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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1973
Page
12
Kansas City notes wholesale eggs steady with various weight classes and feeder cattle prices listed. New York prices slide after a weak rally as investors worry over Middle East events and Watergate tapes. Dow dips to 949.65 as orders data surface.
Wheat prices fell 4 to 12 cents across grades with No 2 hard 4.42 to 4.52, No 3 4.40 to 4.51, No 2 red 4.56 to 4.64. corn mostly unchanged to 2% lower with No 2 white 2.70 to 3.10, No 3 2.57 to 3.09, No 2 yellow 2.46 to 2.42, No 3 2.43. oats unchanged with No 2 white 1.18 to 1.28 and No 3 1.08 to 1.27.
A Kansas City AP brief notes cattle sales with 5,500 head counted and feeder calves in focus. Trade details are partial and prices are not fully listed, reflecting a market snapshot.
The Douglas County Commission approves three ton load limits on 35 township bridges and temporarily closes one over Elk Creek near Clinton Lake. A county bond issue for bridge replacement and Kaw River Bridge funding is under consideration, with a joint city county meeting planned. A three ton limit is the state minimum before a bridge must be posted.
The Mid-America Comprehensive Health Planning Agency board unanimously approved a 43 million hospital addition to KU Medical Center in Kansas City Missouri. The project adds 338 beds, new clinical labs and expanded outpatient facilities with construction set to begin by year end.
Secretary of the Interior Roger C. Morton will visit Haskell Indian Junior College on November 8 to address a student assembly at 10 a.m. He will tour the campus and dine with the student senate and campus activities board, according to Supt. Wallace Galluzzi.
The owner of the house where an apparent fire bomb incident occurred suffered a heart attack, with investigators and firemen noting a possible Halloween prank. Mary Keenan, a KU sophomore, reported intruders wearing masks set fire to papers. damage was minor.
Lawrence police recovered two cars stolen Wednesday night before owners reported them missing. Both were taken from Don's Volkswagen Service at 624 N Second and left with keys inside. A compact bus owned by Mary Ann Weeks was driven 18 miles before abandonment near Sixth and Locust, and a Kurtis M. Kern car was driven six miles before being left at Second and Locust.
Senator Edward J. Gurney of Florida will discuss the Watergate aftermath at 7 30 p.m. Monday in University Theatre Murphy Hall Kansas University. The talk is sponsored by the Vickers Lecture series and honors the Watergate inquiry era.
For 24 hours to 9 am Thursday the Kansas highway death log reports zero deaths. In October the count reaches 50, with 1973 total at 524 and the comparable 1972 period at 563.
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