The Kansas City Times from Kansas City, Missouri • 19

I Tuesday May 1772 THE KANSAS CITY TIMES 19 Mutual Funds Deaths I Ni former part owner of the Green-Photography Studio Miss id in France during Crane Photo Pponfl Janus Hanck Johnstp Keystone Apollo us 61 us 62 84 us K1 us K2 us Sf us S2 us S3 us 54 jlar Knjckb Knick On the Financial Front First Quarter Earnings Higher for ERC Corp NEW YORK (AP) following guo lotions supplied by the National Association of Securities Dealers Inc ere the prices at which these securities could have been sold (net asset value) or bought (value plus sales Charge) Monday Sell Buy AGE Fnd 6 50 6 63 Aberdn 225 NL Admiralty Funds Grwth 703 770 7 41 Incom Insur 461 1137 1246 5 10 557 Aetna 1134 1 2 40 Afuture 1563 NL AIIAm Fd 96 105 Allstate 1357 1459 Alpha 15 02 1642 Amcap 706 772 Am Diver 1158 1266 Am Eqitv 615 674 Amer Express: Capit 10 08 11 02 747 8 12 1100 1205 1LW Lex Rsh 1701 1859 Librty Fd 6 93 7 57 Life Stk 712 778 Life Inv 9 06 9 90 Line Ntl 1298 1419 Jng 460 Logmis Sayles: canad 30 93 NL Capit 1384 NL Mut 1550 NL Lord Abbett: Affiltd 726 785 A Bus 341 370 Bnd Db 1161 1269 Luth Bro 1162 1270 Magna In 927 1013 MagnaC 1269 l91 compared with a profit the year before of $133237 or 25 cents a share But the sale of the Bruce terminal here led to an extraordinary item of $167840 which brought net income to 3149273 or 28 cents a share By Steve Weber Assistant Financial Editor pf Th Star A favorable underwriting quarter for Employers Reinsurance Corporation and better returns on investments led to higher net earnings for ERC Corporation in the first quarter ended March 31 32 1019 8 94 977 10 47 1144 906 990 626 684 606 NL 933 1020 Inc me Invest Spec I Stock Am Grth Am Invs Am Mutl AmN Gth 5 72 625 Manhtn 382 Revenue rose to $8846084 from $4462564 for the period ended March 31 Included in the results were nonrecurring expenses of $200000 resulting from consolidation of the two companies These costs were partly offset by a curring gain of $84000 from the sale of equipment Mkt Gth 574 NL Massachusett Co: Freed 860 942 Indeo 814 892 Moss 1215 1332 Mass Financl MIT 1302 1423 MIG 1488 1626 MID 1516 16579 MFD 1567 1713 423 NL 1681 NL 650 710 8 46 915 608 657 661 718 Omahl 1098 1193 Mut Shrs 1755 NL Mut Trst 205 NL NEA Mut 1098 1120 Nat Ind 1235 NL Nat Secur Ser: Balan 1074 1174 stepmother Mrs Josephone Bliss Redwood City Calif a half-brother Paul Bliss Des Moines and two half-sisters Mrs Georgia and Mrs Pauline Rasmussen both of Newark Calif Deaths Over Missouri St Joseph Miss Hazel Ct Coker 67 Faucett Mo died Monday at a St Joseph hospital Misa Coker was born in Buchanan County and was a lifelong resident of the Faucett area She was a member of the Christian Church of Faucett She leaves two brothers Everett Coker and Ocie Coker both of St Joseph three sisters Mrs Euell Freeman Tarko Mo Miss Arventa Coker Faucett Mo and Mrs Bertha Yates 824 23rd North Kansas City Services will be at 2 pm Wednesday at the Vaughn-Aufranc Chapel Dearborn In Platte County burial in the Turner Cemetery near Wallace Mo Friends may call from 7 to 9 pm tonight at the chapel Deaths Over Kansas Baxter Springs Ernest Kirkpatrick 64 a former motor car agency manager and former fire chief 30 years ago died Saturday after suffering an apparent heart attack He was chief of the volunteer fire department between 1935 and 1945 He leaves his wife Mrs Ruth Kirkpatrick of the home three daughters Mrs Willa Joy McDaniel of Summit Mrs Ann Newell Derby Kan and Mrs Cheryl Shouse Pittsburg Kan three brothers Robert Kirkpatrick Galena Kan Charles Kirkpatrick Oklahoma City and Virgil Kirkpatrick Ventura Calif and a sister Mrs Lucille Withers Baxter Springs Services will be today at the First Christian Church Baxter Springs burial in Lowell Cemetery Baxter Springs Henry VanVerth 99 Hiawatha died Sunday at a Hiawatha hospital Mr VanVerth was born iri West Union Va and had lived in Hiawatha 59 years He was custodian 30 years for the Morrill and Janes Bank First Christian Church and the public library all in Hiawatha retiring in 1963 He formerly owned a farm implement store in Hiawatha He leaves two sons Adrian VanVerth Clinton Iowa and Willis VanVerth Hiawatha three daughters Mrs Irma Streker 5016 Lathrop Kansas City Kansas Mrs Lois Thoreson Cherokee Iowa and Mrs LaVeta Krebs Hiawatha 12 grandchildren and 19 greatgrandchildren Services will be at 10 am Wednesday at the Meek Chapel Hiawatha burial in Mount Hope Cemetery Hiawatha 519 567 425 464 1022 1117 720 787 551 602 787 860 1078 1172 1818 1976 834 991 Bond Divid Grwth Pf Stk Incom Stock Nel Grth Nel Side Neuw Cet Channing Funds Balan 1225 1339 972 1062 175 191 