Local Market Prices and Wall Street Report
Local markets report wheat at 1.47 per bushel from Bowersock Mill, yellow corn 1.19, milo 1.98. Harwood Market lists eggs grade A large 21, mediums 17, undergrades 15, current receipts 17. KC produce shows wholesale eggs and butter prices. Wall Street closes mixed with AT&T at 54.25, Dow at 864.02, AP notes volume and decliners. KC cash grain shows wheat 1.59-1.62, corn 1.42-1.48, soybeans 2.72-2.81, with futures mixed and hogs and cattle firmer in Chicago.
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Harwood Market
K. C
Kansas City
K. C. Cash Grain
N.Y
New York
Allied
Allis
T&t Orca
Apco
Atchison
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CBS
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Gulf Oi
Kan
G&e Teesee
Kan P&l
Kansas City Livestock Prices Reported By AP
Cattle 200 head, calves none, no price test. Hogs 2,500 head, barrows and gilts up 25, 50 higher with bids 23.75-24.00 for 1-2 200-240 lb, 23.50-23.75 for 1-3 220-255 lb, 23.00-23.50 for 2-3 255-275 lb. sows steady at 17.50-20.00. Sheep 100 head, spring slaughter lambs up to 25, ewes steady. choice and prime spring lambs 26.50-27.25, prime 27.50. shorn ewes 4.50-7.00.
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K. C
AT&T Drops on Government Rate Cut as Market Advances
NEW YORK AP AT&T fell after a government decision cut its rate of return cutting annual revenue by about 120 million dollars. The stock opened down 34 and slid to a new yearly low while the market overall rose with gains outpacing losses. Symington Wayne jumped 5 points on news of a Dresser Industries tender offer.
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Wall Street
New York
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
Federal Communications Commission
At&t
Associated Press
New York Exchange
American Telephone
Symington Wayne
One Person Hurt In Traffic Here
One person sustained minor injuries in a Thursday traffic collision at 21st and Mass Streets involving Leland Patten and Terry Botts. Botts’s car and Patten’s were damaged. Patten was treated and released from Lawrence Memorial Hospital.
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Leland R. Patten
Ark, St
Terry R. Botts
Lindenwood Lane
21St
Mass
Sts
6Th and
St. Sts
Wanda J. Clark
R. I. St
Jack R. Meacham
16Th St
Clark
Meacham
Pennsylvania Street
12Th
Earl G. Chapman
Thomas J. Steele
Lawrence High School Class of 1947 Reunion Set
Members of the Lawrence High School class of 1947 will hold their first class reunion Saturday at the Eldridge Hotel. A tea honoring past teachers and administrators will be a highlight, with invites to all school officials who served during the members' years. Tea runs 2 to 4 p.m., social hour 6:30 to 7:30, then a dinner dance.
Deaths Funal Leonard E Bales 79 Spenc er Oklahoma
Leonard E Bales 79 of Spencer Oklahoma died Thursday afternoon in a nursing home in Oklahoma City. Services will be held in Britton Oklahoma. Survivors include wife Hazel and four sons including George of the home, and four sisters Beulah Skinner Emporia Florence Quinlan Linwood Helen Brewer Urbana Esther Weddle Riverside Illinois. Mr Bales lived in Linwood as a child.
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Leonard E. Bales
Spencer, Okla
Oklahoma City
Salirney
Britton, OK
Hazel
George
Beulah Skinner
Emporia
Florence Quinlan
Linwood
Helen Brewer
Urbana
Ill
Esther Weddle
Riverside
III
Bales
County Seeks Federal Aid for Uninsured Storm Damage
Gov. Robert Docking asked for 2,992,729 dollars in federal disaster relief for uninsured storm damage to Kansas public facilities since May 31. Douglas County sought 85,000 with 77,500 estimated by County Engineer Casey Rice and 7,500 added, approved by the Highway Commission. Damages include bridges and drift removal 54,500. county roads 15,000. concrete road and driveway work 5,000. materials and labor 3,000.
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Robert Docking
Kansas
Douglas County
Casey Rice
Journal-World Today
Kansas Highway Commission
Highway Commission
Docking
Rice
Prominent Chicago teens kidnapped in Berkeley escape
Melissa Harvey and Scott Schissler were abducted on Telegraph Avenue and Dwight Way by two youths. They escaped near Richmond after threats of rape. Police traced the route to a parked car linked to Harold Earl, arresting him for investigation with another suspect sought.
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Berkeley
Calif
Chicago
Melissa Harvey
Daggett Harvey
Harvey Restaurant
Scott Schissler
Mark Schissler
Telegraph Avenue
Dwight Way
California
Richmond
Miss Harvey
Harold
Red Onions
Earl
Berkeley stay of Miss Harvey with Bruere family
Miss Harvey was staying with Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Bruere in Berkeley while the boy remained with other family friends in Berkeley.
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Miss Harvey
G. M. Bruere
Berkely
Berkeley
Family Notices From Memorial Hospital Honor Local Residents
Memorial Hospital lists numerous local residents and relatives by name and address receiving care or visiting. Entries include Susan Collins Roy Ziesenis Charlotte Leach Maurine Tripkos Nadine Wells Lonnie Yeager Helen Wolfe Rosemary Beers Joseph Bogard Rose Jellison Dorothy Messick Martha Donnell Irvin Shirk Marian Guest James Helm Keith Kelley Pauline West Sean Stinson Flossie Shorter and baby boy etc. Mrs Sally Thompson baby boy Kathleen Rubie baby girl Brenda Salter baby girl.
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Susan Collins
Crestline
Roy
Ziesenis
Ohio
Charlotte Leach
Linwood
Maurine Tripkos
DeSoto
Nadine Wells
Westdale Rd
Lonnie Yeager
Baldwin
Helen Wolfe
Ala
Rosemary Beers
Oak Hill
Joseph Bogard
Rose Jellison
Johnson Dr
Dorothy Messick
Eudora
Martha Donnell
Troy
Irvin Shirk
Marian Guest
James Helm
Maple
Keith Kelley
Marvonne
Pauline West
Maine
Sean Stinson
Flossie Shorter
Floyd
Jess Wright
Lincoln
Louise Barker
Kathleen Rubie
Stouffer Place
Sally Thompson
Williamstown
Brenda Salter
Redbud
Delores Baker
Federal judge questions Massachusetts dispersal law
A federal judge in Boston questioned the constitutionality of a Massachusetts statute that makes it a crime to fail to disperse when ordered. The hearing weighs constitutional limits on government authority to compel crowd dispersal.
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Boston
Massachusetts
4-H Day Camp Planned At Local Fairgrounds
The first Douglas County 4-H Day Camp for eight to ten year olds is set for Wednesday from 9 a.m. to 4 30 p.m. at the 4-H Fairgrounds. Activities include crafts games singing and nature study with lunch and snacks. fee is 1 25 collected at registration. Extension office contact VI 37058 by noon Monday. COMFY 4-H members and volunteer adults lead the camp.
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Douglas County
Ralph Utermoehlen
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Lawrence High School
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