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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1973
Page
3
A brief item noting that pecan trees from the Late New York Stock Selected List offer excellent shade around the house. The note emphasizes the trees as a shade option and suggests suitable placement near residences.
Decatur market review lists cotton at 20.45 per bale and cottonseed at 40 per ton. Milk prices show Grade A at 6.55 per hundred, manufactured milk 3.20 per hundred for four percent, with various ratios. Wood prices range 65.45 and 35, pulpwood 15.25 per cord, No 2 soybean 7.22, white shelled corn 3.15, oats 0.80, milling wheat 2.70, corn per hundred 3.25, barley and yellow shelled corn 2.20.
NASD quotations reflect representative interdealer prices as of about 10 a.m. Interdealer markets move through the day. Prices exclude retail markup markdown and commissions.
Stocks edged higher at noon with the Dow up 0.38 at 871.09 and the NYSE broad index rising 0.27 to 54.83 as listless trading persisted. Teleprompter led NYSE volume as sectors such as Beatrice Foods Xerox Deere & Co. and Southern Co showed modest gains while Amex leaders included Coit International and Atlas Consolidated Mining.
SACRAMENTO California Captain James R Johnson son of Mr and Mrs Obid B Johnson Athens 8 has been awarded his Silverwings upon graduation from Air Force navigator training at Mather AFB California He is remaining at Mather for Navigator bombardier training A 1964 graduate of Elkmont High School he received his B S degree and commission in 1968 from the Air Force Academy He is a member of Chi Epsilon Pt FT KNOX Kentucky Cadet William R Clark son of Mr and Mrs Charles G Clark Madison 2 attended the Army Reserve Officers Training Corps basic summer camp Clark a student at Georgia Military College Milledgeville was one of some 7 200 students who attended Army ROTC training at five installations in the U S SAN ANTONIO Airman James A Newby grandson of Mr and Mrs Cleveland M Nalley Athens 4 has been assigned to Lowry AFB Colorado after completing basic training He has been assigned to the Technical Training Center at Lowry for specialized training in the munitions and weapons maintenance field Airman Newby is a 1973 graduate of East Limestone High School His wife Malinda is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Homer A Schrimsher of Athens 3 Charles E Milster Jr whose parents live at 206 Fay Rd Madison attended the Army Reserve Officers Training Corps basic summer camp Milster a student at Georgia who attended Army ROTC
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