726 793 771 843 244 267 Bond Com St Grwth Incom Sped Chase Gr Bos: Fund 1242 1357 Frt Cap 966 1056 Shrhld 957 1046 Sped Chemicl Colonial: Cnvrt Eauty Fund Grwth Incom Vent 1204 1316 1041 1138 1198 473 517 1124 1228 732 800 10 09 1103 616 673 Colu Grth 1795 NL Colmbn 1529 1671 Cwlth AB 141 153 Horace England Hiawatha Kan Horace England 82 of Hiawatha owner of the England Monument Works here from 1917 to W45 died yesterday at the Brown County Hospital here In the 1930s John Milburn Da-v Hiawatha farmer commissioned Mr England to order help construct and install a memorial to Davis and his wife Mrs Sarah Davis who died in 1930 After five years of work 11 carved marble and granite statues of the Davises were constructed in the Mount Hope Cemetery in Hiawatha at a cost sometimes estimated from $50-000 to $750000 The monuments now known as the John Milburn Davis Statuary have become a tourist attraction Davis died penniless in a nursing home in 1947 but was buried at his own memorial Mr England was born in Neosho Mo and had lived here 57 years Mr England was a member of the First Baptist Church He was a charter member of the Elks Lodge He leaves a daughter Mrs Men-zie Brown Hiawatha a grandson and three great-grandchildren Services will be at 2 pm Wednesday at the Meek Chapel burial in the Mount Hope Cemetery Hiawatha George Winger George Winger 68 of 309 Brush Creek a lawyer and a member of the board of trustees of William Jewell College Liberty since 1950 died yesterday at the home Mr Winger was born in Polo Mo and had lived here 66 years He was a member of the law firm of Madden Winger a member of the board of directors of the Helping Hand Institute a charter member of the Kansas City Lawyers Association and a member of the Missouri and American Bar Association He was a member of the Calvary Baptist Church He was graduated from Dartmouth College and the University of Mis-souri-Kansas City School of Law in 1928 and was a member of the University Club He leaves three sons George Winger 6007 Morningside Drive Joseph Winger 8345 Rjeinhardt Leawood and Col Robert Winger with the US Air Force tn Spain a daughter Mrs Michael Swift Fairfield Conn two brothers Robert A Winger flleveland and Maurice Winger Asheville NC a sister Miss Maurine Winger 3305 Karnes and 19 grandchildren SYLVESTER BARR Sylvester Barr 90 of 2807 Brooklyn died Monday at St Joseph Hospital Mr Barr was born in Mississippi and had lived here five months He was a Baptist He leaves a son Roy Barr of the home and a grandson Services will be at 2 pm Wednesday at Watkins Eighteenth Street Chapel burial in the Highland Cemetery Friends may call from 6 to 9 pm today at the chapel ROY BRISCOE Roy Briscoe 83 of 3238 Harrison died Sunday at the Rome Hs was born in Waverly County Missouri and had lived most of his life in the Kansas City area Mr Briscoe was a mechanic MRS MARY CALDWELL Mrs Mary Caldwell 77 of 3222 Cleveland died Saturday at the home Mrs CaldweU was bora in Greenville Miss and had lived here 51 years She was a member of the Paseo Baptist Church and was a member of the Ritz Social and Charity Club She leaves her husband Nixon Caldwell of the home and two step-sisters Mrs Bessie Bush and Mrs Leola Wil- World War I for the Salvation Army and was a member of the Overseas Service League She had served with the Volunteer Motor Corps Service of the American Red Cross during World War II Services will be held at 11 am Thursday at the Gent Chapel Alton 111 burial in the Alton City Cemetery HENRY I CROWDER Henry I Crowder 71 of 1735 22nd Kansas City Kansas died yesterday at the home He was born in Earlham la and had lived in Kansas City Kansas 50 years Mr Crowder was a retired carpenter He was a member and trustee of the Argentine Baptist Church He leaves his wife Mrs Ruby Madge Crowder of the home four sons Arthur Crowder 2323 18th Don Crowder 3010 Woodend Robert Crowder 1972 24th and John Crowder St Louis a sister Mrs Jeanette Stockton Calif 16 grandchildren and three greatgrandchildren MISS STELLA HATFIELD Miss Stella Hatfield 96 formerly of 6106 Walnut died Sunday at an Overland Park nursing home She was born in Quincy 111 and had lived here 62 years Miss Hatfield was a member of First United Presbyterian Church of Olathe Graveside services will be at 2 pm today at the Highland Cemetery Ottawa Kan MRS JENNIE HATTON Mrs Jennie Hatton 93 of a nursing home at 911 Linwood died Monday at the home She was born in Bowling Green Ky and had lived here eight years Services will be held at 10 am Wednesday at the Carson Independence Chapel burial in Memorial Park Cemetery Friends may call after 5 pm today at the chapel ERNEST HOWARD SR Ernest Howard