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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1962
Page
8
Derby Grain Co reports Wheat 188, corn 1, oats 78, barley .90, soybeans 2.18. New York stocks down with mixed bonds. Cotton higher. Chicago grains mixed. hogs steady to 25 cents higher. cattle steady to 25 cents lower with top 28.35. Kansas City cattle and hogs rise. lambs up to 25. Strong cash ranges across animals and feeds.
AP notes consumer egg prices by size with large A at 30-32 cents and ungraded eggs at 22-24. Wholesale eggs show large at 31-32 cents, with other grades and meats listed. Poultry prices include turkey toms 2 lb up and ducks young white over 5 lb at 15, while butter and grains such as wheat and corn move on the futures market with notable shifts in prices.
New York stocks fell again with blue chips under pressure. The market eased from an already heavy early pace as volume neared 4.7 million shares versus 4.63 million Friday. Most leading issues declined modestly while some high quality names posted sharper losses including Sears Roebuck and Du Pont.
Declines hit several names with Pacific Gas and Electric down about 5 and Union Carbide over 2. International Business Machines fell around a dozen points. Merck and American Tobacco gained near one, with some fractional advances elsewhere. The Dow dipped to around 704.04 by 2 p.m. before closing lower on the day.
A long list from Memorial Hospital includes dozens of patients and relatives with addresses across Topeka and nearby towns. Entries note patients and newborns such as a baby boy for Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Norris and a baby boy for Mr. and Mrs. George Francis, with multiple Route and street references.
A Sunday two car collision in the 1600 block of Indiana Street caused $1800 damage. Three people sustained minor injuries: Louis D. Peeples 20 Alan M. Hill 22 and Tom Hudgens 21. Peeples and Hill drove, Hudgens rode as a passenger. Police logged seven additional minor crashes over the weekend. There are slightly more than a million coin phones in the country.
Mrs. Mary Hepsebeth Dunkley 88 of 8014 Maine St. died today at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Funeral 10 a.m. Tuesday Rumsey Chapel with Rev. Paul Davis. burial Memorial Park Cemetery. She was a longtime Eastern Star member and held several lodge titles. Survivors include sister Mrs. Helen Fuller and several nieces and nephews. Mrs. Mary Dawson 89 of 906 Conn St. died Saturday at home. Funeral arrangements pending with Cooper-Warren Mortuary. Survivors include daughter Mrs. Bert Johnson, two sons, a sister, a brother, three grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
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Sixteenth century Portuguese slave hunters broke into the Mato Grosso region in Brazil becoming the first Europeans there. Two centuries later gold and diamonds sparked a new rush to the distant interior.
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