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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1972
Page
11
Kansas City markets show Wheat at 1.35, Corn 1.17, Millet 1.78, Beans 3.30, and Oats unchanged. Wholesale eggs paid to producers remain unchanged for large categories 25-34.
Hollywood actor Eddy Byrnes 38 must pay 300 dollars in back child support for his 6 year old son Logan or serve two days in county jail. Superior Court Commissioner John L Goddard handed down the order Wednesday as a divorce suit filed by Byrne's wife Asa Maynor 29 remains pending.
New York stocks held part of early gains with the Dow up 10.46 to 943.93 at 2 p.m. Advancing issues led declines 5 to 2 on the NYSE as United states volume showed Uniroyal rising 4 to 17 and Boeing edging up 1 to 22. Continental Copper dropped 4% to 5 as copper prices fell. Analysts noted London reports urging Hanoi peace talks lifted sentiment.
In Kansas City cattle and calves totals reach 3 500 with feeder steers mostly steady to up to 50 higher. Feeder heifers and various weight ranges show mixed gains and losses. Hog prices fall about 50 cents for barrows and gilts with lighter weights selling around 28 to 29. Feeder lambs hold, spring lambs rise 32.50 to 33.50, while sheep totals near 200 with ewes and feeder lambs steady. Advance tomorrow projections list cattle 100, hogs 2 500, sheep 50.
AP report states fourteen Americans killed and four missing in Indochina last week. Forty three U S wounded and 2 765 enemy killed per a South Vietnamese communiqué. Seven American deaths were listed as not from hostilities.
Colleen Ros te an 18 year old Lawrence Kansas resident was moved from Falls Memorial Hospital to St Paul Ramsey Hospital in critical condition after a two car collision near International Falls on Wednesday. Her driver companion was killed in the crash. Ros te remained in a coma with no details released on injuries. The family owns Casa de Montez in Lawrence and has four children.
Three government agencies request condition reports on banks as of close of business Friday June 30. The Comptroller of the Currency asks for reports on national banks the Federal Reserve Board for member banks and the FDIC for insured state nonmember banks.
An automatic fire detection device sounded at 7 31 p m Wednesday at Hallmark Cards Inc Rt 1. Lawrence Fire Department found no fire and reported the alarm false.
The bodies of Mary Jane Handy 17 of Oklahoma City and Robert Gholson 15 of Midwest City were found near the Greater Southwest International Airport. Both victims had slashed throats and stab wounds. no suspects named though a white 1961 Ford Fairlane once linked to Handy’s father is sought. The medical examiner called the killings the work of a madman.
Miami Beach voters approved a plan to let demonstrators camp in Flamingo Park a mile from the convention site. The 4-2 council vote, supported by Mayor Chuck Hall, cited welfare of residents and visitors, with Flamingo Park assigned to use as an umbrella site for groups including Vietnam Veterans Against the War and Gay Activists.
In Lecompton near Lawrence, 14 year old Tom Leach and sister Shirley 13 deliver the Journal-World by horseback on a 103‑paper route. They trained their pony Wasp for six weeks starting with yard work and halter trips before debuting on a heavy Wednesday load.
Mrs. Leach and her pony Wasp handle the midweek route through Lecompton. Tom, often called Wasp’s rider, notes the task is longer but rewarding as the horse tolerates the load and helps keep the grass down.
A public hearing on a Lawrence area airport study has been moved from July 11 to August 15. The delay allows the city commission to review the study and an environmental impact statement in progress. The Bucher and Willis report, funded two thirds by the FAA, examines facility needs and site expansion.
Senator George McGovern has abandoned hopes of courting Senator Edward Kennedy for the Democratic ticket. Kennedy reportedly will not run for vice president, prompting McGovern to consider other candidates including governors John Gilligan Patrick Lucey and Marvin Mandel as potential running mates for the convention.
Lawrence born and raised Winston B Harwood campaigns for office. He attended Lawrence Public Schools and the University of Kansas. He served in the Army for four percent? years and attained the rank of captain. He also ran his own business for twenty five years.
Kansas traffic fatalities for a 24 hour period ended at 9 a.m. Thursday show a tally comparable to earlier months. The report lists totals for July and for 1972 with comparisons to 1971.
At a welfare rights conference in Miami Beach, Rev. Ralph David Abernathy warned that the Democratic Party must seat 750 poor people as delegates or the group would take the seats. He urged that poor people will vote against candidates who do not endorse their issues, while a brief protest at Convention Hall underscored the demand. The National Welfare Rights Organization sponsors a convention opening Wednesday and running through Sunday ahead of the Democratic nominating event. Mayor Chuck Hall welcomed the protesters.
The state Banking Commission sues topeka on a bank call for all state banks and trust companies as of the close of business on June 30, state Banking Commissioner Carl O Leary says.
A campaign statement proposes a petition to the 1973 Legislature asking for a 5.5 percent salary budget increase for KU employees, with support from Rep. John Vogel and Republican lawmakers from district 44. It urges multiple Republican incumbents from Manhattan Emporia Pittsburg and Hays to gather names after the general election to present a united front for KU and Lawrence amid inflation and perceived brain drain.
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