Sr 62 of 2104 27th died Saturday at the General Hospital He was born in Fort Worth and lived here the last 22 years Mr Howard was an electrician He was a member of the Morning Star Baptist Church He leaves his wife Mrs Della Howard and two sons Ernest Howard Jr and Rasdell Howard all of the home a brother Willie Howard Fort Worth and two sisters Mrs Bernice Reynolds and Mrs Mabel Brown both of Fort Worth Services will be at 11 am Wednesday at Lawrence A Jones Linwood Chapel burial in Highland Cemetery Friends may call from 6 to 9 pm today at the chapel MRS MARY KEENEY Mrs Mary Georgia Keeney 83 of 119 Leonard Liberty died Monday at the Spelman Memorial Hospital Smithville Mrs Keeney was born in Harwood Mo and had lived in Liberty 46 years She was a member of the Second Baptist Church of Liberty She leaves a son -Gordon Keeney 622 88th Terrace two daughters Miss Georgia Louise Keeney of the home and Mrs Wilma Mabbott 222 Missouri Liberty a brother Frank Broughton El Dorado Springs Mo five grandchildren and one great-grandchild Services will be at 2 pm Wednesday at the Church-Archer Chapel Liberty burial in the Fairview Cemetery Liberty MRS NICHOLAS LEAVEY Mrs Jessie Leavey 63 of 910 Lyon Kansas City Kansas died yesterday at St Margaret Hospital She was a lifelong area resident Mrs Leavey retired five years ago after working 25 years for Sunshine Biscuits Inc She was a Catholic She leaves her husband Nicholas Leavey and a son William Leavey both of the home two daughters Mrs Louise Downing 8117 Ella and Mrs Alice Hayden Belgium and eight grandchildren RONALD MILLER Ronald Miller 34 of 7909 90th Terrace died Monday after open-heart surgery at Research Hospital He was born in Hastings Neb and lived in the Kansas City area 10 years He was a computer programmer fqr the US Department of Agriculture for 10 years He was a member of the Christ the King Lutheran Church in Raytown He leaves his wife Mrs Shirley Miller a son Steven Miller and a daughter Annette Miller all of the home 173 821 687 741 916 187 8 97 753 812 996 Cwlth Comp Gr Comp As Comp Cp Comp Bd Comp Fd Concord Cons Iny Coi instel Fears Rail Take-Over Costa Rican Boat Burns 11 Saved By Mexican Navy Mexico City (AP) Eleven crew members from a Costa Rican tuna boat were rescued by the Mexican navy after their fishing boat burned off Cedros Island in the Pacific Ocean the Navy Department reported yesterday Four other crew members were missing and three Mexican ships were searching for them Cedros Island is off Baja California The fishing boat the Safari caught fire Friday about three miles off the island the Navy Department said The department said the seagoing tug Salinas picked up seven crewmen and took them to safety on the island Four others reached shore swimming The department said the Safari radioed an SOS Friday reporting an engine room fire Families Flee Toxic Fumes of Derailed Tankcar Newcomerstown Ohio Firemen began evacuation of the tiny communities of Isleta and Shady Bend last night because of danger from a ruptured railroad tankcar containing a toxic chemical Officials said about 50 families were being relocated The tankcar filled with phosphate bensolyde is one of 32 cars of a 67-car Penn Central freight train that derailed Sunday tearing up 800 feet of east-bound track and siding and 400 feet of westbound track Cold Rain Slow State Planting Columbia (AP) Cold and wet i weather continues to hamper Missouri farmers particularly in the northeast The State Crop and Livestock Reporting Service said yesterday that corn planting in east-central Missouri was only one-third completed at the end of last week Figures range fron three-fourths in southeast Missouri the state average is 49 per cent or 19 points more than the previous week But at this time in 1971 the corn crop was 86 per cent planted The weather also hampered the early growth of corn Reports on other crops: With almost five days of field work the percentage of cotton planted jumped from 24 to 77 in the week At the same time last year it was 86 per cent finished Only 10 per cent of the sorghum grain has been planted and only 7 per cent of soybeans Comparable figures for last year were 39 and 26 per cent US Supreme Court Suspends Lawyer From The Star's Washington Bureau Washington The US Su preme Court yesterday suspend ed William Morton Jr a St Joseph Mo lawyer from prac tice of law in the court He was given 40 days to show cause why he should not be disbarred The high court also yesterday denied the petitions of Robert Chester Weathers who was con victed of robbery in the Sedgwick County District Court at Wichita and Daniel Eugene Grindstaff charged with robbery who