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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1962
Page
2
Cattle mostly higher with hogs up to 50 cents and sheep steady to 50 cents higher. Calves and slaughter cattle show mixed quotes across grading, with prime slaughter steers around 26.25 and hogs 25 to 50 cents higher for barrows and gilts. Corn soybeans oats and other grains listed with varied bids.
The Parsons stockyards report steady hog and cattle prices with varied weights and grades. Lambs and sheep values adjust slightly. In New York trading, the stock market edged higher in quiet activity with volume around 3.6 million shares, gold stocks up on bullion gains and bonds mixed. Closing prices follow.
Mr. and Mrs. Keith Switzer of Manhattan announce the birth of a son Michael Neil born Tuesday with maternal grandparents Mr. and Mrs. P. A. Fitzgibbons Miami Oklahoma and paternal grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Switzer R3 Chanute. Visiting relatives and travel notes include Mrs. Bobby Dean Nancy Kerrville Texas visiting her parents in Chanute and Mr. and Mrs. 5. D. Propst attending the United Commercial Travelers session in Cincinnati with plans for a park picnic July 13. Civil and rail news cover Santa Fe shipments for the week ending June 30 1962 and personnel updates from Chanute and nearby towns.
Kansas City market summary lists consumer eggs tiers from Large A to C, and small grades with price ranges. Wholesale eggs show Large and percentages, poultry prices cover heavy and light hens by weight, live fryers and broilers quoted with delivered plant rates, and butter Grade A noted with per pound prices.
Chicago reports butter prices steady at 93 score AA 572 and 92 A 5742 with various codes. eggs show a drop to 1 lower with whites at 28 2, mixed 27s, mediums 27 2, standards 25 and dirties 21. Market jargon indicates mixed demand and fluctuating grades in regional dairy and egg trading.
Jersey City investigators focus on gambler Joseph Moriarty as the source of a $2.4 million cash cache found with government bonds registered to Moriarty and his deceased brother Alfred. Prosecutor Whipple and aides briefed Moriarty in Trenton prison.
A Chicago AP dispatch details a tense exchange as a suspect refuses to admit ownership of found items and plans to secure a lawyer. The report also lists varied values of commodities like wheat, corn, oats, barley and cream, with prices and weights noted alongside items such as a 1947 Plymouth trunk and several hides.
Mrs. Grace Houchins of Topeka and former Grace Roman is mourned by family. Funeral and burial will be in Topeka. John R. Brown of Adrian Michigan, 65, a Chanute native, died June 23 in Bixby Hospital Adrian. He was WLS staff pianist and accompanist for 34 years. Survivors include his wife Juanita and two daughters. John E. Briggs, 74, Erie, died at Erie Rest Home after a year of illness. He lived in Walnut and Erie areas, married Mary Looking Hill, two children survive. Frank W. Brinkman, 60, Humboldt, died at Allen County Hospital Iola after months of illness. He married Ethel Baker then Dorothy Beema. Burial at Mount Hope with Price Funeral Home in charge. Cerebral Palsy Foundation donations encouraged.
Daily Transcript lists births at Neosho Memorial Hospital including a girl for Mr. and Mrs. Glen Roberts Lavonburg and a boy for Mr. and Mrs. Harold Felkins. Dismissals include Mrs. W. W. Turner and others. Admissions cover David Kee Jer Middendorf Darlene Trent and Rope Hamilton with arrests noted. A sleeper booked in Beaumont and visitors arrive for Stewart family. Fire reported at Hutton School.
The Barathea Guild of the Evangelical United Brethren church met in the church annex Tuesday evening with Mrs. John Erickson and Mrs. Bill Moffatt as hostesses. Mrs. Belle Delaplain presided and opened the meeting with a prayer and an article Why There Is a God. Refreshments were served to eleven.
Vilas church hosts Vilas Homebuilders unit meeting with 12 members. Mrs. Jesse Olson presided and Elmer Anderson led Meal Planning for Health and Pleasure while readings covered How I Rate as a Unit Member and Various Kinds of Sugar. July hospital cake drive announced. Je Vie Earlton notes World Service society meeting with six members and prayers.
The Ann Judson and First Baptist church Girls Guilds met Monday evening in City Park for a swimming party and business session. Joyce Umbarger presided and formed a committee for the August Women’s Missionary Society program. Six members, three guests, Linda Ambarger, Marsha Ellsworth, Carol Haines, and sponsor Mrs Homer Waggoner attended.
More than $500 was raised from prize ticket sales for the American Cancer Society. Sam Dixon, chair of the Neosho County Cancer Crusade, announced the figures as seven prizes were awarded by Caldwell Floor Covering Sears Koch Furniture Pioneer Hardware Home Appliance Sam Dixon Insurance Agency and Naff and Bolze Hardware. Winners were named before the Veterans of Foreign Wars fireworks at City Park for the Chanute Cancer fund drive. Tickets were donated by Bill Althaber and News Standard Printing Co. Distribution followed at First National Bank with sales by the Les Des Sub Debs American Legion VFW Auxiliary and others.
The Wellington Children's Summer Theater will begin performances Friday, taking plays to the people in public spaces such as vacant lots backyards patios or truck beds as the young actors practice their art in daylight.
A Yates Center establishment promotes a full line of trees and evergreens, lawn seed, fertilizer, spraying material, and container grown to balled and burlapped plants for year round planting. Office and garden store sits one block west of junction 54 and 75 Highway. We Deliver and Plant.
A dog owned by Dr. E. O. Morris bit a person at about 6 15 a.m. yesterday. The incident occurred at 701 S. Plummer and left the victim’s trousers torn.
Market notes show mixed grain prices with Grade A items cited for various sizes. Receipts indicate several breaker transactions and current totals seen, reflecting a fluctuating local commodities scene.
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