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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1964
Page
2
Kansas City livestock figures show steady trends across cattle hogs and sheep with varied weights and prices. Cattle prices range around 18.50 to 20.00 for steer stock and calves near 19.00 while hogs see 13.00 to 15.50 for various weight classes and sows. Sheep and lambs list spring lambs at 21.00 to 23.50 with ewes and ewes values noted.
Parson consignments show hogs priced from 8 to 15.50 per hundredweight across U S No 1 grade and sow, stag, and bear categories with weights ranging 180 to 400 pounds. Cattle and calves remain steady with grain fed steers and heifers 600 to 700 pounds at 19 to 20, 700 to 900 pounds 18 to 19.75, calves 300 to 450 pounds at 20 to 21.25, stocker and feeder calves 18 to 25.50, and yearling stockers 17 to 21.50 with prime beef around 28 for veals.
Westamerica emphasizes no favored funds and offers a wide range of Mutual Funds and other investments. A no obligation discussion will cover pros cons costs and risks of each option to match your financial situation and goals.
Chicago AP notes no wheat sales and lists mixed grain quotes with corn No 1 yellow at 1.27 and 4-28, No 2 yellow 1.27 and 4-28, oats No 2 heavy white 67 1/2, No 2 extra heavy mixed 66 1/2, soybeans No 1 yellow 2.52 1/2, and soybean oil at 8.45.
Kansas City trade shows wheat and corn prices down to one day earlier with various grades quoted. Oats and rye hold near stable levels. In New York, stocks softened late in the session with 44 million shares traded. some railroads rose on merger news while steels held firm on strong production expectations. Bond prices mostly unchanged and corporates mixed.
In Greenville Mississippi a century-old Union navy torpedo from the Civil War was detonated by demolition experts at Greenville Air Force Base after being found Sunday by William W. Felker while fishing near Vicksburg. Smithsonian checks confirmed it as the first Civil War era torpedo found.
Hospital admissions list includes Jesse Cox Elsmore Hulda Krokstrom Mrs Wayne Ward Earlton and others with medical needs plus surgeries for Estelle Wertz Mrs Juan Perez and Mrs Harold Mount. Birth reported for Mr and Mrs Michael Loman Yates Center a girl. Admissions include Robert Morgan surgery. Dismissals noted for Mrs Jenni e Gericke and Humboldt residents.
Perry Watkins cited for intoxication arrested Sunday fined 15 dollars due in a week Jerry Jones cited for speeding on citizen’s complaint one week pay and 60 day driving ban Leroy K Weese cited for disturbing the peace with loud muffler fined 10 dollars bonds posted Doyle Gibson cited for speeding fined five dollars bonds posted Freddy Gurwell cited for driving without flights fined five dollars bonds posted Fire Runs noted including electrical issue and gas leak Roy Lowry residence gas stove issue District Court Chanute Raymond F Padsey versus Edith L Padsey divorce decree granted custody awarded joint property to each party
Nature produces blossoms and seeds on a system controlled by the relative length of nights and days, a cycle that governs plant timing and seasonal growth across ecosystems.
Mr and Mrs Lester Welch returned from a month in Arlington Texas and visited at San Antonio Fiesta. Mrs Laura Marsh to celebrate her 90th birthday with open house at the Marsh home. Mr and Mrs V J Aziere host their daughter and family from Anderson Indiana. Mr and Mrs Elmer Sor of Denver visiting Chanute. Incident: a disturbance report and 12 youths detained briefly. Minor collision injured truck door and fender in Lincoln Main area. driver Shin.
Mrs. Stanza Provin of 401 N Central received word of the death of John L Payton from Nowata Oklahoma. He was the father of Lewis Payton of Dewey Oklahoma, who is married to Mrs Provin’s daughter.
The Kansas Highway Commission will open bids June 18 at Junction City for 11 miles of concrete paving converting the Ft. Riley to K13 segment into a divided four lane interstate. Grading and bridge work on this section is over half finished and surface work continues on 43 miles from Salina west. Motorists will soon drive a four lane non stop freeway from Dorrance east to Missouri, with 225 miles under way by fall. Remaining uncontracted stretches include Dorrance to Hays and Colby to the Colorado line.
