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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1962
Page
2
AP reports cattle 300 with calves 25 and hogs at 2,500 listing barrows and gilts 200-250 lb up 25-35 and heavier weights mostly steady to 75 lower. Barrows and gilts 1-3 17.00-19.35, sows 13.75-16.50. Sheep scarce with good to choice lambs 21.00-22.00 and ewes 4.00-5.50.
Kansas City AP reports consumer egg prices with Large A at 23 to 30 cents and small A at 15 to 18 cents. C's dirts and checks 17 to 19 cents. Wholesale Large 80 percent A 28 to 31 cents, medium 80 percent A 24 to 25 cents. Poultry and butter unchanged. Missouri Arkansas live fryers and broilers: Broilers 14 percent, delivered at plant fryers 15 to 12 percent.
AP reports butter prices hold at 93 score AA 57 halves, 92 A 57 and a half, 90 B 54, 89 C 3, while cars 9 B 54 and 99 C M4. Eggs remain unsettled with white 70 percent or better at 28, mixed 28, mediums 25, standards 25, dirties 21.5, checks 21.
Wheat No 2 yellow steady to higher with July at 2.12 to 2.13. Corn and oats show declines with July oats around 63 to 64 cents. Rye and soybeans move mixed, soybeans up to about 4 cents, July near 2.57 to 2.58. Barley malting around 1.35, feed 1.15 to 1.16 per bushel.
Wall Street edged higher in a moderately rising market with quiet trading. Volume reached about 2.4 million shares versus 3.09 million Thursday as gains in Syntex Kawecki Chemical and Anken Chemical moved more than a point. Closing stocks summary follows.
The Daily Transcript lists Thursday admissions Mary Jo Edwards Ru fus Wilson Leon Corbett Rhenge Nicholls and others with medical or surgical needs. Dismissals include Mrs. Yvonne Bresee Mrs. Charles Rickerson and several patients. Births report a girl to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Deweese in Thayer.
General Motors reports record net income of 402 million for the April-June quarter, 1.42 per share, with quarterly sales at 4.026 billion. The company also shows 74 million net income for Q1 and 252 million in Q2 1961, highlighting continued growth.
A fragmented market listing shows grade A cream prices and breakable receipts. It notes Cream No 2 and a pricing line for hives under 30 pounds at 10 cents per pound and over 30 pounds at 3 dollars each.
Wheat prices vary by grade with 238 cars noted and prices around 2.19 to 2.22. Corn trading 37 cars shows No 2 white near 1.41 and No 3 near 1.14 to 1.46. Oats listed with 1 car and No 2 white about 71 to 74, No 3 69 to 73. Soybeans range 2.41 to 2.46 with bran at 36.50 to 37.25 and shorts 37.50 to 38.25.
A hearing in the disbarment case of former Gov Payne Ratner and his son Payne Ratner Jr is postponed to July 27. Russell attorney Jerry Driscoll was named by the Kansas Supreme Court as special commissioner to determine facts, delaying due to the death of his sister in Wilson Kansas.
Caroline Kennedy, still a minor, received President’s family courtesies after taking the oath of allegiance at the White House. Reports note her one year married life and connections to Beverly Radland and Errol Flynn, with public interest in her role and family traditions.
Darrell L. Jones aviation machinist mates third class USN son of Mr and Mrs Willie E Jones of 402 N Washington serves with Attack Squadron 155 aboard the USS Coral Sea slated to return to Alameda California on July 17. Other items note Mrs Vada McCarty moving to live with daughter in Chanute and a library story hour. An $5000 grant from the National Institute of Mental Health funds nursing workshops at Parsons State Hospital this fall.
Registration for the State JayCee Junior Golf Tournament reached 56 entries with players from Wichita Overland Park and Arkansas City. The event starts tomorrow at Chanute Country Club with 80 plus teenage golfers expected.
Kansas candidate for the U S Senate Edward F Arn denounces United States foreign aid to communist nations as strengthening their blocs and arming rivals. He urges aid only if it serves national defense and supports private enterprise to hasten the fall of communism.
Seaman Fredric P. Lawrence USN, son of Mr and Mrs Lester S Lawrence of 106 S Plummer, left Corfu Greece and Taranto Italy on June 26 aboard USS Independence. The carrier spent a week anchored as crew members visited both ports. Taranto hosts the Italian Navy while Corfu is a major Greek tourist site.
Kansas signals support for James B. Pearson in the U S Senate race with Alf Landon endorsing him. The former governor calls for a strong, independent voice and cites readiness to lead without obligations to any group. Also noted are local civic events and religious gatherings in the area.
Attorney General William Ferguson and the Kansas Board of Law Examiners seek to bar the Ratners from law practice in Kansas. The complaint alleges soliciting clients and other ethics violations. Driscoll must rule on motions to dismiss for lack of evidence and to enjoin Ferguson and the Kansas Bureau of Investigation from questioning the Ratners’ clients.
Tom Wayne Scott of 504 S Evergreen spent two days at Kansas State University in Manhattan for pre enrollment tests. He plans to major in chemical engineering.
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