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a The Manhattan Mercury CLASSIFIED ADSMARKETSFEATURES Friday, September 20, 1996 B7 Today's Markets BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES The Mercury cannot verify the financial potential of advertisement, in the Help Wanted or Business Opportunities classifications. Readers are advised to approach any such "business opportunity'' with reasonable caution. headorabout31 percent of previously contracted, formulated cattle. Sales FOB weights after 4 percent shrink. Slaughter steers: select and choice 2-3 1065-1350 lb, mostly 1100-1250 lb 72.00.

Dressed basis: select and choice 1200 1300 lb 113.50-114.00, hot weights, delivered. Slaughter heifers: select and choice 2-3 1000-1160 lb 72.00, pen 950 lb 71.00. Mixed commercial to choice 1150-1225 lb heifer, heiferettes and cows 69.00-71.00; dressed basis: select and choice 1100-1200 lb 113.00-114.00, hot weights, delivered. SearsRoeb 46 7, SvceMerch 5 Smithlnt 347. SmthBchADS 59', SnapOn 32 SouNEngTel 387.

7. Sprint 41 1 SunCo 23 TRWInc 97 7. Texaco 957, 1 Textron 83 7. Timken 38 Travelers 47 Vi Trinova 33 7, UAL Corp 487, 7. US WestCm 30 USWstMda 17 USX-Marathn 217, USX-USS 28 Unicom Cp 25 7.

UnCarbde 45 7. UnionElec 37 7. UnPac 737, 7, UnitedTech 119 1 Unocal 357. ViadCorp 137, WalMart 277. WarnLms 627.

WstnRes 287, WestghEl 187. WilliamsCos 51 7, Winnebago 8 Woolworth 217. Associated Press LastChg. AMR Corp 82 17. Corp 57 Cpwd 437.

AirTouch -287, 7, Alldsignal 62V. 1 Alcoa 61 14 AmericaOnLs 35 2 AmBrands 43'. AmElPw 41 7. AmExpress 45'. AHomePrd 63 AmStores 39 7, Ameritech 53V4 7.

Amoco 70 ArchDanM 18 ArmstWInd 62 AtlRichfld 125 AutoZone 28 Bandag 48 BellAtl 58 BellSouth 37 7, BethSteel 10 Boeing 93 1 BoiseCascd 32 BristMySq 95 Brunswck 23 7. BurlNoSFe 84 1 CPC 73 CampbSoup 78 1 CenteriorEn 9 7-32 3-32 Chevron 63 1 Chiquita 12 Chrysler 28 Citicorp 88 CocaColas 51 Comsat 23 ConAgra 45 ConsFrght 23 Corninglnc 38 CurtWrt 53 DQE 28 DTE Energy 28 DanaCorp 30 DaytonSuper 12 DeereCo 42 Dillard 33 Disney 62 7. DowChem 82 7. DuPont 86 EstKodak 75 V. Echlin 31 EDS Corp 59 Vi EmersonEl 88 Enron 40 5,893.26.

Advancing issues edged out decliners by about a 5-to-4 margin on the New York Stock Exchange, where volume was 287 million shares, about twice the level at the same time Thursday. The Standard Poor's 500 stock index was up 3.46 to 686.46 while the NYSE composite index was up 1.46 to 365.40. The Nasdaq composite index was5.69 higher at 1,217.78 while the American Stock Exchange's market value index rose 0.10 to 565.54. Investors have been awaiting the outcome of next week's meet-ing of the Federal Reserve Board's policy making committee, which seems increasingly likely to boost interest rates slightly. While inflation seems tame despite strong economic growth, investors fear a rate rise could cyrb profits.

These underlying issues got pushed aside today as traders re-positioned their complex computer-driven investing strategies related to the options and futures expirations, said John Groveman president of Ladenburg, Thalmann Co. in New York. Much of today's buying was related to the expirations, he said. "I think they'll think about profits Monday or Tuesday. Today it's the computers," Groveman said.

Among active issues, Microsoft Corp. was up 7, to 1387, on the Nasdaq, following a lower open on word that the Justice Department has begun an antitrust investigation into the company's Internet strategy. Microsoft's arch competitor in the Internet market, Netscape Communications Corp. gained 4 164 to 49 3364. General Motors' H-class shares, reflecting the value of its Hughes Electronics division gained 37, to 61 on news it will buy satellite operator Pan AmSat to create the world's second largest satellite network.

