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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1962
Page
2
Kansas City AP reports cattle 400 with steady to mixed demand. hogs 2,500 with steadiest to higher markings and sows weaker. sheep 400, all classes steady. Prices listed for steers, cows, heifers, hogs, sows, and lambs across several weight ranges. Chicago grain figures follow with no wheat or soybean sales and mixed crop futures.
Parsons stockyards note a holiday week with cattle and hog prices mixed. The piece also covers Winn ie Falls breaking a hip at his hotel while reporting on Fox Films executive Sir Winston Churchill's broken hip and related health concerns in Monte Carlo.
Chicago reports butter steady with prices across grades AA through C. Eggs show mixed moves with U.S. whites and various grade composites cited. overall, butter and egg values remain near prior levels as market watchers track quality grades and production figures.
AP market notes show wholesale egg prices holding steady with large eggs around 26 per dozen and medium eggs near 22. Poultry prices remain mostly unchanged with light to heavy hens up to 5 pounds and live fryers at farm around 13 percent. Butter grades A remain steady with solid 65 to 66 price ranges.
Kansas City market figures show wheat at 291 cars down 2 percent for uplifts with various No 2 and No 3 grades priced between 2.14 and 2.57. Corn at 48 cars ranges with No 2 white 1.48 to 1.53 and No 3 1.09 to 1.47. Oats, Milo, Kafir, Rye, Barley, Soybeans, Bran, Shorts listed with specific price ranges. Advertising note urges buying into the open.
Oliver Wendein of 919 S Highland attends the 1962 summer institute for physics teachers at the University of Colorado Boulder. The program trains secondary teachers to use new and advanced materials in high schools. Lee B Summerour of Reno Oklahoma was found not guilty in police court on vagrancy and released. Gerald Fogle of Thayer posted a $5 bond on a brake defect charge after a crash near the north city limits involving Charles Chapman of Kansas City. Mr and Mrs Fred Gifford and Susan left for Logan Utah after visiting their parents in town. Gifford is in Utah State graduate school. Mrs M W Outhwaite and Emily of Woodland Hills California visit Mrs Outhwaite’s mother. The Brubakers Rollie and Janet from Redondo Beach California visit her parents and relatives in town. Joe H Jackson and family return from a southern trip and a visit to Columbus Georgia. they will return home Saturday.
Funeral service for Chester Roy Anderson will be Saturday at 10 a.m. at Johnson Mortuary with Rev. Paul Life of Evangelical United Brethren church officiating. Burial will follow at Elmwood Cemetery.
A late day market rally pushed stocks to their highs with volume around 5.2 million shares. IBM recouped about 15 points, Xerox up over 7, Du Pont and Ford gained several points, and the Dow rose 12.42 to 349.40 at 1 p.m. The advance favored growth issues and other major names such as General Motors and IBM.
Wednesday admissions include Mrs Oren Baugh and Mrs Maude Curtis and others. Dismissals include Mrs Joe Bean and Frank Swope. Birth announced for Gary Upton couple. Erie court actions include partition suits and judgments against Berthot Construction and Fehr death claim. Local stock quotes and market table follow.
Eastern Air Lines asked U.S. District Court for a 4.5 million default judgment against the Flight Engineers International Association tied to the 1961 strike. The suit seeks 900 thousand dollars per day for the five day stoppage, with prior contempt and fines history noted.
Ten women pilots began the Skyland Derby from Kansas City with a 590 mile route to Little Rock via Hutchinson and Tulsa. The race by the Women’s National Aeronautic Association evaluates speed and fuel use with handicaps, featuring pilots from St. Louis Fort Worth Tulsa and Milwaukee among others.
The First National Bank of Collyer was broken into early today by robbers who apparently used a winch truck to haul away a safe, resulting in a loss of about $9,000. Local authorities investigated and searched for suspects.
British actress Diana Dors and her husband comedian Richard Dawson announce the birth of a 10 pound 2 ounce son. The baby, unnamed, was born at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital in Hollywood California. The couple already has a son. Further details were not announced.
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