Market Summary: Grain Prices and Live Stock Report
Wheat and corn prices listed with modest in changes. Kansas City reports cattle, hogs, and sheep prices with wide ranges, while New York stocks fall amid bank rate spike. Dow ends down 6.72 at 918.05 after intraday losses.
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Dow Jones
Mobil Oil
K ‘Ly
S& Cents
Lonsan
Nor Gas
Nor Pac
Va ‘Okla
iOkla
Vy Penney JC
Airlin
Phill Pet. OB
Am Motors
Cessna Air
Texaco
Comsat
East Kodak
Valkestone
U ‘Ford
Gen Dynam
Elec
Goodyear
U Grace Co
Greyhound
Gulf Oi
Halliburt
Feri
Ceaușescu Criticizes Soviet Attacks On China At Meeting
Romanian Communist leader Nicolae Ceaușescu sharply condemned Soviet attacks on China during a Moscow hosted international Communist unity conference. He voiced concern over the anti China course, but said Romania would continue participating to express its position. He balanced praise for the Soviet and Chinese revolutions while criticizing Brezhnev’s hard line on Beijing.
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Moscow
Romania
Nicolae Ceasescu
Red China
Communist “Unity
Confernee
Ceausescu
China
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Peking
KTA Crew Receives Salary Increase and Road Fund Boost
The Kansas Turnpike Authority approved a 5 percent base salary rise plus 27 dollars for 271 employees, aligning pay with state workers. Troopers are exempt. The board also added 300,000 dollars to the resurfacing fund, on top of 800,000 already allocated, targeting work between Lawrence and Topeka and further south of Topeka.
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Kansas Turnpike Authority
Authority
Frank McDonald
Lawrence
McDonald
Topeka
Wescoe Family News Highlights KU Ties and Plans
Wescoe family notes David Wescoe elected sophomore class president and earning school medal for academics. David attends a basketball camp led by Ted Owens at KU before July. Barbara Wescoe lives in Stouffer Place with husband Richard Porto, a KU law student. Bill Wescoe earned a master of science in recreation from Indiana University and will intern with Oak Park recreation department this summer.
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David
Ted Owens
Minnesota
Wescoes
Barbara
Stouffer Place
Richard Porto
Wescoe
Bill
Indiana University
Oak Park, Ill
General Foods selects Topeka for 7 million dry dog food plant
General Foods Corp. of White Plains New York announced Topeka as the site for its new seven million dollar dry dog food plant. The 140000 square foot facility will be built in the northwest part of the city and will create at least 100 new jobs.
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Topeka
General Soods Corp
White Plains
N. Y
Fire causes $75 damage to car front seat near home
Firemen report a car owned by Eugene Cobb at 1922 K I Street sustained about 75 in damage when the front seat caught fire around 3 26 pm Saturday likely from a cigarette near his residence. A gasoline can in a nearby truck bed overturned about 8 10 am near the intersection of th and Conn Streets and gasoline was washed from the street. The truck driver’s name was not available.
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Eugene Cobb
K. I. St
Lawrence
Th and Conn
Sts
Hay baler accident claims life in Valley Falls
A farm accident at a Valley Falls area farm killed 30 year old Donald R. Frommer of Phoenix. He was visiting his parents with his family when he was pulled into a hay baler by the machine causing his death.
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Valley Falls
Kan
Donald R. Frommer
Phoenix
Ariz
Frommer
Frank Frommer
Young Frommer
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Jet Action Clothes Care
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Model Dan
Dcdan
Wodan
Hanna
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