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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1966
Page
8
The FTC moves toward curbing retailers who hide credit costs with a staff proposal. It would require clear written disclosures including cash price taxes trade-in value unpaid balance all finance and insurance charges and total credit amount. Public comment runs to February 24 before final action by the commission.
Bowersock Mill lists wheat at 1.69 and yellow corn at 1.23 while milo reaches 1.83. Harwood Market quotes Eggs grade A large 34, medium 29, undergrades 18, grade B large 34 and current receipts 26.
The Dow Jones industrial average slipped 2.57 to 799.10 while the Associated Press 60-stock index fell 0.1 to 296.6. Of 1,452 issues traded, 594 declined and 578 advanced as volume eased to 7.47 million shares from 8.57 million the previous day.
In Columbia, James F Byrnes, now 87, has funded 270 Byrnes scholars through the James F Byrnes Foundation providing $500 yearly for four years. He and his wife Maude emphasize personal guidance over money as essential, with Byrnes describing himself as a substitute parent to teens who lost one or both parents. Byrnes rose from early hardship to lead a storied public career starting in 1911.
The Kroger Family Center ran an all-night sale with a large crowd and minor shoving but no serious disorders. Assistant manager Ernest Peterson called the event a howling success as shoppers packed the store from 9 p.m. Friday to 8:30 a.m. Saturday. A store detective settled a verbal dispute between two men over a sale item with a coin flip, after which the winner and loser shook hands.
Sally Dunbar a nurse with the Agency for International Development in Da Nang Vietnam enjoys a rare R and R in Malaysia. She describes luxury hotels a British club tours rubber estates and museums as a relief from crowded hospitals and the constant presence of rifles and Marines.
Funeral services were at 2 p m today in Oskaloosa Methodist Church for Mrs Maude Luce 81 of Oskaloosa who died Thursday in Winchester hospital She was born November 23 1885 in Atchison County and lived in Oskaloosa since 1919 She belonged to the local Methodist Church and Order of Eastern Star Survivors include son William Luce Kansas City MO daughter Mrs Margaret Gardiner Oskaloosa brother John Blunt Hutchinson three grandchildren six great grandchildren Burial is in Pleasant View Cemetery Oskaloosa Hampton Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
President Johnson flies to San Antonio to greet an evacuation flight of 25 to 30 ill and wounded servicemen from Vietnam. The evacuees head to Wilford Hospital and Brooke Army Hospital for treatment before Johnson returns to the LBJ Ranch for Christmas Eve and Day family gatherings.
A Radio Free Europe survey of East European communist nations finds this Christmas brighter in some ways. Governments promised more food and holiday items, while shortages persist and workers face higher prices. Czechoslovakia, Romania, and Hungary show added supplies and deliveries, and church attendance has not been suppressed.
Pratt reports the Beaver trapping season in Kansas runs January 1 to February 28 per the Kansas Forestry Fish and Game Commission. Trapping seasons for mink muskrat raccoon skunk bobcat and other furbearers continue on lands. A 1967 trapping license must be purchased before trapping after December 31.
A four engine C144 Flying Tiger cargo plane bound from Japan to Da Nang crashed in heavy rain near Da Nang air base. It struck a populated area about a mile south of the runway, killing at least 60 Vietnamese civilians and leaving the four crew missing.
A group of 165 soldiers from McGuire Air Force Base headed west to Vietnam, arriving near Christmas. The move is part of a larger weeklong flight from McGuire, with troops set for roles from pharmacists to engineers and infantrymen. Several GIs voiced mixed emotions about leaving home, while an Army spokesman noted the war’s demands override holiday plans. The chartered jet will fly via San Francisco, Hawaii, Okinawa to Saigon in under 24 hours.
In Burlington Iowa nine workers on a secret production line at the Iowa Army ammunition plant became ill over six months. Jacqueline Allen, 18, was hospitalized briefly before release. Plant officials would not reveal line details and operations were halted twice for improved ventilation.
Washington D C police outline seasonal driving limits by weight while historians recount John Hancock Adams Washington Jefferson and others hosting large punch filled gatherings. Harold Peterson National Park Service curator notes 18th century revelry waning with the industrial era.
Notable quote by Lin Yutang on balancing wisdom with restraint in human nature. It cautions against over demanding yet warns against excessive indulgence, reflecting a measured view of human behavior.
Elizabeth Drake called a number she got from a telephone operator to learn an ice cream parlor. The responding woman’s faint message led police to Beatrice B. Friedman, 78, found unconscious after a stroke. Friedman was reported in fair condition. Police noted the ice cream shop and apartment numbers had unrelated prefixes.
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