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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1957
Page
3
Market quotes from the Amarillo Grain Exchange show cash grain values for local delivery. Wheat No 1 hard ranges 2.34 to 2.44 per unit, Sorghums No 2 Yellow Mile 2.15 to 2.20, No 1 Wheat delivered locally 1.87 and No 2 Yellow Mile 1.60 per 100 pounds.
Wheat opened with a weak rally on Friday as export news and a Poland aid deal limited losses. July contracts for wheat, corn, oats, and soybeans slid to seasonal lows before modest gains. Corn finished higher, oats little changed, soybeans mixed, and rye inching up while lard moved lower.
Wheat 1 hard 2.34 to 2.44 per bushel and corn 2 white 1.89 to 1.92. Oats 2 white 0.93 to 0.94. Oats 2 yellow near 2.15 to 2.20, with no cash wheat corn or oats in Chicago market as reported by AP.
New York reports Mrs. Jane Gavin of Ozone Park Queens became the 10 millionth recipient. Her husband Joseph a WWII veteran died in an April train accident leaving two children Patricia and Joseph. Gavin received a $200 monthly check from Marion B Folsom with a presidential note praising earnings not charity. With life expectancy, the family may collect over $37,000 in total benefits.
Jesse Gandy of Meridian was elected president of the Texas branch of the National League of Postmasters yesterday. Other Texas officers include Clay L. Allen of Wingate as first vice president, Mrs. Cleon Hinton of Forney as second vice president, P. T. Hoovestal of South Houston as third vice president, Areland Strickland of Redwater as fourth vice president, Dub Haney of Mountain Home as fifth vice president, and J. Axwell Holder of Nolan as secretary-treasurer.
Bonds listed include Atchison Topeka Santa Fe 4s at 95 to 100 percent St Louis San Francisco 44s 2022 at 68 Southern Pacific 4s at 69 to 94 Texas Corporation 3s at 65 to 94 and Pioneer Natural Gas around 101 to 103 percent values shown reflecting market quotes.
The Interstate Commerce Commission today authorized railroads to raise their demurrage charges by 33 1 3 percent. These fees are charged to freight patrons for undue detention of freight cars.
Miss Rose R Ichelson a Russian born bacteriologist at St Luke s and Children s Medical Center says she isolated and cultured a spiral shaped germ responsible for multiple sclerosis after six years of work spinal fluids tests and culture medium allow further study. Walter Biddle Saul hospital research head called it the first step toward elimination of the disease affecting about 300 000 in the United States.
Livestock activity shows mixed results across Fort Worth and Chicago markets. Sheep and lambs in Fort Worth weaken slightly with calves steady, hogs and cattle prices largely down or steady, while Chicago hogs slip and cattle and calves hold near prior levels with sheep limited. Produce prices in Chicago show butter and eggs largely unchanged or lower.
Texas farmers and ranchers received prices reaching the highest level in over two years for the month ending May 15, according to the U S Department of Agriculture. The all farm products index rose to 268 percent of the 1909 14 base, with crops at 256 percent and livestock products at 284 percent, up from a month earlier.
Paul F. E. McDaniel of Houston announces he has purchased control of Ambrosia Minerals Co of Albuquerque New Mexico from George Mellen for one million dollars in cash plus other considerations.
Shamrock Oil and Gas Corporation directors met in New York and declared a quarterly dividend of 50 cents per share on outstanding common stock. The dividend is payable July 1, 1957 to stockholders of record on June 18, 1957.
New York stocks closed with oils and aircrafts mixed after mid session weakness but some gains later. Industrials rose, rails fell, utilities slipped as the Associated Press average edged up 30 cents to 84.00 with 2.38 million shares traded.
Cotton declined as profit taking and hedging met limited buying and short covering. Final futures ranged with declines up to 40 cents a bale. spot cotton in New Orleans and Dallas showed mixed lower quotes amid the lighter activity.
In Dallas twenty six hundred Ford Motor Co assembly plant workers will vote on Monday about a plan to strike next Friday. They are represented by United Automobile Workers Local 870 after a two day grievance session on work standards failed to make progress and a twelve day strike notice was filed with Ford in Dearborn Michigan a week ago.
Indian Airlines Corp. plans to acquire pressurized aircraft to expand domestic service. The move targets increased flight reliability and comfort for passengers amid ongoing route development.
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