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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1968
Page
14
From Bowersock Mill wheat 1.44 and yellow corn 1.08 with mile 1.87. Harwood Market lists eggs Grade A large 22, medium 19, undergrades .13, current receipts 16. Kansas City wholesale eggs large 80A 29, mediums 80A. Butter unchanged Grade A lb solid 77, quarter 78.
KC AP notes cattle 5 300 cattle 5 300 calves 400 feeder classes steady with feeder steers 550 570 ibs 29 65 80, feeder heifers not fully established. Hogs 4 500 barrows gilts under 235 lbs 25 lower, heavier weights steady to 25 lower. sows 16 50 17 25. Sheep 50 spring lambs 28.00.
Wheat and corn prices varied as futures closed with small changes. Quotes show No 2 and No 3 grades for wheat and rice futures steady with May to Dec contracts trading around 1.53 to 1.59 dollars. Prices listed for corn soybeans barley and bran reflect slight shifts.
New York shares fell amid irregular trading as volume dropped to 7.39 million, the smallest since August 30 last year. The Dow slid 2.14 to 830.85 while the AP and S P indexes edged lower amid Middle East tensions and gold concerns. Eastern Air Lines led activity with a 264 300 share block.
Memorial Hospital reports births including Mr. and Mrs. Carpino with a son, Mr. and Mrs. Rosebaugh with a daughter, and Mr. and Mrs. Kirk with a daughter. Numerous residents named with addresses appear in the hospital notice.
Baldwin the Speaker Don C Baldwin chief executive of the Boy Scout Law Council will be the guest speaker for the sixth annual Mayor's Prayer Breakfast at 7 30 a m Friday April No place set yet for the event Baldwin who has headed the Scouts since 1945 was selected Wednesday by a committee of Robert Payne Keith Nitcher and George Ryan Olin Petefish local attorney is breakfast chairman
Registration for the Miss Lawrence KU Charity Pageant is open for Lawrence and KU coeds aged 18 to 26. The two day event May 9 and 10 in Murphy Hall includes talent and beauty rounds with preliminary judging May 9 and final judging May 10. Proceeds benefit Achievement Place, a boys home at 23 E. 11th Street, supported by community contributions.
Lecompton High School Band will perform at the Jefferson County Instrumental Music Festival at 8 p.m. Friday at Perry High School. The program includes A Borodin Festival Theme and Finale From Shire and Sea American Folk Suite Brass Aflame Trilogy and Theme from Doctor Zhivago.
Central Junior High students will sell tickets for The Land of the Dragon, with tickets on sale Friday. Homeroom with most sales wins a party, and the top seller gets a prize. Play directed by Glen Rhea, with shows Friday and Saturday in the school auditorium. PTA ticket chairmen are Mrs. Lester and Mrs. Davis.
Funeral services for Miss Bessie Wilder 81 longtime Kansas University documents librarian will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at Rumsey Funeral Home with burial in Oak Hill Cemetery. She died Sunday at Watkins Hospital after living at Sprague Apartments. Survivors include a niece Mrs J W Burger of Hitchcock Texas and three cousins Mrs Dorothy Campbell Mrs Helen Wilder and Warren R Wilder of Topeka. During her 32 years at KU
Mrs Wilder a lifelong Lawrence resident published several bibliographies and contributed to local literary circles. Her work reflected deep ties to the community and its reading culture.
Preliminary judging begins at 7 30 tonight at the Kansas Union for the Engineering Exposition queen contest. Six finalists will be chosen tonight with the queen and two attendants to be selected Sunday. The queen will reign over the 48th Annual Engineering Exposition April 19 and 20 in Learned Hall.
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