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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1956
Page
5
Market report notes steady prices with mixed quality in dairy and produce. Strawberries show slight strength. oranges and apples uneven with several items reported at steady to firmer levels amid strong wholesale demand.
Market notes from Chicago and New York cover grain bids and futures, including oats, wheat, soybeans, barley, and corn. Prices and daily changes appear for multiple contracts with entries on open, high, low, and close, plus brief stock and commodity index figures.
Roy Hatfield, a new Civitan member and former mission superintendent, shared wartime POW experiences at a Civitan Club meeting. He described being captured in North Africa, the tank siege, and propaganda about armor. He recounted 88 days in tents in Sicily, 74 months in an Italian camp, and hunger endured by 1,300 Allied troops as the Axis neared defeat.
New York June 1 The stock market edged up in a quiet session with gains led by steels motors oils and chemicals. The Associated Press average rose 4 cents to 178.60 as volume fell to 1,440,000 shares with traders citing uncertainty and pre holiday caution. Top movers included Houston Oil Chrysler General Motors and Royal Dutch among others.
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