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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1963
Page
2
Kansas City livestock prices show hogs strong by 25 to 50 cents with barrows and gilts mainly 15.65 to 15.75 for 210 to 275 lb, and 15.25 to 15.75 for 190 to 218 lb. Cattle offerings limited, calves none, cattle market not established. Sheep not offered.
AP report notes consumer grade A medium eggs 31 36 cents per dozen with other grades unchanged. Wholesale large eggs at 38 44 cents, mediums 30 36 cents at 80 percent availability. Missouri and Arkansas live fryers and broilers at farm 12 13 pounds, yield 12 13 percent. Butter and poultry unchanged.
The stock market edged toward historic highs despite profit taking as volume neared estimates. Gains, though narrowing late, outpaced a few losses with corporate bonds firming and government bonds flat. Kansas City grain figures showed mixed moves across wheat corn oats soybeans and related products.
Chicago AP notes butter and eggs steady at wholesale, wheat oats and soybeans with no sales. Corn No 3 yellow at 1.27, No 4 yellow at 1.2628, sample grade yellow 1.20. Soybean oil 9 percent.
At closing, wheat gained about 53% cents to 4 higher with December futures around 2.08. Corn rose roughly 14 cents to about 1.20 for December. Wheat and oats gained while rye and rice showed smaller moves. Soybeans climbed 34 to 52 cents with November around 2.81.
Obituaries list among others Mrs Eunice Nyman 79 of Savonburg and Mrs Elizabeth Burris 85 of Erie. George Crapson 89 of Erie and Mary E F Sharp ???. Services set for Mary E F Sharp at Erie Baptist Church with Rev Robert McGuire to officiate. Burial at East Hill Cemetery. Lona M Davis 84 of Chanute dies in Bryant Rest Home. funeral at Roy S Gibson Funeral Home with Dr Fred Shaw officiating. burial in Harmony Cemetery. George E Johnson 76 of Erie died at Neosho Memorial Hospital. services at Johnson Mortuary led by Rev W T Niermeier. burial in Memorial Park Cemetery.
Neosho Memorial Hospital admissions and dismissals for Thursday list patients and wards with names and addresses. Also notes admissions today for Mrs Howard Roles and others with medical or surgical designations, plus one public traffic citation and district court filings. The notice ends with a beverage description for Caffe Borgia.
Local page covers various items from Chanute area as of Friday October 4 1963. Notices and brief community updates reflect civic events, school activity, and upcoming local schedules.
Police say Great Bend dog poisoner at work again with nine dogs dying in three days this week. Detective Marion Weese reports confirmed poison in some cases and suspicion in others. Earlier in mid August, nine dogs were poisoned in a one block section using strychnine or arsenic.
United Nations report says a public pledge by the United States and Soviet Union against launching nuclear armed satellites could be arranged as soon as next Thursday when President Kennedy meets Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei A. Gromyko. Officials indicate the pledge may be issued as separate but parallel statements by Washington and Moscow.
Missouri Pacific Railroad outlined a broad modernization plan as it buys about 1650 new freight cars and 50 diesel locomotives at a cost near 37 million dollars. President Downing B. Jenks said over 100 million had been spent in the last two years on improvements.
An explosion and flash fire damaged Wichita Flour Mills on Thursday night. Five workers escaped from the fourth floor by ladders. The blaze spread to the fourth and fifth floors destroying several large sifting machines. Fire Chief Zane Frankhouser estimated several thousand dollars in damage.
An ambulance was called to By ers Portobase 402 N. Plummer for a workman. Willard Hasty fainted briefly but recovered and was reported all right. A battery was stolen last night from a tractor two miles south of the airport corner, reported by Ivan Lock. The police department and sheriff's office investigated. Martin Rotunno attended the 45th National Recreation Congress in St. Louis, where over 2,500 recreation workers gathered. Speakers framed recreation as an elementary need essential to a functioning society.
The Willing Workers 4 H Club gathered October 1 at Hillcrest school with 21 members listing next year’s projects. Larry Gillum was reappointed reporter, Roger Fickle led the officer installation, and new members Jean Bath Jill Bath and Gary Kethherside joined. Halloween party planned for October 29 with Judy Boecker and Janie Dent music, a clothing project style review, and refreshments provided by Forest Frederick and Delmar Cowen families.
Billie Jo French, a 15 year old sophomore at Libby High School, spent four years living on a ranch far from town and bus routes. She kept up with schoolwork via correspondence courses from the University of Nebraska. The family recently moved to a new ranch a mile from Libby, and she returned to classes.
TOPEKA AP records a 24 hour traffic death log up to 9 am Friday listing four fatalities for September 1963 and 425 for the year, with a previously unreported death from September. Comparable figures show 441 for the 1962 period.
President Kennedy faced criticism from Gov. Orval Faubus over civil rights as he spoke at the Greers Ferry Dam dedication in Heber Springs. The White River Basin project was praised by Kennedy who urged a united, integrated South and a broader national equality in his later address in Little Rock. Kennedy promised expanded natural resources efforts. Some insects have cooled their homes by drenching nests with water during heat waves.
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