Markets Summary From Decatur Cotton and Grain Prices
Cotton prices show Decatur loan at middling 30.40. Cottonseed at 40 dollars per ton. Milk Grade A at 6.55 per hundred. manufactured milk 3.20 per hundred. Grains and commodities list No. 2 Yellow Shelled Corn 1.35, Ear Corn 1.11, White Ear 1.07, White Shelled 1.46, Oats .68, Milling Wheat 1.63, Mile per hundred 2.05, Poultry Wheat 1.13, Barley .95. Wood prices listed 65, 45, 35. Pulpwood 13.50 per cord.
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Decatur
Nashville Livestock Prices Slice Through Markets
Nashville AP reports livestock pricing with cattle, hogs and sheep trading. Slaughter steers and heifers show no early price test. cows 16.00-18.00, commercial bulls 20.50-22.00, feeders 350-640 lb 25.50-27.00, heifers 20.50-23.50, dealers 30.00-31.00, calves 325-450 lb 22.50-23.50. Hogs 195-245 lb 25.25-26.00, sows 330-650 lb 18.50-19.50. Sheep 90-110 lb lambs 22.50-23.50.
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Nashville
U.S
Egg prices hold steady amid fair demand in Birmingham
In Birmingham, egg prices were mostly unchanged with fair demand and ample supplies. Prices to retailers per dozen include carriage and delivery, with grade A white large 50 to 52 cents, medium 41 to 44 cents, small 25 to 28 cents.
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Birmingham
Wall Street Mixed As High Fliers Rise On Quiet Session
In a mixed market with about 6.5 million shares traded, key issues edged up while others fluctuated. Sperry Rand and Ampex led active trading, Fairchild Camera, KLM Airlines and Scientific Data gained about three points, and Itek American Research Atlantic Richfield Continental Air Lines Santa Fe Drill Texas Insurance and Polaroid rose around two points. Airlines climbed on talks resuming negotiations with striking machinists, with Eastern Air Lines up over two points and United Air Lines up about half. Zenith Raytheon also gained two points or more and Douglas Aircraft rose slightly.
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New York
Sperry Rand
Ampex
Fairchild Camera
KLM Airlines
Scientific
Itek
American Research
Atlantic Richfield
Continental Air Lines
Santa Fe Drill
Texas Insurance
Polaroid
Eastern Air Lines
United Air Lines
Zenith
Raytheon
Douglas
Over the Counter Securities Quotations Report
NASD compiled at about 10 am shows inter-dealer bids and asks for Allied Life Bank of Hville Equity National Life First Colbert Bank First Natl Bank of Decatur Greater Alabama Life of Alabama Life of Alabama 1 Par 10% 8% Life of Alabama 5 Par Southern United Life Ins Vulcan Life Ins Co State Natl Bank of Alabama National List.
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Allied Life
Bank of H’ville
Equity National Life
First Colbert Bank
First Nat'l Bank of
Decatur
Alabama
Life of
Southern United Life Ins
Ci‘i
State
Nat'l Bank of Alabama
Vulcan Life Ins. Co
Tennessee
Food Sanitation Survey Shows Sharp Grade Changes
Twenty three restaurants reached grade A up from seven in 1965 with an 186 percent rise, while grade B establishments grew to 24 from 17, a 41 percent increase. Borderline C places numbered 25, three fewer than last year, and 24 sites remained flagrant violators. Overall sanitation compliance reached 80.7 percent, up from 74.9 percent. Enforcement rating improved to 75 percent despite staffing limits. The survey covered only prepared food venues, assessing storage, utensils, cleanliness, and building conditions.
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Kaufman
Health Department
Hospital Discharges and Dismissals List Names and Streets
A dense roster lists patients by hospital status with many residents and street addresses across Decatur Albany Hartselle Trinity and surrounding areas. Dismissals include Clarence Bynum Jeffrey Wiggins Estelle Mitchell Shirley Holloway and others with multiple city and street designations.
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Clarence Bynum
Decatur
Jeffrey Wiggins
Estelle Mitchell
Shirley Holloway
Anderson
Ind
Gene Richey Hartselle
Maxwell Ledlow
Trinity
Wallace Montgomery
Moulton
Curtis Culpepper
2Nd Ave
Darrell Parker
Hartselle
Lara Ryan
7Th Ave
Ruth Powell
Madison
Bevel Calls Cicero March After Cicero Attacks
The Rev. James Bevel announced a demonstration for Wednesday likely in Bogan near Chicago Lawn after a civil rights march was attacked last Friday. He said organizers will push on from Jackson and Selma to Cicero and will seek protection from Cook County and Cicero authorities, threatening to march regardless.
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James Bevel
Bogan
Chicago Lawn
Jackson
Selma
Bevel
Cicero
Cook
County
Legislators adjourn as daylight time debate stalls
A House Conservation Committee hearing on a standard time bill was called off with no effort to pass it this session. Spokesman said Wallace will discuss with southern governors and push the issue again if they back daylight saving resistance. Congress earlier passed a federal daylight saving law, with state action due by April 1. The legislature reconvenes at 1 p.m. after recess, as the $44 million school aid package awaits the governor's signature.
