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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1962
Page
2
AP notes cattle in Kansas City trading up to 25 to 50 higher with various grades listed, hogs also up to 25 higher and sheep steady. Cattle include slaughter steers and heifers, cows, vealers, feeder steers, while hogs cover barrows gilts and sows with price ranges. Spring slaughter lambs and ewes show strong to steady movement across categories.
Market notes show hogs at 190 to 240 pounds priced 18.50 to 19.00 per hundredweight and 230 to 270 pound ranges 17.25 to 18.00, with sow and heavier sow classes bidding 13.00 to 15.00 and 11.50 to 12.50 respectively while bears bring 6.00 to 10.00. Police report arrests followed by a reckless driving charge for George L. Gibson.
Stocks open higher with gains led by key shares and bonds easing. The day sees about 3 million shares traded as investors weigh corporate and government bonds while cattle and eggs markets in New York and Kansas City show mixed movements and regional notes from Olympia to Fort Smith.
Stark area residents report visits among families including Merle Wiles Vernice Maher and the Bohlanders with Belle Elder Winnie Bohlander and others. Friends and church activities cover a cooking school reunion gifts and a watermelon feed at St Paul as well as a move of the Hinshaw family to Cherokee Oklahoma and a new pastor.
A fragmented market listing shows eggs by grade and size with prices. It also mentions cream products and receipts with assorted figures and a note on hens and hides priced by weight.
AP notes Wheat 376 cars down 2 to up 3 with No 2 hard near 2.19 to 2.21 and other grades listed. Corn 87 cars little changed to up 1, with No 2 white 1.25 to 1.42 and No 3 1.11 to 1.41. Oats 5 cars down 1, with No 2 white 68 to 71. Soybeans 2.14 to 2.46, bran 37.50 to 38.25, shorts 39.50 to 40.25.
Butter prices hold steady across grades with 93 score AA and 92 A. eggs show no change to slight uptick with A whites around 70 percent grade and mixed and standard categories listed. Live poultry remains unchanged to one cent lower with roasters at 24.2 to 26 cents per pound and young hen turkeys around 21.25 dollars per 14 to 15 pound bird.
Chicago AP notes Wheat No 2 red at 2.12, Corn No 2 yellow 112% and No 3 yellow 1.10. Oats prices listed for Nos 2 and 1 extra heavy varieties with varying weights. No soybean sales reported. Soybean oil at 8.28. Barley prices for choice 1.23 and 140, feed 93 to 112.
Daily Transcript lists admissions and dismissals at Neosho Memorial Hospital across Friday Saturday Sunday and today. Names include Grant Murrell Earlton medical Mrs Richard Crawford 810 S Central, and several patients at Bryants Rest Home with addresses in Yates Center Coffeyville and Buffalo.
The funeral service for Anna Mae Brooks was held Saturday afternoon at the New Hope Baptist Church. The service at the church was led by a local pastor and attended by family and friends.
A large bat flew into Economy Optical Co in downtown Louisville prompting evacuation and a pest control call. A choir sang during the incident with Mrs H A Simons officiating the service overseen by Koch Skinner Memorial Home for the burial at Elmwood cemetery.
The Neosho County 4-H Council met July 26 at the Erie Christian church with twenty members present. New seal rules were outlined with a white seal replacing the gold. Record books are due August 27 and a food stand schedule for the fair was discussed.
Democratic candidate Rep. Dale Saffels assailed the Kansas Republican administration accusing scandal in at least two state departments. He reiterated past charges about highway official George Gagel and warned of conflicts of interest while Gov. John Anderson defended his stance and urged inquiry.
ERIE The Parsons Parkannas beat the Erie Ramblers 2 to 1 in eight innings to claim first place in the girls class A regional softball tournament. Both clubs advance to the state tournament at Topeka. The Park Annas face Voiz Heating of Topeka at 7 p.m. Thursday. Erie meets Smith Plumbing of Topeka at 8 p.m. in a double elimination event. Third place went to Girard. Quinsetta Brown of the Parsons Jets earned outstanding player honors, while Garnett received the sportsmanship award.
A general Erie Christian Woman’s Fellowship meeting at the church Friday, with Mrs. Hollis Dunham elected as president and presiding. Twenty members attended as Mrs. Dunham led the session The Stewardship of Life. Mrs. Willard Bright opened with Romans chapter 12 devotionals. Refreshments followed with group coordinators Mrs. George Wright and Mrs. Currie in charge. The Guild held a July cookout at Mrs. George Hines home with seventeen members attending and the next Guild meeting set for August 8.
The Rev Gary Skinner son of Mr and Mrs Fred Skinner 102 S Larson was ordained by the Presbytery of Neosho in the First Presbyterian Church sanctuary. It was the churchs first ordination service in 92 years with Rev Gordon Zimmerman presiding. More than 250 attended the ceremony as part of a weekend of visits and receptions.
Phoenix judge to rule on whether Maricopa County and Arizona attorney general must be defendants in Mrs. Robert L. Finkbine’s suit seeking court approval of an abortion. Mrs. Finkbine, known as Miss Sherri on Romper Room, says she took thalidomide and fears fetal deformity.
Pol. Adv. promoting J. Ed Thompson for Congress lists his Thompson Ice Cream Co. ownership and urges teens to influence their parents to vote for him. Paid by Don Walker, chairman Thompson for Congress Committee.
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