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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1956
Page
10
Readable parts show a fragmented stock list with prices, percentages, and security names. The text mentions Bendisco, Bayt, Pan Am, and gas related terms alongside scattered figures like 190 and 43 percent, but most details are illegible.
Reading shows mixed Wheat receipts and shipments with figures in bushels and sacks. Closing prices for some contracts are listed, with totals for receipts and stocks across regions and entities.
In 1900 about 135 in every 1000 infants died before age one. Now under 25 per 1000 die. Medical advances and new drugs save lives. vaccines, antibiotics, and antiseptics play key roles. Your physician can phone Davenport 7-5121 for medicine. We can fill prescriptions or deliver promptly without extra charge.
Trading activity waned with about 1.44 million shares moved versus 1.55 million previously. The Dow average edged down with industrials, rails, and utilities all weaker. declines outpaced advances as 308 issues fell and 1,109 traded. Cosen Petroleum slid while General Motors rose amid merger-termination news. Santa Fe and Kennecott bonds eased in a choppy OTC session.
Livestock price report from Baltimore with USDA figures for June 18 shows cattle by weight range listing hundreds of head. Prices range from about 12.50 to 18.60 per hundredweight with variations by weight, size and grade depending on lots and quality.
Chicago market notes show salable cattle and vealers with bids for bulk No 2 and 3 cattle at 100 to 350 pounds and prime vessels priced around 2.00. Good to choice vealers range from 1600 to 3100 pounds, with commercial prices 10.00 to 17.00 per hundredweight. A few loads of good to low and high choice yearlings and stock steers appear, plus limited big cattle at 450 pounds and 108 pound yearlings.
The First Methodist Church congregation in Bluefield launched a campaign to raise $60,000 for a new educational building and a minister residence. Mark E. Rich was elected general chairman with L. W. Bates as gifts cochair. Rev. Glenn Boye labelled pastor. The drive starts the week of July 1. Dr. R. Moore Parker aids organization.
Two state troopers recently graduated from the state police school arrived in Princeton on Monday to join the Princeton detachment led by Corporal E D Bazzie. They are William Dyer formerly with South Charleston police and Leroy E Kessell from Fisher Hardy County. Both are married and seeking housing.
The Princeton Quota club holds its regular dinner meeting at 6 10 p m this evening at the Virginian Hotel with members in attendance.
Jury sworn in circuit court to decide damages in the 100000 damage action of Fred Anderson against Edward M Rude Carrier Corporation arising from a August 1955 trailer truck crash on Route 52 that disabled Anderson a N W brakeman. Doctor B R Kinter testified surgery may be needed and months of treatment.
J G Mallory owner of Wholesale Paint & Supply Co Princeton receives West Virginia Hardware Week Retailer of the Year and a cash prize for outstanding promotional achievement. The national winner was John Knox of Santa Anna California, chosen among 24000 independent hardwaremen by a panel in New York.
The Princeton Elks Lodge invites members and their families to a steak fry tomorrow at 6 p.m. at Glenwood Park. Proceeds support lodge activities and community programs.
An old established business in Princeton closes its doors as the owner retires due to health after 33 years in operation. Written to the Princeton Bureau of the Daily Telegraph, no phone calls accepted.
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