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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1971
Page
9
Kansas City market roundup reports wholesale eggs unchanged. Hog prices show mixed shifts with 200-290 lb ranges from 20.25 to 25.75. Sheep lambs and ewes listed with price gains for slaughter lambs and pelts. Cattle and feeder calves show broad ranges across weight classes with steady feeder cattle values and varying steer and heifer prices.
New York prices fell in moderate session with the Dow Jones industrial average down 3.61 to 890.05 at 2 p.m. The market showed more declines than advances on the NYSE as tax loss selling and profit taking weighed on stocks. Banks cut their prime lending rate to 5 percent, extending a two week trend.
In northeast Kansas heroin use is increasing though still small in scope. Mervyn Purdy of the Kansas Bureau of Investigation warns of an alarming rise and better organized distribution. Incidents include July Lawrence heroin arrests, an Osawatomie overdose death, and a December 18 Topeka raid yielding suspected heroin.
Robert W. Wagstaff has been reappointed a director of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City and redesignated chairman of the bank's board. He leads Coca Cola Bottling Co. of Mid-America in Kansas City and heads the nine member board steering economic policy across Colorado Kansas Nebraska Wyoming Oklahoma Missouri. The district will grow late January as 24 Missouri counties transfer from St. Louis district.
A traffic jam caused by a first crash led to a second accident injuring Mrs Oberhelman and King. King and his wife Rachel 22 were treated for contusions and released. Oberhelman sustained minor injuries and a head laceration and was listed in good condition. The semi driver and another vehicle operator were uninjured. Damages included total loss for two cars and about $300 for the semi. The cause of Oberhelman losing control remains undetermined.
The Census Bureau preliminarily reports a sharp drop to 17.3 births per thousand, down from 18.3 in 1970, with about 3.59 million births estimated for the year. Experts call the trend puzzling and note final figures await February or March release.
The home of the Northern Ireland parliament speaker was destroyed by an explosion and fire, with Major Ivan Neill away. The British Army said it is probing IRA responsibility as the month saw six more politicians' homes bombed and a senator killed. A British soldier was killed earlier in Belfast, tallying 206 deaths in 28 months of violence. Police arrested 27, seven on IRA wanted lists, amid further gun attacks and crowd unrest.
Lt. Col. John O Gorman, 42, commands a squadron of F4 Phantom fighters in Da Nang. He recalls Hanoi Hilton friends, reflects on duty, morale, and the need for continued pressure on North Vietnam amid high casualties and evolving air war. He cites Bien Hoa churches built by refugees as proof of escape and meaning.
Eudora city council accepted two paving petitions for 13th Street from Main to Maple and 14th Street from Elm to Main. The move starts the paving process with a resolution to follow at a later meeting.
Most local firms will close Saturday for New Year observance with few exceptions like supermarkets and drug stores. Many workers will stay home watching football or recover from New Year’s Eve, while most shops reopen Monday. The U S Post Office will run with short staffing and limited Saturday pickups, and Lawrence banks close early Friday with no Saturday drive-in service.
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