The Kansas City Times from Kansas City, Missouri • 34

4C THE KANSAS CITY TIMES am Dividend News US Treasury Bonds Notes at-Pay- ft List Up Slightly Produce sourl egg mt Supplies fully adequate on all gra Missouri egg market firm prices advanced Supplies fully adequate on all 5-14 4-15 YORK US NEW Counter 1-17 4-29 STOCK forvstock win New Plan Rttv 32 for 1 stock PlK Pst Rnokccs tpc Tech Publish iopc PC Due ED Lac lad Steel 25 PanAm BcShrs INCREASED Am Punters Lf 417 Dorsey Corp 1 FstNII Charter 45 Giant Pood 25 Hoover Co 19 inland Container Mark Controls Monumental Co Un CarbideCan Wilshire Oil 07 14 225 04 GOVERNMENT FINANCES ington (AP) Here are ttia figures on lent spending end debt In millions net If wblicdgbt 600158 interest on public debt for March 3407 tnterecNor fiscal veer so far 24312 Budget deficit for March this year M23 Budget deficit for Merch last year 0272 Budget deficit fiscal year to dete 47794 Estimate of year's deficit 74490 Outlays fiscal year so far 274157 Outlays same period last year 234103 Geld 1159 i grades graded and sizes for the fair demand Undertone mixed Prices paid cents per dozen producers on Grade A yield basis at 10 am today: Grade A Large 4M Grade A Medium 4056 GradeASmall 20-42 Grade Large 40-54 Sales to Missouri Kansas and IHInoia market activity continues relatively light as the trade Is welting further market developments Offerings and supplies adequate for the light breaking schedules Nest runs mostly $11 25-51 170 Prices paid to breakers dollars per case for eggs to be delivered to dock 52-pound minimum average cases exchange for 24 hours ending 11 am Thursday 5990-S1080 IttlTIAL NewPlen Pity 15 Uni var Coro new 14 New York After churning aimlestiy throughout the session stock prices settled for a narrow gain in continued low volume yesterday The Dow Jones average of 30 industrials up about four points in the first hour down fractionally at noon finally closed with a 142-point gain at 102213 Turnover on the New York Stock Exchange totaled 1774 million shares compared with 1579 million Wednesday Nationwide volume in NYSE-listed stocks including trades on regional exchanges and in the over-the-counter market totaled 21198 million shares Trading all week has been marked by lack of conviction lack of direction and lack of volume analysts said Some feel the market is simply fatigued after the bristling rally earlier in the year when volume was topping 30 million shares regularly Interest rates also have been on minds and -all week analysts have said investors were awaiting the Federal money supply figures issued after close Those figures showed the basic money supply rose $400 million following three previous weekly increases The fear on Wall Street had been that a sharp rise might prompt the Fed to tighten its money reins but it was uncertain whethter the reported increase would bring on that action Standard 500-stock index was unchanged at 10213 The composite stock index was down 001 at 5434 At the American Exchange the market value index fell 011 at 10250 On the over-the-counter market the NASDAQ composite index added 025 to 9055 5-17 6-1 5-10 6-7 S-17 4-17 EXTRA 20 REGULAR Close wed RANGE OF GRAIN FUTURE KANSAS CITY Low Thurs WHEAT- 351 357 344 370' 379 345-'! 