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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1964
Page
2
AP reports cattle at 2700 head with calves 100. steer classifications steady with choice slaughter at 19.75 and good to choice at 19.00. Hogs at 3000 head mostly steady to 25 lower. sows near steady. barrows and gilts 13.15-15.00, sows 11.50-13.25. Sheep 400 head insufficient to set trend. eggs listed with Grade A prices. roosters and hides also noted.
Kansas City reports consumer eggs poultry and butter unchanged. Wholesale eggs show large at 27 to 30 cents, mediums at 23 to 25 cents. Missouri and Arkansas live fryers and broilers priced at farm 12 to 13 cents, at plant 14 to 14.5 cents.
Chicago AP notes butter prices unchanged. Egg prices show little movement with 70 percent or better grade A whites at 27 cents, mixed 27, medium 23 2, standards 26 4, dirties 24 2, checks 24.
AP reports Kansas City grain prices with mixed moves across commodities. Wheat and corn show small changes in bid ranges for No. 2 and No. 3 grades, while oats soybeans and rye hold or edge slightly.
Kansas fiscal data show the first ten months yield for sales and general fund taxes at $317,385 below estimates. Individual and corporate income taxes lag estimates by about $1.5 million, with some offset from stronger inheritance, cigarette, and net income tax on financial institutions.
Chicago Grain markets show no wheat sales with mixed closes. Corn No 2 yellow steady near 1.30, soybeans No 1 yellow around 2.56, soybeans oil about 8.32. Wheat up about 4 to 5 cents, May contracts around 2.04 to 2.05. Oats slightly higher, rye down about 1 cent, May near 1.24.
Wall Street in the late trading session showed an irregularly lower trend after earlier losses. Activity remained fairly brisk with about 5.1 million shares traded today versus 5.95 million on Wednesday. The downtick touched fractions to a point or more among blue chips while the market remained cautious. Corporate bonds mixed. U.S. government bonds also varied in tone.
In Chattanooga AP report a collision between a motorist Charles Tinker and motorcycle Patrolman Clyde Ingle led to Tinker, 26, of Americus Georgia, being charged with driving while intoxicated. Tinker claimed he had the green light there was no traffic signal at the intersection.
At The Hague AP NATO foreign ministers averted a clash between Greece and Turkey while failing to resolve France’s stance within the alliance. They urged frank talks, pledged to push Soviet relations, and backed UN efforts to peace in Cyprus amid Greek Turkish fighting.
CHERRYVALE Kan AP Herbert T Ornitz 53 of Prairie Village Kan died today after being found in his wrecked car on K37 seven miles north of Cherryvale He was director of manufacturing for Stevie Toys Inc of Lenexa which has a plant at Neodesha Kan An autopsy will be held and the patrol said his car hit a culvert then plunged into a ditch
In colonial Virginia, the booming value of sweet-scented tobacco led settlers to plant it in unpaved streets and market spaces, transforming urban spaces into thriving tobacco markets and boosting colonial commerce.
Five persons die when an F105 fighter jet from Nellis Air Force Base plunges into a Las Vegas housing development while residents were outside. The crash destroys seven homes as flames spread over the area. victims include pilot 1st Lt. Raynor L. Hebert and four residents.
News brief notes Dr. Thomas Tweddell and Dr. Fred Ingram will attend the Sacro-Occipital Convention in Kansas City from May 15 to 17. Fairfield PTA schedules a basket dinner at the school Wednesday at 6 30 with new officers installed and pupil program.
Rena Stillwell of Bryant Rest Home postponed her 91st birthday party to include her brother’s widow Mrs. Jerry Stillwell of Dallas Texas. Miss Stillwell was the last surviving child of the late Judge and Mrs. Stillwell. Attendees who called included Mrs. Marcus Barbee Mrs. Alice Burress Free A. Johnson Viola B. Lesan Maggie Osburn and F. S. Rexford with Miss Ruth Bene.
Betty J Lowry and Tonny D Mullen collided at Walnut and Highland about 12 45 pm. Lorita Lowry and Mrs Joe Skraznas were passengers. baby head bump and Mrs Skraznas shaken but no serious injuries. Lowry car damaged on left rear and Mullen car front. Fred C Jackson and John R Faught collided at Cherry and Kansas. Jackson car left rear damaged 125. no truck damage listed. Perry Smith backed into James L Honaker Edsel at Spruce and Washington. Edsel value about 10. pickup undamaged.
The Jordan River begins in a sacred grove high on Mount Herman on the Syrian-Lebanese border, runs down to Israel's Lake Huleh and on to the Sea of Galilee.
Mr and Mrs Ray Sloan of 117 S Denman returned from Wichita where they visited their daughter and her husband Mr and Mrs Gary C Newton of 2223 S Water. They attended the graveside service for Clifford Austin Newton infant son of the Newtons on Monday.
Police and an ambulance responded near Lincoln and Elm at 9 35 a m for Harold Harrison of Kansas City a carnival employee here He was admitted to Neosho Memorial Hospital A passerby alerted police Milt Snyder chamber of commerce manager is at a Kansas Chamber of Commerce Executives meeting in Great Bend today and tomorrow
The May meeting of Chamber of Commerce directors and committee chairmen will be held at 8 p.m. Monday in the chamber office at the Memorial building. Tuesday noon there will be a luncheon meeting of the women's committee at the Tioga Hotel.
A hospital notes list fills with admissions and dismissals for Wednesday at Neosho Memorial Hospital. Names include Floyd Lasley Paul Jones Harold Felkins Ann Elsten and others with addresses and medical or surgical designations. a traffic citation shows J W Wagner of Kincaid posting a $10 bond for a new driver’s license.
Mrs. Orton Kinne 78 lifelong Erie resident died Wednesday at her farm home two miles northwest of Erie from a heart attack. Flora Burlingame born April 4 1886 in Erie daughter of Asa L Burlingame attended Erie schools later worked for Southwestern Bell. She married Orton A Ainne December 25 1907. Survived by husband two sons O A Kinne Jr and Kenneth two daughters Nell Hollis George and Ava William E George of Erie one grandchild five great grandchildren two sisters Lillian Benson Erie and Ethel Crispin Alamagordo NM funeral Saturday 2 pm at Erie Federated church burial East Hill Cemetery.
The memorial service for Mrs. Harold R Williams was held on Wednesday afternoon at Johnson Mortuary with organ music by Hazel Slane and conducted by Dr Duff D Wagoner. Bearers were Harold LaRue Charles Donovan Wilbur Lyman Mose Wilson Richard Cleaver and Otto Bright. Burial followed at Greenlawn Memorial Cemetery.
Funeral service for Edward John Seefeldt was held at St. Peter Lutheran Church in Humboldt on Wednesday at 2 o'clock with the Rev. Her.
Cecil Johnson, 68, a farmer from Sylvia Kansas, was crushed when a farm tractor overturned as he tried to pull a pipe from the ground. The incident occurred Wednesday in Sylvia, and authorities noted no other injuries.
National Retail Merchants Association president Carl N. Schmalz forecast U.S. retailers would post nearly 260 billion dollars in sales this year, a record that surpasses last year’s 246.3 billion. He spoke at a luncheon sponsored by the Retail Merchants Association of Houston and the Texas Retail Federation.
In Mount Vernon Washington a Skagit County Superior Court jury summons included a memo advising jurors to come “a little early and sin up at the clerk's office” due to a typographical error. The deputy clerk could only apologize.
The Topeka AP traffic death log lists 24 hours ending 9 am Thursday with 2 fatalities for May 29 1964, compared to 160 for the comparable 1963 period. One fatality from last Friday was previously unreported.
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