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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1963
Page
2
AP report from Kansas City shows hogs steady to 10 higher with barrows and gilts at 14.75 to 15.25 and sows steady. Sheep and cattle traits follow steady to mixed trends with prime lambs around 19.25 and steers 23.65 to 24.00, cows 13.50 to 16.00, and bulls 16 to 20. Breeding and feeder categories also listed with varied ranges.
Kansas City AP notes consumer egg prices for large eggs 33 to 37 cents a dozen and medium eggs 23 1/2 to 30 cents. Wholesale prices listed for mediums at 80 cents per dozen. Poultry and butter prices remain unchanged.
AP reports live poultry wholesale prices vary from lower to higher with roasters at 22 to 24, special fed white rock fryers at 19.5, some heavy hens at 17. Butter holds steady, eggs mostly flat with wholesale prices unchanged to two lower. Grade A whites at 36, mixed 36, mediums 26, standards 32, yolks 28, checks 28.
Chicago price report shows no wheat sales. Corn values range No. 2 yellow 1.18 4-19, No. 3 yellow 1.13 18, No. 4 yellow 1.09 13 4, sample grade yellow 81 97. Oats No. 2 extra heavy white 72. Soybeans No. 1 yellow 2.82 83 2, No. 2 yellow 2.80. Soybean oil 9 en.
Wall Street rose generally in heavy afternoon trading led by blue chips. Volume reached about 6.5 million versus 7.19 million Monday as corporate bonds showed irregular activity and U.S. government bonds slipped slightly.
An abbreviated school week in Chanute occurs as teachers attend state meetings Thursday and Friday. Dismissals follow for those days. District Two Kansas Music Educators Association meets in Coffeyville with performances by Royster Junior High and LCCHS Symphonettes, plus a panel on music education values.
William M Gerardy 17 of 125 S Lafayette and Marion Mendenhall 71 of 311 S Malcolm collided at island Central around 5 50 p m. Police estimate damage 200 to Gerardy s 1957 Dodge wagon and 75 to Mendenhall s 1950 Chevrolet. Gerardy was southbound and Mendenhall eastbound. Mrs J A Groves 126 S Garfield returned home from a ten day Orlando Fla trip for her son Richard s wedding on Oct 19. Advanced beginners square dancing class moves to Launching Pad tonight at 8 with a 7 30 meeting for the men s volleyball group. Mr and Mrs W C Markley Sr 905 S Central returned to Omaha Sunday and heard from their grandson William C Markley III a midshipman at the Naval Academy.
Col and Mrs W C Markley Jr of Offutt AFB Omaha were weekend guests of his parents, detailing family visit over the weekend.
Total carloads moved over Santa Fe lines for the week ending October 26, 1963 were 35,403, down from 37,420 a year earlier. On line loadings were 23,701, versus 25,800 last year. Cars received from connections totaled 11,702 compared with 11,620 a year ago. Santa Fe moved 36,454 carloads in the preceding week of this year.
Police traced the white shoe polish vandalism to a school girl acquaintance of the owner who admitted the prank was harmless and not intended to damage the vehicle. Officers said there was no connection to Halloween.
Erie area residents share visits and events as David Dalton departs from Kansas City to Lackland AFB in San Antonio. Other social updates include dinners, guests from Mexico and Chanute, family visits in Parsons and Cherryvale, a surgery update for Larry Weidert, and the Casady family moving into a new North Grant home with three bedrooms, office space, and a double garage.
A reader asks how to handle rival chess games with his father without appeasing him. Ann Landers warns against surrender and suggests focusing on homework and social games instead. The column also answers a reader about pinning stockings and clothing etiquette, noting how fashion helps reveal the pin setup.
Daily Transcript notes residents changing addresses including Joan Webb Kenneth Pierce Frank Frieheltz Maurice Hale and others. Also reports building permits for additions to houses at 1101 Forest 1009 W Main and a garage at 21 Denman with estimated costs of 2000 1000 and 100 respectively.
The funeral was held Monday at Roy S. Gibson Funeral Home with Rev. R. E. Owen officiating. Mrs. Owen and Marilyn Elliott sang The Old Rugged Cross and Where the Roses Never Fade. Flowers by Mrs. Fannie Washburn and Mrs. C. D. Wilson. Bearers were Don McCune, Ode Toon, Garner Burch, S. A. Williams, Harry Ehrman, Walter Moss. Burial in Elmwood Cemetery.
A state owned car from the State Board of Health office in Chanute was bumped by another vehicle on Lincoln Street south of Main this morning. Police said the state car had little or no damage but the other car did, and the other driver did not report the accident.
A car driven by Mrs Loyd Whitworth from R.3 scraped a bumper on James Tallman’s car at 301 S Highland near 325 S Kansas around 1 50 p m yesterday. Police report slight damage to the Whitworth vehicle and none to Tallman.
Admission notes list Grace Hamsher of 809 S Santa Fe for medical care on Monday. Dismissals include Leta Rensing R3 Ernest Olson 604 S Lincoln Dottie Chase 1201 W Sycamore and John Schleicher 1212 W 9th. Birth announced a girl to Tom and Grace Goodwin 3024 S Evergreen. Additional admissions today include Myrt le Rogers 1126 S Washington surgery Clarence Williams R1 medical Francis Mock 1120 N Grant and Albert Ysusi Humboldt medical. Dismissals today include Raymond Clements Humboldt Bryan Stitt Thayer Danny Chandler 17 W 3rd Cletus Henderson 314 N Lincoln Boyd Smith R3.
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