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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1971
Page
10
Local markets report wheat at 1.34 corn 1.00 milo 1.57 beans 2.81 oats 0.80. Wholesale eggs large 80 percent 31 39 medium 80 percent 25 34. The Dow Jones fell below 800 to 795.49 by 2 p.m. with 4 to 1 declines at the NYSE amid Phase 2 uncertainty and global monetary anxiety.
Alec Nove former Rose Morgan professor at Kansas University and expert on Soviet economics will lecture on Russia as an Emergent Country A Historical Survey at 730 p m Thursday Dec 2 in Woodruff Auditorium Kansas Union He directs international economic studies at University of Glasgow and chairs Soviet Studies editorial board The talk is sponsored by Slavic and Soviet area studies and the Humanities Lecture Series.
Gospel singer and recording artist Brother Joe May will appear at 8 p.m. today at the Second Christian Church at 13th and Connecticut. The public is invited to attend as May, who has visited Lawrence several times, retires after this engagement.
Cattle 1,000 head with calves 50 and feeder cattle steady. cows up 20.00 to 21.50 for utility and commercial. Feeder steers 300-450 lb 39.00-42.00. 450-600 lb 36.00-39.00. Hogs 3,500 head with barrows gilts up 50 to 75. 200-250 lb 19.25-20.00. Sows 25 higher. 320-400 lb 15.75-16.50. Sheep 250 head. lambs 26.50 top, ewe prices 3.50-5.00. Tomorrow’s estimates: cattle 2,300. calves 200. hogs 3,000. sheep 100.
Lawrence observes a four day weekend with most stores banks and public offices closed Thursday through Friday. The Post Office offers no deliveries except special Thursday, and Kansas University grants the longest holiday with classes paused until next Monday.
Tonganoxie City Council discussed building an elevated water storage tank west of town at a Monday meeting. Black and Veatch consultants proposed a two phase project funded by general obligation bonds, with work to start by year’s beginning. The council also awarded the Tonganoxie Jaycees a $225 contract to install and remove downtown Christmas lights as their annual fundraiser.
Topeka Kansas. Post Auditor Keith Weltmer was directed by the Legislative Post Audit Committee to audit two state agencies after personnel changes. The Office of the State Architect and the State Property Valuation Department will be examined as routine policy follows top staffing shifts. Representative Calvin Strowig noted audits occur routinely when agency heads change.
Cities Service Gas Co will raise rates for Lawrence area residents by five cents per thousand cubic feet starting Dec 1, raising typical monthly residential bills from 66 to 71 cents. The hike retroactive to Nov 14 affects about 14,000 Lawrence customers and 391,000 residential nationwide, with 40,000 industrial customers in Kansas.
Kansas University sophomore Steve C. Brown from Overland Park told KU Traffic Security officers he was assaulted Saturday night at a Hoch Auditorium concert. He said a male approached him around 9 30 and struck him several times. Brown was treated at Watkins Hospital and released.
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