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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1965
Page
10
Market prices show wheat corn and soybeans fortunes across Harwood’s Market and regional trading in Kansas City AP notes. Cattle hogs and sheep training steady to higher with mixed futures while oil and stock averages drifted down late trading.
A Kansas City AP report says a cab riding robber forced three customers and the barmaid to disrobe in a men's restroom at the Old Fortress Tavern, then fled with about $30. Rodney Lee Reynolds of Wichita was arrested within an hour after the cab driver radioed his location and faces charges.
Detroit AP General Motors posted a $636 million first quarter profit the largest ever for a single firm and a new quarterly high surpassing the prior marks set by Ford and Chrysler. GM sales were $5.5 billion and payroll averaged 737 963 workers.
New York AP reports U.S. Steel led the Big Three with 73.77 million dollars in the first quarter of 1965, earning 1.25 a share as sales rose to 1.15 billion. Bethlehem Steel followed with 44.13 million dollars, 97 cents a share, as sales climbed to 690 million. The period saw capacity operation amid demand and stockpiling ahead of a May 1 strike deadline extended four months this week.
Republic Steel Corp., the No. 3 producer, reported profits of 23,276,168 or 1.48 a share. Sales totaled 373,317,433, up from 288,421,898, while steel shipments reached 5,704,000 tons the highest for any quarter.
Mrs. Harry Hogan of Colorado Springs Colorado died Wednesday night with funeral arrangements pending. Survivors include her husband three children and Floyd DeWeese brother of 321 Elm. Mrs Lulu A Metzler 79 of 637 Ohio Street died Wednesday afternoon at Lawrence Memorial Hospital with a 2 pm Saturday service in Cooper Warren Chapel. The casket will not be opened and burial details follow. Leroy Metzler, Donald Metzler, Lloyd Metzler and Leroy Metzler are listed as sons. seven grandchildren. Mrs Metzler was a Lawrence resident 45 years and a Methodist Church member.
Funeral services for Mrs David Litwin 88 of Ottawa were held this afternoon at Louis Memorial Chapel in Kansas City Missouri with burial at Blue Ridge Cemetery in Kansas City She was a former Lawrence resident who moved from Lawrence to Iola in 1909 and died Wednesday in Ottawa.
A 1949 relocation to Ottawa is noted. Survivors include four sons Mayer Litwin 1632 Hillcrest Leon Litwin Fred Litwin Prairie Village Morris Litwin Independence two daughters Mrs Bess Mudrick Ottawa Mrs Tillie Feldman Atchison twelve grandchildren twenty great grandchildren.
Memorial Hospital admissions include Flora Altenbernd Wesley Jackson Helen Lynch Elizabeth Davis Carl Holbeck Iva Hunzicker Gregory Beck and others. Dismissals list Laura Cox Nila Denholm Ralph Greiner Kit Gryder Lillian Sluss Arthur Conner Olga Bravo plus several others and a baby.
Mr and Mrs Francis Ludvicek of 1727 W 26th welcome a daughter. Mr and Mrs Arthur McElhenie of Route 1 announce a son born Wednesday. Mr and Mrs Richard Rohlf of 1804 Ill: a son born Wednesday.
Three Lawrence men Albert Terry Jr Kenneth C Vann and Michael A Perkins were arrested in Topeka after a burglary at Peterson Liquor Store 910 N 2nd St. Liquor valued at about 90 was recovered. They are jailed awaiting arraignment on burglary and larceny charges in County Court this afternoon.
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