A storm lashed northeast Kansas and northwest Missouri with power failures lightning and high winds. Grandview and Olathe reported heavy rain and 60 mph winds while Bethel saw hail over an inch. Roofs poles and trees were damaged across Wyandotte and Jackson counties with multiple accidents in Kansas City.
Gov. George C. Wallace of Alabama was asked to address Georgia legislators next week, but Gov. Carl E. Sanders opposed it. Three House members said they would invite Wallace to speak Tuesday, while Sanders, a racial moderate, frowned on any speech by the segregationist before the legislature.
J Arthur Webb 73, Peabody, died Monday at Axtell Christian Hospital Newton after a short illness. Born Sept 11 1890 near Chanute, he married in Pratt June 23 1915. A retired farmer and Pleasant Valley Church of Christ member, he is survived by widow two sons Larry and Leo two daughters Leota Svoboda and another, two sisters Minnie Mitchell and Lenna Roberts, a brother Carl five grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Funeral Thursday at Pleasant Valley Church of Christ Wichita with Don Willis officiating. Burial Old Mission Cemetery Wichita. Quiring Mortuary in charge
Capt. Joe Byrd, head executioner for the Texas prison system, died at 78 in Huntsville after a heart attack. His role as official executioner was once a closely guarded secret and officials did not disclose how many times he operated the electric chair.
Funeral service for Mrs Gertrude Switzer conducted by Rev Bill Hill at Johnson Mortuary Tuesday afternoon. Mrs D A Finney sang with Mrs Hazel Slane. Bearers included Dean Geeding O H Bates Everett Garner Harry Ehrman Rudolph Switzer and David Switzer. Burial followed at Elmwood Cemetery in Halfway Missouri.
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Justice of the Peace John E. Whipple of Longandale disclosed his re election plan saying he filed for re election after 20 years in Clark County. He noted that nobody files against him.
Luke Air Force Base officials lacked the proper greeting flag for General Maxwell Taylor during his visit. Sharron Wynn, nicknamed Betsy Ross, ran a clothing shop and whipped up the 18 by 26 inch traditional four star flag starting at 5 pm and finishing at 7 am the next morning, sewing through the night.
A Platte County minister, Rev Wilbur Merle Moebus II, 31, was arrested on federal charges of sending and receiving lewd material by mail. The two count indictment stems from exchanges with a man in Lynwood Washington last Oct 30 and Nov 15. Moebus bonded at 500 dollars and awaits a preliminary hearing next Tuesday. He has served as pastor at Gloria Dei Evangelical Lutheran Church for four years and is married with three children.
Allen County deeds list transfers to city of Iola parcels in Lot 8 8 Iola and Lot B 1 Iola. Transfers include Florence J Andrews and husband to Iola city Lot B 1 Iola and sheriff Lorance to A W Anderson Lot B 1 Iola. Vernon Garner Jr and wife to themselves Lot B 17 Iola. Raymond F Riebel and Anne Beaty to Anne Beaty widow of G E Beaty. Wynona Montague and Jettie Ashby to Roy Searcy Lot 8B 24 Humboldt. Zoe Stephenson to Donna Stephenson Pt of 1-12-25.
An Adv section highlights practical tips for consumers to verify product quality and avoid scams. It emphasizes checking credentials, reading labels, comparing prices, and seeking trustworthy sellers to ensure safer purchases.
Kansas City voters approved a junior college referendum by a simple majority while rejecting an $18 million public school expansion and modernization bond by a two thirds requirement. Final unofficial totals showed the bond failed 16,733 to 14,245, with the junior college measure at 22,657 to 16,225, affecting several suburban districts.
The notice lists publishing details as evenings except Sunday and implies a mailing mark. It cites Chanute Kansas and mentions post office postage paid. It notes Audit Bureau of Circulations and Associated Press ownership rights for local news and AP dispatches.
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