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Newspaper
Danville Register
Location
Danville, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1965
Page
16
A garbled page fragment lists various stock prices, percentages, and company names such as Wright Harg, ZaleCom, and Slick Corp alongside scattered sports references and numbers. The text weaves between percentages, product names, locations, and partial identifiers, lacking coherent narrative or clear events.
Virginia stock prices in forenoon trading show numerous Virginia corporations and local issues listed with bid and asked prices. Notable names include Equities for Acme Visible Records American Furniture Colloquy and several banks, insurers, and furniture firms with varied percentages reflecting pricing.
Insurance ledger shows a crowded field of carriers and agents, with numerous company names and percentages. The fragment hints at market shares, dealer representations, and a long list of insurers and ratings, reflecting a dense, unstructured data page from a financial section.
Washington House Education and Labor Committee backs a bill to raise the interstate minimum wage from 1.25 to 1.75 an hour in three stages by July 1, 1970. The plan extends coverage to additional workers, with initial boosts for farm workers and new groups starting next year and 1968, culminating in 1.75 by mid-1970.
US Department of Agriculture reports fruit and vegetable arrivals with 95 potatoes arriving in Chicago and 1197 total US shipments planned. Friday and weekend activity shows moderate supplies and demand, with slightly weaker markets and listed prices for Washington russets and whites, Idaho and Minnesota reds, along with California bakers and Texas round reds.
AP report from New York outlines wholesale egg price quotations by grade and weight. Extra fancy heavy whites and browns show varied ranges with 47 pound minimums and per dozen or unit equivalents, including fancy medium and smalls.
A jumble of company names and stock indicators appears to reflect a volatile trading day. Traders watched Allied Mills and Nat Airlines among others as prices fluctuated, with investors weighing industrials, chemicals, and consumer brands in a shifting market environment.
CHARLOTTE AP Romary found a 1943 copper penny among change and hopes it is worth 15000. The Treasury minted copper pennies that year for war material, but some copper blanks were stamped as a result. Romary has placed the coin in a bank vault awaiting tests to verify authenticity amid reports of forged 1943 lead pennies coated with copper.
Washington AP The Senate Judiciary Committee approved 1.5 million for two presidential crime commissions. The Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice panel will study crime action, law enforcement, courts, and corrections with an 18 month report deadline. The DC Crime Commission will mirror the study and report in 12 months.
New York stock market opens higher with steady bonds and quiet commodities. Wheat mixed with July futures weak, corn easier, oats weak. Hog prices lower and August contracts retreat as grains move unevenly.
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