escaped from the St Louis jail and now is serving a term ait the federal penitentiary at Leavenworth for violation of the Dyer act WOOL New York (API Wool futures declined Monday on profit taking after a prolonged market rise since mid-1971 Prices were hiqber at the Australian wool auctions Wool futures closed 4 of a cent to 20 cents lower July 109 0 October 1100 December 110 0 March 1100 Certificated wool spot 1110 GOLD London (AP) Monday's closing aold prices In dollars a ounce: London 53 10 5224 5290 5340-5325 Hong Kong 5321 and Beirut a kilo LOCAL BANK CLEARINGS By US Kansas City area 55 years She was a member of the Eastminster Presbyterian Church She leaves a daughter Mrs Martha Sexton 6625 El Monte Prairie Village two grandchildren and three great-grandchildren Services will be at 10 am Wednesday at the Blackman Guardian Chapel burial In Mount Washington Cemetery Friends may call from 7 to 9 pm today at the chapel The family suggests contributions to the American Cancer Society MRS MARY PINER Mrs Mary Piner 59 of 6002 148th Grandview died Monday at the Jackson County Hospital Mrs Piner was born in Dearborn in Platte County and had lived in Grandview 27 years She was a retired licensed practical nurse She leaves two daughters Mrs Peggy Grand! 8002 Montgall and Mrs Nancy Miester Kansas City Kansas her mother Mrs Lula Cline Harrisonburg Va two sisters Mrs Katherine Thompson Clark-ston Wash and Mrs June Coots 4415 9th seven grandchildren and four great -grandchildren Services will be at 1 pm Wednesday at the Muehlebach Chapel burial in Mount Moriah Cemetery Friends may call after 3 pm today at the chapel CHARLES SPURGEON Charles Brooks Spurgeon 85 of Dover Mo formerly of Kansas City died Monday at a Richmond Mo nursing home He was born in Kansas City and had lived in the area until 1969 when he moved to Dover Mr Spurgeon retired in 1965 as a miller for the ADM Milling Company North Kansas City after three years He was a member of the First Assembly of God Church here He leaves his wife Mrs Rebecca Spurgeon of the home three sons Spurgeon Sr Waverly Mo Charles Spurgeon Amoret Mo and Ray Spurgeon Carson Calif six grandchildren 11 great -grandchildren and 1 great-great-granddaughter Services will be at 2 pm Wednesday at the church burial in Barry Cemetery Gladstone Friends may call after 3 pm today at the Newcomer North Kansas City Chapel MRS INA SUMNER Mrs Ina Sumner 69 of Spring Hill in Johnson County died yesterday at Shawnee Mission Hospital Mrs Sumner was a lifelong Spring Hill resident She leaves a son Dennis Sumner Spring Hill two daughters Mrs Delores Duffield Bucy-rus Kan and Mrs Hazel Haynes Spring Hill five grandchildren and two great -grandchildren Services will be at 2 pm Thursday at the Bruce Chapel Spring Hill burial in the Wellsville Cemetery Wellsville Kan Friends may call from 7 to 9 pm Wednesday at the chapel MRS WILLIAM TOMLINSON Mrs Irene Tomlinson 67 of 4115 Warwick died Monday at the home She was a lifelong Kansas City resident She was a former constable in Kaw township Mrs Tomlinson also built and managed apartment buildings She was a member of the City Club and the Chamber of Commerce She was a member of Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Church She leaves her husband William Tomlinson of the home Services will be at 10 am Wednesday at the church burial in Mount Olivet Cemetery A rosary service will be said at 7 pm today at McGilley Midtown Chapel where friends may call after 4 pm today MRS MARY WHITLEDGE Mrs Mary Whitledge 66 of 2628 35th died Saturday at the General Hospital She was born in Cape Girardeau Mo and lived here 50 years She was a member of the Metropolitan Spiritual Church of Christ 1231 Garfield She leaves a son Walter Moten Los Angeles her mother Mrs Josephine Bright of the home two sisters Mrs Helene Jenkins 3333 Benton and Miss Evelyn Bright Los Angeles Services will be held at 9 pm Thursday at the church burial in Lincoln Cemetery Friends may call from 6 to 9 pm Thursday at the church MRS GEORGE WILSON Mrs Mattie Wilson 72 of Montrose Mo formerly of Kansas City died yesterday at the Independence Hospital Mrs Wilson was born in Minden Mo and had lived here 30 years before moving to Montrose in 1968 She leaves her husband George Wilson of the home a son Cleatus Wilson 10705 28th Terrace Independence a brother Emmett Jeffress Wichita two sisters Mrs Minnie Parrish Chillicothe Mo Mrs Minnie Breckenridge Mo and three grandchildren Graveside services will be at 2:30 pm Wednesday at the Floral Hills Cemetery Friends may call from 6 to 8 pm tonight at the Floral Hills Chapel MRS GEORGELLA WILLIAMS Mrs Georgelia Williams 93 of 1142 Barnett