Summer farm prices stable in Kansas
Kansas farmers saw price stability from July to August as overall indices held steady. All-farm index at 175 percent, crop index 150 percent, livestock index 191 percent. wheat $3.78, corn $2.31, sorghum $3.71, soybeans $5.81 per bushel. All-beef $72.90 cwt, hogs $45.20, hay fell $8 per ton to $78, drought easing.
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Blue chip stocks gain as Dow rises on mixed market
NY stocks mixed with blue chips leading the Dow higher by 2.47 to 2754.56 at noon while NYSE and AMEX gauges faintly fall or rise. IBM up 1 percent to 118, DuPont up 4 to 120, Philip Morris up to 165, Saab-Scania talks drag Ford, and airline shares surge amid takeover chatter.
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Procrastinators Honor Be Late for Something Day
Philadelphia AP reports the Procrastinators Club of America honors those who delay returning lawn mowers ladders and tools as a national Be Late for Something Day. Spokesman Les Waas cites amnesty for neighbors delaying returns and notes 15 years of celebrations with about 6,800 members and 500000 more not yet joined.
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