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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1964
Page
2
Cattle and hog prices rise with hogs 25 to 50 higher for barrows and gilts while sows shift. Sheep steady as lambs command 23 dollars per head. Wheat and corn futures show mixed moves with No 2 hard wheat around 1.69 to 1.86 per bushel and corn near 1.34 to 1.45.
Prices for eggs poultry and butter were unchanged. Missouri and Arkansas live fryers and broilers were at farm 12 13s delivered to plant 12 14.
CHICAGO AP reports butter unchanged and eggs steady with prices largely unchanged to 7 higher. Grade A whites above 70 percent, mixed 29 1/2, mediums 23, standards 26 4, dirties 24, checks 24.
Chicago AP reports mixed grain prices with Wheat No 2 red at 1.49-50, Corn No 1 yellow at 1.27-4, No 2 yellow at 1.27-4. Oats No 2 heavy white 65-66-1. Soybeans No 1 yellow 2.52-4, No 4 yellow 2.52-2. Soybean oil at 8.28. Wheat finished slightly higher, July grade 1.44-4, Corn down to 1.23-3, Oats unchanged to 1 lower, July 61 cents, Rye 4 lower to 1 high er July 1.24-2, Soybeans 1/4 cent lower, July 2.49-4.
Wall Street extended its rebound for a third straight session as trading remained quiet in late afternoon. Volume was about 3.9 million shares versus 4.18 million the prior day, with gains in key stocks outpacing minor declines. Corporate bonds were narrowly mixed while U.S. government bonds were generally unchanged.
The 24 hour period ending at 6 am in Kansas City includes high and low temperatures and precipitation reports. Data detail missing from the fragment.
Marina Oswald, widow of Lee Harvey Oswald, testified again before the Warren commission as it nears its end. The Soviet-born 23 year old was recalled without explanation, likely to address new details raised since her February appearance regarding Oswald and the Kennedy murder in Dallas on November 22.
NASA researchers study bathless work schedule for first U S Mars landing mission. Special quarantine officer L B Hall says body microbes spread more right after bathing. Soap may strip oils that slow dispersion. Unmanned capsule could land as early as 1966.
Chief Warrant Officer Edward J Murray known as Spook retired from the Air Force this year after 548 parachute jumps. His service spanned World War II combat and research on escape from disabled aircraft. He says there will be no parachuting for sport. He adds that he never did believe much in sky diving.
The Grand Canyon hosts species such as bull snakes beavers bobcats deer and ring tailed cats along its bottom region. Their presence highlights a diverse ecosystem supported by riverine and riparian environments within the canyon corridors.
Daily Transcript reports yesterday admissions for Alvin Lassman Humboldt Arthur Schommer 17 W 8th Mrs Ted Gorrell 218 W 4th Mrs Rosa Stauffer 605 S Lincoln Aaron Nickell Humboldt Mrs Forest Hazen 520 W 7th Gary Holer 122 W Pine James Joy 310 N Evergreen and yesterday dismissals Douglas Land Humboldt. Today admissions include Mrs O A Kinne Jr 410 N Lincoln Dennice Coble 109 S Kansas Mrs Fred Mosier 905 S Grant Mrs Ross Ray 1110 S Grant. Dismissals today include Woodrow Youngberg 702 S Highland Fannie Ellis 508 N Santa Fe James Joy 310 N Evergreen Otto Nichols Thayer. Birth today to Mr and Mrs Earl Kirkpatrick Walnut a girl.
Reports from South Central Kansas show excellent wheat yields with Caldwell reporting harvest 50 percent complete in Sumner county at 30 bushels per acre. Anthony in Harper County averages 25 bushels, Hutchinson better than expected, Meade at 5-18 bushels, while Meade area lags. Kansas forecast 210,672,000 bushels, down 19 million from May, fifth largest on record, due to May heat and drought. cooling, damp weather late May may help fill heads and offset losses.
Navy jet pilot Lt. (J. G.) Leonard M. Nelson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Martin A. Nelson of Ruleton Kansas, ejected safely after his F8U Crusader flameout and crash during a training mission at a range in Jacksonville Florida. He was uninjured.
Floodwaters receded as helicopters evacuated residents and authorities searched for dead and missing in Montana. Governor Babcock called the disaster the worst ever, with tens of millions in damage and up to 35 people missing. Air Force planes airlifted thousands of pounds of food and medical supplies to flood zones including Choteau and Heart Butte, while nine counties were declared disaster areas. Red Cross shelters housed over 4,000 refugees as towns were cut off and highways destroyed.
A Shawnee County 4H Club plans a Saturday tour of Topeka ambulance headquarters the poison center at a Topeka hospital and a funeral home then a family picnic. A teak tree must grow for more than a century before it can be harvested.
John Hugh Van Leeuwen 72 died yesterday at Southeast Kansas Tuberculosis Hospital where he was a patient. He was born September 17 1892 in Shawnee and married Ruth Ella Mudd on September 12 1916 who survives. Survivors include six sons, four daughters, three sisters, five brothers, and 36 grandchildren. Funeral services set for Saturday 10 am at St Patrick's Walnut with rosaries Friday at Carson Funeral Home. Burial in St Patrick's Cemetery Walnut.
Joanie Hyland a 13 year old girl in Braintree Massachusetts has been blind since birth. She earns good grades at Braintree Junior High School walks to school with a friend and cycles after practice on playgrounds. Joanie treats blindness as no handicap and shares memories of curiosity like climbing onto a roof.
W A Shively of McCune and former Chanute resident died last night at Mount Carmel Hospital in Pittsburg. He was the father of J Murray Shively of 410 South Rutter. Funeral arrangements are incomplete, with Shigley Mortuary of McCune handling the arrangements.
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