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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1964
Page
2
Livestock prices show cattle at 600 head with calves steady and steers 20.00 to 50.00, choice heifers 22.50, mixed lot 18.00. Hogs total 3,000 with barrows and gilts 190 to 250 pounds at 17.00 to 17.50, 210 to 235 at 17.60 to 16.5, 275 to 400 pounds sows 13.75 to 14.75. Sheep about steady with spring lambs 23.50, best and good 21.50 to 22.75, ewes 4.00 to 5.50. Local markets eggs follow.
Wall Street in New York weakened late in trading with about 48 million shares changing hands. The averages slipped into the red after a modest morning gain, yet the market held near even, supported by favorable corporate earnings expectations and good business news. Bond markets were mixed as investors weighed corporate and government issues.
Obituary notices for Mrs. Sam Huffman 84 of 215 N Central died after months long illness. Born Dec 25 1879 in Danville Virginia she married Samuel T Huffman in 1905 and lived in Chanute. Also Mrs Mollie Colaw 93 died Erie after hip fracture. Funeral details and burial plans noted. Further notices include Floyd William Everly died Fort Worth with Elmwood Cemetery burial and Keenan Requiem Mass at St Patrick's with parish burial.
Kansas City AP notes wholesale egg prices for large eggs at 80 percent AA range 29 to 32 cents, mostly 31. Medium eggs at 80 percent AA range 25 to 26 cents, mostly 25.2. Missouri and Arkansas live fryers and broilers sold at farm 14 to 15 cents, mostly 14.2, at plant 14.2 to 15.2 cents.
Chicago butter quotes show steady trading with AA grade at 93 and A grade around 92, B and C grades around 89 to 90. Market participants note firm demand and limited supply as dairy futures watch nearby indicators and labor factors.
AP reports mixed Chicago grain prices with Wheat easing to $1.44.45 per bushel for July, Corn slipping to about $1.12.15, Oats steady near 60.60, Rye at $1.25.45, and Soybeans around $2.49.25 for July. Prices reflect slower trading at close and varied demands across grains.
AP notes Kansas City market figures for wheat corn rye and soybeans with bid and ask ranges by quality and class. Wheat prices range from 1.53 to 1.63 for various grades while corn shows 1.28 to 1.42 for No 2 white and mixed lots and 1.22 to 1.30 for No 2 yellow. Mile maize quoted 2.06 to 2.21 and soybeans 2.42 to 2.51. Bran and shorts listed at 35.00 to 37.75 and 37.00 respectively.
Senator Edward M Kennedy leaves Cooley Dickinson Hospital for a 100 mile ambulance ride to New England Baptist Hospital in Boston after a private plane crash June 19. The pilot and an aide were killed. Doctors say he will be hospitalized six to eight months in a Foster frame bed with Stryker frame travel for protection. His wife and children will split time visiting him between Boston and Squaw Island off Cape Cod. A special ambulance from Westover Air Force Base carries the Stryker frame equipped rig.
A Chanute city commission discussed extending planning authority beyond city limits to a three mile radius, possibly into county territory. The proposal, noted by Welker, would rename the body the regional planning commission and mirror Fort Scott Bourbon county practices.
Welker hopes to publish high and low temperatures and precipitation reports for the 24 hour period ending 6 a m. Population figures are not shown. The August planning commission meeting discussed extending its jurisdiction beyond city limits by joint resolution per statutes. Cities listed include Chanute Concordia Dodge City Emporia Garden City Goodland Hill City Manhattan Olate.
New York clergyman Rev Howard A Johnson told a Senate hearing that morticians are sometimes “ghoulish gravediggers” and that the public hides death realities due to ignorance and sentimentality. He warned grief lowers resistance to rising funeral costs as a chart showed prices for identical services climbing with casket cost.
Funeral services for Andrew J Willoughby were conducted Wednesday at 2 PM at the Koch-Skinner Memorial Home with Rev William T Hunt of First Presbyterian Church officiating. Burial followed in Elmwood Cemetery. Mrs D A Finney and organist Mrs Dave Petterson led music. floral attendants included Mrs Larry Young and others. honorary bearers listed.
Mrs Eunice Campbell of 410 North Evergreen hosted a Stark visit from friends Mrs Bertie Hendricks Mrs Artie Boggs Mrs Vernice Mahar and Mrs Ethel Elder. During afternoon shopping Mrs Mahar twisted her ankle and fell breaking her right arm.
Neosho Memorial Hospital reports 63 pints of Red Cross blood used during June. Bert and Mrs. Fewins of Savenburg announce their son Gary has been promoted to sergeant while serving with the armed forces in Germany. Gary, a Elsmore High School graduate, enlisted in December 1961, completed basic at Ft. Carson, was stationed at Ft. Sill before going to Germany in 1962 and is expected to return to the States in November.
Hospital activity for Wednesday lists admissions including Mrs. David Chickadonz Mary Ann Carroll Mrs Minnie Parsley Louise Highbaugh Connie Rickerson Mrs Joe Bryan John Starliper and more with addresses in Neosho Ottawa Humboldt and Lavonburg. Dismissals include Walter Cline Mrs Richard Barnard Linda Davis Phyllis Logan Marvin Abbott and others.
Cedar Lodge No 103 invites visiting Brethren for refreshments led by Harry Patterson Worshipful Master and Jay T Klinginsmith Secretary.
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