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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1963
Page
2
AP dispatch from Kansas City notes cattle at 600 head with calves scarce and hogs at 1,300 with bars and gilts up to 25 higher. Live hog prices range 13.25 to 14.25 for 1-3 barrows and gilts, sows 11.75 to 13.00, with hogs firm while sheep absent. Also reports unchanged consumer eggs poultry butter and wholesale egg quotes and farm delivered poultry price ranges.
Chicago reports butter prices unchanged amid steady market. Eggs remain unsettled with slight declines noted in some grades. Grade A whites 34 percent, mixed 34, mediums 32, standards 32.
Chicago grain trends show no wheat or soybean sales. Corn No 2 yellow at 1.21 3-21 with futures May around 2.075. Oats No 2 heavy white 75's. Wheat finished 2-2 cents higher. Rye and soybeans show varied moves with May futures around 1.275 to 2.58.
A federal jury in El Paso found Billie Estes guilty on charges tied to fraud in farm finance schemes. The promoter faces up to 25 years if appellate courts do not overturn the verdict, with sentencing expected in about two weeks. Estes’s network of some 30 firms collapsed after his arrest at his Pecos home.
The House today shouted down a bill requiring completion of a driver training course before a person under 18 could obtain a license. The measure would have raised license fees to fund expanded state aid for driver training courses.
Thousands with savings accounts earning ten dollars or more in dividends must report their social security number to banks and financial institutions under IRS rules. The move ties to computer based tax processing and identifies interest recipients for taxation.
Attendees at the Central Mexican Baptist Association midyear meeting in Topeka include Rev E R DeLuna Gene Webber and several others. Local notices report a minor accident near Senior High School and a death in Barstow California. Angel Flight drill team at Kansas State University and other community items are noted.
Wall Street pared a modest late session recovery with an uneven course. Volume was about 3.3 million shares versus 3.92 million Thursday as most major issues moved fractionally. Airlines motors steels and mail order retried gains while rails chemicals and aerospace were mixed. Government bonds rose while corporate issues were mixed.
Washington reports a brighter business outlook with an unofficial boost to 1963 national output. Officials say the gain is small enough to avoid raising unemployment but should halt its rise, easing recession fears and modestly improving the federal budget. Dr. Walter W. Heller signaled a possible lift in production.
W C Markley aged 70 retires as Chanute Kansas State Employment Service manager after 51 years in public service starting as a 1912 teacher and administrator. He is succeeded by Harley W. Knapp on April 1. Markley’s family and local staff attended a farewell coffee.
Funeral service for Mrs Ellen Trent will be from the Nazarene Church tomorrow at 2 p.m. Rev Claude E Pittinger will officiate. Burial will be in Elmwood Cemetery under Roy S Gibson Funeral Home direction. Philip Arthur Rettig 85 died yesterday at 9 05 p.m. at Neosho Memorial Hospital. He was born in Neosho County and was a retired farmer. He was preceded in death by wife Vera Anna Wooster in March 1959. They married June 21 1912 at Topeka. Surviving are son Marvin Wichita three daughters Mrs Carl Johnson Houston Texas Mrs M J Burnett Waco Texas Mrs L H Delavan Conroe Texas and brother E C Rettig Wiser Idaho. He was a member of St Paul Lutheran Church and Hector IOOF Lodge 64. Funeral service tomorrow at 2 30 p.m. in Koch Sc Inner Memorial chapel with Rev LeRoy Davidson officiating. Internment will be in Greenwood Cemetery Koch-Skinner in charge of arrangements.
The Chanute Council of Knights of Columbus met Tuesday for initiation in the first degree. A corporate communion is planned at the 8 o'clock mass with breakfast for parish members to follow, proceeds aiding the Seminary. A district memorial service will be held at Humboldt Sunday at 2 pm, followed by a mass by the State Chaplain.
Dismissals and admissions listed for Neosho Memorial Hospital with names and addresses. Fire runs noted, city court action reports Harold Eller of Chanute pleading guilty to two check misdemeanor counts and receiving 90 days in jail on each count.
Grand opening announced for Chanute Marine at 708 S Santa Fe by Don Stanislaus. The new shop blends boating gear with a bait shop and displays boats motors trailers and accessories. It carries Johnson motors and offers runabouts and fishing boats.
An old classified ad promotes Roach and Waterbug Killer with guaranteed effectiveness, priced at 98 cents to 1.15 dollars by mail. The listing appears from Casey Rexall Drug Co with a nearby address and an advertisement note.
Pittsburg Kansas. Final four presentations of the sixth annual Fine Arts Festival at Kansas State College of Pittsburg are set in McCray auditorium. Spector Shatzkin recital on April 1, London recital on April 2, and Collegiates concerts with Dean Dittllmann on April 8 and 9.
Travelogue pictures of Wales England and France were the highlight of the Today's Mothers Club program for their husbands Thursday evening in the Federation room. Invocation by Mrs B F Wyatt. Arrangements by Mines Emmett Bolze Alfred Krone Fred Johnston and Jack Sparks. Spring flowers carried an Easter theme.
The Merry Mothers Club met yesterday in the Heritage Room at the library. Mrs Nick Kesner was voted in active. Mrs Lee Em bry spoke on Emergency First Aid in the Home for Children. The next meeting is set for April 11 with Mrs Ray Hames at 319 North Kansas.
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