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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1966
Page
10
Kansas City reports show wheat at 1.54 percent, yellow corn at 1.24, and milo at 1.70. Eggs at Bowersock and Harwood reflect grade A prices with large eggs at 27 and 24 cents respectively. butter holds steady. Livestock prices: hogs up to 75 cents higher for under 265 pounds, sows steady, cattle and calves not enough sold for test.
Kansas City grain notes show mixed prices with wheat and corn edging lower while oats and soybeans hold. Mile maize and rye values listed. Wheat futures gain modestly in late trading. New York highlights airline and select stock gains but overall market eases, with Sperry Rand and Xerox among movers and volume near six million shares.
A broad rally on the American Stock Exchange saw prices rise but many blue chips failed to participate. Caterpillar, Radio Corp, Anaconda, Calumet & Hecla, and Eltra were among those pushing the movement while Du Pont and International Nickel lagged. General Electric and others edged higher or held near flat as investors moved.
General Motors executives Frederic Donner and James Roche told stockholders the industry faces a bright future but offered no proof that a mid May sales slump had reversed. They attributed some decline to unfavorable publicity over auto safety.
Glenn R. Spellman, 22, pulled into a Mount Vernon service station for brake work but the brakes failed entirely. The car rammed into tool cabinets in the lubrication room, causing a fatal crash.
A memorial hospital admissions rundown lists dozens of patients and accompanying addresses. Names include Vera Reynolds Leona Rice George Williams Barbara Hunn Vernie Holden Phyllis Ruhlen Corrine Jeltz Owen Soule Linda Parker and baby boy Judith Cook Bertha Johnson Diana Sherman and baby boy Deva Burns and baby boy Mary Downing and baby girl Marie Hatcher Edith Roche and Anise Schloetzer among others with street and city details.
The 122nd anniversary of the founding of the Baha i faith will be observed Monday. Originating in Persia the faith counts Baha u llah as its prophet founder and is present in over 270 countries with 2000 centers in the United States. Richard Hicks chairs the Spiritual Assembly of the Baha is of Lawrence Inc.
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