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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1965
Page
7
This week closing prices on investment company shares are listed with quotations provided by Barret Fitch North & Co. The report compiles daily close values for leading funds and investment firms through the latest market session.
Wheat 1.33 Corn 1.30 Mile 1.95 Soybeans 2.69 Barley .85 Oats .80. Eggs Large A 25, Medium A and Large B 20, undergrades 17, current receipts 18.
AP reports Kansas City prices for consumer eggs by size and grade with ranges for large medium and small. Wholesale eggs show 80 percent baskets at 26-28 and 25-27 for mediums. Missouri and Arkansas live fryers quoted at farm 13-14 and delivered at plant 13-14-15 percent. Butter prices unchanged with grade A Ib solid 67 and grade A Ib quarters 68.
AP dispatch notes cattle futures with steers and heifers up 50 to 75, cows steady to 25 lower, calves steady, feeders up to 50. Lambs rise 25, ewes steady, good prime lambs 24 to 27.50. Hogs show barrows and gilts up 1.25 to 50, sows up 1 to 25. barrows 190-285 lb 19 to 20, sows 300-625 lb 15.50 to 17.50.
New York AP report says a large distilling company pulled its nationwide soft whisky campaign after protests by the Association on American Indian Affairs who called the spots derogatory. The ad featured an Indian with the line about not calling whisky firewater and included disparaging references to old squaws. Association president William Byler condemned the campaign as mocking a historical tragedy and hindering efforts by impoverished Americans.
Boy Scout Troop 56 will host a supper at 5 30 p m Wednesday at Trinity Episcopal Church to raise funds for camping equipment. Proceeds support the troop's gear needs and outdoor activities.
Memorial Hospital admissions include Lawrence Warsop DeSoto Sybil Dye 1113 R I Mrs Lena Fincher 545 N 8th Mrs Louise Honeycutt Eudora Mrs Augusta Pine Sioky Rest Hone Mrs Beatrice Tucker 115 E ith Kenneth Church Eudora Jama Gleason Williams town J B Trober Eu dora Mrs Patricia Findley 1124 N J Mrs Ethel Wignery 936 Maine. Dismissals list Cleo Anderson 1131 R I Mrs Florence Warren Tonganoxie Allen Thompson Route 3 Charles Whanger Linwood Mrs Bonnie Hird 2409 Ohio Velva Hardister 1508 N H Mrs Carlene Tipton 1006 W 6th Harvey Elston 1117 N Y
The Christian Social Relations Committee of United Church Women of Lawrence endorsed an eight point program to alleviate poverty during May Fellowship Day at the Free Methodist Church. The plan covers community study, agency coordination, support for Children’s Hour, daycare centers, elder use in services, youth recreation, adult literacy, and housing and state law review. A panel moderated by William Binns discussed poverty with Mrs. Dean Harvey, Mrs. Benton Roy Hanan, Mrs. C R Moffitt and Mrs. Richard Dyson.
Former Boston Red Sox southpaw Mel Parnell becomes a member of the city’s broadcasting team, bringing his major league pitching background to the media lineup.
Oscar Kellison, 29, of Kansas City Kansas died Friday at Baptist Memorial Hospital after a long illness. Survived by wife Ellen and four children Dale Debra Denise, mother Mrs Edna Burns of Kansas City Mo, father Medford Kellison of Leavenworth, sister Mrs Sharon Eacock of Kansas City Kan, aunt Mrs Leonard Tarr of Lawrence and uncle Daryl Stewart of Lawrence. Funeral services are pending.
An appreciation service for the Mother Board will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday at the Church of God in Christ located at 2 N. J. The speaker is missionary Mrs. F. F. Butler from Chanute, serving the Fort Scott district.
Downtown Atchison, nearly wiped out by July 1958 floods that killed three and caused over 4 million dollars in damages, has rebuilt through urban renewal. President Eisenhower declared a disaster area on August 5 1958, enabling federal aid and about 6 million dollars in urban renewal with private funds adding 3.5 million. The effort, including 25 retention dams, led to a runner up All American City citation.
The Atchison urban renewal project rebuilt the downtown with a three block pedestrian mall, canopies, fountains, and rear store entrances facing 1,100 parking spots. Retail sales rose 20 percent from 1956-57, with some merchants seeing 30 to 60 percent gains as tourists visit the mall.
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