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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1964
Page
2
Prices for wheat, corn, oats, soybeans, barley and others shift in Kansas City and regional markets. Eggs, poultry, and dairy show varied bids while cattle hogs and lambs reflect modest changes. Wall Street rally driven by steel shares moderates late-day gains as major players move within narrow ranges.
The volume leader again traded around unchanged after fluctuating between gains and losses. Curtis Publishing rebounded from a small drop. Sears Roebuck United Airlines and Merck fell more than a point while Lorillard Boeing Woolworth Montgomery Ward Goodrich Eastman Kodak and Allied Chemical slipped as prices were mixed on the American Stock Exchange. Corporate bonds were mixed and U.S. government bonds held steady.
AP reports higher stock prices in New York with steel shares advancing while bonds show mixed activity and government debt quiet. Cotton climbs as commission houses buy, and wheat in Chicago drifts lower with May weak.Soybeans and corn fall on liquidation with oats following suit. Hogs hold gains to 25 cents, top $16.25 as slaughter steer supply remains light and not tested.
Police Court Clyde Otter of White River South Dakota is fined 35 dollars for drunkenness. County Court Dennis Grow of Eudora faces petty larceny charges with six months jail and parole. Eugene J Breshears of 736 Conn. is bound over to November term for fourth degree manslaughter with 1500 dollar bond. Traffic cases include Norman Bresel of Stouffer Place fined ten dollars for speeding and multiple drivers fined for license issues and improper lane usage with fines up to 150 dollars and ten days as appealed.
The document records multiple traffic ticket penalties for individuals including Robert Potts Ronald Ed monds Theodore Knab Christa Fritsche Ted Haggart Sylvia Stein Jack Rogers Kwenlin Eden Marlene Duffield John Williams Alan Hack William Gilbert Ernest Yarnevich Annette Buhler Richard Vose Richard Zimmerman Jesse Newman Miles Shafer Stephen Roney Carol Lathrom and others with fines ranging from 5 to 40 dollars. It also notes divorce filings: Micki L. Milliken from Robert A. Milliken and several surname-only pairings: Joy Carpenter vs Harold Carpenter Elizabeth Thomason vs James Thomason Rona L. Kehr vs Richard W. Kehr Clyde H. Cox vs Pamela R. Cox Raymond C. Schimmel vs Mary L. Schimmel Patricia R. Owens vs Gerald R. Owens.
The Full Gospel Christian Assembly youth group hosts the Gospel Youth Challengers from Central Bible Institute Springfield Mo Friday through Sunday. Evangelist Peter Moffat speaks at 8 p m Friday at 1000 N Y St. Visitors lead 11 a m Sunday worship. House visits and street meetings are planned for Saturday.
Mrs. Rosetta M. Kemp, 90, of 1729 Miss. St., died Wednesday at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Funeral services set for 10:30 a.m. Friday at Rumsey Funeral Home with Rev. Benton Roy Hanan and 2 p.m. Saturday at the Christian Church in Barnes. Burial in Maplewood Cemetery, Barnes. Survived by one daughter Ruth Pistorius, three sisters C. L. Gassaway, W. Hague, W. C. Irwin, one brother R. K. Beecher, plus two grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. Born January 14, 1874, in Barnes, she had lived in Lawrence since 1944.
Memorial Hospital lists admissions includes Hugo Almquist Larned William Byrd 1113 W 18th Kenneth Roper 1222 Prospect Roger Raybern Route 1 Grace Olmstead 1915 Ala Emerson Ott 1620 W 5th Mary Lester 540 Okla Mark King Perry James Archer 706 Ill Ricky Perdue 401 Mich Eugene Percival Eudora Cynthia Walker 1423 N J Lecompton Kenneth Neever 1545 Maryland Dismissals include Joyce Boyd Route 1 Michael Todd 817 R I Timothy Davis 942 Hilltop James Archer 706 Ill Elizabeth Hicks Route 4 Donelda Clink and baby girl 1809 Mass Mary Stevens and baby girl Tonganoxie Shirley Rawson and baby girl 2022 Vt Helen Miner Eudora Betty Cronin and baby girl De Soto Jeanne Weinert and baby girl Perry Sue Harrel brink Route 1 Emerson Ott 1620 W 5th
Representatives from eight schools in a four state region will gather at Kansas University for the 20th annual Mid Continent Conference of student chapters of the American Society of Civil Engineers. Ten students enter a research paper contest with KU teams favored to win. Prizes total 30 dollars with a traveling plaque for the largest mileage times attendees. Banquet speakers include N T Veatch and Chancellor Wescoe. A field trip to an Atlas missile site at Forbes AFB is planned.
The first Philip Newmark award for excellence in bio chemical research will be awarded to Fred Jones Jr. a Kansas University graduate student from Eutaw Alabama during a special lecture at KU on May 13.
Kansas City delays its move to daylight time by at least 10 days as opponents file for a referendum. The City Council had set June 1 for the change, while 146 signers join a 40 day petition window to halt or repeal the ordinance if 11,000 names are gathered.
People to People at Kansas University will sponsor a party at 8 p.m. Saturday at Lone Star Lake. Cars will depart the Kansas Union at 7:30 p.m. to transport KU students and guests to the lake. Jim Pitts, a Wichita sophomore at KU, serves as chairman.
City commissioners gave approval to four new appointees to city bodies. Mrs. Eugene Wallace will join the Lawrence Human Relations Commission. Lee Zimmerman will serve a second term on the Traffic Commission. Don Phelps and Kelvin Hoover will become new Traffic Commission members. One vacancy remains in both the Human Relations group and the Lawrence Planning.
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