oats unchanged, barley and rye shown with modest shifts, soybeans around 2.76 to 2.81, bran and shorts quoted.
Kansas City AP reports consumer eggs stable while wholesale eggs stay at large 89 percent A 41-45 and mediums 80 percent A 37-39. Poultry and butter steady, Missouri and Arkansas live fryers unchanged.
Chicago wholesale prices hold steady for butter and eggs with slight rises in live poultry. Butter shows two lower price levels and mixed grades, while eggs stay firm. Live poultry wholesale prices rise modestly with roasters at 23 to 24 cents and some heavy-type hens around 19 1/2 cents.
TOPEKA RP A proposed rate increase for Gas Service Co would be considered by the Kansas Corporation Commission in March. The firm filed for a $1,685,629 annual rise, boosting the minimum monthly rate for firm residential customers from $1.25 to $1.69, affecting about 3000 customers across the state.
Yale psychologist Dr Roy Schafer spent hours examining Jack Ruby in Dallas County jail as part of defense psychiatry work for the Feb 3 trial. Schafer will return to interview Ruby again while Guttmacher leads the defense mental examinations.
Five people were injured when two diesel locomotives and a Pullman car derailed on the westbound Santa Fe Chief near Hutchinson Kansas. About 200 to 250 aboard. Injured include John Cook and Ruby Burton passengers and crew H L Powell Donald Scott W L Perrill. Cause not determined. Engineer Noble Hall blamed brake failure. Normal curve speed 40 mph.
Chanute area clubs host New Year events with the Elks at Masonic Temple from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., the VFW at club rooms from 9 p.m. to midnight, and the Legion post featuring the Keynotes. Counts from Emporia and Don Morris and his western band provide music. Midnight breakfast plans at the Legion and Country Club. Schools close for holiday recess. resumes Thursday. Local sports fans tune in to bowl games on television.
Mrs. Maggie M. Hess died Monday at St Marys Hospital Kansas City after a month long illness. Born September 18 1877 in Quincy Illinois she moved to Humboldt area at age three. She married William A Hess in Humboldt November 26 1896 he died March 4 1940. Survived by two daughters Verona Hite Phoenix and Anna Riordan Thousand Oaks two sons William A Hess Jr Olympia and Joseph C Hess Lenexa seven grandchildren. Funeral at St Josephs Catholic church Humboldt Thursday 9 a.m. with Rev Leroy Downs. burial in St Joseph Cemetery. Rosary at Price Funeral Home Humboldt 7:30 p.m. Wednesday.
Washington says Americans smoked an estimated 523 billion cigarettes this year, a record pace and the seventh straight year of higher output and consumption. The Agriculture Department notes a near 3 percent rise from 1962 and expects further increases in 1964, though the Surgeon General advisory report on smoking and health may influence future demand.
Tulsa AP reports U.S. crude oil production rose .79 percent in 1963 from 1962, totaling 2,751,000,000 barrels versus 2,676,189,000. Last week’s average output was 7,509,340 barrels daily. Oklahoma rose by 6,850 barrels to 547,350 daily, Kansas by 360 to 300,860.
In New York Dr Herbert L Gould president of the Physicians Wine Appreciation Society prescribes one ounce cognac with three ounces champagne as a stimulant and tone booster for weary days. In Memphis Katy Sue Meredith a 21 year old from Andalusia Alabama was named 1964 Maid of Cotton over 19 rivals after a Monday night ceremony.
World leaders and common people begin 1964 with prayers and celebrations hopeful for peace. Ikeda and Khrushchev exchanged greetings, Erhard and Johnson discuss disarmament, and New York hosts a televised ball drop as millions ring in the year.
Los Angeles AP reports actress Elaine Stewart aged 29 filed for divorce from her husband actor Arthur William Carter aged 45 on Monday. She testified he was prone to violent rages and had struck her and tried to choke her. The suit was not contested by Carter.
Tricia Nixon, 17, daughter of former Vice President Richard Nixon, toured Miami University and Western College for Women in Oxford, Ohio, on Monday. The Chapin School senior from New York City weighed options to decide which college she will enter next fall.
