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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1963
Page
2
AP notes cattle market not established with 400 cattle and 25 calves, hogs at 2200 head down 25 with barrows and gilts around 18.75 to 19.00 for 200-260 lb and 19.10 to 25 for 210-240 lb, sows 16.00-17.25, sheep 100 steady, spring lambs 20.00-21.00, good 17.75, ewes 4.00-5.26.
Consumer eggs show large 30 to 34 cents per dozen, medium 23 to 26 cents, others unchanged. Poultry and butter prices remain unchanged.
Chicago AP notes butter wholesale prices steady to up two higher with grades AA to C and mixed results. Eggs wholesale buying prices mostly unchanged to down slightly with grade distinctions and breakdowns by quality and weight.
Chicago grain reports show no wheat or soybean sales. Corn prices fluctuate with No 1 yellow at 1.30s and September at 1.23-1.24. Oats and soybean oil move modestly. soybeans slip 2-3 cents to August at 2.62. Building permits issued to Max Thompson for a carport at 421 Allen and Earl McGinnis for a trailer house and patio at 1402 Edith, costs estimated at 3,500.
The clipping lists egg prices for Grade A in various sizes and other market items with irregular text. It then notes several police citations and arrests in Iola area, including Blakely fined for failure to yield right of way and Richard Keenan bonded on intoxication charges. Multiple names and addresses appear with charges of speeding, intoxication, and reckless driving, plus a few local moves and transfers.
AP report from Kansas City shows wheat with price ranges from 1.87 to 1.91 for No 3 hard and No 2 red, corn around 1.29 to 1.40 for No 3 and No 2 white, oats near 63 to 74 cents, mile maize at 2.09, kafir at 2.00 to 2.12, rye 1.14 to 1.20, barley 1.04 to 1.10, soybeans 2.50 to 2.54, bran 42.00 to 42.75, and shorts 44.00 to 44.75.
Wall Street in New York shows moderate gains for oils and Big Three automakers amid slow afternoon trading. Volume around 2.5 million shares versus 3.7 million on Thursday. Key stocks moved by fractions to about a point while corporate and U S government bonds advanced. Closing stocks noted.
Daily Transcript reports Neosho Memorial Hospital admissions on Wednesday including Michael C. Brooks Eric and Ralph Hoff man with surgeries and several medical dismissals such as Mrs. Merle Toews Mrs. Elvin A. Butts and others. Debra Kepley attends Highpoint Music Camp Oswego July 25 30 with accordionists from five states rehearsing under Bill Palmer and Bill Hughes culminating in a 100 accordionist concert.
The decay of crofting, an unusual system of tenant farming in northern Scotland, is emptying thatched cottages and driving young people to cities.
Army Pvt Carroll F Johnson of Pittsburg completed a conference hosting assignment for Kansas State. He is son of Mr and Mrs Ford C Johnson and attended Chanute High School and University of Kansas. Martha Hemphill of Kansas City dies. Hemphill family to attend Chanute funeral staying at Tioga Hotel.
Ronald Thorne son of Edwin B Thorne of Tulsa will attend Kansas Wesleyan University Salina for the fall semester 1963 64. He graduated Wichita Southeast High School in 1961. Richard Douglas Cloke son of Mr and Mrs Richard Cloke 910 South Plummer a Wentworth Military Academy summer school student is spending this weekend at the Lake of the Ozarks with the Academy's summers group.
Four Japanese students from Tokyo's Waseda University hike across the United States, arriving near Kansas City by foot, then being driven to a luncheon before resuming their walk. They plan to stay a week to meet people and study economic conditions as their trek from San Francisco to New York City continues.
Kansas plans reflectorized 1964 motor vehicle license plates. About 1.3 million tags will be produced at the Kansas Penitentiary tag factory by over 100 inmates. The reflectorizing adds roughly two cents per plate in cost.
Thomas Murrill Jr Ralph A Berg and Peter A Esch Jr will attend a regional business conference in Washington DC from July 2 to 31. The visit includes engagements with regional industry leaders and sessions on development policy.
Lawrence T Filosa administrator of Chanute Public School of Nursing attended the annual lead event, reporting on program progress and school initiatives. The gathering highlighted nursing education updates and community health outreach plans.
Atlanta Mayor Ivan Allen Jr testifies federal legislation would aid voluntary desegregation of public accommodations. South Carolina Governor Donald Russell warns it would provoke resistance. Testimony before the Senate Commerce Committee centers on a bill to ban racial discrimination in privately owned stores hotels and restaurants serving the public.
