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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1965
Page
2
Kansas City based AP reports cattle calves and slaughter cows holding steady to firm, hogs down 25 to 50 cents with varying weights and sow prices near 13.75 to 14.25, sheep steady with lambs and ewes quoted, and consumer eggs and other produce mostly unchanged across markets.
Wall Street eased from recent peaks as trading slowed late in the day. Volume around 4.9 million shares versus 5.54 million, with most leading issues dropping fractions to a point while a few selected stocks rose. Bonds were mixed and government issues mostly unchanged.
In Chicago trading, butter prices held steady while eggs showed irregular moves. Grade A whites mostly at 25 cents, with mixed at 22 to 24 cents, mediums at 23 cents, and standards around 24 cents, reflecting varied market sentiment for the day.
Chicago report shows zero wheat and soybean sales. Corn futures No 4 yellow at 1 23 a bushel. Oats No 2 extra heavy white 77 cents per bushel. Soybean oil price 11 75 per hundredweight.
Kansas City market notes Wheat 73 cars unchanged to 2 higher No 2 hard and dark hard 1.62 No 3 1.56 4-1.72 No 2 red 1.58 4-1.62 3: No 3 1.56% 1.61% Corn 157 cars lower to 6 higher No 2 white 1.47-1.64 No 3 1.41-1.62 No 2 yellow and mixed 1.33-1.31s No 3 1.31-1.30 Cars 1 car anch No 2 white 76-83 No 3 75-82 Mile maize 2.11 Rye 1.07-1.10 Barley 1.11-1.17 Soybeans 2.82-2.90 Sacked bran 46.00-46.75 Sacked shorts 43.00-43.75
Fort Scott Junior College was cleared of charges it used ineligible football players during the 1964 season and the previously imposed one year probation was lifted by the Kansas Jayhawk Junior College Conference eligibility committee after a six hour hearing.
Washington AP reports a GOP sub inaugural ball at the Republican Capitol Hill Club near the Capitol. Governors Rom ney Scranton Rockfeller Love Volpe circulated, greeted guests, and signed autographs as leaders from several states attended the Republican celebration the night after President Johnson’s oath.
FBI and police hunted rugged hill country west of Tulsa for about $5000 taken in a Wednesday bank robbery. Tulsa man Robert Eugene Majors, 25, confessed to the holdup at First State Bank of Coyle and was arraigned on robbery charges.
Lyons Kansas AP report details the deaths of Ira Patrick McKay Jr. 27 and Albert Anderson 64 at Carey Salt Co. mine 1,000 feet below surface. McKay, married four months, had two months on the job. Anderson, from South Hutchinson, dived under a mine cart to shield others. his legs were crushed leading to amputation. The two men were preparing rooms for experimental storage of nuclear waste for the Atomic Energy Commission. no salt has been mined there for over a decade.
Olympia Washington AP report says State Rep Ellen McCaffree a Seattle Republican voted against moving to a reapportionment measure she helped draw up. She explained after voting that she broke her glasses and could not see well to press the correct button on the voting machine.
London voters in two districts decide today whether key members of Prime Minister Wilson's cabinet win seats in the House of Commons, despite political slowdowns from Sir Winston Churchill's illness.
Summary of hospital admissions and discharges in Neosho County. Names include Ray Babcock Bert Tom ey and John Thompson. District Court filings in Chanute feature Gray Lumber Co. suits for lumber charges and property disputes with judgments and custody ruling in Dorland divorce. Curtained items include a restraining order filing and a disorderly conduct case.
Vietnamese infantry surrounded Saigon's Buddhist headquarters as monks at the pagoda began a two day fast to demand Premier Tran Van Huong resign. Police clashed with youths outside, 10 arrested, with 12 more in riot arrests reported. barbed wire was strung to contain unrest.
Kansas City readers report a four-engine propeller airliner repurposed as a cocktail lounge on Main Street. The Super-G Constellation will be fixed on a concrete pad with gates and a boarding ramp, seating 70 guests served by hostesses at a buzzer. Principal owner Patrick G. Quirk, an ex-pilot, bought the plane for 30000 dollars. he notes it cost about 3500000 dollars new.
Minetto New York AP report: Valera Petrie and five children died in a two story frame home fire. Father Tunis Petrie injured, Randy 12 sprained leaping from a second story window. David Stevenson 17 reported the sequence including awakenings and escape efforts. Fire traced to a dining room heater. James 6 Susan 8 Gary 13 Barbara 4 Susan and siblings perished. King the dog also died.
J Lyle Kimsey president of the Respect Sunday Committee urged a modern law to curb Sunday merchandise sales. Speaking before Shawnee County retailers he argued Sunday selling does not create new consumer dollars but reallocates them. He warned Sunday sales could drain small communities by drawing shoppers to larger cities for weekly needs.
Chanute Tribune information page lists staff roles publisher news editor advertising manager and other office positions. It notes publication evenings except Sunday and post office mailing details with editions for Neosho Allen Wilson and Woodson counties and AP association membership.
Grace Boman of 112 East 5th has returned home after a month with sister and brother in law in Columbus Ohio. Grant Greencastle now attends Central Baptist Theological Seminary in Kansas City after completing Otawa University work and will join June commencement. Bob Riggle of 110 East 7th reports hubcaps stolen and a door glass broken during a junior college basketball game. Dick Smith of 626 South Kansas says his car was bumped by a vehicle driven by Paula Whitworth on Main at Evergreen, damaging her right rear fender.
Mr and Mrs Ed Wolfe of 18 South Tennessee plan a Saturday trip to visit their son in Atascadero California and relatives in Portland Oregon Denver and Topeka. They expect to return around March first. A Union Valley School meeting Friday at 8 pm will feature telephone company pictures and cake and coffee. Dr John Luke Gehman of Parsons will preach at the First Presbyterian Church on Sunday morning. Roy Marks, son of Mr and Mrs R Blaine Marks of 617 North
In Leavenworth a 19 year old Kansas State Penitentiary inmate, Otha Kelsey, orally admitted stabbing fellow prisoner Isaiah Straughter Jr., 28, in the prison laundry. Three witnesses confirmed the statement after Kelsey refused to sign. Straughter, serving burglary and larceny terms from Wichita, was cut multiple times and is reported in improved condition.
Oklahoma State University student Bob Swaffar, whose arm was reimplanted last November after a laundry room accident, is to undergo surgery by six surgeons to realign three major nerves. The procedure aims to restore 35 to 50 percent of limb use within the next one to two years.
Police cited Nathaniel White of 504 N Garfield on a no license charge after a 2 am collision at 702 N Grant. White drove a 1955 Ford owned by Ralph H Brown at 510 N Garfield, hitting a parked 1957 Cadillac owned by Larry A Fair on the Grant address. Left side damage to the Cadillac and right front and side damage to the Ford. White posted a $10 bond.
A safety meeting at the Ash Grove cement plant celebrated 2000 days without a lost time injury. Company officials from Kansas City and Omaha spoke, including Pard B. Wright and R. M. Cox. Plant Superintendent Richard Willis announced 160 employees will receive safety shoes as awards.
Chanute Tribune page two dated Thursday January 21 1965 delivers local briefs and notices with school and city updates, obituaries, and community items reflecting daily life in Chanute Kansas and surrounding area.
Kansas City weather report shows the high and low temperatures and precipitation for the 24 hour period ending at 6 am. Data includes readings from local stations and compares to prior period. Reported figures cover temperature highs and lows and rainfall or snowfall amounts as available.
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