Pa-nAmSat shares gained to 28. 79 Business Opportunities RETAIL Franchise Opportunity Low Initial Investment. Seasonal Opportunities inside Wal-Mart 1-800-277-3278. Today in History Associated Press Today is Friday, Sept. 20, the 264th day of 1996.

There are 102 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Sept. 20, 1519, Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan set out from Spain on a voyage to find a western passage to the Spice Islands in Indonesia. Magellan was killed en route, but one of his ships eventually circumnavigated the world. On this date: Italian troops took control ofthe Papal States, leadingto the unification of Italy.

In 1881, Chester A. Arthur was sworn in as the 21st president of the United States, succeeding ames A. Garfield, who had been assassinated. In 1947, former New York City Mayor Fiorello La Guardia died. In 1962, black student James Meredith was blocked from enrolling at the University of Mississippi by Gov.

Ross R. Barnett. (Meredith was later admitted.) In 1963, in a speech to the U.N. General Assembly, President Kennedy proposed a joint U.S.-Soviet expedition to the moon. In 1973, in their so-called "battle of the sexes," tennis star Billie Jean King defeated Bobby Riggs in straight sets, 6-4, 6-3, 6-3, at the Houston Astrodome.

In 1976, Playboy magazine released an interview in which Pemocratic presidential nominee Jimmy Carter admitted he'd "looked on a lot of women with lust." In suicide car bomber attacked the U.S. Embassy annex in north Beirut, killing a dozen people. Ten years ago: Secretary of State George P. Shultz and Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze reported progress after talks in Washington on preparations for a second summit between President Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev. Today's Birthdays: Boston Celtics President Red Auerbach is 79.

Actress Peg Phillips is 78. Singer Gogi Grant is 72. Psychologist Joyce Brothers is 68. KC Livestock KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Kansas feedlot and range sales report: Compared with last weeks close: slaughter steers and heifers steady.

Trade moderate mid-morning Thursday, mostly quiet to very slow. Inquiry moderate to light most of the week, good Thursday. Demand fair early Thursday, mostly moderate to light. Feedyards extremely current. Weather conditions remain cool and wet most of western and central kansas.

Most of the area received 3-8 inches of rain this week. The corn harvest is at a total standstill, winter wheat planting also at standstill. Sales confirmed ort 21,300 slaughter steers and 19,800 slaughter heifers for total of 41,100 head, compared with 125,700 last week and 69,900 last year. This weeks volume includes 12,700 NotaBleDeath Metal Prices NEW YORK (AP) Spot non-ferrous metal prices Friday. Aluminum 63.4 cents per lb, London Metal Exch.

Thu. Copper $0.96 Cathode full plate, U.S. destinations. Copper 9i.55 cents per lb, NY Merc spot Thu. Lead 50 cents pr lb.

Zinc .5161.5211 per lb, delivered. Tin $4.0741 Thu. Metals Week composite price per lb. (only daily quote). Gold $382.30 Troy NY Merc spot month Thu.

(only daily quote). Silver $4,884 per troy NY spot month Thu. Mercury $265.00 per 76 lb flask, New York. Platinum $389.00 $391.00 troy N.Y. (contract).

Platinum $390.50 N.Y. Merc spot per troy oz. Thu. Wallstfeet" NEW YORK (AP) Stocks traded briskly in today's "triple witching" session, which will see the expiration of options and futures contracts. Prices climbed higher after a mixed start.

At noon orf'Wall Street, the Dow Jones industrial average was 25.52 points higher at lenging his trade to the Philadelphia Phillies. Flood sought to undermine baseball's reserve clause that tied a player to one team for life unless it traded or released liim, and argued that baseball should lose the antitrust exemption the Supreme Court granted it in 1922. Baseball has since modified its reserve clause but retains its antitrust exemption. In another highly publicized case, Cooper ruled in 1975 that prominent celebrity photographer Ronald E. Galella had "relentlessly invaded" the privacy of former first lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and interfered with Secret Service agents assigned to protect her when he dogged her and her family for months.

