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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1963
Page
2
Cattle run 2,500 calves 200 with steers and heifers firm to higher, top steers 24.75 to 25.00, heifers 23.50 to 24.50, cows 14.25 to 16.00, vealers 22.00 to 25.00. Hogs 5,500 with barrows and gilts 18.00 to 18.50 in lighter lots, sows 14.00 to 15.25. Sheep 2,000 steady with spring lambs 19.75 to 21.50 and ewes 4.00 to 6.00.
Parson U S grade and bulk livestock ranges cover hogs cattle and sheep. Prices span U S grades, weights, and quality with steers heifers calves stockers and lambs quoted across multiple weight bands and quality tiers. Cattle, hogs, and sheep markets show steady activity and varied price levels for different classes and conditions.
AP report lists wholesale and retail prices for eggs by size and grade, poultry by weight and type, and butter prices in Missouri and Arkansas. Live turkey and broiler deliveries are noted, with farm and plant prices specified for processing.
Chicago wholesale market shows butter prices unchanged with 93 score AA 57s and 92 A 5743 among butter grades while eggs stay flat with whites 30s and mixed 30 2. Grade levels listed include AA, A, B, C and corresponding percentages or weights, indicating stable demand across fresh dairy commodities.
Chicago markets show varied grain quotes with wheat at different No categories around 1.87 to 1.99 per bushel and corn at 1.32 to 1.33. Soybeans price around 2.67 per bushel with soybean oil noted, oats sales unavailable, and July futures showing modest declines or gains amid general market volatility.
Mrs. Scherel Boor of Lincoln third district BPW presided at a leadership school Sunday at the Dale Hotel Coffeyville. Attendees included Thelma Lane Parsons state emblem chairman Jerry Hopkins Columbus state public relations chairman and Chanute participants Mmes Booe Fred Fortney Hazel Silane Velma Beasley Frank Waggoner Adam Livingston Floyd Kelly Miss Alice Boecker and Miss Vinnie Allison.
Dennis Boswell of 1120 Washington reported to police that the left front door of his 1959 Pontiac was damaged Saturday night while parked. He said the damage, first noticed Sunday, could have occurred at one of two or three possible locations.
City Manager R. J. Hayes visited the National Guard summer encampment at Camp Guernsey Wyoming on Friday and Saturday representing Chanute in the annual tour for public officials. He traveled by Air Guard plane, which stopped here. Six other visitors from southeast Kansas also joined the Chanute contingent from the Chanute airport.
AP Kansas City market brief lists wheat values for No 2 and No 3 grades, corn prices for No 2 white No 3 yellow and mixed, oats unchanged, mile maize, kafir and rye quotes, barley and soybeans, with bran and shorts price ranges.
Wall Street edged lower in moderate trading as rails and motors led the downturn. Volume for the day was about 3.3 million shares, up from 2.92 million on Friday, with losses in major stocks ranging from fractions to more than a point.
Admissions and dismissals listed for Neosho Memorial Hospital across Saturday Sunday and today. Names include Willard Solomon Frank Perez Eldon Vaughn Hazel McFarland Jane Cordner Harry Dill Frank Stacy Eldon Penner Tammy Reeves and others with street addresses and towns noted. several patients cited for surgery medical and routine admissions. one speeding citation and bond posted.
Dr J Ralph Wells longtime biology department head at Pittsburg State College since 1919 will be honored at a farewell dinner on July 26 marking his retirement. He led the department from 1939 to 1959.
Mr and Mrs Ray Elrod of 302 East Standard visited Fort Leonard Wood Missouri on Saturday and returned Sunday with Privates Jerry Elrod Darrell Summers Larry Brown Thayer and Dave Paddock LaHarpe. Private Summers is the son of Mr and Mrs M E Summers of 310 South Rutter.
G E Cauble of South Santa Fe road displayed two large tomatoes at The Tribune office. A red tomato weighed one and a half pounds and a yellow variety weighed one pound two ounces. Cauble said his small patch of 60 to 70 plants is loaded with tomatoes.
Mr and Mrs L A Stout of 806 S Allen host their son Lt Richard D Stout and his wife on a 30 day leave from the Navy Postgraduate School in Monterey California Mrs Richard Stout is the former Mary Ann Fargo formerly of Chanute Air Base
The board of directors of the American Society of Heating Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers certifies Jack Spears of 8% W Pine to the grade of associate member.
Harvey Rhodes of 619 S Central returned Sunday after attending the International Convention of Magicians in Knoxville Tennessee. The event drew more than 500 attendees including several magicians from foreign countries. Rhodes also toured the Smoky Mountains. Dick Coulter, son of Mr and Mrs Charles Allen Williams, arrived last Tuesday for a visit before his trip to Washington DC to see his sister and brother in law Mr and Mrs George F Bareis. He will then return to San Diego where he is stationed aboard the USS Iwo Jima.
Arturo Illia, 62, led in the counting for the Argentine presidency as many voters backed the country doctor while a significant bloc abstained or cast blank ballots amid Peronist exclusion. About 2 million of 11.5 million eligible voters stayed home, despite compulsory voting laws and fines.
Premier Khrushchev holds a Kiev conference with Belgian Foreign Minister Paul-Henri Spaak as part of a display of Moscow’s stance toward Sino Soviet tensions. Tass notes the meeting as a continuation of 1961 talks, while Chinese leadership pushes for unity and warns against a split. Meanwhile, U S officials explain electoral rules as voters pick electors and a general strike looms in Argentina’s political arena.
Justice Department civil rights chief Burke Marshall urged Congress to enact laws abolishing racial discrimination in public accommodations. He said the measure would remedy injustice through normal legal processes. The push accompanies hearings on manpower retraining, federal aid to segregated schools, and a seven point omnibus program.
A man was discovered deceased Sunday inside an abandoned refrigerator left in a garage. Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death and the location where the refrigeration unit was found.
Six U.S. senators toured nearly 100 miles of Kansas prairie near Manhattan as a possible 57,000 acre national grasslands park, joined by opposed cattlemen led by Carl Bellinger. Hearing set at Kansas State University after a tour by lawmakers including Sen Alan Bible and Sen James Pearson. Governor Anderson echoed strong local support for the prairie park in Pottawatomie County.
The funeral for Guy C. Baker was held Saturday at 10 a.m. at Price Funeral Home in Humboldt with Rev LaMoine Waldron of First Christian church Chanute presiding. Mrs. Frank Masterson and Mrs. Russell Runnels sang Ivory Palaces. Bearers included Alvin Lassman Joe Baker Erlin Snodgrass Donald Spurrier and Leslie Doty. Burial occurred at Mount Hope cemetery.
Turnpike report shows motorists traveled 5.6 million miles and 96,888 more vehicles on the Kansas Turnpike during the July 4 holiday period from 6 p.m. Wednesday to 8 a.m. today. Only one injury accident was recorded, authorities said.
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