Markets Summary of Unwhg Wheat Mile Corn Prices
Markets reportMixed commodity quotes show unwholesale figures for wheat and corn at 91.28 Unwhg and 2.10 Uncts with $1.30 Unwhg noted in the summary. No additional context or dates provided.
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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1971
Page
5
Markets reportMixed commodity quotes show unwholesale figures for wheat and corn at 91.28 Unwhg and 2.10 Uncts with $1.30 Unwhg noted in the summary. No additional context or dates provided.
Slaughter steers and heifers closed steady to 25 cents higher amid active demand in SW Kansas. Report includes 11,200 head last week vs 8,100 prior, with feeder cattle trading steady to higher and immediate May 15 feeder deliveries priced from 31 to 34 dollars for various weight ranges. Dow Jones average at 927.07, down 13.49.
Friday sale showed 1 763 cattle and 482 hogs with calves fully steady to strong and active. Yearlings and feeder cattle mostly steady. steer calves 34 to 45 50, heifer calves 31 to 36, light yearlings 33 to 37, feeder heifers 29 to 21, feeder steers 22 to 33 50.
Kansas City market reports cattle 1,800 head and calves 100 with steers and heifers steady to 25 higher, cows steady to strong, feeders strong. Top steers and heifers reach 33.75 and 33.00, while hogs rise to 25 cents, with top butcher hogs at 16.30 and lighter weights 13 to 14.50 per hundredweight.
Gov. Robert Docking said the 1971 Legislature weakens the state fire marshal’s office amid rising arson incidents. He planned remarks at the Governor’s Fire Prevention Conference but was ill, with press secretary James Shaffer delivering them. Docking urged three new arson investigators and condemned a $25,000 transfer to fund firefighter training, vetoing the bill as a dangerous precedent.
A list of dismissals at St Catherine on Saturday and Sunday includes names such as James Sherman Brotlier Mikhael Counterman Rosalie Cruz and George Barnes with various addresses. Police traffic bonds forfeited for parking, speeding and stop-sign violations. licenses suspended for chemical-test refusals and DWI. Multiple injury and vehicle damage incidents reported from Friday through Sunday in city areas including Spruce Chestnut Main Pine and 9th Street.
Dighton born April 3 1877 in Holt County Mo. widow of Hiram B. McCoy died Saturday at Lane County Hospital after a long illness. Survived by five daughters six sons and a sister. funeral 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at United Methodist Church Dighton with burial in Dighton Cemetery. Memorials suggested to First National Bank Dighton.
Secretary of State William P. Rogers arrived in Beirut to begin a Middle East peace mission amid heavy security. Armored units and machine guns surrounded the airport while Lebanese and Palestinian demonstrators protested outside the embassy area. Earlier in Jordan Rogers met King Hussein for two and a half hours, delivering Nixon’s letter endorsing the mission as new ideas were discussed.
Gov. Robert Docking canceled two speeches due to a pinched nerve in the sacroiliac area. He rests at Cedar Crest, with a spokesman saying a full recovery timeline would come later. James Shaffer will deliver the prepared talks at Hutchinson and Wichita.
Dick Hollgren editor of the Syracuse Journal becomes president of the Southwest Kansas Editorial Assn after its 80th annual meeting in Liberal. Holdren remains vice president as the group votes to host next year’s gathering in Syracuse. Gary Noland Medicine Lodge named vice president and Don Haxton Greensburg elected secretary-treasurer.
A state charter for the Garden City Chapter No 9 of the Kansas Association of Public Employees was presented at a meeting by Donald E. Glaze Cimarron state vice-president. The charter was received by Varry Scheuchzer, board chairman, with board members elected from various state and local departments including Charlie Hancock Leroy Wentling Lee Robinson St Clair Rowe and Cimarron. The organization is open to all school teachers city county and state employees.
Kansas City AP report cites Dr. Donald Emery of the National Reading Center warning that the United States faces widespread reading and literacy issues. He criticizes lack of teacher preparation in teaching reading and the absence of early home and media programs to foster pre-school literacy, urging kindergarten access for all children.
Tom Hicks announces the launch of a General Electric Appliances store at 117 N Main Liberal offering a supermarket style selection of large and small appliances plus built in units and a working display kitchen. The store will provide GE parts and service. Dwight Smith will manage the Garden City store and his family will relocate to Liberal in about two weeks.
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