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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1962
Page
2
Kansas City cattle, hogs and sheep market summaries show steady demand. Cattle: 2,500 head, calves 100, varied grades with prices for high good to prime steers and heifers, cows, vealers, and feeders. Hogs: 2,600 head with 15 to 25 higher barrows, gilts, and sows steady. Sheep: 2,800 head with spring lambs steady, ewes and feeders steady, notes on pelts and native feeders.
Parsons livestock market reports mixed U.S. No 1 3 hogs 230 270 pounds at 14.25 to 14.50 per cwt and sows 13.00 to 13.50 for 400 pounds down. Cattle and calves show varied prices with steers 24 to 25 per cwt, heifers 19 to 23, yearlings 22 to 26, veal calves 28 to 32 and cows 11 to 17.50 per cwt. Bulls run 14 to 21, sheep prices steady with lambs 19.50 and ewes 2 to 6 per cwt.
Chicago wholesale market reports no change in live poultry prices with roasters 22 to 23 cents per pound for 22-23s. Special fed White Rock fryers 18 to 19 cents, Plymouth Rock fryers 19.5 to 20, heavy hens 18 to 19.2 cents.
Consumer eggs prices paid to producers show Large A 24-28 cents, mostly 25. Medium A 22-26, mostly 23. Small 16-18. Large B 20-24, mostly 22. Cs, dirts and checks 16-20, mostly 17. ungraded 45 lb minimum excluding carton 22-24, mostly 23. Wholesale eggs list Large 80 percent A 25 1/4-26, mostly 26. Standard 80 percent B 25-26, mostly 26. unclassified 54 lb 25-26, mostly 25. Poultry and butter unchanged.
Chicago grain quotes indicate no sales of wheat oats or soybeans. Corn No 2 yellow at 1.15 1 2, No 3 yellow 1.13. Barley bids 1.35 to 1.45. Wheat steady to up 4 cents, May at 2.14 1 4. Corn fluctuates with May around 1.12 1 2 to 1.15, oats steady to up, May 69 to 4, rye down to 1.27 1 2, soybeans up to down around 2.49 May. Advertising promotes safe buying.
Wheat priced around 2.13 and 2.15 a bushel for No. 2 dark and hard, corn near 1.28 to 1.41 for No. 2 white and 1.12 to 1.40 for No. 3, oats with no clear quotes, milo maize about 1.94, kafir 1.86 to 1.97, rye 1.12 to 1.14, barley 1.17, and soybeans 2.42 to 2.49 with bran and shorts at 32.00 to 33.75.
Obituaries listed include H. A. Marris of Corpus Christi Texas stepped death reported by his step daughter in Humboldt. Funeral and burial planned for Corpus Christi. Nellie Narcissus Hunter of Kansas City Missouri, age 72, died at Trinity Lutheran Hospital. Survivors include two daughters two sons a sister a brother and eight grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Her spouse and one daughter preceded her in death. Gustaf E Adelgren funeral set for Friday 2 pm at Grant Avenue Baptist church with burial at Greenlawn Memorial Park. Johnson Mortuary in charge. Isis Babbitt Smith’s funeral held Tuesday at Robert Blue Barnett Funeral Home in Emporia with local clergy officiating. Music selections included I Walked Today Where Jesus Walked and Abide With Me. Bearers named Lester Penner.
Chanute High School seniors plan a one day Senior Work Day next Tuesday. About 100 of 150 seniors have jobs, with around 50 more needed. Local residents are urged to offer one day work such as lawn care or housekeeping. Boys expected to earn $6 and girls $4 for the day. Any excess earnings may be kept by the student.
T Sgt William F Hamilton son of Mr and Mrs William T Hamilton Garnett has arrived for duty with a Strategic Air Command unit He is a United States Air Force aircraft mechanic married to Nellie A Stowell of Chanute They have four children Mr and Mrs O C Freidline 224 S Kansas returned from McAllen Texas reporting onion harvest under way and tomato harvest starting He noted orange and grapefruit crops were ruined by the winter Em workers The event is the main fund raising project of the class Gerken said the class hopes to raise around 800 to finance the senior class picnic and dance and other end of year activities
The Royster Junior High band concert scheduled for Friday night is postponed to May 15. The event will include the elementary, intermediate, and advanced bands. A Friday assembly featured student clubs and performances with announcements by Tom Gerken as student council president.
The Housing and Home Finance Agency approves a $1,514,000 loan reservation for Kansas State University to fund a 699 unit men’s dormitory on campus in Manhattan.
Wayne Smith Tom Craighead Paul Smith Gene Smith and Kenneth Smith are listed in a brief obituary. Burial was in Memorial Lawn Cemetery at Emporia with services noted in the notice.
Admissions yesterday include Katy Rausch Autry Nursing Home Gillis Gibson Letha McNeal Ira Collins Mrs Ellie Belt Clarence Manley Mrs Dale Rice and others. Dismissals yesterday include Cloyd Wilson and Mrs Carl North. Admissions today include Buck Jones Mrs Bill Gray Jodie Coots. Dismissals today include multiple named residents. Traffic citation issued to Merie J Sterling with $2 bond. District court action in Chanute involves Fidelity & Casualty Co. of New York v Max LaRue and others with judgment and deed order. Fern Eunice Spence v Leon Spence contends contempt for noncompliance with court orders.
Wall Street extended a rally with active trading and modest gains for key stocks. Volume reached about 4 million shares, with bonds edging higher and U.S. Treasuries showing mixed results as the market advanced despite some profit taking. The scene reflected a buoyant but cautious session in a volatile market.
Kansas State University expects summer enrollment of 2500 with eight week session from June 11 to August 3. Forest L. Whan, summer session director, said 48 departments will offer 493 courses across nearly all fields. Two National Science Foundation Institutes and 19 short sessions will also run.
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