New Products Cigarette or Cigar Promises From Industry
Allied Chemical says its urethane treated leather resists scuffs and cracks, keeping shoes looking new until outgrown. Ekco introduces 31 piece dishwasher safe kitchenware with fashion coordinated handles. American Radiator debuts an oval cast iron sink requiring less counter depth. Stephane Bros marketing Heralds a cigarette sized cigar with filter mouthpiece. Company addresses listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allied Chemical
Eko Products Co
American Radiator
Standard Sanitary Corp
Stephane Bros
Philadelphia
Allied Chemicals Corp
National Aniline Division
Rector St
New York
N. Y
Ekco Products Co
Cicero Ave
Chicago
Ill
American Radiator and Standard
Sanitary Corp
West 40Th St
Stephano Bros
South 12Th St
Wheat Sales Spur Demand on Chicago Board
Wheat futures rose as 12.8 million bushels of durum sold to Russia boosted trading across grains. Nearby wheat months climbed over two cents, with March at about 2.21 to 2.22, soybeans steady, corn and oats higher, rye advancing in late session.
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Chicago
Russia
Board of Trade
New York Stock Figures and Trading Totals
The New York market summary for January 3 shows 206 advances and 334 declines with 1332 issues listed. New highs reached 60 while new lows were 118, indicating overall mixed activity on the exchanges.
Butcher Hog Prices Rise Amid Smallest Supply Of Week
In Chicago test price action on Friday saw butcher hogs up about 25 cents per hundredweight as supply shrank to 7,000 head. Trade was active with 200-225 lb mixed No 1 and 2 at 15.50 to 16.00 dollars, and mixed 1-3 at 14.50 to 15.60 for 190-240 lb. Sows sold 11.25 to 12.50. Cattle markets showed steers up as much as 75 cents with prime 1,060-1,300 lb at 23.75, high choice and prime 22.75 to 23.50 for 1,000-1,325 lb. Heifers mostly 50 cents higher to 22.50 high, 22 average. Sheep market steady with wooled slaughter lambs at 18 to 20.50 dollars for mixed grades.
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Chicago
Not Running States Lodge Not Running States Lodge
Henry Cabot Lodge said in a letter he would not seek the Republican presidential nomination or any other office. The U S ambassador to South Vietnam told WHAM news director Richard Tobias he has no intention of running and his work in Vietnam is his priority as soldiers are under fire.
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Rochester
N.Y
Henry Cabot Lodge
U.S
South Viet
Nam
Richard M. Tobias
WHAM
Tobias
Lodge
Viet Nam
Bellerman
Laura
Charles
Helmut Angel
England
America
Helmut
Dow Jones Closes With Mixed Averages Across Sectors
Market wrap notes Dow Jones Industrial Average near 179.76 with listed sector moves. Railroads and utilities show gains while bonds and commodity futures edge lower amid broad trading activity and noted transaction totals.
Market Gains Hit New All Time Highs as Rally Continues
The Dow Jones average rose 1.60 to 767.68 and the AP average climbed to a record 287.2, as profit taking trimmed some gains in a vigorous New Year rally. Strong advances by Superior Oil and several industrials contrasted with losses in IBM and Xerox amid mixed sector movement.
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G. D. Searle
Studebaker
Chemstrand Achieves Injury Free 1963 At Acrilan Plant
Chemstrand Acrilan plant in Decatur reports 1963 ends with zero lost time injuries after a week of safety milestones. Plant employees marked two million man-hours without a lost-time injury on Christmas Day, and the company announced a new 100 percent man-made carpet backing material to be previewed in Chicago.
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Chemstrand
Cole Downing
Decatur
Downing
R. E. Smith
Chicago
Smith
Dozen Vehicle Pileup Ties Up U S 31 North in Alabama
An icy stretch of U S 31 North near Birmingham caused 31 wrecks today as cars trucks and a prisoner wagon collided. A family’s trailer slid off a northbound lane triggering a chain reaction with no injuries reported amid slick roads after a heavy snowstorm.
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Birmingham
Ala
U. S. 31
Here
Red China and Albania Leaders Confer in Tirana Talks
Tokyo dispatch reports Premier Chou En-lai meeting Albania's Communist party and government leaders in Tirana. A New China News Agency broadcast said the talks covered questions of common interest.
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Tokyo
Red China
Chou En-lai
Albania
Communist Party
Tirana
New China News Agency
Overtime Boost Seen Helpful
Secretary of Labor Wirtz suggested reexamining the overtime pay rate as a partial solution to unemployment. He noted eliminating overtime could create the equivalent of 919,000 full time jobs, with manufacturing employers averaging 2.8 hours of weekly overtime. Some unions argue higher overtime reduces hiring due to costs including benefits and taxes.
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Johnson City
Tex
W. Willard Wirtz
Wirtz
Johnson
Youth Admits Sister Slaying in Alabama
In Alexander City Alabama on January 3 police stated 14 year old Richie Sanders Duck confessed firing 11 shots into his 17 year old sister Glenda Duck claiming an intruder did the deed. He signed a statement naming no motive and neighbors describe him as a model student. The investigation noted no prior trouble and that a key witness was the pastor due to schedule. Bushmen in the Kalahari desert in Southern Africa use an arrow poison so potent that a single drop can kill if it enters the bloodstream.
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Alexander City
Ala
Richie Sanders Duck
Glenda
Winfred Patterson
Patterson
Duck
Leola Duck
Russell Manufacturing Co
Kalahari Desert
Africa
Giuseppe
Laura
Mystery in the Tyrol: Laura Hart Encounters Alpine Tension
Laura Hart, traveling in the Tyrol, reports harassment by three Italian youths after a disturbance in an alley. A British vice-consul’s sister recounts the incident to a local policeman and attends a dinner where dangers and snowbound mountains loom. The narrative hints at hidden tensions near the frontier and potential threats from Italian-linked figures as the story unfolds.
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Albin Boschetto
Lengberg
Tyrol
Albin
Laura Hart
How Sponges Live and Where They Grow
A short history explains that sponges are animals not plants and describes their structure and feeding. The piece notes Robert Grant's 1825 discovery, sponge anatomy including lashers, and how sponges are collected by divers with the best specimens from deep water offshore.
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Chemical Laboratories
Robert Grant
Fun Time The Riddle Box
The reader is presented with three riddles. Number one asks for the easiest breakfast to eat in bed. Number two ponders why dentists gain weight. Number three asks what shoes are made from banana skins.
Muscle origins from Latin musculus meaning little mouse
The term muscle traces to Latin musculus meaning a small mouse. The word evokes a running sensation under the skin, likened to a tiny creature moving beneath.
New York Girl Monica Walsh Wins Britannica Prize
Today's winner is Monica Walsh, 13, of New York, N Y, selected for the Britannica World Atlas or Yearbook of Events contest. Prizes and acknowledgment accompany the honor in the community feature.
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Monica Walsh
New York, N.Y
New Commission Donates CR Funds To Oppose Civil Rights
The Alabama state sovereignty commission voted to give $10,000 of its yearly appropriation to Fundamental American Freedom Inc. to oppose civil rights legislation in Congress. The seven member panel, appointed by Gov. George Wallace, met behind closed doors in its first session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
New State Sovereignty Commission
Fundamental America Freedom, Inc
George Wallace
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IBM
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Cenfer
Dorothy
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Bellerman Snock
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By A. Leokum
Decatur Daily
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Woodbury
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