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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1964
Page
10
Market notes show wheat at 89, ear corn 1.05, shell 1.15, soybeans 2.50, barley 90, oats 75. Eggs in KC range large A 27 to 31, wholesale 30 to 44 cents, mediums 29 to 31, hens and capons priced by weight, butter grade A at 67 to 68 cents per pound.
Wheat and corn prices show modest shifts in Kansas City with No 2 hard and dark wheat near 2.06. No 2 white corn around 1.28. Soybeans reach 2.66 to 2.70 in trades. Wheat futures in New York rise as the stock market advances, with heavy trading and notable gains in U.S. Steel, Republic Steel, and Jones & Laughlin.
General Motors and Chrysler rose more than a point each while aluminum groups advanced on price news. Alcoa led gains with over a point, others like Kaiser Aluminum and Aluminum Ltd rose fractionally. Firestone raised the dividend, Good year climbed, and several financials and industrials posted modest to solid advances.
Markets at a glance show stocks higher and steels strong in New York with narrowly mixed bonds. Chicago crop notes report wheat lower amid off months, corn steady to easier, oats easier, soybeans weak, hogs steady to 25 cents lower, slaughter steers steady to strong with a top of 23 dollars and 50 cents.
Mrs. Alice Ulrich 98 of the Masonic Home Guthrie Okla died recently her sister Mrs Nettie Smith of 1901 Barker Ave reports. Services were held in Bartlesville with a memorial at 1 pm Tuesday in Lawrence Evangelical United Brethren Church Rev Ross Edwards of the Swope Park Baptist Church Kansas City Mo to officiate. Burial in Colyer Cemetery. Surviving sisters include Mrs Smith and three sons Murray Ulrich Bartlesville Arlen Ulrich Mission Kan Albert Ulrich Kansas City Mo plus a grandson Bill Ulrich Oklahoma City and a granddaughter Joy Ulrich Mission Kan. Also three great grandchildren and nieces and nephews.
Funeral services for Fern Vanderhoof were held at 3 30 p m today in the Cooper Warren Chapel. Burial followed in Vinland Cemetery.
About 40,000 workers contributed to the Panama Canal project including American technicians Spanish and Jamaican laborers Chinese launderers Greek cooks and Sikh ditchdiggers from India. The multinational labor force highlights the scale and diversity of the massive construction effort.
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