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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1969
Page
14
NY closing prices show Wheat at 1.15 for yellow corn and Milo 1.72 with beans 2.48. KC notes cattle 200 calves none. hogs 3,800 with mixed weights trading 20.00 to 25.00. sheep offered none. Wheat futures down fraction to up percent. varied No 2 hard and red classes listed with precise bid ranges.
The KU Senate Executive Committee, with student leaders and deans, met to review Wednesday's Mount Oread disruption titled war games. William Balfour said the group will identify participating students and reconvenes Monday after a 90 minute event using toy guns near Strong Hall and interrupting activities in the rotunda and Kansas Union.
Fire department notes estimate fifty dollars damage to a car owned by Carol Brune at 939 Iowa St. A gas line break sparked the blaze, extinguished by a police officer before the fire truck arrived. Minor furnace blower motor trouble at Pete Anderson home. Grass fire on city property near a sewage lift station. Small car blaze near W Fourth and Alabama streets. Smoke odor at Hillcrest Shopping Center cleared by firefighters.
The stock market posted another advance in active trading as investors showed growing confidence. The Dow Jones average finished at 924.00, up 2.80, following a 3.56 gain on Thursday.
West Junior High stages Edgar Allan Poe Tell Tale Heart tonight at 8 and True Blue and Trusted melodrama tomorrow at 2 p.m. in the multi purpose room.
Lawrence police received a report that a $350 guitar was stolen Saturday near Potter Lake on the Kansas University campus. The caller Bruce Lynn of Topeka gave no time details. Four other thefts and three vandalism incidents were logged, plus various smaller losses and damages across the area.
Two Kansas University students were treated and released at Watkins Memorial Hospital after separate accidents investigated by the Lawrence police. Randall E. Knight, 18, sophomore from Shawnee Mission, lost control of his motorcycle on West 28th Street near Atchison Street, injuring himself with $100 damage to the bike. Norraine M. Conte, 19, from Greenburg, Pa., was treated after her car struck a utility pole near North Second Street. a passenger and the vehicle owner, Jerome Jaskinski Jr., 19, reported minor injuries. car damage estimated at $1,800 and pole damage at $250.
Hiram W. Stowits Sr. 80 of 1601 University Dr. Lawrence a former Rexall and 19th and Mass drugstore owner and ex Lawrence Chamber of Commerce president died Thursday evening. Survived by widow Sally and siblings J D and Frances. Memorial service Tuesday at Plymouth Congregational Church. cremation. Memorials to Plymouth Church organ fund.
The Douglas County Commission announced it will acquire land east of the Courthouse for a new building program. Twenty property owners in the block between 9th and 12th Streets and New Hampshire and Rhode Island Streets were mailed notices, with eminent domain to proceed for the south half not yet contacted.
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