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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1963
Page
2
AP reports cattle and hog prices with cattle 800 calves and slaughter steers 21.50 to 22.50 for high good to average, hogs 25 higher, sows up to 25, lambs steady to 25 higher. Eggs and poultry prices mixed with butter unchanged in Chicago markets.
The New York market edged unevenly with blue chips slipping in places while some shares rose marginally. Volume reached about 3.3 million, with corporate bonds mixed and U S governments largely unchanged amid a quiet session.
Parents of ninth grade students and Royster Junior High teachers attended a pre enrollment orientation at the high school. The session covered graduation requirements, honors program, elective courses, and planned schedules for the next three years. A design by Doug White won the Royster Journal design contest and will appear in the spring school magazine.
Hog prices show U S graded ranges from 8.00 to 19.50 for bears and 10.50 to 13.75 for sows and 13.25 to 13.75 for mixed grades. Cattle steady with grain fed steers and heifers 22.00 to 24.00 for prime stock. other grades 18.00 to 22.50. calves 16.00 to 24.00. stocker and feeder offerings 16.00 to 32.00. Sheep market steady with spring lambs up to 16.50 and culled stock down to 10.00.
In Kansas City for AP the consumer egg market shows large eggs at 29 to 34 cents per dozen, mostly 31 cents, with other sizes unchanged and medium eggs unchanged.
The Kansas City report shows bid ranges for wheat corn oats milo and other grains. Prices given for No 2 and No 3 grades across hard and red wheat white and yellow corn oats kafir rye barley soybeans and bran with specific dollar per bushel ranges and car counts.
About 1,200 Boy Scouts from eastern Kansas and southwest Missouri will spend 36 hours in a cave shelter near Carthage as an emergency training test. The start date and cave location are secret. the group will carry survival crackers and a water canteen. Previous tests involved smaller groups in Joplin and Carthage.
Advertises Primatene tablets as a non injective remedy for asthma distress. Claims three medicines in full prescription strength open bronchial tubes loosen congestion and relieve nervous tension. Promotes sleep and freedom from asthma spasms priced 98 cents at drugstores.
In Topeka AP reports the House Education Committee killed a bill to raise school attendance age to 17 or completion of the 12th grade. The Legislature’s Labor Committee urged passage of a child labor bill with 48 hours weekly in vacations and 24 hours in term time, plus a ban during class. A Labor Committee recommended studying medical costs in workers compensation cases. A House resolution asked Congress and federal agencies to curb red meat imports. Reps W R Brown Jr Don Joseph and John Golden introduced the beef import measure.
Dale E. Buchanan of Chanute, a West Point graduate who studied at Ohio State University, has been appointed associate in mathematics at Parsons College in Fairfield Iowa. He is the son of Guy R. Buchanan, formerly Santa Fe official, now retired. Parsons enrolls about 2000 students. Moody, former Tribune publisher, received an honorary Doctor of Laws at Parsons in 1957.
In Washington, government data show payrolls rising with 66.358 million employed and 4.918 million unemployed in February, signaling a brighter job market despite a 6.1 percent unemployment rate. Von Braun warns against space program funding cuts risking the moon mission timetable. Postal officials urge Congress to curb mailing of razor blades and medicines to protect children. The House backs a bill to formalize the 50 star flag with Alaska and Hawaii statehood.
Mr. and Mrs. Shelton Propst and Rollie Hydorn attended the Winfield Council of United Commercial Travelers annual meeting with Propst as grand counselor. Ray Colvin and wife announce the adoption of daughter Ann Renee, joining son David Ray. Funeral service for Lem Lowe attended by Mrs. R. B. Garvin and Mrs. L. H. Kensinger in Neosho, Missouri. Osgood returns from Denver visit with daughter and family. Oglesbee family in Moline for grandson Donald Oglesbee receiving the God of Country award. Santa Fe reported 33 194 carloads moved for the week ending March 16 1963, down from last year. on line loadings also down. Vaughn E. Wiggins of McPherson, son of Mrs. Bud Wiggins, reports top producing wildcard oil output.
The Atlas missile for astronaut Leroy Gordon Cooper Jr. arrives in Cape Canaveral for weeks of preflight checkouts ahead of a May 7 launch window. The report notes charges, fines, and jail terms in local Reno County matters unrelated to the space effort.
Daily Transcript lists Monday admissions Mrs How ard Weis Topeka medical and Charles Elsten R 3 medical. Dismissals include Jeffery Rie bel 1706 S Eith Mrs Richard Sewart and son 916 S Central. Also today admission Mrs Ronald Fleming 811 W Cherry surgery and dismissals Mrs Harrie Nelson 13505 W 14th Mrs Verda Lesco Neosho Manor and Mrs Clinton Turner 609 N Forest. Traffic citations note Jane Wallingford 127 Steuben parking in no parking zone $2 bond. Ronnie Wiltse 1009 Plummer blocking driveway $2 bond.
Oregon State University debaters coached by Dr Ralph W Peterson named among the Northwest’s best after selection for the West Point Elimination Tourney. The pairs will contest Brigham Young University Provo Utah event with 40 top teams this spring as part of the National Debate Tournament circuit. Oregon State is based in Corvallis Oregon.
Scout group Den 5 Pack 3 met with den mother Mrs. H E Campbell at 518 S Malcolm. Members named birds in roll call and took an imaginary trip through the southeastern states. New officers elected were Kim Baker denner Eddie Baker assistant denner and Mike Dunaway keeper of the buckskin. The meeting ended with a hike.
The Chanute Duplicate Bridge Club met Monday night at the Home Savings Association community room. Above average scores included Dr. Al Kihm and Robert Allen with 46, Mrs. J. Frank Jones and Mrs. Clyde Bloomheart with 43 1/2, Mrs. Robert Allen and Mrs. Fred J L Johnson with 43, Barbara Blackwood with 42, and Mrs. F G Hooker and Mrs. Charles Broadwell with 41.
Advertisement describes a tiny electronic device worn in each ear to restore natural hearing with binaural sound. It runs on four transistors and a small energy cell, claimed to be affordable and free of tubes or wires, with details offered by Arthur Crosby and Hearing Assistance in Minneapolis.
Stanford Research Institute unveils a fast inexpensive electrostatic printing method using dry ink. Inventors Clyde Childress and Louis Kabell describe a process that prints on apples eggshells plastic containers and metal cans by magnetic attraction with heat or chemicals to fuse ink. Jerome Flax of Electrostatic Printing Corp. of America notes the method's broad applicability and potential industry impact.
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