Kansas City Kansas died Monday at the Douglass Hospital She was bom in Memphis and had lived 60 years in Kansas City Kansas Mrs Williams was a member of the Eighth Street Baptist Church She leaves a stepson Frank Williams New York a stepdaughter Mrs Anna Jackson of the home a brother Julius Claxton Cleveland 12 grandchildren 16 great-grandchildren and six great-great-grandchildren JOHN WITTHAR SR John Frederick Witthar Sr 83 of 3700 Northern Independence died Monday at the home He was lifetime Jackson County resident He was a retired farmer Mr Witthar was a member of St United Church of Christ He leaves a son John Witthar Jr Arvada Colo two daughters Mrs Virginia Simonie 1808 Rankin Drive and Mrs Susan Terry 614 Bellevista both of Independence a sister Miss Lydia Witthar of the home seven grandchildren and two greatgrandchildren Services will be held at 10 am Thursday at the Ott Mitchell Chapel Independence burial in Floral Hills Cemetery Friends may call from 7 to 9 pm Wednesday at the chapel 971 1055 1186 NL 1200 1235 673 736 ContMut 834 NL Cont Gth 1107 1118 Corp Ldr 1627 1780 Ctry Cap 1653 1787 CrnWDiv 617 674 CrnWDal 791 864 Davge Fd 1786 NL deVegh 7335 NL Delaware Group: Decat 1215 1328 Delaw 1367 1494 Delta 858 938 Dir Cap 803 860 Dodg Cox 1703 NL Drexel 1455 NL Dreyfus Grp: Drevf 1331 1459 Levge 1779 1950 SpI Inc 846 927 Third 1127 Howard Balan 1021 1116 Grvth 1757 1920 Incom 659 720 Sped 1136 1242 Stock 1441 1575 Ebrstdt 1475 1612 EDIE SpI 3039 NL EFC Managemnt: Eg Gth 998 1094 Eq Pro 470 515 Fd Am 916 1004 Egret Gt 1420 1543 Elfun Tr 2130 EmerSec 731 799 Energy 1294 NL Eauitv 937 1024 FD Cap 507 Fairfld 1214 1327 Farm Bu 1057 NL Fidelity Group: Bond 970 1070 Capit 1351 1487 Profits of Jl Soar Net earnings more than doubled for Jason-Empire Inc for the quarter ended April 30 Sales also jumped largely on the contributions of the traditional lines of binoculars telescopes and related equipment as well as the newer tenhis racket and apparel lines Net earnings reached $122000 or 22 cents a share compared with $59000 or 11 cents a share for the same period in 1971 First quarter net sales were $1-652000 up from $1092000 is confident that the upward trend of both sales and earnings will continue for the full fiscal said Richard Levin president He added he did not expect growth of the same high percentages for the remaining three quarters of the fiscal year Ahead With Charter Commerce Bancshares Inc a registered bank holding company has been giyen preliminary approval from the Compt-troller of the Currency Washington to organize a bank in downtown St Louis The bank which would be known as Commerce Bank of St Louis NA would be capitalized at $5 million Commerce Bancshares must now receive approval from the Federal Reserve System Board of Governors Approve Stock Split Shareholders of Western Casualty and Surety Company have voted a 4-for-l stock split Authorized capital stock will be increased from 1 million shares to 4 million Par value will be reduced from $5 to $125 Directors declared a quarterly dividend of 38 cents a share on the unsplit stock payable June 28 to holders of record May 26 Dividends Directors of Whitaker Cable Corporation declared the regular quarterly dividend of 12 cents a share to be paid June 15 bf holders of record June 1 Directors of Western Insurance Securities Company declared dividends on three classes of stock for two quarters 10 cents on common payable July 1 to holders of record June 1 and again Oct 2 to holders Sept 1 $150 on preferred payable Aug 1 to holders July 7 and Nov 1 to record Oct 6 62 cents on class A to be paid June 28 to record June 1 (plus a participating dividend of $150 and again of 62 cents Sept 28 to record Sept 1 Sept 1 Dividend Increase Directors of Jones Corporation have voted to raise the semiannual dividend fractionally 7 cents to 78 cents a payable June 15 to holders of record May 12 Before capital gains net income was up 14 per cent With capital gains and losses included the first quarter of 1972 showed an earnings boost of 44 per cent over the same in this despite a sharp drop in equity in net income of National Fidelity Life Insurance Co a subsidiary Assets and stockholders equity showed healthy gains Net income was $3504008 or $143 a share compared with $2420592 or 99 cents a year ago These figures included a gain on investments for thb quarter of $653890 compared to a loss of $87751 in 1971 Also included in the net income figure was the net gain from National Fidelity amounting to $46019 down from $418302 for the comparable period According to Stanford Miller president the drop in income due to the fluctua tions in losses occuring from