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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1968
Page
8
The AP lists the selected New York Stock Exchange afternoon prices with closing figures and notable movements for main stocks. Major names and index trends appear, reflecting market activity in a brief snapshot.
A local newspaper blurb advertises complete lines of ceramic supplies for wholesale and retail plus free instructions from Lovin's Ceramics located at 141 Second Ave NE.
RRUee Industrial Finance advertises loans from 400 to 3000 dollars with terms up to 36 months. Branches listed in Decatur Athens Huntsville provide contact numbers for applications at 121 East Moulton Street 207 South Jefferson Street 117 North Side Square 109 Holmes Avenue NE 2407 S Memorial Pkwy Suite 7.
This item lists prices for cotton and cottonseed, various grades of milk and milk products, wood and pulpwood, and multiple grain commodities. It includes Decatur loan terms, per ton and per hundred measures, per cord, and per hundred weights for corn oats wheat barley and soybeans with specific numbers.
Quotations from the NASD show representative interdealer prices as of about 10 a.m. Interdealer activity changes through the day and prices exclude retail markups markdowns and commissions.
Nashville Tennessee AP reports cattle 250 calves 100 hogs 650 sheep 15. Hogs early sales barrows and gilts steady to 25 lower than Monday. U S 1 3 195 235 lb 18 25 18 50 few sows steady. U S 1 3 350 575 lb 15 50. Monday slaughter classes steers good 700 1030 lb 25 50 25 75. Heifers 580 775 lb 22 00 23 50. Cows utility 17 50 19 50 canner 14 00 18 50 feeder steers 300 550 lb 28 00 30 00 500 800 lb 24 00 26 50 heifers 23 00 25 50. Choice vealers 38 60 40 00.
In Atlanta broilers and fryers sold today with moderate trading and adequate to ample supply on hens. Prices at farms ranged from heavy to light types, mostly around four and a half cents. In Birmingham demand for current week was irregular with some cancellations and limited total volume. Next week’s deliveries looked mixed as sentiment fluctuated and supplies remained adequate to short with sizes Desirable to lighter than desired. Estimated slaughter today totaled about 1,098,000, down from 1,172,000 last Tuesday.
In Birmingham Alabama the AP reports demand remains slow while offerings stay heavy. Retail prices per dozen for consumer grade eggs vary by size. large eggs 39 to 42 cents, mediums 34 to 37 cents, smalls 26 to 28 cents.
A horticultural note states that planting about 150000 bulbs covers an acre with daffodils or narcissus. The figures imply large scale spring displays and careful bulb spacing for full coverage.
The New York market erased an afternoon loss and moved higher amid active trading. The Dow fell as much as 3.18 points in morning profit taking. late gains lifted blue chips and glamour stocks. Chrysler, IBM, Xerox, and Ford led advances while Du Pont remained down.
Members of the Key Club at Hillcrest High School in Memphis connected by telephone with a Key Club in Ottawa Canada for a joint meeting. An official of the honorary society described it as the first international event of its kind.
Fragmentary text notes that the Colorado River was discovered by Alarcon in 1540 and attributed to Hernando de Alarcon.
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