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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1969
Page
10
Local market figures show wheat 1.30, corn 1.15, milo 1.73, beans 2.21, oats 0.78 per bushel. Wholesale eggs steady with large 57 62 cents, medium 55 60. Butter unchanged with Grade A 85 cents per lb and Grade A quarter 86 cents.
The Weather Bureau issued heavy snow warnings for four inches or more in northwest Kansas. A broad swath of the state was forecast to receive precipitation, starting as rain in the west and turning to snow as the system moves east. The storm center was expected to exit Kansas by Sunday.
Live stock handlers plan to resume picketing at the Kansas City stockyards after a Christmas pause. Local 576 official Carl Nothnagel says no negotiations are scheduled as yards sit idle following last Friday’s embargo. The union claims no strike, says workers are locked out, and seeks higher wages.
The Dow Jones average hovered around 792.72 at 2 p.m., up 3.57 as advancing issues outpaced declines by nearly 500. Analysts tied the rise to Wednesday's rally spurred by Paul W. McCracken, head of the Council of Economic Advisers, who warned tight money policy cannot continue indefinitely without dampening growth.
Willie Sutton, the bank robber known as The Actor, warns crime does not pay after his release from Attica. He says he will travel to speak to deter youth from crime and notes a $169.37 release payment for prison work less charges.
President Nixon, advancing the 1971 budget, hinted he may not veto the Congress approved tax reform. He noted offsetting a $2.5 billion revenue loss and said major budget decisions loom as he plans the State of the Union for January 22. He will travel to California next Tuesday.
A 19 year old Nova Scotia soldier hitchhiking to return for Christmas was stopped 10 miles from his Toronto home and cited with a summons for hitchhiking. The man said many locals offered help along the over 1,000 mile journey. The minimum fine is 25 dollars.
USIA director Frank Shakespeare says television is expanding abroad with live telecasts that reach foreign audiences. He notes improved U.S. image, cited examples like Nixon's Latin America policy address and Tehran reception of the Shah via satellite, plus a Czech invasion anniversary documentary.
Air Force recounts a 51 hour effort to extract 1st Lt. Woodrow Bergeron Jr. from enemy territory after a disoriented crash. Sixteen rescue helicopters faced heavy fire before finally pulling him from a bamboo site near a river as Al Skyraiders bombed nearby.
Mao Tse tung, chairman of the Chinese Communist Party, is 76 and reportedly in good health with no official birthday celebrations planned. Hong Kong seamen report an underground radio claiming Chiang Ching was shot in Peking during ongoing power struggles, with curfews ordered by Mao after clashes between army units backing Chiang Ching and Lin Piao.
John Norman, an aircraft mechanic from East Hartford Connecticut, forced to drive 600 miles in second gear after his 1965 car transmission froze south of Washington D C. A Virginia town shop could not supply replacement parts for his vehicle.
At the St. Louis Zoo on Christmas Day the hippopotamus Peeprs produced twins, weighing about 40 pounds each, while 4,000 pound father Jeepers was moved from the enclosure to prevent trampling. The nine offspring now linked to Peeprs include six surviving hippo calves.
Louis I. Prather, 83, invited 29 guests to his Christmas dinner in Winfield Kansas. He recalls spending Christmas alone 36 years ago at a Belle Plaine service station and says his annual dinner helps others avoid that loneliness. Eight neighbors and Seventh Day Adventist Church members helped prepare the meal.
A senior recital featuring Kansas University student Paul Gray of Winfield on trumpet has been canceled. The recital was scheduled for January 6.
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