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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Aug 27, 1968

Page

11

Late New York Stock Selected List

New York Stock Exchange selected afternoon prices appear in AP stock tables. Rail and utilities sectors show notable activity with net changes reported for major listings. The AP compiled averages reflect trading insights across Ind. Rails Util. stocks and other listed equities.

New York New York Stock Exchange Associated Press Ind. Rails American Exchange New York American Stock Exchange Aerojet Air West Am Petr Arklgas Alamera Oil AssdOil & G dlasCo Dixilyn Corp Frontier Air Giant Yel Goldfield My Gt Basket Blaint Gulf Am Cp Hoerner Husky Oo Islam Corp Biz BS Kaiser Ind Midwest Fin Mohwk Data NewPark Ormand Ind RIC Group Saxon Indust Statham Syntex Co Dow-Jones

OTC Securities and commodity prices report

NASD quotations show interdealer prices around 10 a.m. with raw market while prices vary later. Cottonseed at 40 dollars per ton, Grade A milk at 6.55 dollars per hundred, manufactured milk 3.20 per hundred for four percent, wood prices noted, No 2 Yellow and Milling Wheat about 1.15, Mile about 1.90, Barley and Soybean 2.60.

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Prague Crisis Tests Czechoslovak Resolve After Soviet Talks

Prague broadcasts warn of new burdens including press censorship as Czechoslovakia presses for liberalization. National Assembly President Smrkovsky arrives to cheers, while crowds confront troops and protest in the square. Delegates debate Kennedy McGovern alignments amid Democratic convention tensions.

Sovviet Free Czechoslovak Radio Prague National Assembly Joseph Smrkovsky Smrkovsky South Dakota Will Free Czecho Slovakia Communist Party

Wheelchair-bound man robbed by fake Medicare workers

An 87-year-old double amputee in Birmingham is robbed after two men posing as Medicare workers pushed him from his wheelchair and stole $100. They allegedly threatened to cut his throat and searched his home before helping him back into the chair.

Birmingham Ala Medicare Sandy Harris Harris

Humphrey Widens Lead as McGovern Fails to Rally Support

In a morning session Humphrey George S McGovern boosted toward the nomination while McCarthy and McGovern proposals on Vietnam withdrawal were rejected. Delegates backed Humphrey against McCarthy insurgents over seating a Texas delegation led by Gov John Connally 1691 to 875, and Kennedy's draft was dismissed as wishful by Mankiewicz.

Jesse R. Unruh California Kennedy McCarthy Humphrey George S. McGovern South Dakota McGovern Vietnam United States Saigon Texas John Connally Michael V. DiSalle Ohio DiSalle Frank Mankiewicz Robert F. Kennedy Price Daniel Dixie George Smathers Florida Jon Associated Press Favorite Sons Mississippi Georgia Julian Bond Nixon

Demonstrators Clash With Police Outside Park

About 3 000 left the park before tear gas and warnings of no leniency. After regrouping in the street they taunted officers with pig and gesapo shouts. Bottles flew as police formed phalanxes and charged, driving crowds into Old Town where nightlife districts were disrupted into the early hours.

Pig Old Town

Resource Centers aimed at aiding low income families

Three county anti poverty branches expand next month with area resource centers providing direct help. CEO program will educate parents of Head Start children on nutrition, health, dental care, and money management while staff refer families to more than 40 local agencies for free services.

Morgan, Marshall, Lawrence Community Action Agency G. W. James Sion James Morgan County

Decatur Reports Rise in Crime and Police Needs

Decatur shows a five percent gain with 37 incidents in 1967 and 35 in 1966. Chief Pack Self and Commissioner Gunthorp say they have not studied the FBI report yet. The crime data highlight a national rise in serious crime and violence since 1960, with firearms involved in many murders and assaults.

Decatur Pack Self

Fire and rescue work amid heavy smoke and injuries

Firefighters battled heavy fumes and injuries during the blaze and were relieved the flames did not reach the front of the building. An undamaged wheelchair is set for delivery today to a young muscular dystrophy victim.

Sewer Project to Expand South Decatur Sewers

City officials outline a plan to install pumping stations and sewer lines along Highway 31 south of Crescent Motel to serve property owners south of Beltline and east of L&N Railroad. A federal grant of 130 000 dollars and city funds estimated at 100 000 dollars will cover costs with nine year assessments for commercial and residential owners.

Lurleen Wallace Mental Retardation Hospital Decatur Highway 31 Crescent Motel Blackburn City Water Department L&n Railroad Cedar Lake

Catholics Allowed to Join St Paul YMCA and YWCA

In St Paul Minnesota Roman Catholics of the Archdiocese receive permission to join local YMCAs and YWCAs. Coadjutor Archbishop Leo C Byrne states historic reasons for Catholic exclusion no longer apply and Catholics may participate.

ST. Paul, Minn Archdiocese of St. Paul Minneapolis Ymcas Ywcas Leo C. Byrne

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