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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1964
Page
2
AP notes cattle and hogs mixed with price shifts. Cattle steady with steer and heifer values listed. hogs up 75 to 50 for various categories, sows up 25-50. Sheep steady. lambs and ewes priced. Kansas City grain and feedstuffs show corn and oats mixed, soybeans around 42.5, barley 92-99, rye 1.12-1.16, maize 2.15.
AP report from Kansas City notes no change in consumer and wholesale eggs butter and poultry. Missouri and Arkansas live fryers and broilers quoted at farm 14 14 percent and delivered at plant 15 percent.
Chicago report notes butter unchanged and eggs steady to 1 cent higher with grade A whites at 31 cents, mixed 31, mediums 27, standards 27, dirties 24 1/2, checks 24. Market tone steady with slight grade variations across egg categories.
Chicago prices for wheat corn oats rye and soybeans show modest declines or gains with July futures noted. Wheat No 2 red at 1.45 and soybeans No 1 yellow at 2.52 with corn at 1.27 and oats at 64. Soybean oil quoted at 8. Prices reflect near end of session trading and include grade and sample notes for responsiveness.
In Dumas Texas AP report five of Isaac Solomon and wife’s nine children have died in traffic accidents. Two sons died when their car hit a parked pickup truck late Wednesday. Five years earlier two other children were killed in a wreck. The latest victims are David Lee Solomon age 13 and John Edward Solomon age 22, the family living in Sunray Texas.
Frank Cherry Leitnaker aged 69 former owner and publisher of the Baldwin Ledger died in a Kansas City hospital after suffering a heart attack on June 6 He was a Baker University graduate of 1922 who bought the weekly in 1932 and later sold it in 1956 He taught journalism and directed Baker’s public relations after leaving the paper.
Three Hutchinson News officials including Peter Macdonald and John McCormally weigh court action to force reapportionment of the State House. The trio previously achieved reapportionment this year under a Kansas Constitution clause requiring at most 125 representatives and at least one per county. No decision on court venue or initiation.
Leroy Wells Sr. 77 died yesterday at Neosho Memorial Hospital after illness since May. Born Middletown Wilson County Nov 9 1887 he married Hilda Hayden in Emporia April 3 1909. Retired chef, Chanute resident since 1913, survived by widow son Leroy Wells Jr two grandchildren three great grandchildren sister Dee McConnell brother Russell Gault and half siblings. Memorial service Saturday at 2 at First Christian Church conducted by Rev LaMoine Waldron. Burial Memorial Park Cemetery by Johnson Mortuary. Also noted: Mrs William Bass of Wichita died in Baltimore while visiting son William Jr survived by husband son and three grandchildren. funeral plans incomplete with Byrd Snodgrass Mortuary in Wichita handling arrangements. Funeral for Lawrence W Jordan held Wednesday at 2:30 in Koch Skinner Memorial Chapel officiated by Rev Dale Sneeringer with organist Linda Hutchison and vocalists including Mrs Ray Hutchison performing Whispering Hope and How Great Thou Art. Floral bearers Clyde Russell family. Rainbow Division WWI members Leo Booe Lee Francis Oscar Stich Dean Geeding George Hansen Lester Welch. Military graveside service by American Legion. burial Leanna Cemetery.
President Johnson must win Senate support after the House Ways and Means Committee shelved the Social Security health program. The panel approved a 5 percent boost in retiree payments, potentially lifting October checks if Congress acts in July. A 50 percent spousal increase and a Jan 1 tax hit are planned to fund the rise. AMA delegates in San Francisco cheered the committee’s rejection of the plan.
In Dallas Texas an AP report notes more than 100000 dollars has been received or pledged toward the John F Kennedy Citizens Memorial Drive city project. The effort collects contributions from donors to honor the late president with a lasting civic tribute.
Daily Transcript lists yesterday admissions at Neosho Memorial Hospital including Charles E Kemmerer Hum boldt Fred Brown 1405 S Denman Mrs Dennis Goodsell 1016 N Garfield Mrs Carl Wright Humboldt Mrs Charles Shepherd Humboldt Mrs Leslie Thompson 408 W 3rd and medical dismissals Helen Elliot R J Eric. Admissions today Alicia Mitchell 420 N Garfield surgery and dismissals today Mrs James Hunt Humboldt Charles Kemmerer Humboldt Richard Vincent Stark Mrs James Saving 1321 2 Grant Mrs William Best 110 S Plummer Melvin Stierwalt 1810 Ashby Mrs Harvey Green 1521 S Plummer Carl Uden R 2 Mrs Dennis Goodsell 1016 N Garfield Mrs Stanley Lundine R 1 Mrs Floyd Kannarr and son Humpbidt Mary and Timothy Jensen 211 W 9th. Peace Court Action George Bailey 62 E Mein intoxication arrested yesterday $25 bond posted and forfeited Marvin Lucas transient intoxication arrested Tuesday Found guilty washed two police cars in ten of fine and was released. Traffic Citations Lola Dixon 403 N Central permitting minor to drive in violation of driver's license restrictions $10 bond posted Donald Cornell 3271 W 4th blocking driveway $2 bond posted
A New York heart specialist reported on a survey of 12 000 professionals showing job stress closely links to coronary heart disease while smoking may not. The study covered 14 occupations including doctors, lawyers, and stock traders, with varying stress levels. Dr Henry J Russek presented at the American Medical Association annual convention.
Mr and Mrs Lloyd James and others visited Oklahoma City and Tennessee addresses while FFA official James and wife tour the United States. Gordon Hale son of Mr and Mrs Stafford Hale attends Kent State University on a scholarship and will teach Spanish in Topeka. About 30 patients at Southeast Kansas Tuberculosis Hospital enjoyed a musical program by Dale Schiesser and His Westerners. Mr and Mrs J Leroy Barker returned from San Antonio for a wedding. Holladay family welcomed a son born June 24 weighing 7 pounds 7 ounces. A dented rear of Bill Goodwin’s car was reported at City Park.
University of California scholars say unhappy teen age marriages are a major national issue. Judson Landis notes marriage and parenthood are oversold to youths, with two million girls ages 13 to 17 marrying yearly and about 600,000 babies born to teens last year.
The report notes a connection between cigarette smoking and higher rates of lung cancer and several other illnesses while omitting a specific reference to heart disease. It stresses smoking as a serious health hazard.
Chanute Tribune reports on the June 25 1964 edition covering local events, civic notes, and community updates. Brief items include city happenings, school notices, and upcoming local activities with concise summaries for residents.
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