Market Update: Local and Regional Commodity Prices
Kansas City AP reports wholesale eggs at 33-36 cents for large A and 32-35 for medium A with 80 percent A at 33-36. Poultry prices list young geese 18-20 cents, heavy hens 16, capons 16-18, ducks 15. Butter grades show 67-68 cents per pound. Local market grains include Wheat 2.07, Corn 1.15, Soybeans 2.42, Oats .75, Barley 1.0. Harwood's Market quotes Eggs Large A 32, medium 28, pullets 18.
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Harwood
Kansas City
Wheat and grain prices and early stock market update
Kansas City markets show wheat down as numbers for No 2 hard and dark and No 3 varieties slip. Corn and soybeans also post declines with multiple grade prices listed. In New York the stock market remained lower in light trading with some fractional gains and losses among major names and mixed bond activity.
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New York
Motors
Chrysler
American Motors
General Motors
Studebaker
Ford
U.S. Steel
Bethlehem
Republic Steel
Jones & Laughlin
U.S. Gypsum
Minneapolis-Honeywell
Sears Roebuck
United Aircraft
Baltimore & Ohio
Union Pacific
Goodrich
Boeing
Union Carbide
du Pont
IBM
Texaco
Standard Oil
New Jersey
American Tobacco
General Electric
Goodyear
American Stock Exchange
U.S
Market Report Kansas City Live Cattle Hogs and Sheep Prices
AP Kansas City market report shows cattle 2 500 head with calves 25, steers and heifers steady to lower, vealers 24 29 price range. Hogs 4 800 head with barrows and gilts down 25, sows steady to lower, weights listed. Sheep 600 head strong to higher with lambs 18 19 dollars and ewes 5.50 7.00.
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Kansas City
Lawrence Sertoma Club Hosts Sons at Eldridge Hotel
The Lawrence Sertoma Club entertained the sons of members at a Tuesday meeting in the Eldridge Hotel. About 100 people attended. Claude Kean performed magic tricks and Bill Collinson read an essay titled What Is a Boy. Prizes were awarded to special guests.
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Lawrence Sertoma Club
Sons of Members
Eldridge Hotel
Claude Kean
Bill Collinson
Memorial and Dismissals List Names and Addresses
Memorial Hospital and dismissal notices list individuals with addresses including Frances Preyer Naomi Shaw Elmer Martin Lois Schimmel Laura Knight Eva Anderson Margaret Arkeketa and others in towns such as Baldwin Eudora Westfall Edgerton Learnard and N Y. The notices include multiple households and a baby boy reference for Carrol Shackelford and for Linda Broers.
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Frances Preyer
Tenn
Naomi Shaw
Mass
Elmer Martin
Lois Schimmel
Laura Knight
Baldwin
Eva Anderson
Margaret Arkeketa
Eudora
Norma Mullin
Ill
Frank Mathews
Garfield
Madonna Obermueller
Westfall
Kan
Rose Wood
Myrtle Hamill
Fred Singleton
Ind
Carrol Shackelford
Susan Walter
Ala
Linda Broers
Edgerton
Ira Rogers
Learnard
George Schloetzer
N. Y
Dosia Hall
Kaw Basin Water Group to Hear State Leaders at Banquet
Gov John Anderson and Dwight Metzler will headline the Kaw Basin Water Management Association annual meeting at 6 30 p m Thursday in the Hotel Eldridge. Reservations are through Charles Stough at the Jayhawker Theater Building. About 60 attend, says President Emil Heck.
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John Anderson
Kaw Basin Water Management Association
Eldridge
Dwight Metzler
The
Water Resources Commission
Charles Stough
Jayhawker Theater
7Th and
Mass. Sts
Emil Heck
Kaw Basin Organization
Kaw River
Kaw Basin Group
Tuttle Creek
Perry
Milford
Clinton Reservoir
Lawrence
Kaw Basin
White Cloud OKs City Water System Bond Issue
Voters approved a $60,000 bond for White Cloud water system with a 95 to 2 vote. The plan calls for $32,000 in general obligation bonds and $28,000 in revenue bonds in the northeast Kansas town of 260 residents.
