Grain Prices Reported in Market Notes
Market summary lists Wheat at 1.28, Yellow Corn 1.07, Milo 1.63, Beans 2.40, and Oats 0.80 per unit. Readers gain quick reference to commodity prices and trading context.
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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1969
Page
9
Market summary lists Wheat at 1.28, Yellow Corn 1.07, Milo 1.63, Beans 2.40, and Oats 0.80 per unit. Readers gain quick reference to commodity prices and trading context.
Kansas City AP report lists wholesale egg quotes with large and medium sizes at 80 percent A quality and 43 to 47 per dozen. Butter prices hold at grade A with Ib solid 79 and quarters 80.
Cattle and calves 7 000 and feeder cattle 6 500 sold with margins mix of steady to higher on light feeders and weaker on larger steers. Feeder steers 540 575 lb 28.15 29.30 with other weight ranges and feeder heifers mostly 21.00 25.30. High good and choice feeder calves 488 lb 33.00. 365 475 lb 29.00 30.00. Hogs 3 500 higher 25 50 up for barrows gilts 19.50 19.75 270 350 lb. Sows steady to 25 higher 15.25 16.25. Sheep 50 on hand not enough to establish prices.
Kansas City grain report lists bids for wheat corn and soybeans with multiple grade quotations and price ranges. Prices show minor changes and futures activity notes demand and storage figures for No 2 soft hard and red wheats as well as rye barley and beans with sacked bran and shorts pricing.
New York stock market closed higher after three losing sessions. The Dow rose to 930.76 in late morning before drifting back, finishing with advances outnumbering declines by more than two to one as blue chips and glamour issues showed demand.
About 200 high school band members from Kansas and neighboring states arrive for Kansas University’s first Festival of Contemporary Band Literature. The KU Concert Band the Symphonic Band and the Wind Ensemble perform an 8 p.m. concert in University Theatre conducted by Bloomquist and Boberg. A sight reading clinic features works by Claude Smith Alfred Reed Clifton Williams and others.
Topeka announced settlements with Phillips Petroleum Union Asphalt and Road Oils and AmericanPetrofina bringing total recoveries to 1 060 000 in the asphalt antitrust case against twelve oil companies. The latest action raises the number of firms settled to six with totals of 584 000 in this round.
U S Rep Chester Mize of Kansas will attend a four day Anglo American meeting on racial issues and student unrest at Ditchly Park England He joins 14 other U S lawmakers for talks January 31 February 2 He departs January 29 after Kansas Day events and travels with his wife Betty by air to London.
The 60 000 member oil, chemical and atomic workers union remains deadlocked with major oil firms as talks stall. Local 435 seeks 72 cents an hour raise over 23 months while companies offer half that. Gas supplies hold, but delivery delays and refinery shutdowns occur in spots including Continental Oil near Commerce City.
Five state educational groups agreed on a plan to raise state aid for elementary and secondary schools by 65.8 million dollars, boosting aid from about 32 percent to at least 50 percent. The proposal sets district foundation aid by enrollment, a state guarantee, an ability index and a local effort index. Enrollment counted Sept 15 with midyear adjustments. Officials praised the agreement as a fix to current financing and a boost to Kansas education.
Harold Ensley renowned hunting and fishing expert will headline the Douglas County Soil Conservation District annual dinner January 27 at 6 30 p m in the Kansas Union Ballroom. More than 300 guests expected as five local farm families receive Soil Conservation Awards. Reservations and director elections also on the agenda amid a review of 1968 conservation work. Porpoises suffer from ulcers stomachaches and nervous breakdowns.
Richard Schirrman, a German schoolmaster, opened the first youth hostel in 1910 in an old castle. By 1914 the movement grew to 200 hostels across Germany.
In Washington a man, Bille Austin Bryant, 29, surrendered in an attic after a house to house manhunt. He is charged with murder in the killings of FBI agents Anthony Palmisano and Edwin Woodriffe during a bank robbery probe, and is held without bail with hearing set for Jan 23.
Brandeis University president Morris B. Abram promised amnesty to dissident Negro students if they left Ford Hall by 2 PM after they seized the building in a nonviolent protest. About 30 white students debated amnesty while police and administrators stood by as 70 occupiers held the three story building with stocked food for three days. Abram said he would not negotiate under the current circumstances.
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