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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1964
Page
10
Market listings show a range of prices for commodities and livestock. Wheat corn oats soybeans barley and oats quoted with varying futures and spot values. Eggs poultry hogs cattle and sheep futures and current prices listed with grade and weight distinctions.
Wheat and corn prices move modestly with No 2 hard wheat near 2.19 and corn around 1.27 to 1.24. Oil, oats, and other grains show small shifts. In New York, a choppy session ends with mixed stock results, radio, rail, and industrials fluctuating as traders react to layoffs and merger chatter.
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Exchange activity was moderately strong with mixed results. Government bond prices edged upward as corporate securities showed a mix of gains and declines in the session.
New York markets show stocks lower on profit taking while bonds are mixed and government yields edge higher. Cotton fluctuates as new crop interest rises. Chicago wheat mixed with old crop months firm. Corn and oats steady to firm. soybeans rise on moderate demand. Hogs gain up to 25 cents to a top of 15.75, slaughter steers up 25 cents to 22.25.
Detroit AP reports U S auto assembly lines running hard toward a 650000 car February total with estimates likely to reach near the 675495 record from 1955. Production chiefs eye 700000 in March and April as demand stays strong.
Abilene publisher Huck Boyd candidate for governor told the Abilene Parent- Teachers Association that educational opportunities at local and state levels should be provided with as much investigation and caution as an investment in a commercial enterprise.
Mrs. Margaret Schindler 87 of Beloit died Monday. She was mother of William Schindler and Ira F. Schindler. Funeral services set for 2 p.m. Wednesday at Valley Falls Methodist Church.
Hugo Schellhorn age 84 of 1535 Mass St a lifelong Douglas County resident died Monday at Tally Rest Home. Survived by daughter Marie Schellhorn Charleston SC and brother Herman Schellhorn. Retired farmer and church custodian at Trinity Lutheran Church. Funeral services pending at Rumsey Funeral Home.
Fred W. Stehwien, 76, of 1305 Elmwood Street, died Monday at Wadsworth Veterans Hospital near Leavenworth. Funeral services will be Thursday at Trinity Lutheran Church with Pastor Harold Hamilton officiating and burial in Memorial Park Cemetery. Survivors include three sisters Clara Aldridge 1305 Elmwood Street Lydia Gantz 1301 Elmwood Street and Anna Auld Sibley Missouri and one brother Albert Stehwien 1301 Elmwood Street. He was born February 28 1887 in the Lakeview neighborhood and was a lifelong Douglas County resident and WWI veteran.
Private services were held for Elizabeth Flint 86 widow of Prof. Leon Nelson Flint at Rumsey's Funeral Home. Cremation followed. Contributions urged to the L N Flint Loan Fund at Kansas University. Survived by sons Maurice Flint LaJolla California Robert Flint Los Angeles and George Flint LaGrange Illinois five grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
The Wiener Solisten from Vienna performed in Swarthout Recital Hall under Wilfried Boettcher. The twelve string players offered Mannheimer Sinfonie, Hindemith Funf Streicherstucke, Bartok Romaniques Volkstanze, Haydn Divertimento in F, Mozart Divertimento in D K136. Encores included a Vivaldi movement and Pizzicato Polka.
In 1832 the Billing Wooing and Cooing Society was established at White Sulphur Springs West Virginia to introduce young marriageable people.
Former President Herbert Hoover, 89, has a serious health setback and is in a hospital room at the Waldorf Astoria. Family says anemia from intestinal bleeding has softened his strength after prior surgery for a cancerous tumor. doctors cite kidney stone bleeding and a respiratory infection as complicating factors.
Chicago AP Inland Daily Press Association executives held their winter meeting to boost youth interest in newspapers. A classroom use panel featured Dolph C. Simons Jr. and Northwestern's Prof. Jack Sissors, who reported typography contest results. Awards for winning papers were announced and presented.
Grace Metalious, author of Peyton Place, died today at Boston's Beth Israel Hospital from chronic liver disease. The New England writer rose to fame with frank depictions of village life in Gilmanton NH, and was twice married to George Metalious with three children. She also had a prior marriage to T J Martin, a Laconia NH disc jockey.
The 1960s may soar if the tax cut boosts spending. Population growth in the 20 to 30 age group rises to 30.8 million by 1970, boosting earning and spending. Demand is catching up with capacity, factories run longer, and profits rise. Business caution keeps inflation in check as confidence grows in Washington policy.
Memorial Hospital reports admissions for Jesse Martin DeSoto Minnie Ingle Eudora Eldon Smith N J addresses Mildred Hamby Helen Evans and others Dismissals include Virginia Adams Beverly Dyer and baby girl Manhattan Marsha Bell Murel Trober Eudora Lulu Lewis Dana Peterson Cynthia Mullenix Ada Ward Ray Ramey Lane Scott Magdalene Carttar Mattie Donnell Dorothy Ahearn Linda Bruce baby girls and boys births noted for Roger Faulkner Gary Maranell Kenneth Leach among others
A Salina barber shop displays a window sign promising Beatle haircuts for 4.98 dollars. Owner Fred Salem calls it a gag but says he will give a Beatle cut to anyone willing to pay that price.
The Chinese emperor of the third century B C ordered the burning of all ancient books so that history would begin with his reign, erasing prior writings and traditions.
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