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Newspaper
Anderson Herald
Location
Anderson, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1968
Page
6
Market notes show livestock activity at Marhveter’s Muncie yard with hogs and other stock listed. Prices and closing figures not fully legible but indicate routine closing of sessions. Substantial OCR gaps prevent precise figures or names.
New York stocks closed modestly lower amid weak incentives and late softness. Trading volume reached 1.316 million shares with 1,526 issues, 620 advancing and 668 declining, Dow at 804.03 down 1.00. industrials mixed as IBM Pan Am and Polaroid rose, Eastman Kodak slipped, and General Electric eased reflecting uneven gains across sectors.
The report details bids and yields for slaughter steers and heifers, cows, bulls, and calves, with price ranges and top quotes. It notes active cattle sale conditions, mixed demand, and listings for hogs and lambs, alongside stock market context and futures movements.
Fortention of a committee announced that half the 1933 corn crop has been planted. The Friends of the Orchestra plan four free concerts, with a season ticket drive led by Frank Allis chairing. Pianist Eugene Pridonoff and guest artists will appear as the orchestra grows in Anderson, Indiana.
Seven facaction county girls among 55 graduates completed two year secretarial courses at Ball State University Munice Sunday afternoon. Mrs Areh Hayhoe gave the graduation address for the group of local area graduates Ellen Benfield Diane Kay Jessup Maree Lyne MacPherson Xime Angxime Virginia Ann Williams Jonna Lee Justice Diana Poor, all of Anderson, and Pendleton area residents, were listed among the graduates. Separately in Philadelphia the Fellowship Commission named Mayors Richard G. Watcher of Gary Indiana and Carl B. Stokes of Cleveland as patronage award recipients, with the dinner set for April 5 postponed after Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s death.
Members of the six yearnsters union halted operations at Ralth Rogers Co. plants in Bloomington and nearby towns after rejecting a tentative agreement reached last week. Production at ANIX concrete sites in Helena, Bedford, and Oiledns was suspended as workers protested conditions.
Members of Gey Scout Troop 22 and families gathered at Whetstone Church to celebrate a Court of Honor. Nine year pins were presented by Ian Conner to Jimmy Abbot Kent Apglegate Richard Connar Telt Bobb Mixe Bauer Greg Emer Jeff Dillon Miles Elsbury Mike Lewis Bill Miler David Miller Mike Wilson and Kent Peters. Tenderfoot Badges went to Mika Chap Ronnie Miller and Brian Whitlakey, while David Miller advanced to First Class. A new troop committee was named with Verlin Smith as executive officer, Willie Smith as institutional representative, Frank Miller as chairman, Joe Applegate as secretary treasurer, Sloke Conner as advancement chairman, George Whittaker as scoutmaster, Norman Peters as west scoutmaster activities, and Bob Elsbury as assistant scoutmaster property.
In New Orleans Judge Mitchell denies defense access to an FBI recording linked to the federal arms case against Rap Brown. The ruling, citing national security, rejects the defense motion to examine the electronic recording. Brown, SNC chair head, faces charges tied to carbine actions across the state.
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