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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1962
Page
2
Kansas City market notes show cattle mostly steady with calves and steers firm. wholesale egg prices mixed across sizes and grades. hogs uneven with barrows and gilts down slightly while sows rise. Chicago reports butter and eggs steady with lambs and poultry prices largely unchanged. roaster and fryer prices vary by grade and weight.
Chicago pricing shows mixed movements across grains and livestock with wheat down a half cent per bushel. Corn and oats hold near steady with soybeans and cattle varying by grade and weight, while hogs and lambs show modest upticks in certain classes.
The report lists prices for oats, maize, kafir, rye, barley, soybeans, bran and shorts with ranges such as mile maize 1.73 to 1.89 and soybeans 2.27 to 2.33, alongside general notes about unchanged status and ticket numbers 63-7142 and 61-7044.
Seven Cub Scouts of Den 2 Pack 100 met Monday with den mother and dad Mr and Mrs J E Erickson at 715 N Grant. Each scout chose a planet to report on at the next meeting. Weather vanes were made to earn credit for an arrow point. Mark Melnyk provided refreshments and the meeting ended with a den yell.
St Patrick s Junior High held class elections Monday with ninth grade choosing Dave Loach as president David Moore as vice president Mary Ellis as secretary and Marcella Weber as treasurer. Eighth grade elected Steve Ashley president Ralph Rice vice president Beverly Willcott secretary and Tim Scott treasurer. Seventh grade chose David Myer president Vicki Van Leeuwen vice president Sally Casey secretary and Cheryl Keenan treasurer.
Ira E. James Jr. is promoted to specialist four with the 66th Ordnance Battalion in Germany. He entered the Army in 1961 and trained at Fort Leonard Wood before arriving overseas in October. The 20 year old is a 1960 graduate of Joint Rural High School Stark.
Wall Street ended mixed as trading dragged late in New York. Volume around 3.1 million shares vs 3.69 million yesterday. Most key stocks fell slightly or held steady while growth issue bets retraced modestly amid routine profit taking and a quiet bond market.
The sixth U S Tiros weather satellite orbited from Cape Canaveral and sent clear images of cloud patterns over land and sea as scientists prepared for hurricane hunting. Tiros 5 flew ahead, keeping two weather satellites aloft for first time, while prior units had failed. An Air Force Minuteman missile also launched on a 3 000 mile flight near its operational goal next month.
The Soviet Union has conducted another atmospheric nuclear test, the U S Atomic Energy Commission reported Tuesday.
The Daily Transcript lists admissions Tuesday including Hosie Perkins and Mrs Arthur Knapp with surgeries, and others with medical and surgical needs. Dismissals Tuesday, a birth for Mr. and Mrs. Charles Phillips. District court actions in Chanute show multiple divorces with decrees, custody, alimony, and contempt proceedings, plus name restorations and property stipulations.
The Atomic Energy Commission said the device fired in the arctic test area yielded little energy. It marked the 13th test announced in the current Soviet series.
The funeral for Arthur F Ogden 87 of Minnie Mae Budd Erie was held Saturday at 10 a.m. at the Erie Christian Church with Rev Wayne Newlin officiating. Burial was in Elmwood Cemetery with Pierce Funeral Home in charge. He died after a heart attack at his home. He was born January 6 1886 in Chanute to Mr and Mrs James F Ogden. Survivors include his widow three daughters a son 14 grandchildren 13 great grandchildren and several step children. He worked for the David Pipella and Company Chanute until 1954 and moved to Erie in 1954. He married Pearl Darnley in 1909 and Martha Merle Budd in 1947. He was preceded in death by a son in infancy. Burial was in Elmwood Cemetery.
Sixty members attended the bi monthly VFW Post 1654 meeting with Harry Johnson presiding. The post approved a $1000 accidental death and dismemberment program for members, with voluntary national coverage and double indemnity on VFW property. Members were invited to the 3rd District convention in Parsons on Oct 13–14. next meeting set for Oct 2.
The Wilson County National Farmers Organization held a meeting at the Lawrence Seiler farm near Fredonia with about 100 attendees. Health officials noted salmonella illness linked to a January 1961 banquet in Maine reached 186, detailing concerns in food service as the department investigates the outbreak and ongoing holding action. Delegates were elected for the NFC State Convention in Topeka. alternates named, and NFO women reported upcoming activities including a State Fair booth in Hutchinson.
Kansas highway director Addison H. Meschke announced 19 proposals for the 1963 Legislature. Highlights include a revolving fund for advance right‑of‑way purchases, authority to obtain fee title on condemned land, billboard controls on inter state routes, and transferring driver license examiners and staff from the Highway Patrol to the Motor Vehicle Department. Additional aims cover encroachment removal, roadside improvements, and microfilming motor vehicle records.
A regular monthly meeting of the Allen-Neosho Counties Mental Health Center board at Humboldt was held after a dinner with county commissioners from both counties. Judge John Young attended as a guest. Mrs Leila Myers reported on two seminars by the State Department of Social Welfare in Topeka and discussed interview confidentiality and center administration. Home demonstration units from both counties showed continued interest, with Elsmore unit members donating a child's table and two chairs.
Police say Johnny Geetah accumulated 41 traffic tickets in Dallas with a debt of 2385 dollars. Most tickets were issued before his seventeenth birthday and the juvenile court could not require payment. At age 17 a judge ordered payment or jail. He was jailed Tuesday and will receive a three dollar credit for each day served.
Chanute Tribune page two itemizes local briefs featuring community events and notices for September 19 1962. Includes short summaries of civic happenings and public notices affecting residents.
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