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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1964
Page
2
AP notes cattle supply light with 200 head and calves scarce, slaughter steers bought on arrival basis. hogs at 2 500 with steady to 25 lower, barrows and gilts 15.00 to 16.00, sows 12.25 to 13.75. Sheep none. Eggs grades listed, cream prices shown, and miscellaneous items including roosters and hides noted.
Kansas City wholesale eggs show large size at 80 percent A 29 to 33 cents per dozen and mediums at 80 percent A 24 to 26 cents. Other produce prices remain unchanged.
Chicago AP notes butter unchanged and eggs firm with prices mostly steady to higher. Grade A whites quoted at 31 1/2 cents, mixed 31 1/2, mediums 24, standards 27 1/2, dirties 24 1/2, checks 24 1/2.
Chicago AP grain notes show Wheat No 2 red at 1.47 per bushel, Corn No 1 yellow at 1.27, No 2 yellow at 1.27, Oats No 2 heavy white 65 2 66 1, No 2 extra heavy mixed 62, No 1 extra heavy white 66 7, Soybeans No 1 yellow 2.52 4, Soybean oil 8.23. Wheat closed unchanged to 1 cent lower, July at 1.44, Corn unchanged to 1 cent lower, July 1.23 22, Oats unchanged to 1/4 lower, July 61 7, Soybeans 4 higher to 1/2 lower, July 2.49 4 49.
Kansas City grain quotes show wheat steady to firm with several grades listed and corn down slightly. No 2 white and yellow corn values hover near 1.43 to 1.45 across lines, oats offer limited movement, soybeans rise to about 2.42 to 2.48, and bran and shorts trade in the 33.50 to 37.50 range as traders note mixed prices and small shifts across futures.
Wall Street in New York sagged in late trading after three days of advance. Volume reached about 3.7 million shares versus 3.66 million the prior day as losses in key stocks remained fractional. A minority of issues rose slightly while bonds barely moved.
Tears filled the eyes of several retired railroad men as Old 1518, the Illinois Central steam locomotive, was retired to Barkley Park. A diesel engine pushed the historic locomotive to its final rest stop amid mixed emotions.
The June meeting of Chamber of Commerce directors and committee chairmen will be held at 8 p.m. Monday in the chamber office at the Memorial building. Also scheduled for next week is a luncheon meeting of the chamber's women's committee Tuesday noon at the Tioga Hotel. Reservations for the luncheon should be made with the chamber office by 5 p.m. Monday.
Citizens raise concern over low rental rates for two abstractor firms in the Neosho County Court House alleging favoritism by the County Commissioners. They point to $50 and $45 monthly rents including utilities, and argue a private business subsidy weakens taxpayer footing while questionably violating law and standard office space use. They urge comparisons with Allen and Wilson counties on clerk hire.
The annual district picnic for Or cutt Mr Zion Garfield Bowman Oak Grove Leanna and Rush is scheduled for June 21 at Highland Park with a basket dinner at 12:30. Mark A Criger, aviation structural mechanic airman apprentice USN, son of Mr and Mrs George Criger of 223 S Forest, graduated this month from Aviation Structural Mechanic Hydraulic School at the Naval Air Technical Training Center Memphis Tennessee.
Police arrested Finnis Reed of Chanute on a Wednesday intoxication charge. He pled guilty in police court and faced a choice between a $15 fine or 10 days in county jail. A felony warrant was served by Sheriff George Neely and Reed was moved to Erie.
Master Sgt. and Mrs. Reuben E. Willis with Nanci, Brian, Capri and Kerri visit his parents Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Willis at 18 S. Wilson and her parents Mr. and Mrs. Frank C. Hayworth of Humboldt R. 2. Mrs. Willis is the former Wadean Hayworth. Willis has been stationed at Tachikawa Air Force Base Japan and will leave July 15 for a new assignment at Elgin Air Force Base Fla.
Elmer Pil grim, 21 Denman, was arrested last night on a charge of intoxication. He posted a $15 bond today and was released.
Bowling Green Kentucky AP reports Margie Helm a Western Kentucky State College faculty member has attended many teachers conferences. At a recent session when delegates introduced themselves she said I am still Margie Helm and sat down.
Altoona reports visiting relatives from Sheridan Lake and Los Angeles and new residents moving into town. The Union Vacation program runs two weeks from June 1 with 99 enrollments. Dean Hyde earned a Master of Arts from KU and teaches in Wichita. Eta Beta Sigma elected Shyrell Cranor as president. she plays first sax. Community events include church services, funerals, and farewell for Rev Don Greenough moving to South Dakota.
William A. Shively died at Mount Carmel Hospital Pittsburg and will be buried in McCune. Funeral 2 p.m. Saturday at Shigley Funeral Home. Born Oct 19 1888 near McCune, he married Eunice Merrill in 1911. Survived by widow, son James Murray Shively, daughter Virginia Shively, sister Rhoda Williams and two grandchildren.
