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Newspaper
Greeley Daily Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1962
Page
9
Fragmented ad list listing Ford cars and trailers for sale with prices and locations. Mentions Great Lakes area and various street names, showing multiple used vehicles, trailers, and rooms for rent with partial descriptions and offerings.
Markets show varied livestock activity with calves, steers, cows, hogs, and sheep reporting mixed price movements. Omaha notes steady to higher bids for good and choice steers and hogs up to 25 cents, while Chicago bids reflect higher butcher prices and spring lamb demand, with limited trends due to thin trading.
Weekly cattle market report from Greeley Stockyards shows varied results. Feeding cattle steady to higher, slaughter cattle strong, bulls steady. Fed steers around 21 to 25 dollars, fed heifers mid twenties, cows and canners lower, stockers and feeder prices range widely by weight and class.
A late day stock market session in New York showed a mixed pattern with gains and losses as traders weighed the day’s moves. Volume reached several million shares, while prices moved up and down with many sectors posting fractional changes and dealers reporting a cautious mood amid cross currents of buying and selling.
Chicago grain prices opened weak with mixed results across major stocks. Du Pont, IBM, Polaroid and Litton rose about 2 points in late dealings while Merck and Eastman Kodak edged up about a point, and several others showed small gains or near-flat moves amid broad market softness.
Owen O Bach 92 of 1899 Bethy JL died early Wednesday morning at Weld County General Hospital after a brain tumor. He owned Bach and Son Welding Repairing before the garage was sold. Born November 6 1909 in Folkson Kentucky he lived in Middletown Ohio before moving to Greeley in 1948. Survivors include wife Fanny Trent Bach two children Tom and Wilma Jane Bach two brothers Homer Frank Oscar Sol two sisters Virginia Wilson and Martha Jane Rosling and two grandchildren. Funeral 1:90 pm Monday at Adamson Memorial Chapel with Linn Grove Cemetery interment.
The City Building Inspection Department issued permits for two new one family homes this week. S. and S. Land Co. and Gris Axsom as contractor and owner secured approvals for buildings valued at 18 820 dollars on Land Ave and 7 788 dollars at 343 23th Ave Ava. Additional permits for work valued over 4 000 dollars were noted for multiple projects including basement finishing, store construction, and a swimming pool.
Deputy sheriffs investigated a cafe burglary at Ault, report says about $136 was stolen from the cafe jukebox and storage shed board tampered with. Investigators noted officers worked with deputies Howard Bagg and Richard Startines following the break in Thursday night.
A burglary at First Ave grain firm was reported Thursday afternoon after a window was broken and cash and cigarettes taken. Sheriff’s office received notice at 1:30 PM from merchant policeman Robert Beverlin. Detected items include cash and heavy cigarette cartons. Nearby market listings show fluctuating grain prices and commodity notes.
Classified fragment lists travel trailers and mobile homes with various details. Includes mentions of 1956 Liberty House trailer, 3 bedroom mobile homes, rental notes, prices like 4.97, and contact hints such as Stanie's Trades Sales. Appears as a damaged ad section with miscellaneous offerings and inquiries.
Louis A Helmig, 54, of Platte, died Thursday at Weld County General Hospital. Born March 2 1904 in Osage County Missouri, he was the son of August and Mary Duncan Helmig. He married Matikla Car Dwile October 3 1926 at Linn Missouri. He farmed there before moving to La Salle about 40 years ago. Surviving: his wife, three daughters Mrs Erest line Thomas of Jefferson City Missouri Mrs Dorothy Coulter of Hersman Missouri and Mrs Rosalie Toff of St Clair Missouri Eve grand children five brothers and two sisters. Funeral services and interment will be at Linn Missouri.
Rep Rost Bass accuses Estes and Commercial Solvents of collusion with Agriculture Department backing for grain storage deals. Wheeler defends actions, notes contract timing and signatures, while Jackson denies misconduct amid probe of storage operations and payments.
Donald Boseman four years old was injured with head abrasions after being struck by a car at the intersection of Mh St and 7th Ave at 3 24 pm Thursday. The incident involved a 98 sedan driven by Barbara L Kohler of 411 1th St. A 1959 sedan driven by Jacob Croissant of 1777 Fairacres Sr. was damaged 650 and a parked 156 sedan owned by Melvin W Etchison of Orchard valued at 200 in an accident at tt Ave and 17th St at 10 27 am Thursday.
A 1851 sedan owned by Robert E. Ferrell of the Canfield Hotel was stolen Wednesday night and recovered Thursday morning by the Colorado State Highway Patrol in Greeley. Tomas Gonzales of El Paso, Texas is held for investigation after claiming a man owed the car and loaned it to him Wednesday night.
In a district court action Mra Arlene G Norman of 419 th Ave and Stanley Norman were granted a divorce on grounds of cruelty. Decree signed by Judge Donald A Carpenter awarded custody of their three minor children to the mother. Mrs Florence Schuckier Rt 12 Greeley filed a divorce complaint against Leland K Schneider. They were married in Greeley May 23 1947 and have two adopted children.
A fragmentary market update shows slight gains in some shares while corporate stocks mixed. Trading on the American Stock Exchange remained active as government bonds were noted in the mix.
West Berlin police report a 12 year old East German boy was shot dead by Red Army guards during an attempted escape to West Berlin on Whitsun holiday. The death raises the wall clash toll to 36 as barricades increase with seven new firing posts and more barbed wire along the frontier.
In thick fog off the Isle of Wight the 5,364 ton Swiss vegetable oil tanker Nyun collided with the Indian freighter Jalazad. Nyun sank with 33 crew rescued by the Jalazad, which radioed that it was smoke-bound for Antwerp with the rescued men.
A daughter was born Friday June 8 at Schompert Hospital Shreveport to Mr. and Mrs. Arthur James Wilson. Paternal grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Arthur J. Wilson of Shreveport and Eaton. Dennis Schafluetzel son of Mrs. Schafluetzel to be stationed with Air Force at Wright Patterson. John W. Schafluetzel of Payton Ohio graduated from University of Colorado last week, begins work in June at Wilmington Del for DuPont. Great grandparents Mrs. W. J. Bishop of Eaton and Mrs. WW. Brown of Eaton. News notes include CU student role in Alpha Chi Sigma and AIChE.
Weld County dairy judging team swept top honors at the state contest held with the State GH Conference at Colorado State University. It marked the first time a county team won both team and top individual. Ed Baxter of Briggsdale was high individual with 642 of 700. Jean Lamb of Windsor and Bonnie Bohleader of Kersey also placed highly. The Weld team will represent Colorado at national competition next fall. Glen Wilson assisted as coach. Other state test results will be released Saturday.
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