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Newspaper
Anderson Herald
Location
Anderson, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1964
Page
5
The Dow Jones average dropped 11.00 to 864.45 and the 60 stock average fell 3.1 as trading volume rose to 4.92 million shares. Industrials slid 5.6, rails 4.34 and utilities 0.5, with 1,393 issues trading and 254 advancing.
Liquidation and profit taking hit the grain market as corn, soybeans, and wheat decline on the Chicago Board of Trade. Soybeans drop to 24.81 cents, December corn down, wheat and other contracts show sizable losses as prices shift amid government export pressure. Local Indianapolis bids for truck-delivered grain follow with prices for No 2 red wheat, No 2 white corn, No 2 yellow corn and other varieties.
Stock quotations from Chicago show hogs weak on prices bid and offered for various weight ranges. Prices listed reflect bid and ask levels with mixed cattle and hog categories, plus related industrial and railroad stock data.
Milwaukee County authorities dropped charges against nurse Mary Ann Miller of Lincoln Nebraska for possession of an illegal tear gas gun. She used the weapon to scare away a burglar from a Marquette University women’s dormitory on Sunday.
Indianapolis bulletin cites USDA data with hogs 6,300 head, prices mixed by weight from 11.25 to 15.25 while sows fall to 11.25 12.50. Cattle and calves show slow to weak demand with steers 23.50 24.00 and vealers 23.00 28.00. Sheep and lambs remain active and steady with woolly lambs 18.00 19.50. Also notes a 1989 death toll rising sharply from 1930 levels.
The page lists livestock prices with hogs and cattle steady and a market range for hogs 190 to 240 pounds at 14.85 to 15.15, 240 to 300 pounds 13.40 to 14.40, sows 12.50 and down. It also notes executors sales and public auctions across multiple locations, with details on auctioneers and dates. Chicago markets report Bell Telephone contract negotiations ending a potential strike by 11,000 hourly workers. Local grain prices vary by area due to freight and other factors, with wheat, corn, and beans mentioned.
A spokesman said the tentative agreement with IBEW would raise wages by 112 and 1.09 per week, costing the company about 3.3 million annually if ratified. The pact, to nov 22, sets weight and price ranges for hogs cattle and calves and avoids a threatened strike amid federal mediation.
The Rev. Kalvin Brown native of Jamaica will speak at The People's Church at Fifth and John Streets Thursday at 7 p.m. He has organized several interdenominational churches across his country. Host pastor the Rev. Ferris invites the public.
Tentative agreement offers male employees weekly pay increases of 3 to 5 dollars with starting rates up 3 to 4.30 dollars Women receive 2.50 to 4 dollars per week. Electrical workers could strike since November 20 after a wage reopener deadline. Public hearings before state labor director John Cullerton and a federal injunction hearing were postponed indefinitely. The five locals cover 25 million Bell customers in Illinois and nearby counties.
The Indianola Reformatory Vocational Training Center held its first graduation ceremonies in the reformatory auditorium. A total of 117 men received diplomas in drafting sign painting office machine repair radio and television repair shoe repair janitorial training auto mechanics bookbinding and barbering. Several men look for parole soon and already have jobs waiting in their chosen fields.
New York Republican candidate Charles J. Percy urged a change of command at the national level. He proposed a Republican national policy committee to separate issue development from party machinery, blaming moderates for past defeats and calling for a reassessment of the GOP’s direction.
A cross bred hog from Lubbock Swinebreeders Co. won grand champion barrow at the International Live Stock Exposition in Chicago. Evel Liner led the pig named Buster, a Duroc Yorkshire Hampshire cross, weighing 200 pounds. Gail Carr’s Hampshire took reserve and junior grand honors. The show also featured a 105 pound Southdown ram lamb selling for a record 11.20 per pound to Swift & Co Jewel Tea Co.
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