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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1963
Page
2
AP notes light cattle and sheep with insufficient test numbers. Hog sales show barrows and gilts 200-250 lb at 15.75 to 16.25, 270-400 lb sows 14.25 to 15.25, with barrows and gilts 1-3 steady to 25 cents lower.
Kansas City AP reports wholesale eggs up eight percent for large size, 8 per cent A rating, while other categories show no change. Vendors and buyers react as prices adjust, with concern for supply and retail impact.
Chicago AP notes butter prices steady to slightly higher with a 93 score for AA grade and 92 for A grade. Egg prices hover around steady to lower, with white eggs at 39 on the scale and other grades showing modest moves.
Chicago market notes show Wheat No 2 yellow hard at 2.07, Corn No 2 yellow at 1.36 and 36'2, Oats No 2 extra heavy white at 71, Soybeans No 2 yellow around 2.70s, Soybean oil at 8 percent.
Wall Street in New York edged toward a fourth straight record as heavy trading pushed volume to about 5.5 million shares. Sperry Rand topped activity for the third session, while gains spread across leading issues. Investors cheered President Kennedy’s tax reduction speech as bonds moved higher on the session.
Admissions and dismissals listed by hospital and residents. Births and marriages include Humboldt Chanute and Iola. Court actions in Erie and district filings cover divorces, judgments, and driving offenses with fines. Fire report notes a 1:40 a.m. grass fire at Roy Schoepfin farm.
Families of Mexican nationals killed in Tuesday's Salinas train collision will share at least $750,000 in workers compensation. Three more workers died, bringing the toll to 31 with thirty injured. Payments come from employer-funded coverage under the treaty between the United States and Mexico governing braceros.
Hutchinson AP The Kansas State Fair ended its seven-day run with an estimated 507000 attendees, topping last year by about 7000. Grand champion awards went to Chester DeWerts and Sons of Ellinwood for the Halstein bull and Robert Siemens of Halstead for the cow. 4-H crops judging team from Cloud County won, while Labette County took foods and nutrition. In sheep judging Johnny Bryan of Fort Stockton Texas showed the champion Suffolk ram and Dwight Stone of Medicine Lodge the best ram. Henry Moehle and Sons of Enid Oklahoma won top honors in Southdown. Atlantic City boardwalk notes list 35 hot dog stands and other amusements.
Wheat and corn futures and spot prices listed with car counts and varying grades. No 2 hard and dark hard wheat around 2.11 to 2.15. corn No 2 white 1.25 to 1.30. Milo maize 1.85 to 1.99. rye 1.45 to 1.58. soybeans 2.26. bran 44.00 to 44.75. shorts 46.50 to 47.25.
In Wichita the retail price of gasoline is returning toward normal after a price surge. About half of 500 area stations raised prices eight to ten cents, with major brands at 30.9 cents and independents at 28.9 cents per gallon. The two cent spread between major and independent brands stabilizes. Texaco led the rise with over 40 stations. Conoco, Standard, and Phillips with over 100 stations joined in. Officials avoided predicting how long the uptick would last.
Ralph W. Holtzman 70, former Thayer resident, died in Olathe. Born Oct 14, 1892, he married Hazel Brown. Survivors: wife, two sons Harold and Robert, three daughters Lucille Mary Kirk and Mavis Springer, four brothers, one sister, and a son who preceded him. Funeral Monday at Thayer Christian church with burial in Thayer Cemetery. Also notes Henry Nelson Dennis funeral at Johnson Mortuary.
Buffalo Buffalo-Verse Visits sister in San Francisco while Iowans attend social gatherings in Creston and Yates Center. Bluebird Chapter Eastern Star met at Masonic Hall with a covered dish dinner. readings and gifts honored past matrons and patrons. Initiation practice scheduled Sept 23 and Edith Judy Clough received an Eastern Star at Beso. Local visits include Asa Casteel hosting Mae Dillion and relatives visiting Augusta Cheney and Neodeska.
Hutchinson, Kansas AP reports I C Hewerdine created custom pet coffins after a terrier’s death. An ad in a national magazine drew orders exceeding 100 coffins, with prices from 12.95 for small birds to 59.95 for large dogs.
TOPEKA AP The state treasurer distributed 245974.50 to counties as their share of liquor enforcement tax collections for the quarter ending Sept. 15. Shares ranged from 385.44 for Wallace County to 31460.04 for Sedgwick County.
Washington AP Sen Len B Jordan R Idaho announces he will vote against ratification of the limited nuclear test ban treaty becoming the 13th senator to oppose the pact. He says test bans or armament reduction talks require full inspection. Barry Goldwater also warned he will vote against ratification even if it costs him his political career.
Hutchinson News straw poll at Kansas State Fair shows Goldwater 1,163 Kennedy 830 undecided 645 Rockefeller 940 Kennedy 874 undecided 820. Voters asked two head to head questions between Kennedy and Goldwater and Kennedy and Rockefeller.
In New York Kennedy's black bubble-top limousine was splattered with paint by a passing station wagon filled with teenagers during a dinner visit to Earl E. Smith's home on Fifth Avenue. Police labeled it a prank, noting the youths likely did not know the car belonged to the president.
In Wichita the pace of civil jury cases is slowing, with an average 22 months from filing to trial. The 1959 average was 15.6 months, according to a spot check of county court dockets.
Army PFC Larry W. Morris son of Mr and Mrs James O Morris of Walnut R2 joined the 35th Transportation Company in Exercise Lion Vert in central Europe Morris drove a company vehicle near Frankfurt Germany after enlisting in June 1962 he completed basic at Fort Leonard Wood Missouri and arrived overseas in November He is an 1962 Elsmore High School graduate aged 18
Guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A B Chauncey 711 Lincoln this weekend are his brother and wife Dr and Mrs M R Chauncey of Stillwater Oklahoma. Dr and Mrs Chauncey are former instructors at Oklahoma State University Stillwater.
Mr and Mrs George Defebaugh returned from Milwaukee where they visited their son Scott and family. They toured relatives near Streeter Illinois and Rev and Mrs Bert Sutton grandparents to John Travis born Sept 16. Al and the Magic Lamp will be told at the children's library Saturday at 10 30. A car driven by Carolyn J Spence 16 struck a parked car at 328 W Main injuring no one. Damage to the 1954 Chevrolet she drove estimated at 100 and damage to a 1962 Dodge parked car owned by Jay Klinginsmith estimated at 250.
A boy was bitten by a dog yesterday. Police identified the dog and placed it under 10‑day observation to monitor for risk.
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