quarter to quarter and not due to any basic change in the profitability of the Operations excluding National Fidelity amounted to $31895730 down from $32112805 Total losses and expenses declined however to $30769527 from $31493033 in 1971 Investment income less expenses was $2440823 up from $1970513 Assets rose to $323634899 from $280949020 while equity gained from $83028467 to $98782193 Merger Progresses Directors of Autoviable Services Inc St Louis have agreed in principle to merge with Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Mid-America Inc On May 1 Automatique Inc of Kansas City announced agreement in principle to the multicompany merger At that time Coca-Cola and Autoviable were still negotiating Under terms of the agreement Coca-Cola would be the surviving corporation upon the issuance of common stock to the other two companies with a market value of about $206 million According to Robert Wag-staff president of Coca-Cola the merger would enable Coca-Cola to operate nationally with annual sales of about $65 million and assets of more than $30 million Mid-American Lines Despite costs incurred in absorbing the operations of Bruce Motor Freight Mid-American Lines Inc showed a slight increase in net income for the first quarter with a boost from an extraordinary item Aside from consolidation costs Mid-American has experienced a loss of business in certain segments of its operations Management had anticipated meager if any profits for the first two quarters loss of business was not as drastic as we had said Gene A Scott president fact both Mid-American and Bruce had minor increases in revenue the first quarter of 1972 in comparison with last year Maintaining a roughly break-even point was an important The net loss before the extraordinary item was $18567 Neuw Fd 1277 1396 New Wld 1423 1555 Newton 2114 2311 Nich Strg 2521 NL Noreast 1586 NL Oceangr 849 NL Omega 866 878 100 Fund 1465 1601 101 Fund 931 1017 One WmS 1759 ONeiil 1470 NL Oppenheimer Fd: Oppen 969 1059 AIM 1398 1528 Time 1138 1244 OTC Sec 1186 1289 Param 878 960 Paul Rvr 918 1003 Penn Sq 774 NL Pa Mut 477 NL Phila 1612 1767 Pilgrim 1163 1271 Pine SI 1191 NL Pion Ent 963 1052 Pion Fnd 12491365 Plan lay 1294 1414 Pligrtn 1488 1626 Price Funds: Grwth 3243 NL Era 1134 NL Horiz 4347 NL Pro Fund 1214 NL Pro Portf 703 NL Provid 526 575 Prov Gth 900 984 PruSIP 1138 1243 Putnam Funds: Equit 1130 1235 Georg 1630 1781 Grwth 1269 1387 Incom 850 929 Invest 1038 1134 Vista 1211 1323 Voyag 1110 1213 Revere 1243 1358 Rintret 1581 1733 Sagitars 368 NL Schustr 1807 1978 Scudder Funds: Int Inv unavail Soecl 3881 NL Balan 1684 NL Com St 1161 NL Security Funds: Eguty 453 496 Invest 817 895 Ultra 1117 1224 Selected Funds: Sel Am 1032 1128 Sel Opp 1727 1888 Sel SpI 1764 1928 Sent Gth 1002 1089 Sentry 1746 1898 Shareholders Gp: Cmstk 459 502 Entrp 752 822 Flet Fd 627 685 Harbr 886 968 Legal 659 720 Pace 1233 1348 Shearson Funds: Appre 2930 3209 Incom 1873 2047 Invest 1176 1285 Sherm 1773 NL Side Fd 1096 1201 Sigma Funds: Capit 1104 1207 Invest 1222 1336 Trust 938 1025 Vent 1336 1460 SB Eaty 1316 NL SB 1301 NL SoGen Int 1425 1492 Sw Invs 924 999 Swln Gt 916 990 Sover Inv 1312 1437 Spectra 909 996 State Bondfer: Com 5 86 640 Div Fd 591 646 Prog 724 791 StFrm Gt 471 NL Frm In 1011 NL State St 5106 5144 Steadman Funds: Am' Ind 488 NL Asso 1 31" NL Fiduc 769 NL Stein Roe Fds: Balan 2351 NL CapO 1148 NL Stock 1692 NL Supervisd Inv: Grwth 803 880 Incom 953 1044 Sumit 1319 1445 Tech 811 889 Sync Gth 1033 1139 TMR App 1518 1659 Teacher 1154 1178 Technicl 152 166 TempGt unavail Towr Cap unavail Trns Cap 918 999 Trav Eg 1167 1279 Tudr Hed 1544 NL TwnC Gt 474 519 TwnC Inc 450 493 Twnty Fv 808 883 USAA Gt 1371 NL US GovSe 1060 1076 Unit Mut 1131 1236 Unifund 1292 1412 Union Svc Grp: Broad 1528 1670 Nat Inv 972 1062 Cap 1464 1600 Whteh 1498 1637 United Funds: Accm 818 896 Bond 815 893 Con Gr 1436 1574 Con Inc 1188 1202 Incom 1466 1607 Scien 862 945 Vang 1101 1207 Fd Can 908 992 Value Line Fd: Val Li 724 793 Incom 518 568 Lev Grt 1123 1231 SpI Sit 600 658 Vance Sanders: Bostn 832 909 Bos Cm 971 1061 Sped 1178 1287 Vandrbt 779 851 466 509 869 488 530 756 NL 951 1039 1255 1372 Vangd Vantg TN Var In Viking Wall St Wash Contfd Conv Dstny Essex Evrst Fidel Puritn Salem Trend 979 1070 952 840 1618 1768 1347 1472 1752 1915 1069 1168 596 651 2819 3081 Financial Proq: Dyna 472 517 Indust 428 469 Incom 621 680 Vent 501 548 FstFd Va 1267 1385 Fst Investors: Disco 896 982 Grwth 11811294 Stock Fst Mult Fst Nat Fst Si err Fnd Gth 1003 1099 1103 NL 736 804 619 679 506 553 St Louis Recent developments in the railroad industry indicate nationalization may become a reality