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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1964
Page
2
Livestock figures show hogs 5,000 with steady to 25 higher gains, sows 11.50 to 13.25, lambs steady and ewes 50 lower as sheep buyers fluctuate. Cattle and calves trade broadly with steers up 50 to 75, heifers and calves mixed, cows and bulls steady to higher, with slaughter, stock and breeding classifications listed and prices noted across categories.
U S hogs ranged from 8 to 14.50 with various grades and weights listed. Cattle and calves show steady trends with steers and heifers at 16 to 21 dollars for typical grades. Prime and choice categories reach up to about 29 dollars for older cattle, with multiple weight classes and stocker figures included.
The piece argues that childrearing wisdom from books misses how memories form. It asserts that kindness and love come from daily atmosphere and practiced family life rather than formal rules, citing warm rooms, sickness, and festive holidays as influential experiences. Address 16 Forest Phone HE 1-3440.
AP reports consumer egg prices paid to producers by size and grade plus wholesale egg figures. Poultry prices list heavy and light hens capons ducks and live broilers. butter prices remain unchanged at grade A solid and quarters per pound in Missouri and Arkansas markets.
CHICAGO AP reports poultry prices hold steady with live roasters at 23 to 25 cents per pound and special fed White Rock fryers at 18 to 19 cents. The market shows little change in Chicago today.
Chicago AP reports butter prices unchanged with 93 score AA at 57 1/2 cents, 92 A at 57 1/2, 90 B at 55 1/2, 89 C at 54 1/2. Eggs remain unsettled with mixed products at 28 1/2 cents, whites at 28, mediums 23 1/2, standards 27 1/2, dirties 25 1/2, and checks 25 1/2.
Chicago reports show wheat at 1.96 in maturing markets with May futures at 1.96 to 1.97 per bushel. Soybeans traded around 2.55 and May futures near 2.50. Corn slipped about a half cent to 1.24 to 1.25 with May around 1.24. Rye eased to about 1.25 with May futures near 1.25 and wheat and corn futures closing lower.
AP price snapshot from Kansas City shows wheat at 2.20 to 2.40 for No. 2 hard and dark, corn at 1.20 to 1.37 for No. 3, oats around 67 to 75 cents, rye 1.15 to 1.21, barley 1.04 to 1.12, soybeans 1.45 to 1.51, with various No. 2 or No. 3 classifications and daily changes noted for multiple grains and feeds.
A small typed price list shows eggs by grade including Grade A Extra Large, Grade A Medium, Grade B Large, and current receipts. It also lists cream premium and teas, roosters, hides, glue hides at fractional cents per pound, reflecting a mixed commodity market entry.
Wall Street in New York finished the day modestly higher amid irregular trading. Volume was about 4.7 million shares, with gainers outpacing losers among key stocks. Corporate bonds moved irregularly lower while U.S. government bonds advanced.
A broken glass window in a candy vending machine at the serve yourself laundry at 701 N Grant was reported to police last night. Officers said the breakage apparently was vandalism done with a pop bottle. Early today a police patrol car discovered a broken window in the women's rest room at Santa Fe Park.
The breakfast meeting of the Chamber of Commerce new industry committee scheduled for tomorrow has been canceled. No committee meeting is planned for this month.
Police received another report of a biting dog over the weekend. The incident involved a man and occurred outside the city limits, according to officers.
Mary All Day, 21, of 1303 S. Santa Fe and Ethel Young, 77, of 1201 W. 10th, collided at the Island Lincoln intersection about 4 15 p.m. Saturday. Police estimate damage to the All Day 1952 Chevrolet at 150 dollars and to the Young 1961 Chrysler at 250 dollars. The All Day car was southbound and the Young car westbound, officers said.
Walter R. Minifield, longtime postal worker who served in World War I, retires after 42 years. He estimates walking 75,600 miles, about three times the world’s equator. He plans to travel by other means, go fishing, and enjoy his armchair and slippers.
Dick Coulter son of Mr and Mrs Charles A Williams J 1 returns home after recent discharge from the U S Navy.
John Frederick Seefken died at Neosho Memorial Hospital after a long illness. he was born in Germany in 1875 and lived in Humboldt before retirement. Other obituaries include Robert Shirley, Claude Samples, Mrs. C. L. Campbell's sister in Taft, and Edna Foster Ewen, with services planned across Chanute, Erie, Urbana and Humboldt. Burial details and church affiliations noted. several survivors listed with spouses and children.
Wichita AP story notes Levi B. Groty reached his 113th birthday Sunday. He declined a large party, accepting a birthday cake from a friend, and spent the day quietly with his third wife and their three dogs.
Daily Transcript lists hospital admissions and dismissals for Saturday Sunday and today. It records names and addresses of patients moving in or out for medical surgery and other care, plus births, and recent moves of residents including Wittard Hasty Vera Rodgers Betty Riley James Dell Joe Bryan and many others in Humboldt Thayer Erie and nearby areas.
Merc Delbert Kariker reconstruct beck porch at 508 N Evergreen cost 200. Guy Gromer adds to house at 118 N Garfield cost 500. Guy A Whitworth adds to house at 905 W Walnut cost 500. Traffic citation Police Elmer Martin 424 W 1st speeding five dollar bond posted.
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