In Topeka an ongoing legal dispute over trading stamps redeemable for U.S. savings bonds shows a tentative move forward. Shawnee County District Judge Beryl R. Johnson set aside a temporary restraining order on a motion by American Savings Stamp Co. Chicago. The firm claimed Atty. Gen. William M. Ferguson had approved the plan in November before joining Shawnee County Atty. Robert Brown in seeking to block it. Ferguson had issued an opinion that the stamps do not violate state law prohibiting redemption for cash or merchandise.
Railway figures show 24 762 carloads moved on Santa Fe System lines for the week ending December 28 1963 up from 22 772 the prior year. On line loadings were 14 989 vs 13 170, and cars received from connections totaled 9 773 vs 9 602. Santa Fe moved 30 409 carloads in the preceding week. A separate police report notes a warehouse break in on an oil lease with welding equipment and new pipe dies stolen.
Mr and Mrs W J Young of 112 S Rutter returned Sunday from visiting his sister and brother in law Mr and Mrs Walter Vesey in Memphis. They report 14 inches of snow and temperatures to 13 below zero during most of their stay.
Mrs Dean Atkins of Route 1 told police yesterday that her coat was taken from a laundry rack and an older coat of a different color was left in its place at the South Santa Fe coin laundry.
Neosho Memorial Hospital reports Monday admissions Everett Blackwood 601 S Kansas Charles Shepard Humboldt Mrs Ralph Ruggles 401 N Lafayette. Dismissals include Mrs Herbert King 1301 N Kansas Dr Ed Ashley 1324 W 9th Verda Lesco Thayer Birth a girl to Mr and Mrs James Stanlick 219 N Highland. Admissions today Hermann Henricks R 2 Donald Goins Earlton Raymond Strain Yates Center. Dismissals today include Mrs Robert Holtz Humboldt Mrs Dean Bilbe 712 N Kansas Earl E Barnhart R 1 Everett Backwood 601 S Kansas Mrs Earl Drake 1401 N Plummer Aaron E Kepley Earlton. Fire run Monday 12:25 p.m. 820 N Forest mattress.
Pat Rowan in her third year of training at Halsted visits her parents Mr and Mrs Percy Rowan Jr in rural Eariton.
Mr and Mrs Robert Newkirk and Faith of Kemmer Wyoming spent holidays with Mrs Newkirk's parents Mr and Mrs Carl A Burghart 1018 N Grant and Newkirk's mother and brother in Independence Weekend guests of Mr and Mrs Bert Toomey 608 S Katy were their children and families Mr and Mrs Robert Rice and family Welch Okla Mr and Mrs Donald Toomey and family Tulsa Mr and Mrs Richard Toomey and son Durham N C and Mr and Mrs Roger Toomey and family Chanute
Mr and Mrs Harold M Richart with Craig and Sally have been visiting Mrs Richart s parents Mr and Mrs B M Dunham at 517 S Lafayette and departed this morning for their home in Las Cruces New Mexico
Mrs. Harlan Lovett of 319 N Grant told police yesterday her 1961 Chevrolet was struck by an unknown vehicle while parked December 16, causing $135 in damage. She had not reported the accident prior to advising police.
Kansas traffic death log reports seven fatalities in 24 hours ending 9 am Tuesday for December total 74 for 1963 604 for the year. Delayed report of fatalities noted.
Gov. and Mrs. Nelson A. Rockefeller announce the expected birth of a child in early June 1964. The note was issued through the governor’s office as he campaigns for the Republican presidential nomination. Separately, data show the cotton broadwoven fabrics industry employing 242,500 people with a $722 million yearly payroll.
Ferguson and Brown have a motion for a temporary injunction on the stamp plan, with a hearing expected soon to address the merits. The attorney general indicated the matter will probably go to the State Supreme Court.
Two masked gunmen held up the Brookland branch of the National Bank of Washington minutes after opening. They wore rubber masks and gloves, tied a bank employee, and fled in a car driven by an accomplice. Police traced the getaway to a northeast Washington location.
Crop production per acre in the United States is 70 percent higher than the 1919 to 1921 average. The shift reflects gains in agriculture technologies and practices contributing to a substantial productivity increase across farming regions.
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