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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1967
Page
9
Local markets list Wheat at 1.41, Yellow corn 1.04, milo 1.71 and Harwood Eggs with Grade A large 27 and other grades. Kansas City wholesale eggs rise A 26-30, butter steady. cattle scarce, hogs mixed with gains, lambs 23.75. New York stocks rally with Dow at 897.83 and broad market activity after heavy trading.
A late night blaze, likely starting from a Christmas tree, swept a two story home near Yuma. Linda Durham 6 and Cindy 5 died inside. Parents Cecil and Mrs Durham with four other children were found in a field, shaken and hospitalized.
AP notes KC wheat prices fell and rose within trading, with No 2 and No 3 grades listed for hard and dark hard wheat at about 1.53 to 1.60. Corn and oats show mixed gains, soybeans near 2.53 to 2.56 with sacked bran and shorts priced around 50.00. Wheat futures closed near or above opening values across March to December contracts.
Memorial Hospital records list admissions including Sydnie Venturi Lee Smith Ethel Cowles Helen Hoopes Colleen Ferguson Donna Roundtree Darci Johnson Hattie King Dale Herndon Vincent Miller John Motta Carol Kinkaid Elisha Wilson Ella Harris Thomas Shield Raymond Demint Grace Guffey Kent Balyeat Anthony Lewis II Dr J Knox Jones Ralph Kirby Timothy Deshazer Edwin Tryon Roy Grammer Verna Hagerman Golda Alburty Billy Langston Janice Young Amy Raybern Nancy Zeilinger Bate Boshers Charlotte Curtiss Sharon White and a newborn boy. Births include Mr and Mrs Gary Culley a son Mr and Mrs James Means a daughter Mr and Mrs Priest Jordan a son Mr and Mrs Reginald Schuckahosee a son Mr and Mrs David Young a son.
A market held its yearend rally in heavy trading late this afternoon as the advance, begun Tuesday, supported Wall Street's belief that markets traditionally rise between Christmas and year end.
Municipal Court records show R L Copp at 1621 W 22nd St Terr speeding $10 Herbert Mitchell of 548 E 19th St traffic signal $10 Peter Stauffer Topeka improper lane use $10 Ernest Chambers Wichita speeding $15 Barbara Klobassa 1703 W 24th St traffic signal $10 suspended Virgil Harrod 533 Ohio St improper muffler $10.
Robert Georges Mahieu, 74, of Miami Florida died December 11 in Miami. A retired Kansas University faculty member in Romance Languages he retired in 1963 and wrote books on literary criticism and French influence in America. Born April 22 1893 in Ruffec France he studied at the Sorbonne and came to the United States in 1918 becoming a citizen. He is survived by wife Mary Mahieu of Miami daughter Lucile Demenchaux of Topeka and three grandchildren.
Ross Stone aged 82 of Vinland died Thursday afternoon at Law Hospital. Survived by family and friends, services set at a local church with burial to follow. arrangement details provided by the Stone Mortuary.
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