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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1963
Page
2
Cattle: 100 head listed, calves none, no market test, cows 14.25 to 15.25. Hogs: 1,800 head, barrows and gilts steady, sows 25 higher. 190 to 250 lb barrows and gilts 15.00 to 15.60, 275 to 400 lb sows 13.50 to 14.25. Sheep: none in market.
Readable items show eggs graded A large and A medium with prices around 33 and 45 cents respectively, grade B large at 32 cents, current receipts 25 cents, and various cream grades. Hens and hides listed with 40 lbs and up at 3.00 dollars each, under 40 lbs at 7 cents per pound, glue hides priced as given.
Major U S stock and commodity exchanges were closed today in observance of the Washington's Birthday holiday. The Chicago livestock market remained open.
Thelma Irwin, 46, was found dead in her 1106 East 33rd residence with facial head and arm bruises. Deputy coroner Connors says she died about 12 hours earlier and the body lay in bed fully clothed. Two large boxes of household goods were in the living room, as if for moving.
Mrs. Cresent Owens will read the Macaroon story at Larson Library story hour Saturday at 10 30 a m. The event targets children and features a reading session with a local reader in the community space.
The section lists death of Ovid Gray age 1014 N Steuben at Allen County Hospital Iola and multiple obituaries. Graveside service for Alice Ruben Jacoby at Highland Cemetery Lyndon officiated by Rev Jack Fredericks Funeral arranged by Johnson Mortuary. Mrs Austin Sloan 77 died at Allen County Hospital Iola survived by four sons six daughters and numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren. Sloan funeral held at Waugh Funeral Home Iola with service led by Rev Leon Morrow Leona Masterson sang with Hazel Moore bearers listed and burial at Mount Hope Humboldt. The notice also records birth details location and family connections for the Sloan family.
The 12th annual Fertilizer Conference in Thayer featured talks by Verlin Peterson Floyd Davidson Earl McNew and Dr Floyd W Smith on soybean responses potash use liquid fertilizers and forage tests. Davidson outlined a beef project at Mound Valley with 48 calves across four sites to study environmental impacts on weight gains. Attendance reached about 175 as W G Fertilizer Co provided refreshments.
The Kansas Senate tentatively approved a bill creating an office of economic analysis in the executive branch. It also advanced a plan for the Board of Regents to form nonprofit development corporations for industrial research parks, funded by revenue bonds. The chamber passed House bills on filling vacancies and exempted certain goods from sales tax while considering several local and drainage measures.
In Kansas City Kansas a 12 year old girl Jessie Leonard awoke to smoke and calmly closed a door before guiding her brothers David 3 and Steven 1 to safety outside a fire escape. She could not wake Arveea 9 and a fireman carried her to safety. Police arrested an occupant as arson threats were reported by Don G Anderson. Detective George Barberich said the Wyandotte County attorney would be asked to file a warrant for arson.
A historical note states the Tribune offers delivery for a fixed weekly scent count of 35 per week, restricting fragrance issues to subscribers.
Daily Transcript items show multiple admissions and dismissals for medical and surgical cases at various addresses. Birth noted for Charlies Woodard's family. City and Police Court actions include multiple disturbances of peace driving offenses and petty larceny with fines, bond forfeitures, and restitution orders. Fire run reported as grass fire on Ashby Street.
Kansas traffic death log records 29 fatalities in February 1963, 52 for February 1962 comparison. Data spans 24 hours to 9 a.m. Friday with Topeka figures included.
A general meeting at the Launching Pad will approve a constitution and conduct rules. The executive committee will discuss club organization and hobby clubs. Membership limited to 15 per club with sessions on Saturdays starting March 2.
Extreme cold swept the mainland with record or near record lows. Cities from Pellston Michigan to Old Town Maine and Burlington Vermont posted subzero readings. Only Florida, southern Texas, the Southwest border, and the Far West escaped the deep freeze.
Gov Henry Bellman, Oklahoma's first Republican chief executive, arrived at the Capitol before dawn on his first day in office. He found the building nearly empty and had to wait for someone to open offices before he could get his own key.
A concise regional note identifies the Midwest as the area distinct from regions in the East, clarifying geographic division without additional context or events.
AP reports Arthur W. Backman 68 and his wife Grace died in their Wichita apartment Thursday night after apparently being overcome by fumes from a faulty open flame gas heater.
Wichita AP report says Kansas Turnpike Authority’s January income covered all operating costs and 75 percent of interest needs. Chief Engineer Manager L W Newcomer noted gains from January 1962 and a 4.2 percent annual surplus. January gross income reached 471 324 dollars with 359 630 vehicles tolls.
In Topeka the Senate Elections Committee heard Sen. Fayette Rowe urge a bill to require public access to all local and state government meetings with limited exemptions. Democratic senators pushed bills limiting election returns before polls close. The panel did not act. House committees discussed Wichita University and Washburn University in the state system. A hearing on removing agricultural transport from regulation by the Kansas Corporation Commission drew witnesses from farming and labor groups.
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