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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1964
Page
2
Livestock sales show cattle and calves at varied prices with steers 21.50 to 25.00 and choice steers 24.25 to 25.00. Hogs steady to 25 higher, sows 13.50 to 15.60, lambs 20.60 to 22.00, ewes 4.50 to 5.50. Cows 13.50 to 14.50, bulls 15.50 to 19.00, breeding bulls 18.00 to 20.00, feeders 19.00 to 21.00, stock cows 14.00 to 15.00.
Parsons Livestock lists hog prices by grade and weight with US No. 1 and 2 hogs at 190-240 pounds from 15.75 to 16.00, mixed grades 230-270 pounds 15.25 to 15.75, sows 400 pounds down 13.50 to 15.00, heat sows 12.00 to 13.00, and bears 9.0 to 12.0. Cattle values show grain fed steers and heifers 600-700 pounds 22.00 to 23.50, 700-900 pounds 20.00 to 22.00, standards 17.00 to 19.50, calves over 500 pounds up to 23.00, killing calves 300-450 pounds 19.00 to 22.00, stock calves 22.50 to 24.00, yearling stockers 20.00 to 22.00, veal prime 22.00 and good 20.00 to 21.00, plain stockers and calves 12.00 to 16.50.
Kansas City report from AP notes consumer and wholesale eggs and butter unchanged while Missouri and Arkansas face delayed market for live fryers and broilers as conditions slow trades.
AP dispatch from Chicago notes uneven butter prices with mixed quotes such as 93 for AA 60 and 92 A 60 while 89 C 58 and 90 B 50s appear for cars. Eggs show little change with grade A whites 36 and other grades listed, reflecting a stable yet varied market snapshot.
Chicago market update notes no sales for wheat or oats while corn and soybeans move. No 1 yellow corn at 1.27, soybeans No 2 yellow at 2.71, soy oil around 10.26. Beans finish 2.55 to 2.57 under. corn, oats, and rye show small declines or unchanged through December contracts.
The Everglade kite, a once common dark gray bird in Florida marshes, nears extinction as swamp drainage destroys its habitat and food sources.
A compact listing of assorted grocery and meat items with unit prices and descriptions. Items include eggs in several grade categories, creams with different quality levels, roosters, hides, and glue, with scattered abbreviations and unclear spellings across lines.
Kansas City items report wheat at 3 dollars with limited changes and No 2 hard and dark at 1.58 to 1.59 percent, No 2 red around 1.55 to 1.59, and corn mostly steady with No 2 white 1.46 to 1.60 and No 3 around 1.41 to 1.59. Mile maize at 2.11, rye 1.15 to 1.19, barley 1.01 to 1.09, soybeans 2.61 to 2.72, bran 39.00 to 39.75, shorts 40.00 to 40.75.
In Hutchinson, Republican state chairman Oliver Hughes announced Barry Goldwater will speak in Topeka on October 13 and Richard M. Nixon will campaign in western Kansas on October 21. Hughes noted Goldwater may also appear in Kansas City on October 13. Goldwater recently stopped in Wichita, and Rep. William E. Miller visited Hutchinson.
Wall Street in New York shows a small gain in moderately active late trading as volume reaches about 4.8 million shares. Most key stocks moved in fractional gains or losses around a point while corporate bonds remained mixed and U.S. Treasuries eased.
Pittsburg Kan AP enrollment at Pittsburg State College rose 13 percent from last year to 4662, the highest in its history. The freshman class reached 1287 students, up 25 percent from the prior year, according to registrar and director of admissions Dr C R Baird. Advertising Is Your Guide to Safe Buying.
Farmers who have not signed up for the Voluntary Wheat Program are reminded that the deadline is Friday. William G. Neely, chair of the local ASCS committee, says signup is needed to qualify for benefits including income protection. Growers signing up this fall may revise planting intentions before next spring’s feed grain signup closes. those who want to overseed allotments must declare intentions at signup.
Daily Transcript lists Tuesday admissions for Mickey Beagley Humboldt surgery and William Boaz 110 Lafayette medical plus Larry Anderson 520 N Evergreen medical. Dismissals include Mrs Ronald Umbarger and son 1211 W Main, plus Mrs Robert Wilson 622 Kansas. Birth today to Mr and Mrs Lawrence Clements Humboldt a girl.
Mrs. Cora Doon Porter of Kansas City died unexpectedly in a Kansas City hospital Tuesday morning. She was the widow of C. F. Porter a former Erie Record printer and Kansas City Star employee. Funeral services are set for Thursday at 9 am in Stein McClure Chapel with graveside rites at Glenwood Cemetery Walnut at 2 pm.
Visitors at 125 Plummer Tuesday were Judge and Mrs Walter A Haxman and Mrs Charles Martin of Topeka. Dr Duff D Wagoner pastor of the First Methodist church is attending school for Minister and EUB ministers in Hutchinson this week. The school offers refresher courses in education worship and evangelism.
Total carloads moved over Santa Fe System lines for the week ending September 26, 1944, were 32,916 versus 34,928 the prior year. On line loadings reached 20,677 against 23,492 last year, while cars received from connections totaled 12,239 versus 11,436 a year ago. Santa Fe handled 32,520 carloads in the preceding week of this year.
Mrs Emmitt Smith of Savernburg notes an Easter lily in full bloom but wonders if it will flower at Easter next year. Police issued summonses to Larry Beck R J and Wesley Solomon both 17 of 1301 Evergreen for fighting after a report of a fight at City Park yesterday noon. Hearings set for tomorrow in police court.
Police logged three minor crashes involving Clinton Bower at 211 N Plummer backing into Bill Allen at 1901 Edith. Lowell Crawford at 101 Central into Perry McGuffey at 709 N Ash. and Dale Steinman R3 parking into Gail Malson at 802 S Western.
If you cannot reach your Tribune carrier, try again after 6 p.m. by dialing HE 1-3400. Seek assistance through the established after-hours contact for service access and resolution.
Congolese army in Bukavu says troops killed 30 rebels 20 miles west of the city, signaling renewed rebel moves after last month’s Bukavu attack. White residents have fled toward Rwanda amid ongoing clashes and looming reprisals.
R T Lamb a 30 year old hospital therapist described by federal authorities as wanted in Denver and Phoenix was wounded after shooting an FBI agent at Trinity Lutheran Hospital in Kansas City. Lamb faced charges of transporting a fraudulent check and forging a signature. He previously claimed Army Medical Corps service from 1950 to 1962 and listed birth details and education in Dallas Syracuse University Oklahoma University.
West African face pots often feature a top in animal or human form and the entire container may resemble a full figure. Witch doctors reportedly believed these figures could transfer illness from the sick to the pots.
The 7th Annual Golden Herd Roundup for St Patrick's of Walnut will be tomorrow at the Southeast sales pavilion in Fort Scott. Glen Nightingale and Harold Wat kins will auction with Bill Westhoff as ringman. Calves donated each spring and fall roundup fund the parish school operation. Larry Fox chairs the committee with Joe Smith Bill Westhoff Carl Boaz Urban Forst Tony Van Leeuwen and Lawrence Hammerbacher.
Sharon E. Kinne of Independence Missouri, charged with homicide in a motel shooting, was moved from Lecumberri jail to a women’s prison on Mexico City’s outskirts to await trial. She says she shot Francisco Parades Ordonez on Sept 18 in self defense. She also faces counts of bodily injury to a motel employee and attempted theft.
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