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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1966
Page
12
Market reports quote price levels for Wheat at 1.80, yellow corn 1.34, milo 1.90 from Bowersock and Harwood markets with egg and butter quotes. New York stocks slumped with the Dow at 792.09 and the 60-stock average at 284.4 amid broad declines. futures show mixed changes while KC livestock lists cattle, calves, hogs and sheep with varied prices.
AP reports Kansas City price table shows No. 2 hard wheat at about 1.93 to 1.97 p and No. 3 at 1.92 to 1.84 p. No. 2 Red wheat near 1.91 to 1.94 p. Corn unchanged around 94 cents, with No. 2 white 1.47 to 1.58 p and No. 3 1.37 to 1.57 p. No. 2 yellow around 1.42 to 1.47 p. cats listed.
The New York stock market fell again with glamor issues leading losses. Motorola Fairchild Camera Texas Instruments Delta Air Lines Teledyne dropped several points as the market slid from the open and only Du Pont and Zenith showed gains. Volume neared 8 million shares.
One market analyst notes rising money and worsening Vietnam conditions as prices plunge. The session opens with a smashed support line after a Tuesday low, with sharp declines on the American Stock Exchange as weather notes accompany market copy.
A long memorial hospital admissions page lists numerous individuals and addresses including Mrs. Rita Beasley Jennifer Hersh Charles Bartz Roy McCleery Ruby Jones Ona Himpel Stephanie Smith Bernice Winter David Wright Keith Sanford Barbara Clark Mary Dinsmoor Beverly Frazier Cindy Walker George Schloetzer MacNelly Floyd Pearl Finch Willis Kramer Nellie Landrith Alice Masden Kathy Mason Bobby Ray Viola Rush Walter McCain Birdie Wiedeman Bessie Hicks Sarah Baker and twins Sunflower Village Barbara Forman and baby Virginia Schweda Judy Devers and baby Madlyn Harvey Ora Carpenter Ilene Selzer Betty Ford Tonga noxie with multiple hometowns and roads noted.
Senate action on the constitutional amendment to permit voluntary prayers in public schools was postponed indefinitely. Republican Leader Everett M. Dirksen of Illinois, the chief sponsor, had planned a floor showdown next Tuesday.
Elmer L. Wright 54 of 418 Elm dies at home. Services Monday at Rumsey Funeral Home with Rev. Floyd Huff. burial Oak Hill Cemetery. Survived by wife Victoria four daughters mother two sisters two brothers six grandchildren. Doris Mason Snyder dies in Long Beach California. Funeral Saturday Cooper-Warren Chapel with Father Harvard Wilbur. burial Oak Hill Cemetery. Survived by son Thomas A. Cox three sisters and a brother. Former Lawrence resident.
The article lists survivors including Mrs. Geneva Gill of Kansas City and two granddaughters. It notes Mr. Nicholson was born January 1, 1900, in Bucyrus.
Wilbur Drake 78 of 1136 N Y St died Thursday at Bethany Hospital Kansas City Kan. Funeral service 2 p m Saturday at Rumsey Funeral Home with Rev W E Hanky in charge. Burial plans incomplete. Survived by wife Grace a daughter Eunice Beers seven grandchildren and one great grandchild born 1887 in Ida Grove Iowa.
Fire department rushed to the 1400 block of Rhode Island Street at 11:54 a.m. today to extinguish a burning tree. Fire crews contained the blaze without reported injuries or damage to nearby structures.
John Edward Nicholson 66 of Baldwin died Thursday at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Funeral services set for 2 p.m. Sunday at First Methodist Church with Rev. Raymond S. Grant officiating. Burial in Oakwood Cemetery. Survived by wife Elsie of the home, son Norman E. Nicholson of Chicago, and three brothers Lawrence Nicholson of Spring Hill, J L Nicholson of Tucson, and Herbert Nicholson of Paola, plus a sister.
In the Courts Police Court Henry F Lopez 2544 Redbud Lane no lights and excessive noise 15 dollars Larry D Raffety 1909 Maine failure to stop for siren and avoiding traffic signal 100 dollars appealed to district court Jan P Tincham 524 Fireside speeding 10 dollars Virginia Findley 1504 W 22nd speeding 8 dollars Mary I Neibar ger 2217 Barker speeding 8 dollars Susan J Prather 817 Ind speeding 8 dollars Charles R Rausch 2110 Ark speeding 8 dollars Shirley J Rabinovitz 1735 W 20th speeding 8 dollars Don E Randel 1421 E 18th speeding 8 dollars Donna W Schultz 2140 Tenn speeding 12 dollars Jan Snow 876 Oak speeding 8 dollars Caroline O Tennyson 2117 Caroline speeding 10 dollars Micheal T Year gin 702 La no driver s license 10 dollars Jerold L Lamb 1901 Leonard speeding 21 dollars County Court Jimmies
Stephen Smale of the University of California Berkeley said Soviet intellectuals are discontented because they cannot express themselves. He spoke at a Moscow news conference interrupted by Soviet officials and was escorted away by two men acting as policemen. Western reporters were blocked from questioning him.
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