Daily Transcript lists yesterday admissions Mrs Henry Feld Earlton medical Mrs Melvin Burdette 11 Steuben medical Roberta De Bolt 416 W 4th surgical Walter Bradford Earlton surgical Ray Hays Humboldt medical Bernice Nelson 109 S Wilson medical Mrs Mattie Mein 1720 S Santa Fe medical Dismissals yesterday Alvin Lassman Humboldt Mrs Forrest Hazen 520 W 7th Embert Snender 501 S Katy Violet Jeffers 320 N Evergreen Rebecca Thielenhaus 1119 S Malcolm Mrs Wesley Valliere and daughter 312 S Highland Dismissals today Mrs August Erickson Lavenburg Betty Jean Nelson R 1 Rosa Stauffer 6052 S Lincoln Ray Hays Humboldt Mrs Ted Gorrell 218 W 4th Mrs D A Kinne Jr Eric Mrs Joe Stroud 204 S Central Denice Cable 10953 Kansas Mrs Howard Almond 409 S Steuben Linda Sue Morrow 1321 Edith Thelma Granger 1012 E Main
TOPEKA AP Howard Bristor, an admitted member of a Wichita burglary ring, was sentenced in federal court to 15 years on each of five counts for bank robbery. The sentences run concurrently with parole eligibility at the board of paroles discretion. Bristor participated in burglaries of banks at Bentley Ramona Burns Barnes and Tampa Kansas.
If you cannot reach your Tribune by phone, contact your carrier. If he cannot be reached after 6 p.m., dial HE 1-3400.
In Ottawa Kansas a two car collision on US 50 left Mrs. Cleta Christensen 60 of Salem Oregon dead and three injured. The injured are her father in law H Vincent Christensen 83 of Salem and Robert E Mullan 71 and his wife Ann 65 of Independence Missouri.
Kiowa Chief Big Bow, ex Army scout who died in 1901, remained missing Thursday as 25 people, a helicopter, a road grader, and a metal detector searched. Reburial plans at Ft. Sill were delayed after the grave could not be located. if found, he would be buried beside Hunting Horse, a Ft. Sill scout.
Sister Bonaventure Krajewski, a 23 year old Roman Catholic nun and teacher at the Academy of the Sacred Heart in Manhattan, earned a master's in mathematics from Yeshiva University. She is the first Catholic nun to graduate from the Orthodox Jewish school founded 78 years ago as a rabbinical training center.
Clarence Dodd aged 63 from Goltry Oklahoma was shot to death in Liberal after confronting Leroy Kenney at his ex wife Dorothy Dodds apartment. Dorothy Dodd in her late 30s was wounded and reported in satisfactory condition. Police said Undersheriff Ray Melton noted Dodd shot Dorothy first then Kenney killed Dodd.
West German Chancellor Ludwig Erhard arrived in Washington to discuss the German and Berlin issues with President Johnson in the wake of the Soviet East German pact. He declined comment on the pact until he sees the text, and said the talks aim to balance and coordinate positions. German Foreign Minister Gerhard Schroeder also attended, meeting with Secretary of State Rusk.
State Weather Kansas City AP reports the 24 hour period ended 6 a.m. shows high and low temperatures along with precipitation totals. The report covers the measured values for the period and notes variations from previous readings.
Five Kansas high school girls injured in a bus wreck near Albuquerque returned home by bus and were greeted by their parents on Thursday night. The injured students include Janet Shields of Lindsborg Barbara Roesler of Hutchinson Connie Stage of Marion Norma Love of Corbin and Charlotte Hazlett of Norton. Several other girls remain hospitalized in Albuquerque.
A study claims enough Greenland ice exists to blanket the planet in a global ice layer up to 17 feet thick. The finding underscores potential climate volatility and sea level implications, highlighting Greenland’s role in future warming projections.
TOPEKA AP The unemployment rate among persons covered by unemployment compensation held steady in the week ending June 6, the state Employment Security Division said. The insured unemployment rate was 1.8 percent, unchanged from the prior week and down from 2.1 percent in the comparable week last year.
In Washington the House passed a 1.7 million federal workers pay raise on a 243 to 157 vote. Missouri representatives Bolling Karsten Sullivan Ellsworth Ichord Jones Hull Curtis and other Missouri Democrats voted against or for. Kansas Republicans Dole Shriver Shubitz supported. Ellsworth voted for. Randall recorded against but did not vote.
Franklin County Cancer Society says a volunteer fund collector went to headquar ters with the money she had collected and a dog offered by a family. Hours later a woman offered cash if she could reclaim the dog and the trade was completed.
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