Market News Wrap: Wheat Beans and Dow Edge Higher
Local markets show wheat at 1.36, corn 1.41, milo 2.30, beans 2.97, oats 0.72. Wholesale eggs vary by grade, butter steady. In New York, the Dow adds 1.82 to 892.96 as gains outpace declines with Kodak and RCA mixed in trading.
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Eastman Kodak
Gulf Oil
General Electric
Travelers
RCA
Three false fire runs hit Lawrence Fire Department
The Lawrence Fire Department mounted three calls on Wednesday afternoon and Thursday morning, all found to be false. An automatic alarm at the Lawrence Paper Co. on Eighth and Delaware triggered at 9:05 a.m. today, while a 5:39 p.m. Wednesday report of heavy smoke in the 700 block of Rhode Island proved unfounded. A separate automatic alarm sounded at 1:56 p.m. Wednesday at the Lawrence Paper Co. plant on Lakeview Road.
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Kansas City Livestock Market Report Feeder and Hog Prices
Cattle and calves seen 2,500 head with feeder steers mostly steady to higher for lighter weights and fleshier cattle. 400 to 600 lb steers 34.00 to 39.00, fleshier 30.00 to 36.00, 650 to 1000 lb 28.00 to 31.50. Feeder heifers 285 to 565 lb 31.00 to 37.00, 475 to 785 lb 28.50 to 30.00. Hogs 3,500 head, barrows and gilts 25 to 50 lower. 220 to 235 lb 20.40 to 20.50, 190 to 240 lb 19.50 to 20.25, 240 to 270 lb 19.50 to 20.00, 270 to 280 lb 18.75 to 19.25. Sows 25 to 50 lower, mostly 25 off.
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Youngster Treated After Bicycle Struck by Vehicle
A 12 year old, Martin T. Brown of 1842 Tenn, was treated and released at Lawrence Memorial Hospital after his bicycle collided with a car at 5 24 p m Wednesday at 18th and Ohio Police identified the driver as Helen K Dreher 54 of 1812 Miss Light property damage from the crash was reported In addition seven other collisions were investigated Earlier a police cruiser en route to a false fire alarm collided at 1 56 p m Wednesday at 10th and Indiana Damage to the cruiser was 350 and to Neils Rooney Jr s car 850 Other crashes included Wallace Jackson 51 Leavenworth and Gail Geneur 18 Prairie Village at 4 20 p m at 10th and Mississippi with damages 600 and 500 respectively
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Neil FE. Rooney Jr
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Leavenworth
Gail Ef. Geneur
Prairie Village
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Rainbow Underground Claims Responsibility for Local Rock Attacks
A Lawrence group calling itself Rainbow Underground claimed overnight rock throwing at Kansas University and Lawrence businesses. Four banks two auto dealers an auto parts store and three traffic control booths suffered glass damage totaling thousands. Police say rocks likely fired from pipes. two savings institutions were hit again and more incidents may follow.
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House Plans $3.5 Billion Three Year Health Training Bills
Advocates push a $3.5 billion three year plan to expand medical worker training. The package includes a $2.8 billion comprehensive health manpower bill and a $710 million nurse training bill with capitation grants to schools and incentives to colleges. The measures exceed Nixon administration recommendations in key areas and aim to boost output of graduates with higher grants per graduate. The Senate panel has a separate five year $6.9 billion plan covering similar training.
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Kansas Traffic Death Log Reports Ju ne Tally
Topeka AP summary shows 24 hour period ending 9 am Thursday with 55 deaths in June and 0 in July, reflecting a sharp monthly variance in the state traffic fatality count.
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Studying Vietnam War Roots Highlights Shift in 1960s Policy
Newspapers recount a broad commitment to preventing Communist domination in South Vietnam. The Boston Globe notes the Defense Department faced Westmoreland’s 1967 requests for troop buildups, while the Christian Science Monitor links Mao’s 1949 victory in China to the U.S. entry into Vietnam.
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Funds Approved For Ammo Plant Near Lawrence
The Army approved an additional 3.8 million to continue mothballing the Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant 13 miles east of Lawrence. The workforce drops from about 640 to 200 by next January or February under Commander Louis Mallin. The plant, built in WWII, peaked at 3,500 during the Korean War and is being kept on standby with Hercules Inc. as operating contractor.
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Sunflower Army
Lawrence
Louis Mallin
Hercules, Inc
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