Kimball Sunday guests of Mrs Ima Simmons included Mr and Mrs Hubert Angleton from Chanute and Mr and Mrs John Angleton from Coffeyville. Don French and children visited her parents Walter Clapson near Walnut. Others were Bob Wintten and children from Denver and Dwight Clapson from Orlando. Henry Hazen spent Sunday evening with Otis Fisher. Paul Cook family picnicked in Lola then visited Ronald Olson Rhonda and Wayne Harding. Russell Page Art Pontious and Rus sell Rogers from Chanute enjoyed ice cream with Virgil Olson. Hazen also visited Winnie Stanley Friday then attended a Friends church ice cream supper. Don French and Jewell Clements helped Mrs Roy Daggett dress hens Monday. Gov. Russell commented on race issues urging voluntary local action over coercive measures to improve race relations.
Mr and Mrs Jess Barker of 217 S Lafayette and their daughter with her husband Mr and Mrs Ralph Schroeder of Sioux City Iowa returned Friday evening from a trip to Seattle and Bremerton Washington where they visited Mrs Barker s brother whom she had not seen for ten years They also visited other relatives and friends The weather there was quite cool and some top coats were worn They returned via Salt Lake City and Crowley Colorado where they visited Barker s brother Jay Mr and Mrs Schroeder returned to Sioux City Saturday
Mr and Mrs R W Fisher and Ricky of 1212 W 7th have been visiting friends in Wichita and Topeka and making a short trip to the Ozarks during their leisurely vacation.
Humboldt Police Department reports the theft of two chain saws from a truck in Humboldt. Earlier, a Wednesday night break-in at Chappy's at 924 S. Santa Fe saw two chain saws stolen.
Mrs. Glen Gough of 105 S Lafayette said the right rear fender of her car was damaged about 10 am yesterday when struck by a woman backing from the curb at the city pool. R E Evinger of Raytown reported the left door of his car damaged while parked on W Main in the first block Wednesday night, believed caused by a driver of a 1953 Chevrolet parked crookedly beside him.
James Dunbar, 50, of Kansas City, was booked last night by police as a sleeper suspect in an unclear case. The term sleep er appears in the report, with no additional charges specified in the available text.
Mrs. Russell Hibbs of Savonburg reports a surprising find from her potato patch. A white Irish cobbler, described as duck shaped, was harvested with a potato weighing 1's pounds. The incident highlights a curious anomaly in a rural harvest.
The library hosts a story hour Saturday featuring Josefina February read by Mrs Cresent Owens in the children's section on the second floor of the public library.
Mr and Mrs J W Guinnee and daughter Leigh of Silver Springs Maryland and Gayle Ernst of Jefferson City Missouri arrive today to visit Mr and Mrs Howard Earnest and daughters Karen and Betty at 214 North Washington. Mrs Guinnee is formerly Charlotte Hill of Chanute.
Sharon Monroe and Catherine Covert escaped Wednesday night from Lansing Women’s Industrial Farm by cutting a window screen and climbing a chain link fence. Police captured them on a downtown Leavenworth street Thursday night. Monroe has prior escapes and forgery sentences. Covert is serving a bad check sentence from Shawnee County.
Venezuelan troops and police hunted 46 terrorists and criminals who seized La Planta prison in Caracas after a gun battle left at least five dead and 51 wounded. About 200 participants escaped or fought out through gates and a wall. reinforcements recaptured 102. sixteen were rounded up later. Reports of robberies and shootings followed as FALN members allegedly incited the breakout.
Elsmore reports Mrs. Harry Mefford back at home after a stay in Sterling Heights Manor Iola. Nearby visits include Art Keys Georgia Smith and Skytooth Texas and Leonard Lambert guests of local families. Many relatives from Kansas City Wichita Manhattan and Chanute appear in social gatherings at Elsmore and surrounding towns with reunions and family outings at lakes and parks.
Mrs. Florence Williams dies at Winfield mother of John and Robert Williams and Mary Jo. Funeral Saturday at two, Morris Funeral Home directing. Pete Seidl, 86, dies at Beatrice Nebraska born 1877. Survived by four brothers and two sisters. Rosary Sunday 8 pm at Johnson Mortuary. Requiem Mass Monday 9 am at St. Patrick’s Church. Burial in St. Patrick’s Cemetery. John Gearhart Kienzle Requiem Mass said at St Patrick’s Church 9 am. Burial in St Patrick’s Cemetery. Allen Willis cantor. bearers listed.
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