RufusM.Josey DOTH AN, Ala. Rufus M. Jo-sey, who managed newspapers across the Southeast before becoming publisher of The Dothan Eagle, died Sunday after an extended illness. He was 74. Josey was managing editor at The Spartanburg (S.C.) Herald, worked on the news staff of The Washington Star, and then worked in management at The Winchester (Va.) Star, The Progress Index in Petersburg, and The Daily Citizen News in Dalton, lie became pu blisher of The Dothan Eagle in the late 1970s.

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487. 33 59 847, 7, 7, 7, 7, Legal Notices Director's Sale Published In The Manhattan Mercury Friday, September 20. 1996; subsequently published Sept. 27 and October 4. 1996 COMMERCIAL FEDERAL MORTGAGE CORPORATION, SUCCESSOR BY MERGER WITH RAILROAD SAVINGS BANK, FSB, Plaintiff, MELVIN J.

SAVOY, BRIGITTA E. SAVOY, FORD CONSUMER FINANCE COMPANY, AND SEARS. ROEBUCK COMPANY, et al Defendants. KSA Chapter 60-Case No 96 00104 NOTICE OF POLICE DIRECTOR SALE By virtue of an Order of Sale Issued to me out of the said District Court In the above-entitled action, I writ on Tuesday, the 15th day of October. 1996.

at 10 00 a of tax) day at the front door of the Court House In Riley County, Kansas In the City of Manhattan, offer a public sate and sel to the best bidder tor cash in hand, the following described reat property: 1 Lot 69. In Ward 6. in the City of Manhattan. Rtoy County, Kansas subject to any redemption rights as provided by law. That an attempt to coned a debt and any information obtained wj be used tor that purpose hi AJ Johnson AL JOHNSON.

POLICE DIRECTOR Riley County. Kansas ROBERT LASTELIC 07178 CAPITOL FEDERAL BUILDING State 401. 9500 Nan Overland Park. Kansas 66207 (913) 648343 ATTORNEY FOR PLAINTIFF INVITATION TO BID Published In The Manhattan Mercury Friday, September 20. 1996.

subsequently published Sept 22 end 23. 1996 REROOFING PROJECT FOR UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT 284 303 BROADWAY COTTONWOOO FALLS. KANSAS 66845 ARCHITECTS JOB NO 9646 DATE 1906 A 1 PROJECT SCOPE a ReronAng of the Chase County GraOe end phase County High Schools located Cottonwood Fei Kansas, and the Chase County Middle School located Strong City. Kansas, and all other work as defined by the Drawings. Project Manual, and Addenda IherMo A 2 BID RECEIVING a Bids wiM be received accordance the Protect Manual until 2 00 PM.

Thursday October 3. 1996, at the USD 284 distnd office located at 303 Broadway. Cottonwood. Fells, Kansas 6WM5 A 3 BIO DOCUMENTS a Drawings and Protect Manuals are available from the OMce of the Arcfwtect, Bnmt Btrwman and Aisociales. Architects.

PA. 228 Povntf Avenue. PO Bm 1046 Manhattan. Kama 66502 upon deposit of $25 00 tor each set of documents The deposit for each set of documents will be remrjed. providing 1 Depositor submits a bid and returns documents In good condition within two weeks aler brta aie received or 2 Depositor (on determining not In bid! returns documents at least 5 days prior to time set tor receiving bids Additional sets may be purchased by Contractors at the pnee of J5 0tVwt Handling and Pnslage is MVorder Contract documents aie on file and may be viewed at the orVe of the Architect A-4 BID SCCURITY AND BONDS a Bid Security and Bonds wilt be required in accordance wh the Instructions to Bidrlenj and General Requirements found the Project Manual Entergy Exxon FMCCp FordMotor GTE Cp GenDynam GenlElec GenMills GenMotors GaPacif Goodrichs Goodyear GraceCo Grand Metro Haliburtn Hercules Hersheys HomeDepot Homestake Huffy IBPInc IES Illinova Cp IngerRd IBM IntlPaper InterstPw JohnsCn mart KNEnergy KerrMcgee Kroger Litton LockhdMart LucentTech Mapco McDonalds McDonnDgs MidAmerEng MinnMM Mobil Monsanto Navistar NobleAfil Service Directory Legal Notice LEGAL NOTICE Published in The Manhattan Mercury on Thursday.