351 -52 357- 365V 344 Vj 350' 344 373V May 1977 May 1977 May 1977 Jun 1977 July 1977 Aug 1977 Aug 1977 Sep 1977 Oct 1977 Nov 1977 Nov 1977 Dec 1977 Jan 19X Feb 1978 "In In Feb 19781 Mar 1978i 10026 10030 1 595 10229 103 1 S93 10023 10027 1 5 93 10013 100 17 4 1 602 101 18 101 22 6bS 10128 1020 -2 VS 102 16 10 20 1 'rih 10222 10226 -1 626 101 18 101 22 -1 638- 10130 1022 432 1009 10013 -2 IS 1018 101 12 -1 tS 9926 -3 641 9918 9920 -1 tM-J tit up 10031 1013 -2 102 12 10216 1 1020 1024 -1 ing prices in grain futures in Kansn City were: May 351-50 July 357 Sept 344-3' 370V March 379 CHICAGO May 178 May 1978 Aug 1978 Aug 1978 Nov 1978 Oec 1978 Fab 1979 May 1979 Jun 1979 Aug 1979 Spo 1979 19791 10416 104M 9819 9823 1038 1031 10017 1002 10217 1022 10414 104 22 996 9914 1006 WO 1 ill MISSOURI CASH GRAIN Trends: Wheat Is 14 oents tower Corn Is steady XI cents lower Soybeene are 1-2 cents tower SORT WHEAT HARD WHEAT Hehsat- May 33414 July 345 San 352 Dec 343 March 373 urn 276V SiPt 273 244' March 2734 May 277V 50YBEANS- SOYBEANS 1979 1 ISJ" 1979 1 1979 3 i a 3114 -3114 ARBA NE Missouri Roll NE Missouri Barge North Central st Louts i Central Missouri SB Missouri Rail SE Missouri targe LIVESTOCK ELSEWHERE National Stockyards III Hogs 5000 head Butchers mostly higher Sows steady to higher No 1-3 butchers 200-240 pounds 54900-49X No 1-3 sows 300-600 pounds $41 50-43X Cattle 2300 head Not enough of any slaughter class to test market Sheep 25 head Not enough to test market St Joseph Quotations for Thursday Cattle 700 supply largely cows for auction slaughter steers on bought to arrive basis cows steady to 100 higher utility and commercial cows No 2-4 $2850-3330 high dressing $3300-3370 cutter $2600-3000 Hoes 4300 borrows and gilts 2S-X higher No 1-2 200-240 pounds $4900 No 1-3 200-250 pounds $48-50-4900 No 2-3 230-250 pounds $48004830 250-260 pounds $4730-4800 260-270 pounds S4700-47X 270-280 pounds $4650-4700 280-290 pounds S4600-46X 290-300 pounds $4550-4600 300-330 pounds $4450-4500 330-390 pounds $4400-4500 sows steady to 25 lower No 1-3 300-500 pounds S4200-42X 500-600 pounds $4250-4275 Sheep 25 not enough an offer to test prices SUGAR Nw York (AP)-Domestic sugar futur Thursday on the New York Coffee and Sugar Exchange Close (Prev Close) Sugar No 12 (50 tons) No Trades Raw sugar spot 15X Sugar No 11 (50 tons) May 1390 (1380) July 1428 (1415) September 1423 (1412) October 1427 (1409) March 1410 (1393) May 1395 (1390) July 14X (1386) September 1395 (1386) Sales: 6731 325 334V 3U3 353 345 29 2726 141V 2634 271 276 478' 417 491V 496 504 5im 519 526 119090 2960301 Gisnt Good Am Home Prod Am National Atlas Hotels Automatic Sv Bancohio Coro Big Drum Smith Jon Indust er Wallace Carp ir Point ujmmu anNrtng Conrac Corp Consol Foods Daniel Woodhaad Doremus Corp Detrex Chemical Dreyf usCorp Cdga water Co Feberge Inc Flexsteef Ind Flowers Indus Gem Refractories Hershev Food Houghton Miff Hughes Tool Hutton EF Kimberly Clerk 5 Lyon Metal Vena sco Mfg Midland Glass Munford Inc National Steel Needham Harper New Eng El NewEng Nudr 0 Newell Co NewHarnp Ball Nthwst Engine Oakite Products Olin Corp Pacific Holdino Quaker StOil Ratner Co ro Richmond Corp Saga Corp St Louis Stl Scott Foresman Shell Canada Sterndent Cp Sun Co Taylor Wine Texas Amer Bncsh Tech Publish Trans Union Twenty Century United Aircraft United BksCoi Veeco Instru Western Gear 254(341 239(940 2 54 64 2544356 247fji 20(g4t 240 4346 493 497i! 502 510' bm 554 532 May July Aug Sept Nov JM 