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Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Aug 01, 1966

Page

8

Over the Counter Securities Update At 10 A M

NASD compiled quotations list inter dealer bid prices with add ons for retail and markdowns to include approximate figures as of 10 AM today.

Life H’ville Y National Life Colbert Bank Nat’l. Bank of Decatur Reater Alabama Alabama Suthern United Life Bank of Alabama Bean Life Geeman Tennessee Nat'l Gas Amicable Life States Life Efferson Standard Life Aq Entucky Central Fherty National Life He & Casualty Handley Futual Savings Life Ins

Cotton and grain price report from Decatur

Cotton: Decatur loan, middling inch 40. Cottonseed: $40 per ton. Milk: Grade A $6.55 per hundred manufactured milk $3.20 per hundred or four per cent .055 per cent above per cent direct ratio below four per cent. Wood 65, 45 and 35. Pulpwood $13.50 per cord. No. 2 Yellow Shelled Corn $1.25 No. 2 Yellow Ear Corn $1.11 No. 2 White Ear Corn $1.07 No. 2 White Shelled Corn $1.46 No. 2 Oats $.68 No. 2 Milling Wheat $1.63 No. 2 Mile per hundred $2.05 Poultry Wheat $1.13 No. 2 Barley $.95

Decatur

Egg price report shows steady market through midweek

Egg prices in Ma mingham show no change to 114 2 cents higher for medium eggs. Supplies of large eggs ample though searing demand. Medium and small eggs are plentiful overall with fair prices to retailers per dozen. Grade A white large eggs run 53 58 mostly 53 55, medium 40 43, small 25 28 per dozen.

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Broilers and fryers market weak amid mixed demand

Birmingham reports a weak unsettled market for broilers and fryers with irregular cook demand and wide price ranges. Slaughter estimates for today near 1,249,000 head versus 1,223,000 last Monday. trucklot prices to major markets for Aug 1-5 around 26.75 to 27.25 cents per lb for S grade A and plant trade A. Atlanta notes good demand for ice broilers and fryers with farm prices mostly 15 cents and overall limited trading.

Birmingham Eady Atlanta

New York Stocks Rally Amid Broad Market Gains

AP reports a wide array of midday stock moves with gains across industries. Notable leaders include Int Harv, Am Paper, Kaiser, Boeing, Coca Cola, Dow Chemical, Procter & Gamble, and General Electric as investors push prices higher on steady trading and favorable conditions.

New York Paper Am Air L Baker Ligg & My Lorillard Lou & Nash T&t Macy Martin Co Armour Masonite Penney Pepsi Cola Ches & Ohio Phill Pet Chrysler Polaroid Coca Cola Proct & G Colg Palm RCA Collins Radio CBS Repub Rexall Reyn Met Ent Can RC Cola Pats Air St Regis Dow Chem Sears du Pont Sinclair East Air Sou Co Hast Ked Sperry Firestone Pla P&l Elec Texaco Mills Gs Limit Aire Jenesco Ax Pacific Gas Cp Foodrich Beacyear Westy Elec St A&p Winn Dixie Greyhound Woolworth Gut Oil Worth Hsee Inc Db Wrigley

Wall Street sinks as airlines lead broad losses

Wall Street slid to new lows for the year in light trading as airline stocks weighed the market. Volume was about 6 million shares, with declines spread across major groups including IBM, Kodak, Polaroid, Xerox, and several steel and motor stocks. The session echoed the prior week’s sharp drop, the worst since the Kennedy assassination, and left Northwest among the few gainers.

New York Wall Street IBM Fastman Kodak Northwest

Alabama special session nears end with school aid bill move

Legislators report smooth progress on a $44 million school aid package aimed at teacher pay raises and college funds as Gov. Wallace calls for distribution of surplus educational funds. House Speaker Albert Brewer says bills could fall into place by Friday with a busy week ahead and potential three meetings.

Allen Wallace Albert Brewer Brewer

South Vietnam fighting updates and air operations report

Ground actions across South Vietnam remained light except near Pleiku where 25th Division troops faced heavy dawn mortar and automatic fire. Helicopters delivered reinforcements as ground forces, supported by air strikes and artillery, killed 26 North Vietnamese soldiers with light casualties. In North Vietnam, U.S. planes flew 97 missions hitting storage areas near Hanoi, destroying bridges, barges, trucks, and anti aircraft sites, with two planes lost. US sorties in the south totaled 477. 561 enemy fortifications and structures were damaged or destroyed. Casualties in Hastings were moderate for Marines and South Vietnamese. Prices fell on the stock market with notable moves in gold, silver and Standard Oil.

North Viet Nam U.S Hanoi Air Force North Viet Nam Vinh South Viet Nam

Chicago housing march clashes erupt in Marquette Park violence

Demonstrators led by Dr Martin Luther King Jr protested housing discrimination. Whites attacked cars, burned 30 vehicles, and pelted firemen and police with rocks during a Saturday night clash at Marquette Park. Albert C Raby of the CCCO and Sister Mary Angelica were among the injured as white mobs chanted hostile slogans and police struggled to contain the scene.

Martin Luther King Jr Dr King Southern Christian Leadership Conference King Chicago Marquette Park Union Coordinating Council of Community Organizations CCCO Albert C. Raby Raby Indiana

Senate Labor considers measures to end multi group strike

The Senate Labor Committee discussed bills to force strikers back to work as J Curtin and others testified. Demonstrators protested at a real estate firm over alleged racial dealings and clashed with residents. Police counted 200 whites, 40 protesters, later 250 marched. eight arrests, six injuries. police dogs used but unnecessary. A White House backed settlement was rejected. Sen Hill noted tentative emergency powers. Mansfield warned swift action. Curtin urged a legal end to the dispute. Siemiller said efforts aimed at ratification fell short. he cited White House broadcasts and telegrams backing the solution.

Whelmingly White House Lister Hill D-Ala Senate Labor Committee Johnson Senate Democratic Mike Mansfield D-Mont Senate Congress

Tower shooting at university campus described by witnesses

Witnesses report a student shooting from a tower near a university building. Susan Bradshaw, an employee, recalls a loud blast and students fleeing in panic as police say the shooter remained active about half an hour after the first report. A wounded girl was dragged behind a stairway for safety.

Susan Bradshaw University

Tampa passes civil service rule for police chief appointments

Tampa city council adopts an ordinance mandating police department appointments follow civil service laws and regulations. A clerk corrected a typographical error from thief to chief. Also notes 1966 Christmas stamps go on sale November 1 in Christmas Michigan. Mentions Cylert memory improvement pills tested on septile patients.

Tampa, Fla Tampa City

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