September 19, 1996; subsequently published on September 20. 1996. The Riley County Aging Transportation Agency, Inc. (ATA), a non-profit organization, is filing an application fix Capital assistance for Transportation of the Elderly and Disabled within the provisions of the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 to procure one wheelchair accessible mini-bus The vehicle will be operated five days a week, Monday through Friday, between the hours of 8 00 AM and 4:30 PM. The ATA Bus service is available to residents of Riley County on a priority basis People 60 and over and the disabled have first priority for medical, nutrition, financial, shopping and social needs.

The ATA Bus Service operates in compliance with aH applicable laws and statues. This requested vehicle will replace a older vehicle, and will not increase the number of ATA vehicles individuals desiring to comment positively or negatively may do so by contacting the ATA Director at 110 Courthouse Plaza. Manhattan. KS 66502. telephone 913-537-6345 andor Mr James Van Sickel, KDOT Office of Transportation.

2nd floor. Thacher Building, 217 SE. 4th Topeka. KS 66603-3501. telephone 913-296-0343, no later than 20 October 1996.

124 LANDSCAPING TREE SERVICE BRINKER Tree Care. 539-6143. CHAMPLIN Tree Trimming, licensed, certified, insured, estimates 776-9445. DON'S Stump Removal Tree Service. Firewood.

776-3620. 130 LAWN CARE 4 Lawn Landscape, fertilization, tie and stone retaining walls, drainage problems corrected. Licensed and insured. 539-9400. 132 MOBILE HOME SERVICE i Midland Mobile Home Service Supplies Complete mobile home repairs, skirting, new and used windows and doors; compiele set ups and break downs Free estimales.

776-5832. REPLACEMENT doors and house type windows for mobile homes. 537-9425. 136 PAINTING AND DECORATING EXTERIOR House painting, experienced, free estimates, call Jeff 537-3906 Mike Woodard Painting Free estimates. 1 7 years experience 776-3347.

143 ROOFING AFFORDABLE. Free estimales. shingle, cedar shakes, insured, all work guaranteed. 587 9572. S.LS.

Services, Inc. Roofing Painting Financing Available (913) 762-2507 or (800) 385-2259 "We Want To Do A GREAT Job Fo; You" IG2 THERAPEUTIC MASSAGE SOUTHWIND Therapeutic Arts. 31 70 Houalon 776 8453 By atioointment only, on call 24 hour Day. 7 days a week 175 WOOD FLOORS REED Son. Hardwood floors- Inslall.

sanding 1 fehmshing of enisling Riley, 485-2587. business giant, died Tuesday after suffering from Parkinson's disease. He was 87. A. Duda Sons operating in California, Arizona, Texas, Mexico and Australia, growing citrus, vegetables, sugar cane and raising cattle, the company has branched into land development in Brevard County.

The closely held family corporation now has revenue of more than $200 million a year, and Ferdinand Duda's son, Ferdinand is now president of the company. Duda retired as president and chief executive officer in 1981. Joan Perry SANTA BARBARA, Calif. Joan Perry, a 1930s movie actress and widow of former Columbia Studios President Harry Conn, died of emphysema Sunday. She was 85.

Born Elizabeth Rosiland Miller in Pensacola, Perry modeled until she was discovered by Hollywood. She signed with Columbia in 1935 at the same time as Rita Hayworth. Cohn then told her: "Hayworth will be a star, and you'll be my wife." She retired in 1941 when she married the studio head. 20 years her senior. Perry appeared with actors Ronald Reagan, Lew Ayres, Ralph Bellamy and Melvyn Dou glas in such films as "Counterfeit Lady," "The Case of the Missing Man," "Dangerous Intrigue," "The Devil Was Driving," "Good Girls Go to Paris" and "Nine Lives Are Not Enough." After Cohn's death in 1958, she briefly married and divorced shoe tycoon Harry1 Karl and later married and divorced actor Laurence Harvey.

LOGAN. Brian E. Ellen I. to David Watkins, It 16. Blk.

1. St. John's 2nd Wamego, 7 17. MUNCHBERG. Jens Regina to Patricia A.

Heath. It. 18. Blk. 3.

Mansfield Addn. Unit 4, Wamego, 7 16. PENNINGTON. Luanna to William E. Rosetta Anderson, tr in SWSWV, of 34 8 12.

7 19. RCTATH. Brad A. Anita L. to Vlad E.

