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Newspaper
Danville Register
Location
Danville, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1966
Page
5
Livestock market report shows butchers steady to 25 cents higher for hogs as demand remains moderately active for 4,500 head. Week totals reach 21,500, unchanged from last week. Prime slaughter steers bring 29 to 29.25 per hundredweight, mixed grades at 26.25 to 28.50, cattle receipts 2,500 head versus 5,000 last week. Lambs grade mixed good to prime at 27 to 29.
Federal and state agents stopped a Greensboro panel truck on a city street early Friday and seized 102 gallons of non tax paid whisky in what officials called the citys largest illegal booze haul in over five years. Keith Haith and Eugene Hunt, both 35, of Greensboro, were jailed awaiting a preliminary hearing before a U.S. Commissioner on federal warrants for possessing removing concealing and transporting the liquor.
Final Dow Jones figures show a mixed session with the index closing at 973.83 after opening at 982.07 and a low of 946.31. Trading volumes and sector moves appear uneven as rails, utilities, and industrials display varied losses and gains. bonds and commodity futures indices are also noted in the day’s wrap.
New York eggs wholesale offerings are adequate to excessive with slow demand. Spot quotations fall for whites and browns across weight classes, showing mostly 41 to 45 cent ranges for heavy weights and mid 30s to low 40s for mediums and smalls. Prices vary by grade and weight, with exchange and volume rates influencing quotes.
A historical note lists high and low price figures for Allied and various industrial stocks and companies. Entries include Am Holst Am Optical Am Restch Am Ship Assd Spring Beld Hemin Bell Howell Bet Intercn Bigelow and others, with price points such as 4.20 and 4.40 and a final line noting 5.56. This card reflects market movement and sector names rather than narrative events.
USDA weekly naval stores report from Savannah shows rosin sales at 2,722 drum equivalents, up from 1,910 prior week and 2,048 year earlier. Prices paid producers averaged $26.00 per barrel. turpentine sales reached 48,000 gallons, up from 33,500 last week and 43,080 year ago. Receipts held at 1,032 barrels, unchanged year over year.
A distorted OCR list shows mutual funds and fund families with varied prices and gains. Items include American Mutual Funds Growth, Special Fund Trust, Val Line, Chase Fund, Nat WSec, Gryphon Incam, and Chem Fund among others with figures and occasional punctuation errors indicating changes or values.
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