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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1963
Page
2
In Kansas City cattle and hog markets the day shows price dips with steers and heifers down 25 to 50 cents, cows steady and calves weakening. Feeder calves and hogs hold steady while slaughter vealers and lambs show modest gains. Chicago prints no wheat oats or soybeans with corn and barley priced per No 1 yellow through feed grades.
Market notes list hogs cows bulls and sheep with price ranges by grade and weight. Hogs include U S No 1-3 mixed at 230-270 pounds 13 50 to 13 75 and sows down to 8 00. Cattle cover steers heifers calves and stockers with 600-700 pound grain fed steers at 22 00 to 24 00 and other classes. Sheep show lambs and ewes with prices from 2 00 to 17 00 for various quality and weights.
The Kansas City market reports consumer eggs by size and grade with price ranges, wholesale eggs by grade, poultry prices for young hens to capons, ducks, and live fryer broilers in Missouri and Arkansas, and butter grades with per pound figures for solid and quartered forms.
Chicago reports butter prices holding at 93 score AA and 92 a 5742 with steady demand. Eggs remain firm with whites and other grades steady to up slightly, while live poultry sales in Chicago show continued activity at comparable levels.
The New York market held slightly higher in slow trading with about 3.1 million shares traded. Most key stocks advanced only marginally while many issues were flat or down. a few issues rose a point or more as bonds fluctuated between corporate and government issues.
Mrs. Calliopi Patrikousis of Belle Vernon Greece born in the late 1800s is believed aged 109 to 113. With no birth records, family marks March 10 as a tentative birth date. About 15 relatives and 100 locals attended a birthday gesture in western Pennsylvania.
Sorghum Valley Grange will meet at the Grange Hall on Wednesday at 7 30 p.m. Pat Rash daughter of Kenneth Rash was named one of three finalists for St Patricia at Kansas State Engineers Open House March 7 and 8. David Shields 31 Humboldt R 2 pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated and was fined 125 dollars with 25 dollars due each Saturday. A fist sized rock was thrown through a service entrance door at Kaufman filling station 1111 N Santa Fe Saturday night about 10 25.
Admissions and dismissals listed for Saturday and Sunday at local hospitals. Individuals named include Ruby Sharp Humboldt Max Michael Humboldt Lige Wells 602 S Central Mrs Earl Wilson 1501 S Ash by Kathy Clements Humboldt and others with Berlin medical notes. Births noted Mr and Mrs Ray Spencer Eric a boy and Mr and Mrs Ronald Umbarger Earlton a boy. police report describes Chanute man altercation at 12 30 am with broken glass and eye and nose injuries no charges.
Obituaries list William H. Warner 79 of Fredonia and Opal Hendricks 74 of Independence, Edward A. Bruenger 76 of Humboldt, Clarence W. Rector 38 of Wichita, and William Barbour with service details. Details include survivors, church affiliations, funeral home arrangements, and burial places.
Davis Pipe and Supply of Chanute received a safety award for an incident free year with 15 company vehicles traveling 490000 miles within a 100 mile radius and 17500 man hours worked without a lost time accident. F D Davis accepted the framed plaque as Paul E Pitts noted national statistics show more accidents elsewhere.
Readable text notes a poultry listing with special fed white rock fryers priced 2042-21 and rooster counts 25 to 26. Details appear fragmentary and uncertain.
David Hopper a 16 year old Kansas City area student and swimmer shot himself in a storm shelter after a period of inner distress. His parents Allen and Margaret Hopper discuss family life amid the tragedy noting his sensitivity and unexplained troubling feelings. His siblings Joe 14 and Jill 13 are mentioned as part of the family context. The father describes strict discipline yet strong family love and questions what troubled David.
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