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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1962
Page
2
AP market report from Kansas City shows cattle and hogs trading with gains across multiple classes. Calves and slaughter steers up. heifers steady to higher. cows and feeders mixed. Poultry and butter largely unchanged. hogs 3,200 head, barrows and gilts up to 25 higher, sows steady. lambs and ewes varied with spring slaughter lambs around 21.50 to 22.25 for high grade.
Wheat No 2 yellow firm at about 2.20 with small declines in futures. Corn No 5 yellow up about 1 cent, oats 1 cent higher. Soybeans advance modestly with August at 2.485 and oil prices noted. Barley mixed with feed grades stated.
Parson Livestock lists steady market values across cattle hogs and sheep. Hogs weigh 190-240 pounds mostly 18.00 to 18.50 with up to 18.60 for high choice. sows 13.00 to 15.00. bears 8.00 to 10.00. Cattle include grain fed steers 600-700 pounds 24.00-26.75 and higher. calves 300-450 pounds 24.00-26.50. stock calves 28.00-31.00. yearling stockers 24.00-25.75. cows 14.00-16.00. bulls 17.50-21.00. Sheep and veal: spring lambs up to 20.50. veal 28.00-30.00. ewes 2.00-12.00.
Kansas City market notes show wheat quoted mostly unchanged to up to 2 1/2 cents with No 2 hard and dark hard at 2.19 to 2.38, corn down a dime to up a fraction, No 2 white 1.40 to 1.41, No 3 1.22 to 1.41, oats easing to 67 72, milo 1.95, kafir 1.89 to 2.01, rye 1.10 to 1.15, barley 1.07, soybeans 2.40 to 2.46, bran 37.50 to 38.25, shorts 38.50 to 39.25.
Wall Street eased losses in moderate trading as volume reached about 2.9 million shares. Major stocks fell only fractions, some by about a point. Government bonds were slightly lower and corporate bonds were mixed amid a quiet market.
Maud Alexander 82 of Westview Nursing Home died today after years of illness. Born 1879 in Illinois she moved to Kansas as a child and later to Chanute. widow of Will Alexander. Funeral Friday 2 p.m. Roy S. Gibson Funeral Home. burial Elmwood Cemetery. Anna May Brooks 55 died today in Neosho Memorial Hospital after illness. survived by husband Carl and four daughters and a son. service Saturday 2 p.m. New Hope Baptist Church. burial Elmwood Cemetery Koch-Skinner Memorial Home in charge. George Anson Bennett funeral held Tuesday Elk Falls Methodist Church. burial Elk Falls Cemetery.
AP dispatch from Yates Center reports Ed ward F. Arn, Kansas Republican candidate for the U S Senate, calling the party the party of responsibility across human needs, education, housing, unemployment, civil rights and foreign policy. Arn cites balanced budgets under Eisenhower and vows to curb spending. Campaign manager Glen D. Cogswell criticizes opponents for mudslinging and accuses the Kansas old guard of rule-or-ruin tactics.
Daily Transcript lists Neosho Memorial Hospital admissions and dismissals for Tuesday. Names include Jessie Snyder Roy Turney Joe Goben George Alford Melvin Prewitt Roy S Greve Robert Martin and Lila Powers Horace Wilmoth. A traffic citation for Elizabeth Hardman with a $2 bond posted is noted.
Democratic candidate Dale Saffels in Great Bend urges supporters aged 45 and older to get flu shots to protect against winter illnesses. He says he is running scared until the last vote is cast on August 7 and emphasizes early vaccination.
U S Senator James Pearson leads 43 percent to 36 percent over Edward Arn in the short term Senate race while George Hart has 37 percent in the Democratic governor bid. Dale Saffels sits at 36 percent with 27 percent undecided as KAKE TV tallies more mail ballots weekly.
Osage County Republican women hear J. Ed Thompson of Parsons urge sending a businessman to Congress. Thompson, seeking the Republican nomination in the new 5th District, says opponents lack payroll experience and question how they would handle government finances.
Richard L. Ashley county attorney of Neosho county spoke at a Tioga Hotel Optimist Club breakfast on office functions in legal administration and law enforcement. Floyd West Jr. presided and announced a Travel Gavel trip to Pittsburg next Tuesday. Dick Bohling said an ice cream social August 7 funds boys work. Perfect attendance pins were awarded to six members: Wayne Smith, Orville Moulton, Ralph Rice, Doyle McKinney, the Rev. Claude Pittenger, and West.
First day results from a 58 county straw poll show Ed F Arn with 346 votes ahead of James B Pearson 317 and 190 undecided in the Republican U S Senate race. Dole leads in the district race with 539 votes to Breeding 444 and 263 undecided. other races show Carlson 637 and Saffels 147 amid undecided.
Police reported two minor traffic accidents yesterday and today. A 1960 Falcon owned by Donald E. Tucker was damaged when Lena A. McCoy backed into it. A 1962 Ford owned by Miles Rickart was bumped by a soft drink truck driven by Seth B Gray Jr. John Birner was arrested for intoxication and released on bond. Several residents receive degrees and travel notices follow. An ad promotes a pork sandwich special at 1623 South Santa Fe.
Soviet bloc doctors mob the American Cancer Society exhibit at the eighth international cancer congress in Moscow. They order U S cancer books for 7 to 25 dollars, payable in rubles under a special arrangement, easing access previously blocked by dollar payment and exchange issues.
J. E. Showalter of Erie was arrested Monday on driving while intoxicated reckless driving and leaving the scene of an accident charges. He was released from the city jail yesterday on a $200 bond after being taken into custody following a collision.
Gov. John Anderson will address the Arkansas state Republican nominating convention in Little Rock on August 29. He announced the invitation was extended by Winthrop Rockefeller, Arkansas GOP leader and brother of New York Gov. Nelson Rockefeller.
Cape Canaveral Florida AP reports propulsion problems in the second stage of a Titan 2 missile caused the test to fall short of its 5,000 mile range. Despite partial objectives being met, preliminary data indicate a propulsion difficulty during the second stage, cutting the range to about half.
Actress Debbie Reynolds remains in St Josephs Hospital in Burbank for one or two days after suffering a miscarriage. Reynolds and her husband Harry Karl, a shoe magnate, expected their first child in September. She lost the baby Tuesday.
Ford Motor Co. reported a profit of 268.3 million dollars for the first six months of 1962, up from 209.4 million during the same period in 1961.
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