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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1964
Page
2
Kansas City AP notes cattle numbers around 2 500 with steers mostly firm to higher and calves up to 75 in spots. Slaughter classes and feeders hold steady. hogs firm to 25 higher with varied weights. Sheep and lambs show declines for spring types while feeder lambs and culls adjust, with bulls and ewes showing small moves.
U S hog grades range 190 to 240 pounds at 17.00 to 17.50, sows 13.50 to 14.50, bears 9.00 to 10.50, stags 8.50 to 10.00. Cattle steady with grain fed steers 600-700 pounds 22.00 to 23.50, 700-900 pounds 20.00 to 22.00, standards 17.00 to 19.50. Calves and stockers priced from 14.00 to 24.00 depending on weight and quality, veal prime 22.00, good 20.00 to 21.00, stock calves 21.00 to 25.00, cows utility 13.50 to 14.50.
Wall Street rose with a late day broad advance as volume neared 4.5 million shares up from 3.35 million. Industrials led gains, followed by rails and utilities, while bond prices fell. Wheat and soybeans prices showed mixed moves in the Chicago market. The Chanute Tribune, September 1, 1964.
Daily Transcript reports Neosho Memorial Hospital admissions and dismissals for Monday and today. Merlin York Humboldt undergoing surgery along with Mrs Kenneth Blankenhagen, Mrs Alphonso Knapp and Virgil Douglas in medical status. Dismissals include Mrs Arthur Hays Helpler and Mrs Adrian Dalton and son. Admissions list includes Joe Sutcliffe Tioga Hotel and Mrs John Groves. Building permit issued for Willis Jones to enlarge porch at 402 N Washington. Fire run recorded at Rural school for electric motor damaged by lightning.
CAPE KENNEDY Fla AP The Air Force plans to try again today to launch its Titan 3A military space rocket on its maiden test flight.
A Topeka woman was killed and five others injured when two cars collided on U S 7% south of Burlington. The deceased is Mrs Retta Schmid 62. Her daughter Ona Strawder of Basehor and grandson Stanley Ray Strawder 4 were hospitalized.
Kansas City market rundown lists grain prices and carloads for wheat corn and soybeans with varieties No 2 and No 3 figures, milo and rye prices, and related commodities. It notes down or unchanged values across several categories and includes ranges for bran shorts and related byproducts.
Senator Stuart Symington proposes a bill to extend Interstate 29 from Kansas City south to New Orleans. He argues a third north south route is needed in the Midwest, linking Kansas City St. Joseph and upper Mississippi Valley cities with Baton Rouge by way of Springfield Joplin and a 950 mile journey to New Orleans.
The FBI reports a 15 percent rise in serious crime across the United States in the first half of the year. Increases occurred nationwide in all categories, with suburban areas up 23 percent from last year. Regional gains ranged from 11 to 18 percent, with rape up 20 percent, assault 17, murder 13, robbery 13, burglaries 13, larceny 15 and auto theft 17 percent.
In Savannah Georgia a Coast Guard helicopter pilot used rotor wash to push a burning 18 foot boat away from a gasoline storage tank Monday night. Three men aboard suffered serious burns.
Warsaw and Gdansk host leaders at ceremonies marking the 25th anniversary of Germanys invasion of Poland. In Danzig the first shots were fired at 4 45 a m on Sept 1 1939. West German Chancellor Erhard urged peace, while crowds in Bytom heard 100 000 attendees. A roll call at the Unknown Soldier tomb honored fallen defenders. Defense Minister Spychalsky cited Soviet press coverage about prewar Polish leadership purges.
With fall and school starting, Launching Pad offers after school and night programs for junior and senior high and junior college students. Tomorrow 3 pm opening for all, then Monday to Friday 3 to 7 pm with ping pong pool and basketball. Membership 25 cents, sign in required, no smoking, bands play, dances, and tournaments planned.
THAYER Graveside services will be held for Mrs Clara Terhune former resident of Thayer who died Monday at Ransom The service is set for tomorrow at 6 p.m. at the Thayer cemetery Her husband William Terhune who died in 1924 was a former resident of the Brewster Community.
Former 1936 candidate Alf Landon said Kansas papers that usually back Republicans will back Johnson. He warned Republicans they face a hard fight this year, noting Kansas will differ from 1960 when few endorsed the Democratic nominee.
In Kansas City a car with defective brakes struck a U.S. mail truck at an intersection killing the truck driver Grande C. Abenoja, 22. The car driver Mrs. Helen Barbour, 37, said brakes failed on a slope on 23rd Street and was charged with careless driving driving while intoxicated driving with a suspended license and driving a defective vehicle. Abenoja was working as a substitute driver after finishing his route on foot.
One of nine injured in a natural gas pipeline fire near Preston, Kansas died in a Pratt hospital. Aura E. McCort, 40, district superintendent at Haven for Panhandle Eastern, had worked almost 22 years and was stationed at Haven since February 1963.
DES MOINES Iowa AP Monday reported little effect from a National Farmers Organization boycott of live stock markets yet a day of costly receipts for opponents. NFO President Oren Lee Staley cited long distance shipments and shifted stock to terminal markets while morale stays high among those keeping livestock off the market since Aug 20. Incidents tied to the holding action were few and fading.
The North Philadelphia riot zone remained under tight security with a 24 hour curfew and 1,200 police. Police raided Muhammad's African-Asian Cultural Center recovering flammable liquids a loaded revolver bayonets and a knife arresting Shakyh Muhammad on firearms and stay off the streets charges. His bail was set at 10000 as his attorney criticized the price.
A broken steering tie rod caused a cattle truck to miss a turn strike a bridge and plunge off an embankment near Severy Kansas killing driver Oliver E. Mutchler 32 of Forest City Missouri and injuring Clark Coffer 21 of Fairfax Missouri. The truck carried 48 cattle twelve of which were killed or destroyed. Undersheriff Virgil Cox reported the incident occurred on highway 99 Monday as five trucks hauled cattle from Moline Kansas to St Joseph Missouri.
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