a railroad executive said here yesterday Thomas Rice president of the Seaboard Coast Line said the possibility of nationalization is a threat to free enterprise take-over merely transfers responsibility for the problems from private industry to the Rice said He was in St Louis to receive the National Transportation Award Rice termed Amtrak the National Railroad Passenger Corporation foot in the toward government ownership The railroad executive is promoting the proposed Surface Transportation Act which would provide loans for financially troubled rail carriers Kerner's Lawyer Protests Mail Investigation Chicago An attorney for former Gov Otto Kernel asked yesterday that charges of conspiracy bribery and fraud be dismissed because a government check on mail was an invasion of The lawyer Harold Unger said government inspection of incoming and outgoing mail was a intrusion into the private affairs of a sitting The government has admitted it recorded the names and addresses of senders and recipients of mail Unger said that while Kerner was not charging the government with examining the contents of the mail act itself has serious Kerner and four other persons are charged with conspiracy bribery and fraud in connection with Illinois race track stock dealings which allegedly profited Kerner and Theodore Isaacs state revenue director from 1961 to 1963 liams both of 2450 College Serv- his parents Mr Mrs Aloi Mill- Founders Group Grwth 1954 2136 Incom 1340 1464 Mutal 951 1039 Soecl 1448 1583 Foursq 1028 1123 Franklin Group: DNTC 1159 1270 Grwth 810 888 Utils 540 592 Incom 218 239 US Gov 1023 1127 FdF Dep 1188 NL Fund Inc Grp: Comm 1118 1222 Impac 990 1082 Ind Trd 1494 1633 Pilot 884 966 Gatewy 1251 1352 GE 3603 Gen Sec unavail Gibraltr 746 754 Group Sec: Apex 885 968 Balan 853 933 Com St 1237 1352 GrthFd A 742 811 Grth Ind 2420 NL Guard 2607 NL Hamilton: Fd HFI 476 520 Grwth 894 978 Incom 637 696 Fd 1629 NL Ley 1262 NL Hedb Gor 871 952 Hedge 1024 Heritge 277 304 Hor Man 1860 1938 ISI Group: Grwth 465 508 Incom 405 443 Trus sh 1278 1397 Trus un 345 Imp Cap 1112 1215 ices will be at 11 am Thursday at Watkins Brothers Eighteenth Street Chapel burial in Blue Ridge Lawn Cemetery Friends may call from 6 to 9 pm at the chapel MRS PEARL COLLIER Mrs Pearl Collier 76 of Hig-ginsville Mo died yesterday at Baptist Memorial Hospital She was born in Kansas and had lived in Higginsville most of her life She had been a cook for the Mc-Vey Nursing Home 2700 Linwood before retiring two years ago She leaves four sons Bert Collier Caleb Collier Jr Donald Collier and Robert Collier all of Higginsville two daughters Mrs Virginia Sanders Higginsville and Mrs Lois Schowengerdt 4722 Clairemont 12 grandchildren and two greatgrandchildren Services will be 2 pm Wednesday at the Chapel Higginsville burial in Higginsville City Cemetery Friends may call after 7 pm tonight at the chapel Hoofer er and a sister Kathleen Miller all of Juniata Neb A memorial service will be at 7 30 pm Wednesday at the church Services will be at 1 pm Friday at the Butler-Volland Chapel in Hastings burial in Juniata Cemetery Juniata The family suggests contributions to the Heart fund ANTHONY MORANO Anthony Morano 63 of 4013 Gladstone died yesterday at St Mary's Hospital Mr Morano was born in New York and had lived here 43 years He was a bricklayer for 43 years and had been employed by Masonry for the last two vears He was a member of Holy Rosary Catholic Church He leaves his wife Mrs Frances Morano and a son Joseph Morano both of the home and a brother Joseph A Morano 18 64th Gladstone Services will be at 9 am Thursday at the church burial in Mount Olivet Cemetery The rosary will be said at 8 pm Wednesday at the Passantino Chapel where friends may call after 7 pm tonight Weing Eq 1477 NL Wellingtn Group: Explr 2531 2766 Imp Gth IncF Am IncF Bos Industry INTGN ICA Inv Guid Inv Indie 917 1002 1425 1557 736 807 573 628 1100 1189 1473 1610 1075 NL 823 PICTURE FRAMING Inves Bos 1238 1353 Investors Group: IDS ndj 728 791 I vest Morg Techy Trust Wellsl Welltn Windr West Ind Winrp Fd Winfield Wise Fd Worth Ziegler NL 1277 1396 1285 1404 932 1424 1556 1253 1369 1206 1318 937 1024 612 671 740 809 487 532 674 737 349 NL 1144 1251 No load 1120 Grand VI 2-1 744 Mutl Prog Stock Select Var Py Inv Resh Istel Ivy 1050 1142 607 659 2125 2310 958 1030 924 1004 696 761 2327 2399 892 NL (sales charge) A HACHIK MISS CHARLOTTE CRANE Miss Charlotte Crane of the Shawnee Mission Hospital and Health Center died yesterday at the health center Miss Crane was bom in Illinois and lived here most of her life She was the MRS LAVEDA PAUGH Mrs Laveda Hazel Paugh 80 of 129 Drury died Monday