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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1971
Page
12
Kansas City reports steady wholesale egg and butter prices with grains changing. Wheat and corn futures show modest up and down shifts while New York stocks push higher with IBM, Control Data, Xerox leading gains and Natomas slipping.
Bethlehem Steel Co. says it will defer for two months an 8 percent price increase on cold-rolled sheet steel used in autos and appliances. The raise will now take effect February 1 instead of December 1, while other steel products’ increases proceed as scheduled. No reason given for the delay and no immediate comment from other producers.
Cattle 4 600 calves 400 feeder steers and steer calves mix 34 45 per cwt with weights listed. Hogs 3 000 barrows and gilts weaker by 25 cts. sows mixed by weight. Sheep 100 spring lambs steady with prices 27 29 per cwt. ewe values 3 5 to 6. Estimates for tomorrow: cattle 100 calves none hogs 2 000 sheep 25.
Safeway Stores paid a 240.50 premium for the calf owned by Cynthia Browning, not 24.50 as reported in Saturday’s Journal-World. The correction updates the auction item from last Friday’s 4-H livestock sale.
Three members of the citizens committee to study lawmakers pay raises were named by Speaker Calvin Strowig. They are Bill Colvin editor of the Manhattan Mercury Dr. Melvin Voth assistant treasurer of Hesston Corp Hesston and Robert J. Cory Wichita CPA. Senate president pro tem Glee S. Smith named three others John Anderson DeSoto Ray Frisbie Manhattan and James H. Seross Lewis. Gov. Docking will appoint the remaining three. The 1971 Legislature had passed a pay raise bill vetoed by Docking and then set up the panel to study nationwide legislative pay and make recommendations.
Roseburg sheriff seeks a man who abducted a baby goat from a herd that guides locals in weather forecasting atop Mt Hebo. Residents use the goats as a weather gauge by watching their moves from binoculars. If the goats reach the summit, fair weather follows. if they stay low, rain is coming.
Farmland Industries announces Kenneth Pickert as manager of its fertilizer supply division in Kansas City Missouri. Pickert began his association with Farmland in 1954 and previously worked as expediting assistant to the project engineer at CFCA in Lawrence, a Farmland subsidiary. He plans to move from Lawrence to Kansas City soon.
A 63-year-old Warren security guard, Haskell Shanks, underwent a 10 hour operation at Sinai Hospital in Detroit. Surgeons led by Dr. Adrian Kantrowitz implanted the six inch patch booster in his chest to boost his failing heart. The device is strapped to a waist battery pack and recharged every eight hours.
Police in Lawrence reported an attempted robbery at Sambo's Restaurant on West 28th Street proved false after a dispute between manager Walter Smith and employee Douglas Buethe over a owed amount. Buethe, 24, was arrested on assault and disturbing the peace charges and posted bond for a September 9 Municipal Court appearance.
The New Jersey Petroleum Council backs tough auto exhaust rules for 3.3 million cars despite an estimate that one third may fail initial tests. The plan requires idle tests for cars, with owner repairs and reinspections within 14 days and costs from 20 to 500 dollars.
The 8-year-old Douglass John Legg who vanished July 10 in Adirondack woods near Newcomb appears to be found. Four German shepherds and trainers from Seattle German Shepherd Search and Rescue spent five days scanning the area before returning home. Legg’s father William Legg of Baldwinsville says he has no plans to hire more search teams.
Gary Wayne Arnold, 46, of Topeka, was arrested by the Douglas County Sheriff's Department on grand theft charges. He is jailed with bonds set at 2000 dollars after allegedly taking two saddles and refrigeration costs valued at over 50 dollars from A. L. Shaner on Route 1 in Lecompton. the theft was reported August 5.
Bob Hope will headline an October 9 homecoming show at Allen Fieldhouse KU alumnI association sponsors the 8 p.m. event with an orchestra and support acts. The appearance may include a stadium introduction if he attends the KU vs Kansas State game. Tickets go on sale in September via the Kansas Union SUA office.
Mrs. Mary Smith of 3027 Topeka Lane Lawrence was listed in good condition at St. Francis Hospital after being run over by her own car near Perry Lake. The incident occurred Tuesday when her 3-year-old daughter Susie released the hand brake and the vehicle began to roll downhill at a Rock Creek campsite. Jessie Weaver of Edora pulled the hand brake, and Susie was not injured.
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