Stock Market Takes Sharp Drop Monday
New York and other exchanges returned to the regular 5 1/2 hour trading day after short sessions. The Dow fell 6.77 to 912.27 as 757 of 1,467 issues dropped and 490 rose with volume at 8.6 million shares.
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Newspaper
Anderson Herald
Location
Anderson, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1967
Page
13
New York and other exchanges returned to the regular 5 1/2 hour trading day after short sessions. The Dow fell 6.77 to 912.27 as 757 of 1,467 issues dropped and 490 rose with volume at 8.6 million shares.
A new pamphlet from the U S Department of Labor explains the rights and obligations under the federal re employment statute for Reservists and National Guardsmen during annual training. Copies are obtainable from the Office of Veterans Re employment Rights in Chicago Illinois by mail or phone. Last year 133 million Americans visited national parks, up from 3 million in 1930.
Gov. George Romney outlined a two week fall speaking swing through seven states including New Hampshire Massachusetts South Dakota Arizona North Dakota Vermont Maine and possibly Colorado. The tour follows the National Governors Conference and aims to boost Romney’s 1968 presidential bid with tentative dates and venues.
The notice lists today’s YMCA events from noon to 9:30 pm. Programs include Lunch, Lobby Games, Youth activities, Swim lessons, and various group classes and family swims across multiple rooms.
Hogs range 18.50 to 20.90 with 200 to 250 lb cattle at 19.90 to 20.90. Boars 12.50 to 14.25. Cattle steer and heifer classes mostly 22.50 to 24.50 with good steers 21.00 to 23.50 and feed cattle 18.00 to 22.00. Local grain shows wheat about 1.26 and shelled corn 1.09 with beans around 2.51.
Stockholm introduces a new audible traffic light that makes a slow plop plop sound on green and speeds up on red to aid blind pedestrians. The system is in use at a single street corner as part of a pilot program to improve street-crossing safety.
Selected stocks on the American Stock Exchange list varied prices, highs and lows with last trades shown. The brief report notes multiple companies, dividends codes, and fraction notation for shares and distributions.
The report lists hog prices by weight and class with steady to strong trends, cattle and veal movement with high choice and prime lots, poultry and egg price updates for Indianapolis and Chicago markets, and indices showing minor declines across major trading measures. It notes varied weights and categories for hogs, sows, cattle, calves, and sheep, plus poultry roasters and egg pricing.
AP report shows butcher hogs steady with some 25 cent gains at Chicago Stockyards Monday. Receipts 4,500 head. 210–230 lb hogs 21.75–22.00, 200–250 lb hogs 21.25–21.75, 240–260 lb hogs 21.00–21.50. Slaughter steers steady to up 0.25 with 9,000 head. Prime steers 28.75–29.25, high choice 28.00–28.75. Lambs weak. 600 head receipts. spring lambs 85–105 lb 25.00–25.50, some prime 26.00. loads 1,150–1,400 lb.
New York stock averages end lower as gains in industrials fade. Dow Jones industrials slip to 907.48 while rails fall to 256.08 and utilities drop to 131.04 amid broad selling. Transactions total 832,300 shares with varied daily ranges across sectors.
Wheat, rye, and soybeans finished down while corn and oats eased slightly on the Chicago Board of Trade. Reports from the northwest spurred selling in wheat as traders awaited action on Purcell National and exporters provided limited support amid a subdued market.
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