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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1969
Page
14
Kansas City reports wholesale eggs steady with mixed grade prices and cattle and sheep offerings sparse. Hog bids range 19.75 to 21.50 per hundred weight across several classes. New York stock market climbs as the Dow gains 7.95 to 957.17 after a brief pause.
Wheat prices held steady with slight changes while corn and soybeans edged smaller gains and losses. Market notes show No 2 and No 3 grades across wheat corn oats rye and barley with futures closing mixed between down and up fractions.
Hercules Incorporated board declares a 25 cent per share dividend on common stock payable June 25 1969 to holders of record May 9 1969. A 41 25 cent per share dividend on $1 65 Cumulative Convertible Class A Stock is also declared payable June 25 1969 to record holders.
Clark M. Clifford, once a steadfast backer of Vietnam policy as defense secretary in 1968, tells Senate Foreign Relations Committee members he left office convinced the war effort was hopeless.
Erwin J. Pat Netzer retires at 76 from Reuter Organ Co after a 49 year career, the longest in firm history. He joined in 1917 in Illinois, with a three year wartime break at Sunflower Ordnance Works, and is honored with his wife Frieda, married since 1914.
About 35 Eta Kappa Nu engineers attend a regional meeting at the Kansas Union. At a Holiday Inn banquet, 100 Reuter employees and wives honor Netzer with a clock and 49 years of service. Netzer joined Reuter in 1920 and remains active in church.
In Wichita Judge Robert Stephan barred reporting of part of Thursday testimony in the trial of nine men accused of beating and threatening anti poverty officials. The judge said the material was highly prejudicial and warned of contempt of court penalties for violations. The trial recessed to May 9 to allow rebuttal preparation after verdict.
On May 2 1945 Allies announced unconditional surrender of Nazi troops in Italy and Austria. Leonardo da Vinci died in 1519. Hudson's Bay Co. chartered in 1670. Jackson shot by own troops in 1863. Oklahoma Territory organized in 1890. FCC approved regular commercial television in 1941. A Poor People’s March began in Memphis a year ago.
In tests by professional drivers Maverick averaged 22.5 mpg. Its V6 generates 105 horses, 52 more than a 4 cylinder VW 1500. It reaches 417 feet in ten seconds from a standing start, enabling swift highway acceleration.
A bomb hoax delayed Britain's new liner QE2 on her maiden New York voyage. Police received a call claiming eight homemade hand grenades aboard, but nothing was found. The ship departed sixteen minutes late, with baggage delays cited. the voyage was four months late in overall schedule.
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