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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1963
Page
3
Kansas City reports mixed commodity notes with wheat futures closing modestly higher or lower across contracts. Corn oats soybeans and Milo prices listed, along with eggs poultry butter and live cattle hogs and sheep market summaries from AP. Wall Street update notes a stalled rally, mixed gains in motors and banks, with several large firms rising modestly while others slip.
Bonds mixed while industrials advance. Cotton irregular with new crop months most active. Wheat mostly firm as March strengthens. Corn near steady with mixed trade. Oats steady to weak amid liquidation. Soybeans mostly weak with liquidation. Hogs weak but up to 25 cents, top 14.50. Slaughter steers offerings too light for market test.
AP dispatch from Kansas City shows Wheat in 102 cars trading 4% lower to 4% higher with No 2 hard and dark hard ranges 2.29 to 2.71 and No 2 red 2.29 to 2.32. Corn 96 cars unsettled to 14 lower with No 2 white 1.24 to 1.31 and No 3 1.21 to 1.4.
Armour and Co meat packers announced the closure of its Sioux City main plant effective June 16. The facility employs more than 1,100 workers with an annual payroll around 7 million dollars. General manager Gilbert D. Lewis cited continuing heavy losses for the decision.
Mrs Thirza Roberts Cotton of Arkansas City 83 mother of Corlett J Cotton of 645 Miss St died at Arkansas City Memorial Hospital. Funeral Saturday at Trinity Episcopal Church with Rev Andrew Berry in charge. Survived by two daughters Mrs T L McAdam Arkansas City and Mrs George F Newman Redwood City California. Janet Conover funeral held in Phoenix for Mrs Janet Conover of Scottsdale buried there. Former Lawrence resident member of First Presbyterian Church and United Presbyterian Women. Survived by husband John H Conover a daughter and grandchildren.
Mrs Ruth Addie Mitchell a long time Douglas County resident died Wednesday at her home 81214 Conn St A funeral service was at 2 pm Friday at Ninth Street Baptist Church with Rev Frank Brown in charge Burial followed at Clinton Cemetery Friends may call Bowser Lee Mortuary from 5 to 10 tonight and until noon Friday
Damage estimated at about 650 dollars occurred just before 7 am in a two car collision at Sixth Street and Massachusetts Street. Violet C. Fox 38 of 311 North 4th Street and Ernest Smith 46 of 322 Indiana were involved with no injuries reported. Police said Fox was crossing southbound as Smith turned right from Sixth onto Massachusetts.
Kansas Board of Regents to meet in Topeka Friday to discuss a bill creating industrial research parks at state schools including Kansas University. Sen. Hults and Sen. McDowell introduced the proposal on February 21, with KU’s Robinson Farm northeast of Lawrence cited as potential park land to spur regional and state economic growth.
The proposal would extend existing law to include the Regents and allow five state-supported schools to use land near their campuses for research complexes. About 300 to 400 acres on the Robinson farm could be set aside for these facilities.
A Scot in Largs protests that local water makes his whisky taste odd. He travels 30 miles to Glasgow for bottled water to mix his drinks while Robert A. Wilson, the municipal water engineer, notes the heavy snows washing a heather flavor into the reservoir but says it will pass and harm to the whisky is minimal.
Memorial Hospital reports admissions including Paul Godfrey of 1515 Lindenwood Mrs Ruth Buerman of Eudora Charles Baker of DeSoto C Curtis Stewart from Route 3 and Amy Jack.
Mrs. Martha Stevens 1228 Ohio and Mrs. Juanita Frederickson 1915 Edgelea report births. Names include Mrs. Shirley Vogt and baby girl, Mrs. Iva Fross and baby boy, Mr. and Mrs. Leo F. DaPrato, a son, and Mr. and Mrs. Larry Johnson, Baldwin, a daughter, among others.
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