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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1963
Page
2
AP reports Kansas City stockyards show cattle 1,700 and calves 100 with no test. cows steady to weak and steers around 27.50 while cows run 13.50 to 15.50. Hogs at 3,000 head steady to weak with barrows and gilts 15.50 to 16.00 and sows 13.50 to 14.25. Sheep 500 head steady with good to prime wooled lambs at 18.00 to 19.50.
Parson area cattle prices show steady demand across classes from steers and heifers 600 to 700 pounds at 24.50 to 27.00 on U S choice to available higher quotes, various weights and grades listed for calves stockers and feeders, veals, cows and bulls. Wall Street updates by AP note a limited stock market recovery with volume about 4.8 million shares and mixed gains and losses. 1 p.m. update follows.
AP report from Chicago shows butter mixed with no change to 93 overall. Egg prices steady to up to 1 cent higher with whites at 35 cents and other grades around 33 to 35 cents.
Kansas City AP notes consumer eggs hold firm with large A 31 35 cents, large B 24 28 cents, medium A 26 31 cents. Wholesale eggs firm with large 32 37 cents, medium 31 35 cents. Poultry and butter unchanged.
Wheat prices quoted for 112 cars with No 2 hard and dark at 2.23 to 2.24, No 3 2.21 to 2.22 percent. Corn prices up to 144 with No 2 white 1.19 to 1.27, No 3 1.14 to 1.26. Oats absent. No 2 white 72 to 82, No 3 70 to 81. Mile maize 2.02 to 2.05. Kafir 1.95 to 2.06. Rye 1.26 to 1.32. Barley 1.66 to 1.12. Soybeans 2.45 to 2.51. Bran 48.00 to 48.75. Shorts 47.50 to 48.25.
News briefs report that T Sgt William Schooling in Independence has authority to enlist six men from Chanute and Neosho County in January with options for buddy enlistees to train together at Lackland AFB. He will staff the Chanute Selective Service office each Wednesday from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Also noted is Rexall Open House, and Eldon Penner and others attending a Wichita University junior college deans meeting to discuss student transfers.
Rexall Plenamins advertisement offers a $50,000 contest. Kenneth Spurling, animal control officer, cited C R Baughn of 515 S Malcolm for a dog barking at night and posted a $5 bond. Mrs Ed Offenbacker reported an unidentified car collision at 317 E Main. Mrs Alton Mintz left for Lincoln Arkansas to attend her brother Elmer Whinery’s funeral.
The Public Library schedules a Saturday morning story hour at 10 30 a.m. featuring A Flower from Dinah as the reading selection for children and families.
Daily Transcript lists admissions at Neosho Memorial Hospital on Wednesday with patients and home towns, including Alice Needham and Mrs Melvin Carlson among others, plus several medical and surgical cases. Dismissals and a birth are noted, followed by Erie district court actions including a judgment suit from Albert Webb versus Ash Grove Lime & Portland Cement Co and Eldon Wiles, with commissioners appointed for partition in another case.
Police and firemen ripped open walls of a vacant house late Wednesday night seeking a gun tied to a sensational Kansas City murder from nearly three years ago. Investigators paused near midnight but planned to resume today as they press the probe.
Mrs. Richard T. Seidel and her husband are named the National Catholic Family of 1962. Their two sons are priests and two daughters are nuns, with the family to receive a plaque at Visitation Church. Archbishop Leo Binz to present the award.
Mrs. Kinne appeals her conviction to the Missouri Supreme Court with a ruling expected this month. Lt. Harry Nesbitt says reopening the case is impossible. A gun search arose after letters from Tipton were shown to Kansas City Star by a woman friend. The dismantled house in Independence, Missouri, belonged to grandmother Elizabeth Hefflon and earlier to Doris E. Hall, Kinne’s mother, and suffered a fire just before Christmas.
Fire damaged a counter and smoked walls at the Dine-A-Mite Club tavern cafe run by Mrs. Norma Layman at 1711 Santa Fe. Fire officials say the blaze began in a trash box beneath the counter. A patrol car reported the alarm at 12:32 a.m.
An advertisement promotes GALAXON a prescription free tablet claiming dramatic fat loss in seven days with no exercise or laxatives. It promises appetite suppression and meals may continue, offering a money back guarantee and full refunds via CASEY DRUG STORE with mail order options.
Gov. John Anderson was presented a plan to replace the Kansas Industrial Development Commission with a new agency with broader powers. A constitutional amendment would lift the $1 million debt limit to allow long term risk capital for industrial expansion. The committee chairman E. R. Zook said Kansas has lagged in per capita income and jobs, urging immediate action to seize future growth opportunities.
Bert Ellis 79 of Erie dies at home after heart attack. Born 1883 in Colorado, he moved to Erie as a child, married Estella Debler in 1908, and leaves three daughters, one son, five grandchildren, two great grandchildren, two brothers, and a sister. Funeral Sunday at Erie Christian church, Rev. Glenn Crosby officiating. Burial East Hill Cemetery. Pierce Funeral Home in charge. Also noted are David Guiou Ward of Kansas City and Geil and Viking memorial rites with dates and survivors listed in brief notices.
Nesmith urged residents to avoid abandoning downtown districts for new suburbs. He warned against short sighted decisions and emphasized investing in streets utilities and public buildings to prevent future decay. The noon chamber luncheon at Tioga Hotel drew about 45 people as Mahlon Morley outlined Chanute’s municipal plans and FAA flight service center support.
Global Briefs report Vietnam officials stating forces killed 56 Viet Cong guerrillas in two southern delta provinces with three government fatalities. In Moscow, Tass announced regular ship service to Cuba with three ships. Paris reports two subway trains collided in southwest Paris injuring 10 to 40 people, with no cause yet known.
A list details injuries including fractures of the lower arm lower leg upper leg and upper arm along with loss of one eye both eyes one hand both hands and one or both feet. No dates or locations are provided in the fragment.
Washington report shows December employment down 420,600 with unemployment up 16,000. Total employed 67,561,000 vs 67,981,000 in November. Unemployment rises to 3,817,000 from 3,801,000, seasonally adjusted jobless rate 5.6 percent vs 5.8 percent in November and 5.5 percent in October.
Meade Kansas AP report that Thomas H. Johnson 33 and his wife Willene 42 were found dead with their small dog in their Meade residence. Coroner cites suffocation from gas stoves and a bedroom mattress fire. Johnson worked for Carter Drilling Co of Wichita. Sheriff notes closed doors and unvented gas stove in bedroom.
AP Topeka report states Governor John Anderson proclaimed next week as International Printing Week in Kansas. He urged Kansans to join with the printing industry in the observance.
Tulsa World reports President Kennedy will seek a five percent cut in oil and gas depletion allowances with a potential ten percent reduction on the maximum net profit deduction. The proposal reportedly sets depletion at 22.5 percent of gross income or 40 percent of net profit, replacing the current 27.5 percent and 50 percent limits. Details unreleased. sources indicate tax reform linked to broader tax cuts.
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