at the home Mrs Paugh was bom in Laredo Mo and had lived in the YANT MICHAELSSTERN' EXCLUSIVE AT Tfieataee All 3 Stores THRIFTWAY The Place to Go for Brands You Know Kansas City banks Exchange of the through the clearing ough the clearinq GREAT FASHIONS IN CUSTOM SIZES 1009 Walnut house totaled $275-200000 compared with $325000000 a week ago and $315100000 a year ago Some Progress COTTON New No futures closed 90 cents a bale lower to 25 cents hiqher than the previous close July 4295 18 October 3598 14-12 December 3224 5 March 3238 un May 3248 un October 3148 3 All Flavors Strained Gerber 475 oz Jar Public Notice Guinotte Residents Still Have Complaints what's hew? Ppui FURNITURE Optn Evenings 'til 9 Mon thru Fri Saturday 6 4500 MAIN PL 3-2850 Funeral Services Jul Edward Blit Sr 69 of 7530 Summit at 11 am today at the Newcomer Brush Creek Chapel graveside servies at 1:30 pm today in Oak Hill Cemetery Carrollton Mo He also leaves his Baby Food THE Kansas City Area Transportation Authority will entertain bids tor comprehensive general-automotive liability and workmen's compensation insurance-Specifications will be furnished upon request All final bids must be submitted on or before May 25 1972 Interested parties should contact Chafln Director QualiCraft Shoes KC Me of Finance 1627 Main St 64108 Phone 471-6600 CALL 257-5600 For latest weather report Compliments of KXTR and FAMOUS Uth VVAINUT 42 WARD PARKWAY MISSION SHOPPING CiNTIR liUf RIDGE MAIL TRUMAN CORNERS Announcements ree mink pen when you ersonolly bring in your (ur I for storage FUR COMPANY 2 Downtown -1107 Walnut Plata-Joffonon ot 4tth Whirlpool AIR CONDITIONING deaths and funeral NOTICES STORES Building of the new roofs for the apartments was a priority of the residents themselves Story said and the roofs are being built George Pelletier president of the Guinotte Tenant Association said the association is trying to work with the tenants and also trying to establish good rapport with the Housing Authority Pel letier said that some residents are trying to tear down the as sociation instead of working with it Other residents of Guinotte said they believed they stil were not getting co-operation from the Housing Authority The tenants had new com plaints yesterday of old and in adequate stoves and also saic their furnaces were cheaply made and did not properly heat their homes By Keith McConnell A Member of The Staff Residents of the Guinotte Manor Housing Projects who complained last week of leaking ceilings in their apartments are still complaining but a Housing Authority official and the president of the Guinotte Tenant Association said things are being done A1 Story director of the management and community relations office said yesterday the authority is giving priority to the requests 8Ury said the family of Mrs Alberta Horton who told of celling problems had been moved to another larger apartment and Mrs Dora Kihn whose ceiling also leaked was to be moved also but was not ready to move Story said furniture and food damaged by the leaks would be replaced SHOP SAVE MR A CXTRA WIDI PANTY HOSE $44 All Grant Stores Headquarters for COLOR TV Charlie Pendleton's UNITID APPUANCI COMPANY SS50 TROOST 843 7 WORM All 124 MAIN INOIP 1 I SANTA Si KANS DOWNTOWN PLAZA BROOKSIDE METCALF SOUTH STORES MRS EVA TERRILL age 86 of 7801 Holmes Rd passed away May 14th Graveside services 11:30 am Wednesday at the Floral Hills Memorial Gardens Friends may call 5-8 pm Tuesday at me chapel FLORAL HILLS FUNERAL HOME Blue Ridge at Gregory 353-1218 ALLGRUNN -MR FREDERICK 71 2809 Norwood passed away Mav 13th Services 11 am Tuesday Carson Chapel Indep Interment Mt Washington Cemetery Famjly will receive friends 7-9 pm Monday at the chapel GEO CARSON SONS Winner at Fuller 252-7900 MR BRYAN age 71 of 4011 51st St passed away Mav 13 Funeral services Muehlebach Chapel 1 pm Tuesday interment Greemawn cemetery In state at tha Muehlebach Chapel after 2 Monday MUEHLEBACH 6800 Trope 444-2060 BLANN-MR CHARLES EDWARD 13313 West 9-tti Terr Lenexa Kan passed away May 14 1972 Services Tuesday 2:00 pm Hoge Chapel where friends may call 7-9 Monday evening Interment Eudora Cemetery In lieu of flowers memorials to The Voice of Prophecy HOGE FUNERAL HOME 642-3565 OVERLAND PARK KAN Tins classification continued on next pate (omsanioi las Now TWO Stores to Serve You INTERIOR DESIGNERS -tfJSL- GEORGE BAKER tn Kansas City and kinetic sculpture through June 1 7 Exhibition Gallery 1 Nichols Road Bring your PRESCRIPTIONS to Parkview Drugs and SAVE MONEY! 65th I SO Hiway last FI 6-1S50 (3rd A Mission Read Nl -1550 Open Ives till Sat till ii)0 HOME BEAUTY Is our pruduct mr2 we care about you!.