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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1965
Page
10
Wheat 1.31 corn 1.30 mile 2.00 soybeans 2.63 barley .85 oats .80. Eggs large A 24 current receipts 20. Kansas City AP butter grade A 67 to 68 cents per pound. Missouri Arkansas live fryers 15 to 17 cents delivered at plant 16 to 17.
Hogs at 195 to 260 pounds sell from 20.25 to 21.50 with a few at 20.50. Sheep see spring lambs at 26.75 to 27.50 and ewes 5.00 to 6.25. Cattle and calves total 1700 head with feeders prominent. slaughter classes scarce. Choice slaughter steers bring 27.00 and heifers 25.50, cows 14.50 to 17.00. feeders up to 27.50 for selected lots.
Wheat advanced slightly with No. 2 hard and dark hard at about 1.45 to 1.69 dollars per bushel and No. 3 around 1.43 to 1.68. Corn moved mostly unchanged with No. 2 white at 1.72 to 1.87 dollars. futures climbed 3 to 4 percent.
New York trading ended with a fairly sharp loss as volume neared six million shares. Key names like Union Carbide, Du Pont, Xerox, IBM, International Nickel, Boeing and GM fell, while Ford and Chrysler drifted lower in a mixed overall market.
Nick and Ford by Reynolds rose over one point while Penick and Ford led on volume. Reynolds held steady as Johnson and Johnson slipped about two points. Delanese Comsat WR Grace Glidden Great Northern Paper Louisville and Nashville Pennsylvania Railroad New York Central Litton Monsanto and Mesta Machine fell one point or more. Scott Paper dropped nearly two and General Baking gained over three.
Over one year the three mile zoning area around Lawrence prompted Douglas County engineer L. D. Rice to issue 44 permits totaling 1,282,400 dollars. Major activity occurred in Wakarusa Township with 33 residential and three business permits, led by a large Co-Op plant project on K-10.
Robert M. McCallister assistant professor of religion and director of religious life at Baker University Baldwin resigns. He will join the Board of Education of the Southern California Arizona Conference of The Methodist Church in mid August. Headquarters are in Los Angeles under Bishop Gerald Kennedy as church work grows.
George R. Waggoner dean of the Kansas University College of Liberal Arts and Sciences is selected for the standing committee on international education. The panel, a new program of the College Entrance Examination Board, includes leading educators from colleges nationwide.
About 30 guests attended the Lawrence Luncheon Optimist Cadet Civil Air Patrol meeting on Wednesday night to witness the first flight of cadets graduating Phase One of the CAPC program. Cadet Lt. Colonel Michael Perkins served as MC and announced senior members while four graduates spoke on CAP CD SAR CAP, female cadet opportunities, Phase One material, and orientation flights. General Curry achievement ribbons were awarded to multiple cadets. The squadron meets Wednesdays at the National Guard Armory and a new Phase One class starts next week with Study of Achievement One, Phase Two planned.
Funeral services for W. E. Gray 94 of Atchison were held at Ebenezer Baptist Church with Rev. Harry L. Smith in charge. Burial followed at Mt. Vernon Cemetery. Masonic rites were observed at Miles Funeral Home. Gray, a Lawrence native and KU Law graduate 1894, served long as Lincoln School principal. Survivors include daughter Carrie G. Johnson Chicago Illinois two sons Victor L. Gray Dayton Ohio Walter E. Gray Jr. Baltimore Maryland three grandchildren and six great grandchildren.
Kansas University Chancellor W Clarke Wescoe will deliver the commencement address at Topeka West High School at 7 tonight on The Century of the Scholar. Also notices outline court actions in Douglas County including estate matters for Louis Harmon and Dean Park with appointments and hearings scheduled.
In Douglas County Kansas the probate court to hear Maud M Bratton widow and heir at law petition to determine descent of Irving Bratton real estate in Lawrence west side and Simpsons Subdivision. The hearing set for June 7 1965 at 11:00 a.m. Written defenses must be filed. otherwise judgment will be entered. Attorneys Stough and Paddock Lawrence Kansas represent petitioner.
The State of Kansas to numerous defendants including Wilder and Popenoe clans and the Lawrence Plow Company. Merlin Stickelber files in Douglas County District Court Case No. 28602 a petition to quiet title to real estate and bar any claim. Defendants must plead by the 12th day.
The State of Kansas notifies heirs and interested parties that Walther Nelson seeks appointment as administrator of Cheerpee Byrd deceased. Defenses must be filed by June 17, 1965, at 2:00 PM in Douglas County Court, Lawrence Kansas. Attorney Forrest Ar Jackson represents the petitioner. An annual cemetery association meeting is scheduled for 2 PM Sunday, May at the cemetery.
The Planning Commission of Lawrence will meet at City Hall on June 16, 1965 to consider rezoning North 25 feet of Lot 26 and adjacent lots in Block 47 Bahack's Enlarged Addition. The hearing allows interested parties to be heard at the stated time and place.
The Phinning Commission of Lawrence will meet at the city venue to consider a zoning change for the West one half of the Past 200 feet of Gol 16, and the West one-half of the North 25 feet of La 1A, Bleek 3, South Lawrence Addition. Citizens may speak at the stated time and place. Ho Kisher, City Clerk.
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