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Newspaper
Anderson Herald
Location
Anderson, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1957
Page
5
The Agriculture Department reports farm product prices rose four tenths of 1 percent in the month ending June 15. Gains in meat animals fruit and cotton offset declines in vegetables grain and hay. The mid June level stood 0.4 percent below a year earlier and about 21 percent below the February 1951 high.
Market prices listed for calves and heavy hens with weight brackets from 220 to 300 pounds, covering 220 to 300 pounds and related items such as soybeans, wheat, oats, and corn. Includes eggs and loghorn hens, with garbled labels suggesting local grain and livestock commodities in a 1900s rural market listing.
In New York, the corporate bond market closed steady on average with industrials and top grade issues slipping. Government bonds weakened in dull trading. Corporate volume on the New York Stock Exchange totaled about 3.69 million par value, with Thursday activity around 3.77 million. A separate farm theft report notes a 225-pound Hampshire hog and a $75 hog waterer taken from the Chris Emmns farm, one week after the livestock was stolen.
A long list of auction notices across Indiana towns details personal property, household items, land, and real estate sales. Entries include locations near Shirley Pendleton Elwood Alexandria Hen Hood and Elliert with various auctioneers Beetor Kick Everett Welchel Cmume Swinford Egg Hood Whelchel and Norman L. Tappan among others. Dates span June 23 to July and times range from morning to afternoon.
The market edged higher on the week despite late selling. The Associated Press average rose 20 cents to 182.20 as industrials and rails fluctuated, while utilities gained. Volume totaled 670,000 shares with sporadic gains anticipated from steel and auto sectors amid holiday factors.
In New York cotton tex ily wool and rayon markets were quiet before plant shutdowns with limited buy ing. Wool goods show interest in dacron blends for spring 1958. In San Diego a police dog helped recover a container of marijuana cigarettes from a plastic container, confirming a family suspicion.
Prices for hogs and bulk lots show declines across weight classes with 240 to 270 pound hogs at 19 to 19.50, 160 to 185 pounds 17.75 to 19, and under 220 pounds 19.85 to 20.15. Numerous listed firms and industrials appear, including Bethlehem Steel, American Telephone, International Harvester, Sears Roebuck, U S Steel, and others. Trading volumes approximate 1,370,000.
In Indianapolis a bulk of buyers lifted grain bids with bids ranging from 15.75 to 17.50 for 300 to 475 pounds and 19 to 23 for higher lots. Strong cattle and calf prices followed, with steers 2 to 25 cents higher, cows up 25 cents, and bulls steady. A fugitive Oman Turner faced bond-forfeit orders totaling 25,000 for a South Carolina case, while a separate hearing in Chicago noted corn and soybeans rising on weather and export cues.
An accident on Indiana 234 west of New Castle killed Hattie Runyon, 60, of Kennard and seriously injured her husband Acie and three other passengers. Bertha Huff, 31, of Charlottesville, drove the Runyon car which failed to stop for two trucks. Wet brakes and high water contributed. Runyon’s body goes to Cando and Son Funeral Home. Also report: Clare Zahn, 62, Indianapolis, died after falling from a fishing boat in Johnson County lake following a heart attack.
The United States Britain France and Canada completed a blueprint for nuclear disarmament and sought approval from Western Allies. Harold E Stassen and Jules Moch flew to Paris to present it to a NATO council extraordinary session while Stassen aimed to present to the UN subcommittee next week. The plan links a halt in nuclear tests with production curbs on weapons materials and sets up proposed control posts debated with Soviet delegates.
Classified ad rates set minimum charges and line costs for one and multi day ads with discounts for early payment. Rates apply to The Herald and The Bulletin. single paper deductions apply. Ads accepted until 9 a.m. for Bulletin and 3 p.m. for Herald prior to publication.
An index of classified sections listing agents and sales, apartments for rent and for sale, appliances, autos, beauty shops, contractors, building materials, business services, cards of thanks, carpentry, cement, electricals, farms and crops, funeral services, hauling, help wanted, households goods, real estate, loans, lost and found, miscellaneous, mobile homes, musical instruments, plumbing, poultry, real estate wanted, rooms for rent, rummage sales, sewer cleaning, sports boats, summer resorts, TV radio sales, tools, transportation, trucks, wanted to buy and rent across the area.
Indiana Heart Foundation urged men in midlife to avoid athletic binges on vacation. Dr. B L Martz cautioned that 50 weeks of steady activity are often wasted by a sudden strenuous summer schedule. He advised a planned, moderate program and lists tips on weight, overeating, illness, and relaxation.
Muncie hog market shows a 50 cent drop with Choice No 1 hogs at 19 to 20 dollars per hundredweight for multiple weight classes. Roughs and stags posted lower bids, with prices ranging from 11 to 18 dollars.
The report describes Hog market activity with 6,000 head received and prices slipping for butchers and sows, while steer and lamb sales show steadier to higher prices. It notes hogs moving downward, larger lots of sows, and scattered steers at 22 to 24 dollars, with spring lambs up to 23.40 dollars. Prospective legal notices follow about a mechanics lien foreclosure in Madison County Indiana.
The Reconstruction Finance Corp. RFC, once the world’s largest lending agency, closed Friday with a few hundred employees remaining and a nameplate removed. Its functions transfer to Housing and Home Finance Agency, Small Business Administration, GSA and the Treasury. About 109 staff and 80 million dollars in loans await liquidation. Established in 1952 under Hoover, RFC fueled postwar financing and wartime plant work.
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