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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1968
Page
3
AP reports steady to higher livestock prices at the Chicago Stockyards after a week of active sessions. Slaughter steers up 50 to 75 cents, steers and heifers mixed gains, hogs steady to 50 cents higher, woolen slaughter lambs steady. cattle receipts fri 24,000 last week.
Legal notice announces Lot 26 in Westover Terrace Hartselile Morgan County Alabama for foreclosure with probate administration by Wesley Blaylock. An administrator Annie P. Blaylock seeks claims within legal limits. The page also includes a stock market roundup noting declines in the Associated Press average and Dow Jones, plus livestock and cattle price reports and a want ads call for results.
In a City talk speaker urged open minds and clear objectives to advance the community. Jack W. Hoffhaus introduced the incoming president T B Strickland Jr and announced three new and three retiring directors while Alton Barrett was named incoming vice president accompanying local officials and leaders.
The fragment shows averages for deposits and loans over 15 calendar days ending a date, with figures like 3,321,312.09 and 158,279,447.90 after deduction of valuation reserves. other numbers include 19,309,616.75 and 95,775,287, but the context is incomplete.
New York markets eased on four hour trading days amid lighter volume after a Dow drop of 2.48 to 880.32. The NYSE saw 11.95 million shares traded as warnings hit low price stocks and comments on gold reserves influenced sentiment. Benguet led losses among active issues while AMK Corp rose 10 percent on light turnover.
The article notes that over eighty thousand snail species are known globally, highlighting biodiversity in mollusks and the scope of taxonomy efforts.
Athens city council approved a six figure street project costing 60 000 funded by the state municipal aid program. Thirteen streets including South Houston Schilling Hine Market Browns Ferry Marion Frazier Forrest Madison Hobbs Green and North Houston will see work. Bids may be taken if state approval is granted and summer completion is anticipated.
About ten appeal cases from Decatur and Hartselle Mor gan County were tried this week in the City Appeals Court. Eight involved traffic violations with defendants including Horace Sutterer William Denton Carmen Holladay Carl Morris Elbert Drinkard Jr and Roger Dale Dempsey. Sentences ranged from 50 to 100 dollars in fines.
Soybeans and other grains closed mostly lower on the Chicago Board of Trade amid waning buyer interest. The USDA loan report showed soybeans under loan rising to 158.3 million bushels this year, boosting loan appeal despite overall price declines.
New York markets close with tiny moves as Dow Jones averages show mixed results. Industrial and railroad sections rise slightly while utilities dip. High grade rails edge up amid a cautious trading session.
Archaeologists report discoveries claiming slot like devices in Egypt two millennia ago used to vend holy water in temples. Researchers describe figures and engravings that hint at gaming elements guiding offerings in lemples.
A Hartselle man, Z P Spivey, is in serious condition at Hartselle Hospital after a freak accident at Roundtree Field Thursday afternoon. He told the ambulance service the propeller got away from him while starting the plane, walked about 200 yards to the Flying Service building, and phoned his daughter before awaiting treatment.
During her 64 year reign Queen Victoria cared for state affairs and reared rich children in a period marked by regal duties and social change.
The Standard and Poor's stock index shows values: 1 102.56 43.08 68.26 94.60. Data reflects a market-wide index reading with multiple component levels.
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