3274-28 337VM6 345V6-45 354V- 344 V- 2494-V 2734-73 2684-60 263V-4 271V 275' 479V-79 48748V 492 497- 505-'4 513 520-' 524- 1598-94 1621-22 1633-34 1646 1656-57 1675 1681-85 1693 13410 13810-131 13940 14090 14180 14360 14450 14710 1J44 1514 148' 1504 341 -V 3J84-49 360V 3704 271 to- 275-14 2704-71 265-644 273 277 482-80 490V914 495 499V-99 S08'4-07' 515-Vi 528' 1604-05 1627-28 1632-40 1652 1662 1680 1690 1700-02 135-13490 139-80 140 14150-30 14190-14240 144 145-20 148-50 155-14 152-14 1494 152 SOYBEAN May July 1615 1640 Dec Ml 17 101 25 3 4 Feb I960 9016 9116 7 Mar 1980 10117 10121 4 6 May 1980 99 13 9921 2 9 Aug 198071 10620 10628 3V! Nov I960 87 12 8812 -2 7 Feb 1981 9910 9918 42 79 Feb 1981 79 Feb 1981 79 May 1981 7 Aug 1981 79 Nov 1981 69 Feb 1982 8 May 1982 8 Aug 198) Nov 1982 8 Feb 1983 3 Jun 1978-83 89 Aug 1984 3W May 1985 4Va May 1975-85 6 Nov 1986 3 Feb 1990 8 May 1990 4Va Aug 1987-92 4 Feb 1988-93 69 Feb 1993 7a Aug 1968-93 49 May 1989-94 3 Feb 1995 7 May 1993-98 3 Nov 1998 8 May 1994-99 Feb 1995-00 89 Aug 1995-00 8 May 200005 Treasury Notes Bid and asked price quoted tat deitem -end thirty seconds Subject to FedaiaL taxes but net to State income taxes Soft WhEEt: KlhMt City 293f 304 Southwast Mliiourl Now Crop 111 Bond Quotations Prices on New York Stock Exchange reported by Associated Press: ifLSSP Of 4 ATT 4sS5 SS3 CmwE 377 307 ConEd 9VM4100 ConEd 590 013 9789 V9 flV PhiHn 10S77 100 1M StLSaP 497800 SO SaF In 498 cv 112 16-50 1662 Oct 1610 Dec 1693 -ten 1690 March 1720 1593 1617 1630 1643 1654 1674 1681 1493 SOYBEAN May V9 StOlnd 691 733 S3 TWA lltM 110 100 TWA 1065 103 97V V9 TWA 6V97X 87V TWA 594 cv TWA 492 CV 38 Mraded Net 1M6 63V9 97 119 V9 44V9 V9 47 1 46 ATT 3s90 573 ATT 24986 394 66V-I- Ash IO 4693 CV 74 6 Atchsn 495 404 XV Chryshr 898 9 SO 81 ChrysF 79X749 Vk vlfrl 390 GTelE 490 cv GlfW $V93 cv KteMO 69f cv MKTex 490103 MoPec 5s45f MPec 444301 Occtp 7UM cv POTATO FUTURES New York Potato futures Thursday an the New York Mercantile Exchange Close (Prev Close) Maine Potatoes (XJX lbs) May 1038 (1040) November 537 (530) March 641 (645)1 April 7X (7X) May 832 (835) Sales 2318 136 140 141 JO 14260 T43S0 Dee 14S Jan 14610 Mercft 14700 1J66 July 153V Sept 1S1V Dec 153 13410 13820 139 141 14170 14370 145 14780 15414 ui 148V 1 51'A Caj luwfj niWii yr-vimw Wi Opening prices In grain futures In Chicago wheat ware: May 334-V- July 345-3V Sept 352 Oec 163 March 373 Com-Chlcago: May July 276V-54 Sept 271-' Dec Merch 273' May 277 Soybeans: Msy 484-V July 493-' Aug 497-' Sept 502 Nov 510-'- Jan March May 532 soybean oil: May 1610 July 1635-40 Aug 16-50 Sept 1660-62 Oct 1680 Dec 1690 Jen 1690 March 1720 Soybean Meat: May 136-13580 July 140-13950 Aug 14150-20 Sept 14260 Oct 143 Dec 145-144-50 Jan 14610 Oats-May 1564 July Sept 151-V Die 153 MINNEAPOLIS '-it h'mk MERCANTILE EXCHANGE Chicago Futures trading on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Thursday: Prev Open High Low Close Close UVf BEEF CATTLE (40000 lbs) new 4730 4622 4700 4685 4695 4620 4665 4655 4635 4575 4590 4590 4610 4555 4572 4580 4582 4530 4565 4565 4570 4530 4560 4540 June 4680 August 4675 October 4625 December- 4585 February 4570 April :4550 Seles: June 8390 August 2676 October 1295 December 240 February 63 April 30 Open interest: April 6 June 13604 August 11497 October 4367 December 2448 February 901 April 48 LIVE BEEF CATTLE (40000 