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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1966
Page
12
Kansas City wholesale price report lists Bowersock Mills Wheat at 1.78 dollars per bushel yellow corn 1.24 milo 1.85. Harwood’s Market shows grade A large eggs 27 cents, medium 24, undergrades 18, pullets 18, current receipts 23. Kansas City AP reports wholesale eggs large 33-35, mediums 26-28, butter unchanged grade A quarter 80, grade A pound 79.
Wall Street rose as solid and glamour stocks regain favor. Volume reached 6.87 million shares with gains across the Dow, AP average, and S&P 500. Xerox, Polaroid, and Du Pont led notable advances as investors priced in tight money and Viet Nam news.
Kansas City markets show cattle and calves mixed with steady to higher demand for steers and heifers. Calves, feeders, hogs and sheep move with prices ranging across categories including feeder steers 25.20 to 27.35, hogs 24.50 to 25.00, sows 17.50 to 20.50, lambs 23.50 to 23.75, and shorn ewes at 6.00.
The market held a tentative advance amid a mixed session of gains and losses. Trading paused near the close as reports of a Warsaw Pact move to send volunteers to Vietnam spurred some selling, with Du Pont, Newmont Mining and Motorola leading gains while United Aircraft, Douglas Aircraft and Eastman Kodak lagged. Volume about 7.5 million shares, up from the prior day.
IBM Gulf and Western Foster Wheeler American Radiator Johnson Ray McDermott department stores posted small gains while autos rose slightly and steels drifted lower. Oils slipped fractionally as Ampex edged down and Teledyne preferred fell about half a point. Prices generally higher on the American Stock Exchange.
Kansas City grain market shows wheat futures up about 1.2 percent while prices for No 2 hard and other grades rise. Corn and oats move mixed with several grades lower. Soybeans fall with old crop months limit down. hogs and slaughter steers show modest losses in Chicago markets.
Clarence G. Sanders aged 75 of McLouth died Wednesday night at his home from a heart attack. Funeral services are set for Friday at 2 p.m. in the McLouth Brethren Church with Rev. Ira N. H. Brammell officiating. Burial will follow in McLouth Cemetery. He is survived by his wife Anna, a son John L. Sanders of McLouth, a brother Dana Sanders of Tonga noxie, and four grandchildren. Born in Ackerl and was a retired farmer who lived in McLouth 47 years and belonged to the McLouth Brethren Church.
Funeral services for 53 year old Otten S Metje of Sunflower Village will be held at the First Nazarene Church at 10 a.m. Saturday with Rev. Paul Cleckner officiating. Graveside rites are set for Monday at Mt. Vernon Illinois. Survivors include his parents Mr and Mrs O B Metje of Mt Vernon Illinois.
A fragmented OCR list presents multiple names and street addresses including Mrs Micki Milliken Sherri 2433 Ridge Ct Leonard House 407 Elm Steven Horn berger 1720 W 21st Terr Foster Cook Tonganoxie Ralph Crawford 406 A Galen Sals bury Williamstown Wilfred Lipton 2515 Ousdahl Rd Jef frey Cassity Westville Ill Mrs Phyllis Young Eudora Tamara Ann Benson 192 Harper
A long list of names and addresses reports several births and a daughter born today. Families include Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Fotovich and Mr. and Mrs. Heintzelman among others with multiple locations and child genders noted.
In Police Court cases, Gupta faces a traffic signal and restriction violation for $20 while Hatfield speed fines include $12 for 519 Ohio Street and Kupchunas $10 at 1303 Vermont Street. Amess $19, Martin $9, Lyman $10, Moisan $11, Wingert $10, Murphey Jr. $9 for speeding. Shaughnessy charged with disorderly conduct and assault, $175 and 30 days, appealed to district court.
Lawrence firemen were called three times early today as Kansas Power and Light lines fell during the rainstorm. At 1 04 a.m. a tree limb struck a power line on Indiana Street 900 block. At 1 30 a.m. a hot wire was reported at 12th and Haskell. At 5 10 a.m. another hot wire near 817 Me Street fell when a tree limb struck it.
One traffic accident reported early this morning in the city left no injuries. Leslie E Rollins, 18, Route 1, lost control at 1 10 a m on Iowa Street north of Princeton, struck a Kansas Power and Light Co pole after sliding across the road in rain.
Four faculty members at the Kansas University School of Medicine were awarded a total of 104 160 dollars from the U S Public Health Service. Dr Ernest B Brown Jr gets 36 000 for physiology. Dr Kenneth B Goetz receives 13 320 to study right atrial pressure and heart rate. Dr Edward J Walaszek is awarded 20 042 for cerebral activity humoral agents. Dr Charles E Lewis earns 34 798 for dynamics of nursing in ambulatory patient care.
Marti Berkowitz reported to police that between 30 and 40 store records were taken from her residence at 2317 La. St. The missing records were valued at 150 to 200 dollars.
Robert A. McClure Jr. 17 son of a Topeka attorney died in a one car accident in North Topeka. The AP report notes the fate of the teen and the vehicle involved.
Unscrupulous alchemists forged gold by sleight of hand to impress patrons and secured grants from credulous sponsors.
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