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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1964
Page
2
Kansas City AP reports cattle numbers 3200 head plus 300 calves with cows steady to 25 higher and other cattle steady. Good calves fetch 15.00 to 17.00. Hogs activity shows barrows and gilts steady to 50 higher with varied weights around 14.00 to 15.75. Sheep across 250 head with slaughter lambs 20.50 to 21.00 and feeders 15.50 to 18.00.
Kansas City AP notes producer egg prices with large eggs at 30 to 34 cents, wholesale large eggs at 80 percent, mediums at 27 to 29 cents, unchanged overall. Other produce prices remain steady.
Chicago reports show butter prices firm with grades AA to C quoted between 58 and 60 percent. Egg prices hold steady with little change. The AP note mentions car prices around 60s and 50s for lower grade goods amid a generally stable market.
Reports from Chicago grain show No 3 yellow corn at 1.19 percent, No 4 at 1.13-17, No 5 at 1.12. soybeans No 1 yellow at 2.73 percent, No 2 at 2.73 and 2. soybean oil at 11.35. No wheat or oats sales listed.
AP report from Kansas City shows wheat at 1.66 for No 2 hard with various grades trading between 1.60 and 1.64, corn steady with No 2 white 1.56-1.70, Milo around 2.07-2.08, barley near 1.01-1.10, soybeans 2.66-2.72, bran 41.75, shorts 40.50-41.25, with small car load variations across Late market listings.
Federal indictments returned under the anti-racketeering statute name two Kansas men and three Detroiters charged with setting up a gambling operation in Wichita and bribing a police officer. Billy Dillon and Kenneth Endicott along with William Duggar Mike Bartello and Jack Horowitz are accused of travel between Detroit and Wichita to promote bingo and policy bets. Meetings with Wichita Lt. Doggett are cited. Bond set for all defendants.
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Wall Street in New York closed irregularly lower with Chrysler among the notable losers. Daily volume was about 48 million shares versus 5.2 million on Wednesday, with most declines outweighing gains and corporate and U.S. government bonds advancing overall.
NEW YORK AP National political activity halted for a brief funeral service for former President Herbert Hoover at St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church on Park Avenue. About 17 500 passed the flag draped coffin as the service began, with Johnson Humphrey Goldwater Miller and Nixon in attendance. Eisenhower and Truman were unable to attend or were hospitalized. The Episcopalian ceremony was chosen for proximity and personal ties as Hoover lay in state in his Waldorf-Astoria suite.
An auction at Parke-Bernet Galleries sold sixty modern paintings and sculptures from the Walter Ross collection for $675,900. The top price was $117,500 for Picasso from his cubist period, "Verre Bouquet Guitare Bouteille," purchased by Robert Elkon's New York Gallery.
Pickle Packers International named its 194 king and queen consumers Donald L. Mustard of Elgin Illinois and Mrs Carl G Burger of Deerfield Illinois. They received their weight in pickles at the 72nd annual pickle meeting in Chicago.
A 15-year-old Chanute girl borrowed a car from Mrs. Frances Wade at the Top Hat club and wrecked it in Wichita after driving to Kansas City then Wichita. Police said the Wade 1959 Rambler suffered about 400 to 500 dollars in damage.
ERIE O 18 ERIE R Lee Overbey died en route to Labette County Medical Center Parsons from a self inflicted gunshot wound. Sheriff says the Erie High School junior shot himself with a .22 rifle in an upstairs bedroom at home five miles northeast of Erie. He left school after 3 p.m. and returned home to retire to his room. Motive cited as girl trouble. He left a letter. contents unavailable. Body moved to Shigley Funeral Home Parsons.
Russia padded its tally to 71 medals with three golds and a bronze in canoeing and a bronze in equestrian dressage while the United States held 34 golds, 26 silvers and 28 bronzes. With seven more medals, Russia closed to 17 behind America on the eve of gymnastics dominant schedule.
Trinity University Registrar Burford Higgins scanned enrollment figures and concluded the 96 year old school has achieved perfection in co education.
Cindy Kay Johnston of Wichita Kansas is among ten candidates-at-large for the Miss Teenage America pageant in Dallas. The 15 year old and her chaperones earn an all expense trip to Dallas for the November 7 to 13 national event, with the grand prize a $10,000 four year college scholarship to the winner’s chosen school.
Twin daughters arrived Wednesday morning at St. Margaret's Mercy Hospital Fredonia to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ike Green of rural Altoona. The newborns weigh five pounds and five pounds six ounces. Their older brothers Ronnie and Donnie are three, and the family lists A J Ambrose Benedict as maternal grandparents and Frank M Green as paternal grandfather. The Geeding family from Santa Fe was called to Eureka by Mrs Eva Woolf's death. services are set for Friday at Baird Funeral Home Eure ka.
Police logged several minor crashes. Eugene Riggle’s 1960 Chevrolet suffered $200 damage in an intersection collision at Steuben and Mulberry. Ronald Haynes’ 1947 Dodge pickup had $75 front damage. Other reports include Summers bumping Locke’s Rambler, Doyle McKinney bumping Charlene Cwik, and Sprague losing a tire with damage to the left front fender after leaving a highway curve.
Dismissals listed include Mrs. Robert Proctor 319 W 3rd Luther Scogin R3 William Spence Tulsa Oscar Smith 823 Washington Mrs. Floyd Rice 609 W 7th Mrs. Earl Smith Humboldt Jeff Williams 8S Garfield Admission today Mrs. Velma Johnson Iola surgery Dismissals today Mrs Ann Elsten 9 Santa Fe Edgc Alexander Eric Births today Mr and Mrs Vernon Purdy 612 W Chestnut a boy Mr and Mrs Gerald Hiser 504 W Cth a boy
Kansas City data show 24 hour period ending 6 am with high and low temperatures and precipitation amounts. Readings reflect AP coverage and cover multiple stations within the city area.
The Chanute area 4-H leaders recognition dinner is set for December 1 at Murray Hill School, starting at 6 30 p.m. The event is sponsored by the chamber of commerce agriculture committee.
Talk of the Month Club opened its season with Inez Gifford presenting Songs in Technicolor a program featuring an Around the World medley with color slides. She sang to taped piano and operated the slide projector remotely. About 40 attended at Grace Episcopal church as Ira Barber urged more members to sustain the series. John C Metcalfe will speak on November 17.
Mrs Mary Edith Dillon died recently and a funeral service was held Wednesday at Miller Community Church in Bentonville Arkansas with Rev Bud Faulkenbury conducting. Burial followed in Miller Cemetery with bearers Forest and Calvin Dillow and Lewis Jack Ted and Harold Dillow.
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