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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1961
Page
5
Awards at Royster feature students receiving prizes with items ranging from canners and cutters priced at 11 to 14 dollars to shelly kinds at 10 dollars and stock cows selling between 13 and 17 dollars per head. The event highlights student recognition and local market values in a concise report.
Santa Fe carloadings for the week show steady demand across bulls and sheep. Bulls at $18.00 to $21.00 in various grades with total cars 34,773, and sheep with spring lambs at $16.00 to $18.00. Royster Junior High awards span honor roll certificates and scholastic letters for top students.
Daily Transcript lists awards for five students scoring 50+ wpm with under five errors and 33 students 40–50 wpm and 59 students 30–40 wpm. Writing awards for seven recipients, 11 journalism staff awards, music band awards to ten and orchestra two, drum corps 19 awards, council awards including 44 to council members and other categories, office girls 20 awards, librarians 18, projector operators two, intramurals top 31 boys and top 30 girls, weight lifting shingles to five boys.
Kansas City AP market notes show cattle prices higher with steers 22.00 to 24.50 and heifers 21.00 to 23.00. hogs 1 3 190-250 lb barrows 16.50 to 17.50. sows 14.50 to 15.25. lambs 17.50 to 19.00. Parson's hog and cattle listings detail varied weights and grades with steady cows at 14.00 to 17.50 and stock calves up to 28.50 per cwt.
Obituary items report Harry Hale of rural Altamont dies Friday night and services held. Kansas City resident Bessie Reese 74 passes away after illness. Other funeral notices include Levi E. Gahman Kevin Fullerton Howard Thatcher and related services with Koch-Skinner Memorial Home arrangements.
Wall Street ended mixed as trading slowed after an active start. The AP market rundown notes 42 million shares traded with a general drift lower for many issues and gains for a few including American Cyanamid, Texas Gulf, American Telephone, Du Pont, General Motors, Texaco, and Woolworth while nonferrous metals fell and electronics showed little movement.
Kansas City Police Board pledges a prompt thorough probe into allegations of payoffs to protect gambling interests. Jackson County grand jury charged vice squad officers with acceptances in 1953 and returned two perjury indictments against Maj. Charles Coughlin. The board expects the inquiry to last at least 30 days.
May activities at Best Yet 4-H Club featured a flag salute, group songs including Tell Me Why and Rock A My Soul, and multiple demonstrations and health talks by members. Dorothy Raple led gardening and recreation, Paula Raple demonstrated a table centerpiece, and safety and project talks were given by several members. The High Prairie Pioneer 4-H Club met May 24 with safety habit roll call, tours planned for June 27, and various talks and music appreciation led by members including Jim Wiltse and David Olson.
India is the world second largest film producer after the United States. In 1959 the country produced 402 full length films including 310 features 112 documentaries and 52 newsreels. Film studios number 63 with major activity in Bombay Madras and Calcutta employing over 100000 people and attracting about 700 million attendees across 4200 cinemas.
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