Iba) old June 4710 4710 4650 4670 4715 August 4700 4700 4665 4670 4685 October 4605 4610 4605 4610 4615 December 4550 4550 4535 4535 4560 Sales: June 18 August 16 October 4 December 1 Open Interest: April 10 June 857 August 1040 October 299 December 199 FEEDER CATTLE (42000 tee) 4660 4615 4645 4690 4605 45X 4570 4610 4480 4480 4480 4540 4485 4425 4450 4485 4465 4460 4460 4510 May 4660 August 4605 September 4480 October 4485 November 4460 The control center of the Mercedes-Benz 280 the most copied sedan the world What does it feel like IffVWf Sales: May 56 August 32 September 1 October 198 November 5 Open Interest: April 5 May 413 August 553 September 132 October 1115 November 252 LIVE HOGS 5120 5085 4710 4275 4260 4195 4000 4105 4075 5107 5077 4717 4290 4245 4175 3995 4085 4085 5110 5110 4727 4290 42X 4205 3995 4095 4085 5175 5140 4765 43X 4282 42X 4030 4145 4095 June 5160 July 5125 August 4750 October 4330 December 4270 February 4210 April 4015 June 4140 July 4090 to drive die most copied sedan in the world? it Eight of die major auto makers have paid die Mercedes Benz a high either compared their can to the 280 or have actually tried to copy it Your tint drive will show you that the other really copied the 280 at all And that the engineering of the 280 offers you rewards you may never have experienced in an automobile Sales- June 2X7 July 1472 August 559 October IX December 53 February 18 April 32 June 23 July 1 Open interest: April 1 June 4628 July 3439 August 1879 October 1137 December 823 February 219 Aprlt 105 June 10 July 7 IDAHO POTATOES (80000 Iba) May 189 889 840 840 890 Sales: May 29 Open Interest: May 214 SHELL EGGS (22500 doz) May 4460 4530 4420 4530 4470 June 4710 48X 46X 4800 4715 September 53X 5330 5185 5325 5335 November 5390 5390 53X 5330 5340 December 5675 5700 5645 5700 5635 Sates: May IX June X7 September 66 November 4 December 9 Open Interest: April 1 May 462 June 554 September 535 November 93 December 334 PORK BELLIES (36000 Iba) May 7840 7940 7790 78X 7770 July 7820 7920 7770 7800 7765 August 7580 76X 6520 7573 75X February 6115 6545 64 6425 6500 March 6475 6475 X85 6385 44SS Sales: May 1435 July X75 August 1X1 February 221 March 6 Open interest: May 1854 July 4252 August 1584 February 571 March 62 LUMBER (100000 bd ft) May 15410 15500 15120 15180 15490 July IX 70 165X 16000 16050 164X Sept 169X 17060 16550 16550 16990 Nov 16880 1 70X 16600 16640 16920 Jan 171X 17210 1 6800 16840 17200 Sales: May 3X July 942 September 310 November 135 January 10 Open interest May 1087 July 2059 September 1063 November X3 January 214 are still a wagon-type design That is their rear axles are single rigid units So a jounce cm one wheel can produce a bounce on its mate Safety first The 280 Sedan was designed with the advantage of power-assisted disc brakes on all four wheels Repeat: on all four wheels Here again the domestic copies really copied the 280 at all At best their standard equipment provides disc brakes only on the front wheels In some cases you can order disc brakes on the rear wheels as well but only as an extra cost option Mercedes-Benz has never thought of maximum safety as an option For example the entire passenger compartment is protected by collapsible extremities and a rigid steel shell The shell is an enormously strong all-welded construction Its roof alone can sustain a weight of over 