Eisenhower signs housing bill amid GI loan changes
President Eisenhower signed a housing measure expanding VA direct loans to veterans and boosting FHA funding while allowing higher mortgage rates for some loans. The act broadens rural and small-town access, with shifts seen in guarantee practices and lender incentives amid market volatility.
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Hogs Continue Lower Trend and Price Figures
Market notes show hog prices slipping with a continuing downtrend. Recorded figures include $6.35 and ranges around $4.35 to $15.10, indicating sustained selling pressure and fluctuating quotations across the period.
Local Livestock Market Prices
Local grain prices for wheat soybeans and contract beans are listed alongside No 2 ear corn and No 2 shelled corn. The market includes Anderson poultry items such as heavy hens old roosters and leghorn hens with current pricing details.
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Stock Market Ends May Mixed As Dow Treads Near Peak
A choppy close left the Dow Jones industrial average just below its May peak while volume stayed light. The broad market shows 964 advances, 425 declines, with utilities and electronics leading gains and steels and oils retreating. Bond activity weak, with $5.76 million par traded.
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Grain closes mostly higher on wheat corn gains
Chicago AP reports grain futures closed with most gains on the day as wheat and corn led advances while July rye rose. Soybeans slipped about a half cent across all new crop months, with varied changes across 1959 and 1960 crop contracts.
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