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White Cloud
Kan
Kansas
Obituary roundup for Helen Lester George Ogle Vera Reed
Deaths include Mrs Helen Mary Lester of Manitou Springs former Kennedy daughter of Kennedy of Lawrence. George R Ogle 82 of 200 North St died at Valleyview Rest Home. Vera Reed 62 of Salina died at Lawrence Memorial Hospital survived by three daughters and relatives. Funeral services set in Rumsey and Rush Smith funeral homes with local burial in Oak Hill Prairie Center Gypsum Hill cemeteries.
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Rumsey Funeral Home
Helen Mary Lester
Manitou Springs
Helen Mary Kennedy
T. H. Kennedy
Lawrence
Oak Hill Cemetery
George R. Ogle
North St
Valleyview Rest Home
Paul Hett
Prairie Center
Eudora
C. W. Ogle
Florence Deay
Waverly
Pearl Reed
Olathe
Vera Reed
Salina
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Rush Smith
Gypsum Hill
Cooper-Warren Mortuary
Norma Stuewe
Stratford Rd
Frances Yocum
Barrington, Il
June Blazer
Wichita
Oklahoma widow dies in snowbound car crash near Bixby
Mrs. Harry G. Davis of Muskogee Oklahoma died in a single car accident during a snowstorm last Thursday north of Bixby. Her daughter-in-law Dorothy Davis was seriously injured. She is survived by her husband and two sons Glenn R. Davis and Ralph Davis of Muskogee. Harry Davis, an attorney, is a graduate of Kansas University.
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Harry G. Davis
Muskogee
Okla
Bixby
Dorothy Davis
Wagner Seeks Halt to New York Newspaper Strike
New York Mayor Robert F. Wagner urged a fair settlement in the eight NYC newspaper strike now in its 89th day. As mediator since January 26, he spoke after extended talks yielded no real progress in New York or Cleveland where two papers remain shut after 97 days.
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NEW York
Robert F. Wagner
New York City
Wagner
Cleveland
Ohio
McCrory Otasco Store Nearing Completion in Lawrence
The McCrory Otasco store at 1818 Mass. St. Lawrence prepares for a March 38 grand opening with merchandise arriving from Tulsa New York City Wichita and Florida. Harold Stein the manager says about 30 employees will be hired and the remodeled building includes a 70 car surface lot and a three car garage for automotive equipment.
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McCrory- Otasco
Mass. St
Tulsa
New York City
Wichita
Florida
Harold Stein
Lawrence
Stein
NASA Chief James Webb Plans Kansas University Visit
James E. Webb administrator of NASA will meet Kansas University officials at 10 a.m. Thursday. He will tour Lawrence Topeka Manhattan and Wichita during a two day Kansas trip with a prayer breakfast Rotary Club talks and a Kansas State University visit. U S Senators Carlson and Pearson and Representative Shriver will accompany Webb to KU.
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James E. Webb
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Kansas University
Webb
Lawrence
Topeka
Manhattan
Wichita
Kansas
John Anderson
Rotary Club
Kansas State University
NASA
Washington
U. S
Frank Carlson
James Pearson
Garner E. Shriver
Senate Urged to Okay Local Sales Tax Bill
TOPEKA AP proponents urge Senate committee to approve a 4 cent local sales tax to relieve ad valorem property tax burdens. Sen Robert Taggart of Topeka sponsors the measure as officials discuss expanding government operations with leaders from the League of Kansas Municipalities. Levi Rymph, Wichita city commissioner and league president, backs the plan as practical funding for current and future municipal needs.
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Topeka
Senate
Robert Taggart
Ropeka
State Affairs Committee
Levi Rymph
League of Kansas Municipalities
Wichita
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