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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1971
Page
12
Kansas City reports wholesale market prices for wheat at 1.40, corn 1.42, beans 2.81, oats 0.58, with eggs unchanged at 80 percent large and medium grades. Butter holds at 85 cents and 86 cents per pound for grade A.
The Kansas City market shows cattle at mixed changes with steers and heifers mostly lower to steady, feeders steady, hogs up 25 to 50 cents. Prime and high choice lots push higher prices, while cows and sows show varied readings across weight classes.
New York trading showed a moderate market advance led by blue chips. The Dow Jones industrial average rose about 3 points to 881.91 by midafternoon, with tobacco, motor, and mail‑order retailers gaining while chemicals fell. Oil issues fluctuated among top active stocks.
Wheat futures closed up from percent to two percent. Wheat varieties ranged from 1.56 to 1.6442 per unit with No 2 hard and dark hard. Corn prices moved higher with No 2 white 2.05 to 2.45. Soybeans quoted 2.9914 to 3.0744. Sacked bran and shorts listed at 60.00 60.75 and 57.00 57.75 respectively.
Dr. Arthur Katz, dean, says Nixon budget could cut federal aid to KU social welfare by as much as 55 percent. About 40 graduate students rely on government grants and many are from minority groups. A 50 percent rise in graduate and 100 percent rise in undergraduate enrollment occurred in recent years, risking faculty layoffs and program expansion.
Roy G Borgen longtime Lawrence cafe owner died at his home 518 Country Club Ter He was 60 Funeral at Plymouth Congregational Church with burial Memorial Park Cemetery Survivors include wife Mary two sons Richard and Charles two brothers Herbert and Thor and sister Goodran Boring He started the Dine A Mite in 1939 and later ran a liquor store in Hillcrest Shopping Center Memorials to Roy Bergen Athletic Fund KU Endowment Assn
KU police report thefts at Pearson Scholarships Hall where furnishings valued at 820 dollars were stolen between 3 30 and 7 a m on Friday. Record players and a television were taken and wallets were reported missing from Ellsworth and McCollum Halls on Saturday.
Lawrence Douglas County Planning Commission items occupy much of the agenda. Review of site plans for Stevenson Oldsmobile and Jim Clark Motors at Auto Plaza, and a Parkmar Estates No 2 Planned Unit Development redesign due to flood plain.
Fire report shows a noon Saturday incident at W. B. Murphy home 3501 Yale Rd. Lawrence caused by lint in a clothes dryer. Two additional runs followed: Kroger Supermarket 23rd and Alabama at 2 33 p.m. for a false alarm from the automatic detector and a wash facility at 11 02 a.m. Saturday where tanks being moved leaked petroleum products.
Richard Labbert White Cloud junior and IFC vice president for rush says rush will run August 17 to 20. An IFC Representative Council meeting Thursday will vote on fall rush rules.
David Berkowitz of Lawrence named Douglas County chairman for local Law Day USA events on May 1. He will coordinate activities around the theme Channel Change Through Law and Reason as part of a Kansas Bar Association program to dramatize the values of living under laws and independent courts.
Two fire bombs made from soft drink bottles were tossed onto the Centen nial School parking lot at 2145 La between 6 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. Sunday. A custodian discovered them and no damage occurred. The State Fire Marshal's office was asked to investigate.
Joseph S. Clark president of World Federalists USA and former Pennsylvania senator will be Kansas State University’s next convocation speaker in Manhattan.
Dedrick Dan E. Dedrick, 19, of Route 1, was admitted to Lawrence Memorial Hospital after being knocked down by a car. He was held overnight and released with cuts bruises and a leg injury. Driver Elvin Dines, 45, also of Route 1, backed up amid conflicting reports from witnesses.
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