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Newspaper
Anderson Herald
Location
Anderson, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1960
Page
13
New York stocks eased from a peak session, trading slowly with small gains for Motorola 9 percent Texas Instruments 7 percent and Zenith 4 percent. The Dow fell 1.58 to 623.66 while the AP 60 stock average dropped to 216.20 as volume waned across markets.
In Chicago trading a late rally in wheat supported by news of India and Britain buying 4.656 million bushels for next month. Corn and soybeans fell as hedging and profits pressured values while weather optimism boosted planting prospects for 1960 crops. July wheat at 1.86, corn 1.21 1/2, oats steady, rye 1.24, soybeans 2.15 1/4.
A Monday morning blaze in a two story Pasadena frame house killed three sleeping children, Robert Buchanan six, John two, and Barry E Robinson one month. Fifteen other residents escaped unharmed. The incident prompted an alcohol commission notice and local market notes follow.
Madison County Indiana conducts a public hearing to select delegates for the World War Veterans unit. The article lists named candidates, alternates, and auxiliary delegates for the county, with details from the Madison County Alcoholic Beverage Board and the Veterans group meeting results.
A sequence of auction listings dated May 27 to June 4 detail administrator and guardian sales of real estate and household items across multiple locations in Indiana. Auctioneers Kellum Bradley Gable and others announce times and sites near Green Pendleton Shirley Emporia Wilkinson Alexandria and Elbert Frazee with parcels on St Road 9 Broadway First Street and True Halford Street. Additional notes mention a peanut crop and a sugar beet factory capacity.
Legal notices list creditors heirs and executors for Madison County Indiana. Final settlement of Adam Kumkowski and estate actions precede proof of heirship distribution as required by the Superior Court. Also announced are appointments of executors and public sales of real estate and personal property with deadlines for filing claims.
Chicago AP reports a draggy hog sale with 8,500 head at steady to 25 cents lower. Prices topped at 17.25 to 17.50 for light weight mixed No 1 and 2 hogs, with heavier weights at 15 and up. Cattle numbers rose, pulling slaughter steer prices down by about one dollar per hundredweight, while sheep stayed steady to firm in active trade. Population estimates place Arab world at about 30 million.
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