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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1965
Page
10
Kansas City area commodity and livestock prices show mixed results with eggs butter hogs sheep and cattle detailed by grade and weight. The Wall Street section notes a mixed stock market with aerospace and defense issues recovering while overall trading slowed late in the day.
Airline and electronics stocks lead a broad rebound with sharp advances by Northwest Airlines and others while blue chips drag averages down. American Telephone falls about 1 amid federal rate investigation talk as Westinghouse, Du Pont, NY Central slip. Boeing and United Aircraft rise, Grumman and Douglas up, KLM and Eastern gain modestly.
Wheat and grain prices listed for multiple grades with slight shifts. Futures open and close data shown for Mar May Jig Sep contracts. A long list of names and addresses appears, including memorial hospital entries and birth announcements for numerous local residents.
Wichita AP reports 95 106 vehicles used the Kansas Turnpike from Thursday night to today matching the 1964 holiday volume. Seventeen accidents occurred on the holiday period including a fatal double crash and three injuries in others.
J Rodney Monroe 69 of Bakersfield Calif died Dec 20 after long illness. Survived by wife Eva Brown Monroe and three sisters. Roy Weir 81 of Indianapolis former Douglas County resident died Sunday. Service and burial in Indianapolis. survived by wife Mabel Weir son Marion Weir and sister Evelyn Ousdahil. Miss Munson served as housemother for Alpha Chi Omega at Kansas University then LSU Baton Rouge. Graveside to 2 pm Tuesday at Oak Hill cemetery for Mrs J W Blair 93 of Russell formerly of Tonganoxie and Lawrence. survived by three nieces.
Funeral services for Merle M Munson 64 of Lawrence are set for 2 p.m. Tuesday at Wetmore Methodist Church with burial in Wetmore Cemetery. Mercer Funeral Home Holton handles arrangements. Munson died Friday evening at a friend’s home in Wetmore after a heart ailment.
Mrs. Augusta N. Pine, age 87, died, with the obituary noting her long life and family ties. Services and survivors not specified in the fragment.
Sunday evening at Smoky Rest Home a funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Rumsey Funeral Home with Rev. C. J. Knox officiating. Burial follows at Oak Hill Cemetery. Survivors include two sons Elmer Pine of Route 4 and Arthur Pine of 910 E 13th St. two brothers Charles Haas of Route 1 Overbrook and John Haas of Vincennes Mo. five grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren.
Kathleen Mary Kennedy of Holliston Massachusetts aged 16 died December 11 from head injuries after being struck by a automobile while walking home from school. Born April 2 1949 in Lawrence she is survived by her parents William J Kennedy Holliston a brother Michael R Kennedy and sisters Karen Ann and Susan E Kennedy all of Holliston. Paternal grandmother Mrs Maurice B Kennedy of Springfield and maternal grandmother Mrs C Lemoyne of California also survive.
Mrs. Anna Whiting Shafnacker of Sunflower Village died Sunday at Kansas University Medical Center. The Shafnackers had lived in the area for years and were known in the community.
The text notes a burial or service Tuesday afternoon in Cumberland Maryland for a long employed Hercules worker. Survivors include husband Fred, a sister Mrs John B Murdock of Northfield Illinois, and mother Mrs Claiborne James of Cumberland. Donations are preferred to the American Cancer Society.
Douglas County schools received 424714 as the first payment under the state Foundation Finance plan. The total includes about one third of state aid and the full pupil transportation amount for the year. Distribution details show Lawrence 282195, Wakarusa Valley 23449, Baldwin unified 35956, Edina elementary 19980, Edora high school 9845, Grant 6786, India 2379, Kaw Valley 7284, Lecompton 19287, Marion Springs 6663, Riverside 10195, Twin Mound 785.
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