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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1963
Page
3
Local market notes show wheat at 2.07 and corn at 1.12, with oats 0.75 and soybeans 2.45 per unit. KC AP reports egg prices for various grades, live poultry prices, cattle and hog futures, and wheat through barley ranges with futures closing mixed.
New York stocks were mixed with profit taking noted while bonds showed irregular activity as rails and utilities rose. Cotton traded irregularly in a quiet market. Chicago grains were firm with corn and soybeans strong, hogs steady to strong with top at 16.75, slaughter steers up to 27.50.
Trading slackened in the afternoon with some profit taking though a few issues stayed higher. Volume was about 3.9 million shares versus 4.28 million Friday. General Motors and Chrysler led early gains to near historic highs, but gains narrowed as the session progressed.
A 15-year-old Ottawa boy, Charles LaVerne Hadsell, was critically hurt when a home-made A frame and chain hoist failed while he worked under his car in the driveway. He suffered a fractured skull and was hospitalized as his brother Ray alerted police and neighbors assisted in freeing him.
A long list of Memorial Hospital admissions includes James Tadlock Baldwin Mrs Mildred Harbison 503 Lake Max Littdey 2038 Tenn Mrs Connie Hutton Baldwin Mrs Sarah Day 716 N 4th and many others. The notice mentions Rosary at Rumsey Funeral Home and services at St Peters Big Springs for Charles Patton Sr and Isabelle A MacKenzie with survivors and burial details.
Mrs. Della Coursen Hampshire 80 of Topeka died at home with survivors including a sister and relatives. Clyde A Elston 51 of Lawrence died at Lawrence Memorial Hospital with funeral services planned. Elma Elston and family listed. Grace E Watts 69 longtime Lecompton resident died at home.
Olathe Sheriff’s Office found a small safe stolen from the First Methodist Church at 946 Vt. St. early Sunday. Police said the safe was not locked but badly damaged from peeling and punching. No money was inside and most papers were recovered.
Police report two change machines at the Hillcrest Launderette at 9th and Iowa Streets were emptied of about $60 sometime Sunday. Officials say the machines were checked at 7:30 a.m. Sunday, and the theft occurred after that check.
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