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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1968
Page
12
Wheat at 1.45 per bushel, yellow corn 1.06, milo 1.74. Eggs Grade A large 22, medium 18, undergrades 13, current receipts 15. Kansas City wholesale eggs Grade A 80 percent at 24, Grade A 1b 24. Butter steady at 77 and 78 for Grade A 1b and 1b quarters.
Kansas City AP reports wholesale egg prices with large eggs at 80 percent A between 24 and 27 cents per dozen and mediums at 80 percent A between 21 and 24 cents per dozen, butter price unchanged.
Herbert D. Jordan 89 of 1600 Ky died Saturday at Sunset Infirmary Concordia. Services at 10 a.m. Tuesday Warren Mortuary Chapel with Rev M C Allen. burial Oak Hill Cemetery. Survivor Myra Polan New York and brother F Russell Jordan Springfield. Born February 18 1878 near Lemonville Ontario. Degrees from McMaster University and Chicago University. Professor of math at Brandon College Michigan College of Mines Kansas University. He retired in 1948 and lived at Sunset Infirmary about four years.
Charles N. Heim 55 of Baldwin died Friday in a Chanute hospital. Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. Wednesday at Worden Evangelical United Brethren Church with burial in Worden Cemetery. He is survived by a brother William H. Heim and a sister Mrs. Beatrice E. Reinke both of Ottawa. He was a retired farmer.
A six member Oregon GOP group announced a campaign to put Nelson Rockefeller on the Oregon presidential primary ballot. Ted Bruno urged voters to have the option to vote for Rockefeller as a candidate in 1968. Organizers include William Moshofsky Ralph Williams Alan Green Jr. Robert Ridgley and Donald McCallum. Ralph Voss was named finance chairman. A general chairman will be named at a Jan 15 meeting.
Lawrence Kansas January 8 1968 traders report 10.46 million shares traded in first hours with gains outnumbering losses 2 to 1 Dow Jones up 6.82 to 908.06 General Motors Sears Roebuck International Harvester United Aircraft Commonwealth Edison gainers include American Telephone Missouri Kansas Texas Gulf and Western St Regis Paper Consolidated Cigar Homestake High Voltage Engineering and other gains ahead of Page Three.
Kansas Turnpike Authority will accept bids March 8 for operation of six restaurants and coffee shops on the Turnpike. A special Topeka meeting will set prequalification rules for bidders for a $1.5 million annual operation. contract to start April 1 with possible renovation credits.
Kansas City wholesale market shows cattle and hogs firm to higher amid steady to softer feeder values. Prime steers reach 27.50 with heifers at 25.50. cows 16.00 to 18.00. hogs up 25 to 50 cents, 1 2 200-230 lb hogs 18.50 to 18.75. sows 13.00 to 15.50. sheep with wool lambs up to 25, lambs 22.50 to 23.50 and ewes 4.50 to 6.00.
Wheat and corn price listings show mixed changes with No. 2 hard wheat around 1.62 and No. 2 red near 1.52. Prices for soybeans and oats vary, with futures closing 44 to 56 higher in some contracts. Market notes indicate steady livestock prices and a late stock rally in New York trading.
The Eudora School Board approves a petition to transfer Fall Leaf schools from Linwood Basehor into Eudora. If signatures meet the threshold the two boards will decide the transfer, then forward to the State Department of Education. The board also names Roberta Nottingham Elementary after a retiring Eudora teacher of 25 years.
Eudora residents will vote on February 6 on a proposal to establish a town ship library. The Eudora Library committee tentatively sets the date to channel the half-mill levy now in effect into a local library, currently financing other area libraries.
Mrs Mable Agnes Montfoort aged 89 of Topeka dies in a Topeka nursing home. Funeral 1 30 p m Tuesday at Highland Park Church of Christ with burial at Twin Mounds Cemetery Topeka. Survivors include four daughters, three sons, a sister, 16 grandchildren and 29 great grandchildren. Born April 15 1878 near Richland she lived in Richland Twin Mounds area. Ted Tibbitts Mortuary Topeka in charge.
Sylvia Erma Walker aged 80 of 1226 Conn dies Sunday evening at Lawrence Memorial. Funeral 2 p.m. Wednesday at First Southern Baptist Church with Rev Clinton F Dunagan presiding. Burial in Memorial Park Cemetery. Rumsey Funeral Home in charge. Survived by three sisters Jessie Patchen Jeezie Holyfield and Allice Paddock a brother Raymond McKitrick and numerous nieces and nephews.
Philip J. Dalifka age 89 of 1044 N. 3rd St. died Sunday at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Sedlacek Funeral Home Hanover in charge of arrangements with burial in Hanover. Final arrangements pending. Survived by five daughters Edna Goss Hilda Smith Lorene Gardner Mildred Bourne Alice Moser and three sons Walter Arthur Earl.
Vatican City AP report says Alfredo Cardinal Ottaviani, a chief ultra conservative, resigns from the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. Pope Paul VI names Franjo Cardinal Seper of Yugoslavia to replace him, marking a major shift in church relations with Communist countries. Ottaviani, nearly blind, had clashed with reformist prelates for modernization.
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