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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1973
Page
8
Kansas wheat farmers face record price fluctuations as 1973 harvest moves across the state. Delivered Gulf prices vary from 2.75 to 2.89 per bushel, with year-ago levels around 1.65. Prices often not posted at elevators, set by direct deals.
A boxcar and fuel shortage threatens the Sumner County Kansas wheat harvest with only about three quarters likely to be completed. Farmers face rising fuel costs and a lack of combine crews as crews move to Oklahoma or stay away due to gas worries. Elevator prices also fluctuate sharply from $2.75 to $2.89 per bushel.
Makoto Saito of Osaka, founder of Jayhawk House, visits Kansas University with Grant Goodman. He tours Jayhawk House, meets East Asian studies faculty, and plans a U.S. factory tour in Council Grove to explore buying local anti geon devices for resale in Japan. He will meet Gov Docking in Topeka.
A tentative contract is expected for 600000 postal workers with wage increases and benefits. AFL-CIO American Postal Workers Union president Francis Filbey says major issues are resolved and a formal announcement could come tonight.
Fire roared up to fifty feet in Topeka damaging Gardner Floor Covering Co in the north Topeka industrial area. Four fire companies fought the blaze which began in a vacant warehouse connected to the two story building. No injuries were reported. An exact damage estimate was not immediately available.
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