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House Conservation Committee
Wallace
Congress
James Allen
Albert Brewer
College Attendees Drive Half of New Car Sales
The fifth of the population with college attendance accounts for half of all new car purchases, highlighting the strong link between higher education and automobile buyers.
List of residents and addresses in multiple Alabama towns
A compilation of names with street addresses and cities including Ardmore Decatur Athens Hartselle Cullman Moulton Town Creek Madison Melbourne Wallace and nearby areas. The entries list Mrs or Mr prefixes and various streets such as 3rd Ave SE 13th Ave NW 8th Ave SE and Bob White Dr SW.
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Stanley _ Adams
Ardmore
Willie Brown
Maple St
Frank Brown
10Th Ave
John Duncan
Valley Trailer Park
Joe Bob Elliott
Athens
Percy Glenn
Church St. NW
Emmett Minor
Lafayette St
Bracie McNutt
Jackson St
W. C. Pepper
Cedar St
Rodney Roden
Somerville
Doris Stewart
Locust St
Minnie Taylor
Mobile
George West
Trinity
Joe Lane Westmoreland
Decatur
Robert Lee
Kenneth Bolton
Michael Williams
6Th Ave
John Stevens Reed
Danville Rd
Marshall Wood
Hartselle
David Terry
Edgewood St
Charles McDonald
Linda Russell
11Th Ave
James Sain
8Th Ave
Jeffrey Wiggins
Clarence Bynum
Mary Holland
College St
Rosie Lee Allen
13Th Ave
Nathan Smith
20Th Ave
Tammy Miller
Tenn
Carl Linderman
Decatur 4
James Russell
3Rd Ave. SE
Fedor Brown
Newcomb St
Lester Taylor
Town Creek L
Kenneth Holland
W. Wilson St
David Denney
Cullman
Ranal Boyles
Moulton
Vernon Hyde
Michigan
Mark Jernigan
Austin St
Rebeca Baker
Henery Kitchen
19Th Ave
Rezzie Kilpatrick
Madison. St
Kenneth Hogan
Madison
Melbourne-Wallace
Oak St
Arthur Forester
Murphree Rd
Tinsley Yarbrough
Columbia Cr
James Corum
James Moore
Herbert Rome
Jerry Gray
Morning View
Joe Wilkerson
Noble Holt
4Th Ave
Bettye Adams
Howard Mathews
Cathy Bond
James’ Mason Jr
Bob White
U S forces press attack as Vietnam fighting widens
U S Marines and other troops clash with North Vietnamese near the DMZ and central highlands. The battle leaves at least 85 enemy dead in one engagement and dozens more killed by air and artillery. Nine U S Army and Marine helicopters are lost or damaged as reinforcements arrive. Casualties are not yet announced.
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U.S
17Th Parallel
South Viet Nam
Demilitarized Zone
Central Highlands
1St Cavalry
Highland
Pleiku
Hanoi
Moon mission delayed as storm halts Atlas launch
Moon probe plan faced a halt after unintelligible radio signals from fuel systems and an approaching storm. The Lunar Orbiter, with four solar panels like a four leaf clover, aimed for a 90 hour flight to orbit the moon and return data, potentially the United States first lunar orbit.
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Space Agency
Moon
United States
Soviet Union
HEW Rep to Meet Morgan County School Officials
A Department of Health, Education and Welfare representative will visit Decatur on Friday to discuss the Morgan County School System, focusing on federal fund status and guideline qualifications. Supt. J. C. Pettey says HEW official Gene Crowder will meet with himself, Assistant Supt. George Nancarrow, and board members to discuss data on pupil teacher ratio and related forms. The visit follows messages from HEW about fund status and qualification criteria.
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Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Decatur
Morgan County
J. C. Pettey
HEW
Gene Crowder
George Nancarrow
Board of Education
Pettey
Crowder
Morgan School
Health, Education and Welfare
Washington
Local School Board Scrutiny Over Segregation Rules
A later inquiry by Pettey found HEW had no record of a de ferment of federal funds for the local school system. The dispute centers on the board of education's conditional compliance with the 1966 desegregation guidelines.
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Pettey
HEW
Board of Education
Rights amendment shields homeowners from housing ban measure
The House narrowly adopted a rights amendment 180 to 179 to exempt individual homeowners from a proposed ban on racial discrimination in housing. If defeated on a roll call, a final motion to strike the entire section could pass. Monday, Rep. William Cramer of Florida pushed an amendment to curb outside agitators from inciting riots.
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House
William C. Cramer
Rfla
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Sou Co
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Sperry Rd
Fla P & L
Swift
Gen Mills
Texaco
Indian Head
Woolworth
Int Bus
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Xerox
Wall Street
Local Securities
Decatur General Admissions
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Ft. Payne
Gene Shelton
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Standard Oil
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