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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1971
Page
11
Kansas City AP market roundup lists wheat 1.40 dollars, corn 1.41, milo 1.96, beans 2.67, oats .88. Wholesale eggs and butter quoted. Cattle, hogs, sheep prices show gains across fat and feeder categories with specific ranges for steers, heifers, cows, hogs and lambs.
New York AP reports late trading shows the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropping 7.59 to 831.33 after a 1970 high of 842.00. Analysts say institutions neglecting blue chips and investors awaiting President Nixon's televised interview to gauge market direction.
AP dispatch shows bids for Wheat No 2 and No 3 ranges from 1.53 to 1.64 percent with shifts across grades. Corn No 2 white 1.90 to 2.20, No 3 1.70 to 2.18, soybeans 2.82 to 2.94, oats and rye varied, futures for wheat closed modestly higher across March May July and September contracts.
About 150 new students are expected at Haskell Indian Junior College for the second semester starting Monday January 18. New student orientation is set for January 18, with general education and business students enrolling that day and classes beginning January 19. Vocational students enroll for the year during fall enrollment and begin second semester January 18, while only students changing majors register now. Final exams for first semester will be January 13 and 14 at Lawrence High.
Fire destroyed an unoccupied 8 by 45 foot mobile home about nine miles west of Lawrence, owned by George E. Murphy. Damage estimated at 2300 dollars, with 1800 for the structure and 500 for contents. Fire started near the north end and spread quickly under wind. Reported at 6 50 p m by a passer by.
Lawrence Wells, 12, was attacked and killed by a cougar Saturday while playing near his home in Lytton in the Fraser Canyon about 100 miles northeast of Vancouver.
Oliver A. Pierce, a former military undercover agent, says he spied for six months on a Colorado youth group led by Jerry Kvasnicka to prevent antiwar influence among GIs at Fort Carson. He reported to an Army G2 officer who viewed the youth group as a potential threat to soldiers.
Albuquerque residents woke at 12 41 a m to a 4 0 magnitude tremor ranking as the second quake in 37 days. Police and media received numerous calls. seismologist Jon Peterson noted the tremor was stronger than the November 28 event by about tenfold per Richter point.
Eight people die in a head on collision on Interstate 74 near Shelbyville when three Indiana women in the wrong lane collide with a station wagon from Illinois. Edsel Singleton, his wife and three children are among the dead. The crash is described as the worst during the New Year weekend amid heavy snow and blizzards across the region.
Oberlin Kan AP former Oberlin Herald publisher and five term Kansas House member Ernest R Woodward died at 72 in his home after prolonged illness He resigned his House seat after the 1969 session for health reasons and had been in ill health for some time.
The Philadelphia bank lowered the prime rate from 6 3 4 percent to 6 percent as its sixth cut in nine months. Executive vice president James Bodine said the move aims to spur loan activity as demand remains soft and the institution seeks new loans.
Jasper Shearhart, 52, of Hays, died Sunday in a Hutchinson hospital of an apparent heart attack. Authorities said he was shoveling snow at a friend's house when the incident occurred.
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