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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1972
Page
3
Cattle and calves 2500 with feeder steers strong to fully 1.00 higher and heifers up to 50. Prices show various weights for feeder steers and heifers. Hogs 3000 with barrows and gilts about 50 higher. sows up to 25. Sheep 200 with spring lambs and ewes steady. estimates Friday call for cattle 100, hogs 2000, sheep 25.
The Kansas University Alumni Association annual report notes board member Simons from Rochester Minnesota and programs led in 1971 by national alumni presidents Immel of Iola and Williams of Lawrence. Wintermote marks nine years as executive director, after twelve years as assistant to Fred Ellsworth. Key staff include Bilotta Clark Clodfelter Pattee and Hentsch. Nova Scotia distance noted.
The Dow Jones industrial average nudged higher to 935.88 at 2 p.m., up 4.81 points, as advancers outpaced decliners on the New York Stock Exchange. Investors ignored a Soviet demand to halt steps blocking Vietnam but remained wary of war developments. Trans-Alaska pipeline shares gained after reports the Interior Department approved the project.
Ten Topeka police officers ordered back to Topeka by Mayor William McCormick after Atty. Gen. Vern Miller requested 20 to 30 off duty officers be dispatched to Lawrence to oversee antiwar campus demonstrations. McCormick conferred with Atty. Dan Turner on the plan and recalled officers en route in Topeka police cars.
Girard Kansas AP Rob ert Beckholdt a retired Army cavalryman received the Distinguished Kansan title and a certificate from Gov Robert Docking Docking praised his school in Girard that trains farriers The school the only one in Kansas has graduated 42 farriers in its first year Beckholdt a Batesville Arkansas native learned the trade young and served in the Army including commanding stables at Fort Myer Virginia
Treasury officials report Nixon’s Vietnam moves do not destabilize the dollar. Connally calls the dollar fairly steady and notes gold’s free market price rose due to factors beyond the war. He anticipates further progress on a new monetary system and greater North American trade cooperation with tariff removal.
Barbara Ann Wright a Kansas University Pharmacy School senior from Overland Park earned the Upjohn Achievement Award for outstanding service in professional organizations. Her name 1930 Learned was omitted from a Journal-World list of pharmacy honorees.
AP Wheat prices show 19 cars with fractional gains and losses across grades in Kansas City. No. 2 hard 1.59 to 1.71, No. 3 1.5754 to 1.70. Corn advances with No. 2 white 1.27 to 1.33, No. 3 1.11 to 1.28, No. 2 yellow 1.28 to 1.3334. Oats barely changed, No. 2 white 0.73 to 0.82, No. 3 0.68 to 0.81. Rye, barley, soybeans, and sacks complete the market quotes.
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