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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1961
Page
3
New York broker comments that December brings unpredictable moves as investors seek tax losses and quick rallies. Thurlow notes booming NYSE volume amid thin markets and warns volatility reflects emotional, uninformed trading. Ford and Autolite and GE headlines spark swings as legal actions loom.
Marriage licenses include William Jerry Young of Moulton to Shirley Fay Hollis of Moulton Hillard Shelton of Trinity to Betty Louise Johnson of Moulton Bily Smith of Hillsboro to Linda Sue Goodwin of Hillsboro Billy Charles Mitchell of Moulton to Peggy O Neal Barrett of Town Creek W T Shackleford of Courtland to Molley Delaney R B Sapp of Moulton to Bertha Sapp Dalton McCreless of Town Creek to Barbara Dawson of Town Creek May be classified as want ads get results.
Whitlow TV Service has expanded its repair shop at 212 W Moulton St to accommodate growth. The firm serves Morgan and Limestone counties with TV and radio repairs, offers pickup and delivery, free tube testing, and sells GE sets and related tubes. Kenneth Whitlow owns and operates the business open 8 am to 6 pm weekdays and Saturdays. phone EL 3-7854.
On the Board of Trade Friday soybeans posted losses beyond a cent per bushel as futures sold off in most deliveries. Corn advanced modestly for the first time in a week while wheat and oats moved slightly, with December prices around 2.06 to 2.14 for wheat and 1.06 for corn.
This piece traces coin name roots from the dollar to penny and pound, linking terms like Joachimsthaler to thaler and daler, decimus to dime, cent to centum, and denarii to penny, plus notes on crowns sovereigns and other currency words with brief humor and a classroom context.
The column advises against forcing plans in the morning, urging graciousness to smooth paths. It highlights upcoming good news, business growth if trends and methods stay balanced, and a favorable three month financial period barring reckless spending. Travel romance and social activity rise in specified windows. April demands steady effort but yields worthwhile results.
A fragment of Santa letters from Somerville and Falkville students requests gifts for themselves and others. Bonnie Taylor asks Barbie items and a snow cone machine, Frankie Sheat seeks a talking doll and toys, Janice Faye Hamilton requests a BB gun and camera, Bo Howell mentions a bicycle and fruit.
Over 20 cases disposed in Morgan County Court Friday before Judge R L Handley. Pleas entered in driving while intoxicated and other offenses. fines set and licenses revoked. Transferred cases to the jury docket or continued. several defendants faced jail time or dismissals.
Chicago AP reports active butcher hog trade with prices steady to firm. Shipper demand supported a 6,000 head run, with 190-220 lb mixed No 1 and 2 at 17.00 to 17.25 dollars, 190-230 lb mixed 1-3 at 16.75 to 17.25, and 200-230 lb 2s and 3s at 16.50 to 16.75, heavier weights above 16 dollars.
In New York on a Friday trading was active with strength in oils and certain blue chips. The Dow rose 1.78 to 728.23 while the AP average gained 0.70 to 265.10. volume reached 4.01 million shares with 575 up and 482 down. New highs for the year totaled 38. Prices were mixed on the American Stock Exchange with 2.14 million shares traded.
Bookmobile routes listed with times at Tanner Community Leonard's Store Tanner Swanner's Tanner School Blue Ridge Negro School Athens Scout House and a 1 to 4 window. Services serve school and community sites.
Slaughter steers weighing 1,085 to 1,330 pounds sold at 25.75 to 26.50 dollars, with a few mixed good and choice at 25.50. Heifers graded good moved 22.50 to 23.75 as prices held steady. A few prime grade wooled slaughter lambs topped at 18 dollars, with other good to prime lambs at 14.50 to 17.75. No vealer sales were reported.
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