Donna L. Johnson, tr. in W'i SE'-, of 29 9 10.7 15. WILSON, Douglas Construe tion. Inc.

to Douglas D. Jean Wilson, It 69, Timber Crk. II Phase 111,7 17. Associated Press James F.Bonner PASADENA, Calif. James F.

Bonner, a molecular biologist who found new ways to harvest citrus and to increase the yield of rubber trees, died Friday. He was 86. Bonner was a co-inventor of the method used by most Florida citrus growers to mechanically harvest oranges. His work impro-vingthe collection of natural rubber helped Malaysia double its rubber production. He co-authored textbooks such as "Principles of Plant Physiology" in 1952, and "The Molecular Biology of Development" in 1965.

An amateur photographer and avid traveler, he also was a ski patrolman for the National Ski Patrol System. Suzanne Charpentier PARIS Suzanne Charpentier, the French actress better known by her screen name An-nabclla for such films as "Napoleon" and "Hotel du Nord," died of a heart attack Wednesday. She was 86. Annabella's career began with Abel Gance's silent, epic length "Napoleon" in 1926, which was restored in the mid-1980s by American director Francis Ford Coppola. She also starred in a string of 1930s talkies that took a senti mental view of working class Paris, including the 1938 classic "Hotel du Nord." Annabella was once married to actor Tyrone Power, and co starred with him in her only American film, "Suez," in 1938.

They divorced in 1948. Annabella made her final film, "Le Plus Bel Amour do Don Juan" (The Most Beautiful Love ofDonJuanin 1952. Irving Ben Cooper NKW YORK Judge Irving Ben Cooper, who granted Jac queline Kennedy Onassis relief from a relentless photographer and upheld organized baseball's exemption from antitrust laws, died Tuesday at age 94. Cooper served as a New York Criminal Court judge for 30 years before President John V. Ken nedy named him to the federal bench, where he presided for 32 years.

lie never formally retired, but reduced his caseload 15 years ago and became inactive in 1WH. He presided over the 1972 law suit brought by St. Ixuiis Cardinals outfielder Curt Flood dial 83 ALTERATIONS, SEWING 'ALTERATIONS For You. Quality service tor all alterations including formal bndal-at reasonable Jpnces. 2047-B Fort Riley Blvd.

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ARTISAN Construction specializing in residential construction including new homes, additions, remodeling, decks, patios and finish basement. Call Jot free estimates at 913-539-6484. A 4 DECKS ETC. aDecks, fences, concrete. Free estimates.

776-1 964. 476-3130. JhIaNDYMAN. Interior Exterior painting, drywall, ashingling. carpentry, and shower kits.

13-539-8063. 93 CARPET INSTALLATION CARPET Installation and Repair. Call 776-7407. CRAWFORD CARPET INSTALLATION- 5 years eip. Residential and commercial 913-632-3457 JERRY'S Wholesale Carpet Warehouse Carpet Vinyl remnants.

Carpet repairs Used lumriure. 2501 Slagg Hill Road. 565-9322. 95 CONCRETE, CEMENT MASONRY DRIVEWAYS, sidewalks, patios, slabs, new and I replacement, referrals available, free estimates. ipsured.

4 Services. 539-9400. 103 EXCAVATION SKIDLOADER, backhoe. trencher service, Bnckei Construction 91 3-537-1 71 7. 114 HOME RENTAL MAINTENANCE Garage Door RepairReplacement Trained, full time servicemeninstallers.

Free estimates by trained, helpful sales staff. Call us for any door or operator problem. Satisfaction guaranteed! Overhead Door of Manhattan 3260 Kimball, Candlewood 776-6064 Riley County deeds recorded HARKINS, Charles J. Cara lyn to Ionard G. Sharon Pur vis.

Its 1 2, Blk. 4. Uhlrich's 1st 23. Mic hael J. Diane M.

to Horticultural NW'. of32 9 9,7 16. HEHRKLL. James R. Mary O.

to Bradley A Cindy Shaffer, It 14. Westerly Hgts. Subd. Unit 1. 7 24.

HOUSTON, Thomas II. Velma to Jose M. Maria T. Rada. It.

9. Blk. C. Zemek St.Mnrv's7 15. HUPK.

Randal W. to Wamego Lumber It 12, Westerly Hgts. Subd. Unit 2, 7 17. I' Enterprises, Inc.

to Ronald E. Noc, It 45, Pine Spgs. Subd. Unit 4.7-17..