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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1962
Page
2
Kansas City market data shows hogs active with barrows and gilts 190-250 pounds at 15.50 to 16.50, sows 250-400 pounds 14.00 to 50, while cattle numbers reflect varied demand with good steers 22.50 to 25.25 and vealers 25 to 30. Sheep open higher with lambs 25 up and ewes strong, feeders steady. Additional notes list assorted items including gas grades, cream receipts, and hides with varied per-pound values.
Mr and Mrs Gary Grogan of St Paul Minn welcome Jill Diane born May 15 weighing 7 7. Paternal grandparents are Mr and Mrs Earl Grogan 125 S Western. Army Pvt Freddie W Manly 16 son of Mr and Mrs John H Manly of R J Buffalo served with 1st Division 12th Infantry in Exercise Red Arrow at Fort Riley a 31 day field training series. Manly, an ammunition bearer, joined the Army July 1961 after basic at Fort Riley. Former Midway High School student was a farmer before enlistment. Mrs G O Gardner 26 W Walnut reappointed Neosho county chairman for the Kansas Society for Crippled Children known also as the Easter Seal Society.
The market shows mixed livestock values with hogs priced by grade and weight ranges from 9 to 15.50 per hundredweight, cattle steady with grain fed steers 24 to 25.25, calf and stocker categories from 14 to 32, cows and bulls also steady, sheep with lambs up to 20.50 and ewes 2 to 12. Breeds and weights across multiple classes reflect typical regional price spreads.
Kansas City AP reports consumer eggs at medium A 21 26 mostly 24 ungraded 21 2442 mostly 22 percent. Wholesale eggs show large 80 percent A 252 27 mostly 26s medium 80 percent A 24 25 mostly 24s standard 80 percent B 25 2 26 2 mostly 26 unclassified 25 26 mostly 25 2. Poultry and butter unchanged.
AP Chicago price notes show butter steady with varied grade levels including AA 93, A 92, B 90, C 89. eggs mostly steady with whites 27 and other grades around 25 to 7 percent better. live poultry prices fall slightly with roasters at 22 to 22.5 and red white rock fryers 18.5 to 19, white rock fryers 17%.
CHICAGO AP reports limited sales across wheat corn and soybeans. Oats No 1 heavy white 74 percent No 1 extra heavy mixed 75 percent. Soybean oil 94 cents. Barley priced at 1.55 for choice and 1.25 for feed.
AP reports for Kansas City show wheat at 2.15 to 2.57, corn around 1.28 to 1.41 for No. 2 white and 1.12 to 1.40 for No. 3, oats near 76 to 80 for white, 74 to 78 for No. 3, soybeans 2.42 to 2.48, bran 34.25 to 35.00, shorts 35.00 to 35.75, with varying lot counts and performance across grades and feeds.
Wall Street narrowed losses as trading slowed and the market settled into a small decline. Volume reached about 3.7 million shares versus 4.78 million on Tuesday. Most gains and losses hovered around fractions to a point amid a normal pause after recent steep gains breaking a six day drop. U.S. government bonds declined while corporate issues were mixed. Closing stocks listed.
Chanute Optimist Club at the Tioga Hotel discussed plans for its upcoming one year anniversary on July 1 and a July 10 celebration tied to a Junior Optimist Club charter. A parade and circus tickets for the Kelley Miller Brothers Circus were announced with Orville Moulton as parade chairman. Dixie and Southern senators were noted in a broader political discussion. Mr. and Mrs. West will attend the District 37 convention in Kansas City, Kansas.
A Soviet soldier stationed in a Hungarian border town crawled under the barbed wire of the Iron Curtain at the frontier Monday night and asked for political asylum, authorities said Tuesday.
The Vilas High School class of 1932 will hold an Alumni banquet on Saturday May 26 at the Vilas Bethel church. Mr and Mrs Charles L Moss and Laura Sue return to Lansing after a two week vacation with their parents Mr and Mrs Walter Moss 10068 Grant and Mr and Mrs Clyde Sellegren rural Chanute.
The Rev. Ray J. Hutchison of the First Baptist Church will address the Independence Youth for Christ rally. He will show slides from the Holy Land at the Junior High auditorium at 7:30 p.m.
Caro Barnhart daughter of Mr and Mrs Sam C Barnhart 1414 South Highland is named to the upper ten percent in the sophomore class of home economics students at Kansas State University Manhattan.
Instructions urge readers to call their Tribune phone or, if unreachable, dial HE 1-3400 after 6 p.m. The note emphasizes using the provided numbers to reach the carrier.
A B47 bomber on the Whiteman Air Force Base tarmac erupted in flames after a fuel tank ignited. Four firefighters died and eighteen were hospitalized, with most casualties among firemen and aircraft mechanics. The three crew members were among the treated for burns. Investigators from SAC and Second Air Force probe the cause as responders battled the blaze for hours.
The administration's voter literacy test bill was laid aside as Southern senators blocked efforts to end debate. The Senate voted 49 to 34 to proceed with other business after refusing twice to curb debate. Civil rights advocates vow a new fight next session to change Senate rules to defeat filibusters.
The Mid-Atlantic Ridge forms a continuous submerged mountain chain linking Iceland, Ascension Island, and the Azores as it winds from the Arctic Ocean to the Southern Ocean.
Neosho Memorial Hospital reports yesterday admissions for Lydia Nelson Edwin Nessel Martin Roberts Mrs Roland Church and Noble Woods with addresses listed. Dismissals include Mrs Ralph Boaz Clarence Ransom Mrs Clyde Roush Mrs Fay Clopine Mrs Eva Dyson and Eric. Births note Mr and Mrs Ralph Payton a girl. Admissions today list several names with medical and surgical notes. Dismissals today include Ruth Jones Mrs Charles Farwell Orie Montgomery Mrs Edwin Byers and Ray Fulker son. Fire run notes a truck fire at Vaughn Auto Repair and a kitchen grease incident with no damage.
In historic Old Salem North Carolina residents relied on a form of modern aca with water piped through hollow logs to every house, illustrating early municipal engineering practices in the town prior to the American Revolution.
Eisenhower endorsed Republicans William Scranton in Pennsylvania and Fred A. Seaton in Nebraska won decisive gubernatorial nominations. Maryland Governor Tawes held a tighter renomination race amid patronage allegations. Scranton led with a 4-1 margin over Richardson Dilworth, while Seaton toppled two rivals by over four to one. Maryland party nominees also selected for Senate and several house races.
In Leavenworth Kansas two of five boating victims have been found. James Allen Reynolds 14 of Kansas City Kansas was recovered north of Leavenworth and identified by his father. Earlier Ervin Miller 22 of Kansas City Kansas was recovered near Kansas City. The boat with five aboard capsized about nine miles north of Leavenworth.
Local briefs and notices feature on page two of the Chanute Tribune dated May 16 1962. Warmer spring weather shifts community events and daily listings across Chanute and nearby areas.
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