This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 13 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1968
Page
11
Kansas City AP report lists wheat at 1.46 per bushel and yellow corn at 1.09 with other grains and mile figures. Eggs by grade show large at 80 percent A, mediums at 80 percent A. Butter grade A 1b solid 77, grade A 1b quarters 78.
Kansas City market notes show cattle scarce with 100 head and no calves, hogs around 3 000 with varying prices by weight, sows down slightly, and sheep with 50 head and prime lambs priced around 28 dollars per head. Demand appears mixed across weights and classes.
The Dow fluctuated near the close as a brief rally sparked by a Vietnam peace talk report faded. Volume rose to 7.66 million shares in four hours, with traders noting short covering and a lagging ticker before the index ended little changed.
Howard Johnson Inc of Wollaston Massachusetts will operate six turnpike restaurants starting April 1 in a $600000 remodel plan. Lawrence unit has the highest business and work will begin there or Topeka first, with all six sites renovated within a year.
The Atomic Energy Commission detonated an underground weapon in Nevada described as low intermediate yield between 20 000 and 200 000 tons of TNT. Seismologists placed the epicenter near the Utah Nevada border with magnitude about 5.5 and noted the shock was faintly felt near the test area and unlikely to cause surface damage.
Survivors include wife Loretta Crawford of the home three daughters Connie Vicki and Sandy all of the home his mother Mrs Alice Crawford of Baldwin and a brother Ted Crawford of Monroeville. He was born in Overbrook and had lived near Kansas City for 18 years. He worked for Union Wire Rope Division Armco Steel and belonged to U S Steel Workers Union No 2916 as a World War II veteran of the Army Medical Corps.
Mrs Nora O Malley died Thursday in Scammon. Funeral services are set for 10 a m Saturday in Scammon with burial in Scammon. She is the mother of Mrs Rudy Oberzan of 1551 Md St.
Temple University denies tenure to Dr Sidney Simon an associate professor in the Education Department who sparked a controversy by saying he would not assign grades last semester instead providing written evaluations. He later relented and gave all students A grades with written feedback.
A small group of Lawrence businessmen met Thursday with Ballard Center representatives to discuss unemployment in Lawrence especially among the less skilled and minority workers. The Chamber plans an employment survey mailed to members, with results shared with Ballard Center officials. Attending were bankers, merchants, a university official, school leaders, and Chamber staff.
Local firemen conducted two runs but found no fire. At 11 05 a.m. they went to 609 Vermont Street for a smoke odor and at 5 05 p.m. to 1003 Emery Road for a bag disposal issue.
A scrambled roster lists many individuals with addresses across states including Richland Lecomp ton and Ottawa. Names such as Mrs Helen Spence Mrs Beulah Weeks and Oscar Moore appear among partial street addresses and city references.
Municipal court records list multiple traffic violations including speeding and expired registration. Names such as John C. Gorman Richard M. Hille Elizabeth L Gaeddert Jesse C Newman Jr Roy Askew Mary J Dietrich Linda Showair Robert L Haunschild and James P Dowell Haviland appear with fines ranging from 3 to 22 dollars and a 5 dollar expired registration penalty.
Fragmentary OCR notes reference individuals with drunkenness mentions and fines including a lieutenant and various state identifiers. Names and places are partially garbled, with references to Oklahoma and Connecticut and a $25 figure.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.