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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1962
Page
2
AP reports cattle steady to easy with 600 head and calves 50. Slaughter steers 20.00 to 24.00, cows 14.50 to 16.00, calves 18.00 to 22.00. Feeder steers 23.50 to 25.50. Hogs 3,200 head barrows and gilts 10 to 25 higher, sows steady to weak. Sheep 500 head: lambs 22.00 to 23.00, and 17.50 to 22.00 for others.
Wheat prices show a 4 percent drop to 2.19 to 2.24 for No 2 hard and dark hard and 2.22 for No 3. No 2 red at 2.169?2.20 percent, No 8 2.14 to 2.19. Corn steady to up 0.4 percent with No 2 white at 1.45, No 2 yellow and mixed 1.12 to 1.22, No 3 1.12 to 1.16. Oats unchanged. No 2 white 72 to 75, No 3 70 to 74. Mile maize 1.89 to 2.01. Kafir 1.91 to 2.03. Rye 1.12 to 1.1642. Barley 1.05 to 1.11. Soybeans 2.40 to 2.47 1/2. Bran 33.00 to 33.75. Shorts 36.50 to 37.25.
The report lists bid ranges for hogs cattle and sheep with weights and grades. Hogs show U S 1 2 190 240 pounds at 17 75 to 18 00, sows and boars priced. cattle cover steers heifers and calves with U S choice 24 00 to 25 25 for 600 700 pounds and other grade ranges. veals cows and bulls priced across several categories. Sheep show declines with spring lambs to 20 50 and ranges for util ity and utility grades and ewes.
Wall Street in New York shows continued stock market improvement with early gains near a full dollar per share for many pivotal issues. The advance matches or exceeds Wednesday’s move as investors react to depreciation rule revisions and opposition to the proposed withholding tax plan on dividends and interest.
AP reports current quotes for consumer eggs large A 23-27 cents per dozen small A 15-18 cents wholesale eggs large 27-29 cents per dozen 80 per cent A 27-29 cents poultry and butter unchanged Missouri Arkansas live fryers and broilers delivered at plant 14-15 cents per pound for fryers and broilers 14-15 cents.
Butter holds at steady levels with mixed price codes and scores noted. Eggs remain steady to firm with grading breakdowns for A whites, mixed, mediums, standards, and dirties reported, including percentage marks and price figures.
Chicago market brief lists Wheat No 1 yellow hard at 2.23, Corn No 2 yellow 1.1444, Oats at 65 percent, Barley prices 1.23 to 1.43, Soybeans steady with oil at 7 percent. Notes minor shifts as July futures rise and fall across several grains.
An advertisement note explains that signs guide readers to top readable merchandise. It emphasizes clear guidance and easy locating of appealing goods in market signage.
France pays 293.4 million dollars of postwar debts to the United States and buys 112.5 million dollars of American gold. The Treasury release notes the gold purchase lowers U S holdings to 16.3 billion dollars, the lowest in over two decades, while fully repaying Marshall Plan loans and covering 1970 1971 installments from the Export Import Bank loan.
Three Illinois residents died and eight others were injured when a station wagon collided with an oil transport truck on U S 54 about 14 miles east of El Dorado. Identified dead were William Tweedell 55 and Clifford J Olroyd and his wife Harriett Tweedell. Truck driver David Dale reported swerving to avoid the crash. The eastbound truck carried 37 000 gallons of crude oil and was owned by Hugh Breedings Co Inc of Tulsa Oklahoma.
New Zealand expelled two Soviet diplomats on charges of spying. Prime Minister Keith J. Holyoake told Parliament the Russians sought security information by illicit means. V. S. Andreev and N. I. Shtykov were ordered to leave within 48 hours and departed for Moscow.
In Dayton Ohio youngsters crafted scooters from simple parts and now sold at a downtown stamp redemption shop. Each scooter arrives in a knocked down carton and buyers must assemble it themselves.
A new nuclear detonation occurred over the Pacific, the 27th in the series and the second in two days. The device was dropped from a plane near Christmas Island and described as low megaton range, an explosion of one to several million tons of TNT.
Austin Butcher of Altoona pleaded guilty to intoxication in police court yesterday and was fined 15 dollars after a Tuesday night arrest. Other brief items note Phil Carter’s selection for the Future Farmers of America band to perform at the national convention in Kansas City in October and local community events in Walnut Grange, Fort Scott hospital, and Fredonia area farm groups.
Sixteen year old Doug Ricketts heads to the Kansas Juniors Golf Tournament match play after qualifying rounds at Manhattan Country Club. Ron Schmedemann led with a 70 to claim medal, tied by Jim Chew and Grier Jones.
A graveside service for Rexall Hamilton will be held Friday at 2 p m at Elmwood Cemetery with Rev. Virgil Collins of the Prairie Queen Pentecostal Holiness Church officiating. Roy S. Gibson Funeral Home is in charge.
Daily Birth Wednesday announces Mr and Mrs Raymond Gooding of Ioa welcomed a boy. Admissions list includes Lennie Ramey at 102 W Mulberry medical Neosho Memorial Hospital, and many other patients and brief notes across towns. Dismissals cite Floyd Swiler Vaughn and multiple patients returning home or undergoing procedures.
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