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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1968
Page
11
Wheat at 1.49 per bushel Yellow corn 1.09 and mile 1.99 Eggs Grade A large 22 medium 19 undergrades 13 and current receipts 16 Kansas City AP wholesale eggs large 80 per cent A 26 30 mediums 80 per cent A 23 26 Butter unchanged Grade A pound solid 77 Grade A pound quarters 78
Cattle 5 5000 head with calves and steers ranged mixed while cows held steady to strong. Steers sold 26.25 65 down to 23.50 25.25. heifers 25.00 75. feeders 26.50 28.50. Hogs 6 000 head barrows and gilts 25 lower, 1 3 17.00 19.25. sows 15.50 17.25. Sheep 500 head lambs and ewes steady, lambs 24.50 26.00, ewes 6.50 8.00.
Wheat and corn prices showed mixed moves with No 2 hard red winter around 6.60 to 6.61, No 2 white corn near 1.26 to 1.31, and soybeans near 2.65 to 2.73 as futures edged after opening. In New York, the Dow rose but trimmed gains after a late pullback amid gold crisis relief and mixed mining stock results at the close.
Prices rose across a wide range of stocks and gains spread to the American Stock Exchange, signaling overall market strength.
AP report from New York shows stocks higher with active trading. Agricultural prices move with cotton lower and wheat down in Chicago. Corn and oats mixed, soybeans under liquidation. Hog prices steady to 25 cents higher on 6,000 receipts, top 20.25. Slaughter steers fall 25 to 50 cents with 9,500 receipts, top 30.50.
Results from the 4-H basketball tournament at Central Junior High show Jayhawk Club defeating Lone Star 15 to 4 for the girls title. In older boys Kanwaka edged Jayhawk 23-19 in overtime, while Lone Star beat Meadowlark 20 to 22 in the younger boys division. Team members include Penny Wilson Lynn Wilson Teresa May Mary Nunemaker Sandy Pine Martha Shirk Virginia Nunemaker Kathy Garrett Jayhawk Bruck Torkelson David Green Jeff Shultz Brad Stoneback Dennis Hill Dennis Alexander Kanwaka Randy Flory Darrell Robertson Dennis Thome Allen Fishburn Darrell Johnston Steven Hoover Roger Flory Mike Johnston Arlen Fisburn Mike Flory Lone Star.
In the Courts list, Kirk H. Snyder faces an expired registration fine of $5 at 1904 W. 25th St. Alice Kraft pays $15 for speeding at 1530 Engel Rd. Willis Sorensen, Stephen Stangland, and others incur speeding fines from $8 to $12. Non-traffic cases include petty larceny for Ernest Perkins at 1409 W. 21st St. and drunk charges for John Clark and Albert Antonio with bonds or fines.
Four persons were admitted to Lawrence Memorial Hospital after a head-on collision on U S 40 about 44 miles west of Lawrence. Finis C. Kerr Jr Glenda Kerr and baby Bobby Kerr of Cabot Arkansas and Timothy S. Murphy Jr of Route 2 Lawrence were listed in fairly good condition. The Kerr vehicle a 1966 model was eastbound when it lost control and swerved into the westbound lane colliding with Murphy s 1953 sedan. Both cars were demolished.
Seventeen superintendents from Kansas largest cities gathered in Lawrence for their annual spring meeting at the Holiday Inn. Topics included finance, teacher salaries, militancy, selective service, negotiations, lunch programs, and other administrator concerns. No decisions were made. a new president and secretary will be elected. Present officers are Dr Harlan Paschall and Dr Robert Hicks.
Miss Bessie Wilder, longtime Kansas University documents librarian from 1925 to 1957, died Sunday at Watkins Memorial Hospital at age 81. Funeral arrangements are pending with Rumsey Funeral Home. Survivors include a niece in Hitchcock Texas. Wilder lived at 1640 Mass St then Sprague Apartments and suffered a heart ailment. She authored bibliographies on Kansas publications and official state agencies and taught in Colorado before joining KU.
Evelyn Conger McClain 85 of Bethel Park Pa died Sunday at Bethel Park Convalescent Home Eastern Star services set 2 p.m. Thursday at Warren Chapel Rev Edwin F Price in charge Burial in Oak Hill Cemetery she survived by her son Wil ford K McClain Jr of Bethel Park Born March 17 1883 at Hester a former Lawrence resident her husband the late Wil ford K McClain was a book keeper for Poehler Merchantile Co She was a member of the Eastern Star and the White Shrine Friends may call after 9 a.m. Thursday
Memorial Hospital lists admissions for Bobby Kerr Glenda Kerr Finis Kerr Cabot Ark Timothy Murphy Jr Route 2 Bertha Pobjoy Martha Goetsch Fred Sharpe Oscar Moore Doris West Helen Smith Fern Haun Laurine Waterbury Minnie West Fern Miller Eaton Oska loosa and others with addresses in Baldwin Ottawa Eudora and Sunflower Village. Dismissals include Englebert Walter Hazel Richardson Florence Baughman Willard Rogers Josephine Routh Dean Arndt Gradeé Cobb Helen Hays John Black Martha Dimery Charles Workmatt Patricia Miles Frances Dahlem Burl Denney Pamela Boste Gayle Kasson and baby boy Shirley Tice JoAnn Spence Andrew Bowlin Dwane Welty Maud Harvey Joan Powell Maxine Lee Nell Fleming Beverly Montee and others with multiple city and route references. One noted entry reports a daughter born to Mr and Mrs Lyman Pierce at 934 W 24th and another to Mr and Mrs Kendrick Gibbler at 1312 N Y today.
Answer set notes Geaby includes item 3 with six or more and option c. The worksheet lists 6 and 7 as adjacent choices, guiding final selections.
Representative Bob Dole said the Johnson Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders stressed race division too much. He spoke to World War I veterans at the South Park Recreation Center and warned that civil disobedience and crime stem from all walks of life across skin colors and social backgrounds.
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