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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1962
Page
2
AP report from Kansas City shows cattle receipts at 2,000 with calves and cows steadier to higher in some categories. Hogs at 3,600 head trend weaker to 25 lower for barrows and gilts while sows ease. Lambs 2,200 head move 25 higher with good to prime prices noted.
Hogs show varied grades and weights with prices from 12 to 15 dollars for sows and 3 to 11 dollars for bears. Cattle range shows steers and heifers at 24 to 25 dollars for 600 700 pounds, standards 19 to 21.75, stock calves up to 31, veals 28 to 32, cows 10 to 17.5, bulls 14 to 21.
AP Chicago market notes butter steady at various scores, eggs mixed with slight declines for some grades. Live poultry prices ease with roasters and fryers listed. heavy hens and special breeds shown in a tighter range.
AP notes consumer eggs show varying grade A prices for large medium and small sizes with ranges around 23 to 29 cents for large A and 20 to 26 for medium A. Large wholesale eggs run 27 to 28 cents for 80 percent A, with other grades at 24 to 26 cents. Poultry and butter noted unchanged.
AP report from Kansas City lists wheat at 2 lower to 2.14 and 2.12-2.54 for various ranks. Corn shows 29 cars with 4 higher and ranges from 1.12 to 1.41, soybeans around 2.46, oats nominal, mile maize 1.83-1.96, rye 1.10-1.14, barley 1.17, bran 34.34.75, shorts 34.50-35.25.
Wall Street ended mixed with a broad decline as a recovery drive faltered. Trading remained active with about 3.7 million shares changing hands, down from Tuesday, and most major issues slipping a fraction to about a point except Du Pont, which fell sharply. Corporate and U.S. government bonds rose.
William T. Leroy of Chanute was arrested yesterday on a charge of intoxication and held at the city jail awaiting disposition. VFW Little League seeks managers and assistants for a meeting at 8 pm tomorrow to finalize equipment distribution for May 19 weekend games. three more team managers are needed.
The Dramatics Club presents two one act plays at 7:30 in the Royster auditorium under John and Nancy Jones. It features a hillbilly comedy It's Cold in Them Thar Hills and the haunting tale Ladies of the Mop with a student director Carolyn Corkill and promoters Virginia Madil and Ruth Sale.
The Senate refused to invoke the anti filibuster rule to end debate on Kennedy administration voter literacy test legislation. Democratic leader Mike Mansfield acknowledged the leadership could not muster the two thirds needed, with more than a third voting against limiting debate. The session also noted mixed commodity prices from Chicago markets with grains showing little change.
In Santa Monica Dinah Shore and George Montgomery end their marriage in six minutes. Shore gains custody of children Melissa Ann 14 and John David 7. They wed December 5 1943. No alimony. child support included in property settlement.
The Associated Press reports Florida’s Claude Pepper and Ohio’s Robert Taft Jr. won decisive Democratic primaries with Kennedy backing. Florida also saw George Smathers and Dante Fascell secure renomination. Indiana and West Virginia renominated all incumbents. Ohio GOP prospects include Frank Lausche and Michael DiSalle. A Niagara Falls Canadian-side tower rises amid region news.
Mrs Audrey C Holloway 74 of Pasadena Texas died Sunday. A former Western Union telegrapher in Humboldt from 1918 to 1935 she moved to Scott City later. She was a Methodist and a past matron of Humboldt Order of the Eastern Star. Graveside rites Thursday at Mount Hope Humboldt with Rev Gene Taylor. memorial service by Eastern Star. Survivors: daughter Bernice Sierberling Pasadena and son O C Holloway Tacoma. Johnson Funeral Home Humboldt in charge.
The annual Chamber of Commerce dinner unfolds tonight at St Patrick’s gymnasium starting at 6 30. Retiring president John Gorton and incoming president Mahlon Morley will present retrospectives and forward looks at chamber activities. Dr Charles Wesley Garrett will address pitfall experiences of an atomic expert as master of ceremonies. About 150 members and guests are invited.
Brother Constantine Sandner aged 68 of the Brothers of the Holy Infancy and Roman Catholic Church was swept over the Horseshoe Falls Tuesday. A coroner's verdict was withheld pending recovery of the body.
A Pershing missile failed after ignition at Cape Canaveral and was destroyed by range safety control as upper stages zig-zagged out of control. Debris fell into the Atlantic well short of the 170 mile range. The Army plans deployment with troops in Western Europe later this year.
Daily Transcript lists yesterday admissions at Neosho Memorial Hospital including Mrs. Eura Carson 913 W 5th medical, Nancy Legge 507 N Evergreen medical, Mrs. Bob Donovan 217 IW 35th surgery, Harry Gier R 2 medical, Eva Shook Eric medical, J Allen Wright Thayer surgery. Dismissals yesterday include Mrs. Lar.
Birth yesterday to Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Wiles at 512 1/2 West Main. Dismissals today include Brian Olson of 1123 West Santa Fe and Harry Gier of Route 2. Other locals mentioned are Mrs. Lee Dooley and son Humboldt, William Craig of 1503 West 2nd, Lawrence Barr of Yates Center, and Wayne Butcher of 110 South Forest. Traffic citations list Ronald E. Hastings Independence speeding with timer, Wreatha Blumer Lola speeding with timer, and Roy W. Gildart Thayer Route 1 speeding with timer. bonds of five dollars posted.
Notice invites visiting Brethren to attend. signed by Charles Blanchard W M and Jay T Klinginsmith Secretary at the lodge gathering.
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