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Newspaper
Anderson Herald
Location
Anderson, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1964
Page
4
AP report notes Chicago butchers push hog prices higher with overall gains in midweek trading. Prices for hogs range from 190 to 295, with butcher quotes broadly up 1 to 2 dollars and some lots 16.00 to 16.50 per hundredweight.
Indianapolis markets report hogs at 15.75 to 16.50 for 190 to 270 lb ranges with varied loads. cattle and calves show steers and heifers steady to slow, cows active, and weaners steady with prices from 12.00 to 21.00 per hundredweight. sheep yield typical lamb and ram figures, while a note credits Antonin Dvorak as a Czech composer achieving international recognition in 1841.
An advert touts PASTEETH, an improved alkaline powder to sprinkle on upper or lower plates to keep false teeth firmly in place. It claims to prevent sliding and slippage, avoid sour taste, and reduce plate odor. Sold widely through counters.
AP reports Chicago hog market topped at 16.50 per hundredweight on Monday, highest in four months, with 6,500 head sold. About 100 head of mixed No. 1 and 2 grades brought the top, others at 16 and up to 16.25 for mixed 1-3. Slaughter steers steady at 22.25 for 1,204-1,300 lb prime. Spring lambs 25.95 to 50, mixed good to prime 22.75. Bulls 16.50-19.50, Heifers to 21 for choice and mixed prime.
Buying interest was slight as the stock market fell with 4.61 million shares traded. Dow Jones average dropped to 821.31, Du Pont influence noted, while cattle prices showed steady slaughter steers and varied ranges for hogs, calves, and lambs amid mixed grain quotes from Indianapolis and Chicago markets.
A taut nervous state is said to block bowel impulses and cause constipation. The ad promotes Coronaip tablets with a colonic nerve stimulant and bulking action to restore colon function overnight and claims clinical proof. An introductory size priced at 43 cents.
Chicago AP reports butter prices steady on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange with wholesale levels flat to slightly higher across grades AA 57% to B 5.64. Eggs show mixed wholesale quotes with whites at 27 34 and other grades around 25 to 34. Grain quotes list No 2 yellow corn at 1.29 and soybeans at 2.53 with soybean oil at 8.49. A note mentions Boston’s founding in 1630.
Honolulu report notes a Brazilian freighter captain hacked to death with a fire ax aboard the Liberian registry vessel Pomona. First mate Alf Olsen described finding the captain Jacob Natvig of Lillesand Norway slain in his cabin near the Nile themed site. International legal questions arose over jurisdiction as investigators sought the responsible party.
Hogs steady to 25 cents higher with 200 to 40 pound pigs quoted at 15.10 to 15.85, larger hogs 14.10 to 14.60, roughs down to 10.50 to 11.50. Cattle steady with choice steers at 20 to 21.50, good and ch. steers 17.50 to 20, standard and low-grade 14 to 17.50, cows 10.50 to 15.50, bulls 13 to 18.50. Calves steady 18 to 22, spring lambs 22 to 23. We'll note mention of a Coast Guard investigation and a ship incident en route from Los Angeles to Formosa with scrap metal, where a killing occurred. Sheep slaughter 5 to 7.
A fragmented notice lists multiple public auctions and real estate sales across Indiana. Entities include Foland & Lewis, Jones, Kirk, Kellum, Bradley, Pat James, Lawrence Love, and Eilenberger Bros with locations in Tipton Middletown Eaton Lindsay and Greensboro. Auctioneers Kellum Bradley Hood Harder Sharp Kellum Bradley. Dates span May 20 to June 1 with times in the afternoon.
A Tehran military court sentenced former War Minister Gen Ahmed Yossough to years in prison and a fine of 700000 dollars on embezzlement charges. In Tokyo three North Koreans were seized on suspicion of theft related to a radio receiver antenna and German patent plans.
Louisvile AP Federal State Market News Service notes hogs 1500 barrows and gilts up 25 cents with various weights listed. Cattle slaughter steers and heifers steady to weak, bulls steady, calves steady with vealers at 26 to 28 dollars, lambs 24.50 to 25.00, wooled slaughter lambs 18.00, ewes 16.30, general market mixed across categories.
A squirrel climbed into a gear switch at Fordam Power Plant causing a 26 minute blackout in Rockford. Downtown areas and the east side lost power while barbers and TV shops paused as the city’s news halted. The plant’s outage affected the business district for 3:00 PM to 3:26 PM local time.
Terre Haute Mayor Ralph Tucker urged state and federal action over persistent malodorous chemical fumes that have blanketed the southeast side, staining homes brown. Health official Donald High confirmed hydrogen sulfide as the contaminant after visits on Friday and earlier, leaving Tucker seeking prompt remedies.
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