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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1962
Page
9
Derby Grain Co lists wheat at 1.88, corn 1.02, oats 0.78, soybeans 2.18, barley 0.90 and mile 1.60. Kansas City AP reports varied egg, poultry, butter, and beef quotes with Cattle and Hogs markets steady to higher, wheat and corn futures mixed. New York markets temper as aerospace shares pull overall indices lower.
The market shows wider declines in some high priced issues while leaders like Bethlehem Steel rise about a point after strong earnings. Lockheed, Douglas Aircraft gain over a point amid space sector optimism, Public Service of Indiana and Xerox climb, DuPont falls, and Dow components like Woolworth, Union Carbide, Ford retreat with GM and Chrysler slipping fractions. Beckman Instruments andLitton Industries fall steeply.
Funeral services are noted for Fred Holloway age 73 at Wadsworth Chapel Fort Leavenworth burial national cemetery. Mary Matilda Thornton 89 of McLouth dies in Winchester nursing home funeral at McLouth Baptist Church burial McLouth Cemetery. Minnie Scott 85 longtime public health nurse WWI Army nurse dies in Topeka burial Oak Hill Cemetery Lawrence.
Charles Lucky Luciano known as a prewar U S vice lord died in Naples Italy from a heart attack at Capodichino airport. He collapsed while waiting for friends from Palermo and had lived in Naples under police surveillance since deportation after a 1936 New York white slavery conviction.
Kansas University has been appointed to the advisory committee of the National Tape Recording Service. The service aims to procure and distribute sound recordings of outstanding educational value for educational broadcasts and classroom use by teachers.
Gale Adkins is named assistant professor of speech and drama at the university, marking a new phase in the department under her appointment.
A marble temple to the goddess Diana, revered as among the ancient world's Seven Wonders, stood longer than a football field. The structure, famed for its size and marble craftsmanship, reflects the grandeur of classical temple design.
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