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Newspaper
Daily Review
Location
Hayward, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1954
Page
6
Wall Street ends a fluctuating session with some stocks rising sharply while others slip. Dow Jones averages show mixed movement across industrials and utilities as trading volumes noted at major exchanges.
Mixed stock market action with notable upticks in some issues and declines in others. Montgomery Ward hit a new high amid proxy fight activity. aviation and fertilizer stocks rose while chemical and auto makers fell. First hour volume around 440000 shares as markets awaited settlement developments.
The latest stock market quotations from Reynolds & Co. list NYSE and San Francisco listings including General Electric General Motors Sears Roebuck and Transamerica. It provides bid prices across industries such as oil aerospace and retail with contacts for further information at 1404 Franklin Street Oakland California and the phone number 35-0790.
Obituaries published for Carlie Barton Mohr age 75 of Hayward with funeral at Garden Chapel Pratt Flier Mortuary and burial at Lone Tree cemetery. Also death notices for Elsie Mae Hickok 58 of Hayward and Henry Edward Silver 35 of Hayward with services at Ryan Funeral Home and Sorensen Bros. Chapel respectively. Castro Valley and Richmond notices note other survivors and service details.
Poultry Producers of Central California release today's market prices for dressed poultry. Quotation covers broilers and fryers by weight, roasters, hens both light and heavy, old roasters, and squabs. Also listed are ducks, young tom turkeys, and related poultry products with per pound or per unit figures.
San Lorenzo reports John A Ford named executive manager for the Democratic Council of the Eight County area as part of a city council campaign. Irvington and Hayward Democrats discuss voter registration drives and district campaigns. A coalition of six state groups backs Proposition 2, a $100 million bond issue for school facilities grants and loans.
Agriculture Secretary Benson assumes a broadened role under a flexible price support system aimed at stabilizing wheat, cotton, and other commodities. He must decide quantities for set aside and oversee disposal paths including relief, foreign sales, school programs, and stockpiling while coordinating with White House and agencies.
EVANSTON MIL An assembly of the World Council of Churches splits into six groups to tackle core issues. debates focus on church unity spreading Christianity worldwide racism economic systems and the churchs role in lay life. delegates aim to craft reports for the plenary sessions, revealing sharp differences on eschatology and unified Christian witness.
In Hayward on August 22 1954 Henry Ecward Silva beloved husband of Betty Rene Silver son of Joseph and Mary Silva brother of Marie Silva Katherine Lenharet and Evelyn Butchka age 13. Funeral from Sorensen Bros Chapel Hayward August 24 1954 at 2 00 pm then to All Saints church. Rosary recited Monday at 9 00 pm interment Holy Sepulchre cemetery.
The state placed eighth in average income in 1953 with a per capita figure of $2039. The national per capita income rose to $1709 that year, up from $1644 in 1942, according to a Commerce Department report from the San Francisco field office.
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