5 tons I You experience some of our more subtle safety ideas every time you drive a 280 Sedan Immediately ac- cessible controls Instantly readable instruments And the generous-sized Mercedes-Benz steering wheel Each feature was painstakingly engineered to minimize driver fatigue You get what you pay for Finally consider this financial fact Based on the average official used car prices over the past five years a Mer- cedes-Beriz holds its value better than any make of luxury car sold in ica And even among the Mercedes-Benz models listed the 280 jrS retained value figures are outstanding In truth you get what you pay for in the 280: a unique driving experience that is the sum of aU the reasons why the 280 is the most copied sedan in the world fT MercectesBenz Engineered Kkenoodiercf faitfaeworid OMaotelMim Turn the key The unusual sound you hear is the voice of a most unusual engine The double overhead camshaft six Its forged steel crankshaft has twelve counterweights for minimal vibrations at any engine speed Its cylinder head is a light-alloy casting with two overhead camshafts Throw it a curve Now press the 280 into a turn feel the 280 uncanny capacity for road adhesion Notice how the car holds its direction with impeccable straight-line stability and guides securely at even the maximum road speed The reasons? The interaction of a broad spectrum of engineering accomplishments thoughtfully balancedconstandyatyourcommand The 280 4-wheel independent suspension is a case in point Each wheel has its own separate suspension system Even the rear wheels Which means that any bump or pothole affects only one wheel a different story with the imitators In fact the rear axles of practically all qf them Sensibly sized precise every dimension The 280 Sedan is pure Mercedes-Benz It defies imkaaon The beauty of the Mercedes-Benz engineering approach is something you can personally recognize To do so take the wheel of a 280 Sedan The Mercedes-Benz 280 will make its own case Clearly quietly brilliantly Settle into the seat You can feel that it has been exactingly designed to keep you in comfortable control even when the car is executing tight winding turns GOLD-SPOT By the Associated Press Selected world gold prices Thursday London: Morning fixing $12800 unchanged afternoon fixate S12790 down X10 Paris: Afternoon market quotation $2965 down $009 Frankfurt: Fixing S12S32 up $030 Zurich: $127X bid down $025 asked Handy 6 Harman best price New York: $12790 down $010 Engelherd selling rices New York: S12840 down $010 COTTON FUTURES New York Cotton No 2 futures Thursday i on the New York Cotton Exchange Close (Prev Close) Cotton No 2 (M300lbs May 6224 (62X) July XX (6325) October 63X (6325) December 6205 (6219) March 6286 (6295) May 6325 (6325) July 63X (6345) October 6325 (6330) Sales: 2-730 GOLD FUTURES By The Associated Press Here Is the gold futures trading for Thursday April 1975: Close (Prev Close) Chicago Mercantile Exchange 180-Troy ounce contracts Juno 12840 (12840) September IXX (1XX) December 13240 (132-10) March 13440 (13410) June 136K (IXX) September 13930(13870) Sates: June 453 Septem- Bar IX December IX March 4 June 4 Septem- I New York Commodity Exchange I US troy ounce contracts June 128 028X) A I Bust 129X (12970) October 13090 (13090) 13210 (13210)7 Mt mir The 290 Sedm: Rtwmhyeu mi never ktveexpmemedmm mtimeM i li 'y.