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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1997
Page
5
Gaylen Koons of Maupintour Inc. is a 39 year veteran and vice president of escorted tours. He lives in Valley Falls Kansas with his wife Deb and two grown children. He travels the world for work and enjoys model tractors. His goal is continuous learning and mentoring.
Knight Ridder summary notes 72 year old Marle Gorr faces tighter costs as a 0.25 percent CPI cut could reduce Social Security by 1,300 over a decade per AARP. Gorr lives on 620 monthly Social Security plus 600 housing and 2016 annually for health insurance, risking welfare. Other seniors Fred Chasen and Lenny Levin express worry as Social Security and city pensions tighten.
Mary Pat Pellett and Jackie Counts of Lawrence started Market Link to combine home life with work. They supply appreciation gifts for banks, attorneys, security firms, and others, handling design, branding, holidays, and distribution while keeping overhead low.
Philip Watson was named director of the Olathe Medical Center Charitable Foundation formed to manage private gifts to the nonprofit hospital. He formerly held senior roles at Bank IV Boatmen’s First National Bank of Kansas City and the University of Kansas Endowment Association. Watson is the son of Faye Watson of Lawrence and the late Buford M Watson Jr, former Lawrence city manager.
David Darling, Kansas State University specialist, will address the Tonganoxie Chamber of Commerce at 6:30 p.m. Thursday. He speaks on Sustaining the Small Town Retailing Community at Butters Hickory Hut. For information, call Pat Albert at 913-845-2884.
Friday quotations show Farmer's Cooperative and Midland elevators listing wheat corn milo and soybeans with prices around 4.50 to 4.55 for wheat, 2.75 to 2.80 for corn, 4.42 to 4.52 for milo, and 8.00 to 8.03 for soybeans. Livestock quotes from St Joseph Missouri reflect hog receipts and rising cash prices amid storm disruptions. Nonferrous metals in New York and London list aluminum copper lead zinc tin and precious metals with daily spot values and weekly composites.
Koch Industries moves to establish Koch Metals Trading Limited in the United Kingdom to trade base metals. It will seek associate clearing member status with the Securities and Futures Authority and the London Metal Exchange, complementing natural gas, crude oil, energy and chemicals trading and expanding international activity.
Daviess County Kentucky splits into two groups over The Macarena with a new 97X station playing four or five versions of the song for 72 hours straight. Kevin Rickey, 97X general manager, says rock format may start this weekend and the stunt has drawn many calls to WBIO Owensboro. Engineers use the repeat to fine tune the signal.
Sears, Roebuck and Co faces court pressure and two class actions over repayment agreements with customers whose debts were discharged. The company lists 2,733 Massachusetts cases and a Rhode Island lawyer suggests hundreds more may exist, as attorney Christopher Lefebvre calls the situation outrageous.
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