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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1969
Page
3
Kansas City market data show wheat at 1.30 and corn 1.15 with other grains and livestock prices listed. Hogs and cattle are quoted with ranges for weights, while New York notes a stock market drift lower as the Dow sits at 783.53 midafternoon and investors await a base to form amid tight money and potential lower profits.
Seven people died in Kansas traffic crashes over the weekend. Victims include Lawrence Andrews and Willie Sullivan of Wichita killed when their truck hit a Santa Fe freight train at a Derby crossing. Others: Joel Huber 14 Randall Bull 15 Ronald Cox 15 Burlington killed in a Sunday one car crash near Burlington. John Landes 18 of Ozark Missouri died from injuries Saturday night near Galena Cherokee County. Richard Evans 19 of Topeka died in a Sunday night three year collision in Topeka.
The 207000 ton Dutch supertanker Marpessa sank 50 miles northwest of Dakar after an explosion and fire. Two crewmen were injured, two reported missing, survivors rescued by the British tanker Serenia. Ship had delivered crude oil to Rotterdam and was not a pollution risk due to empty tanks.
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