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Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jan 25, 1964

Page

3

New Products Spotlight Pocket Camera and Gadgets

A compact Ansco Memo II automatic 35 mm camera offers 24 or 40 exposures from standard rolls with a fast F2.8 lens and simple focus. Also featured are magnetic door strips, weed-killing flame guns, disposable Keen-Pont pencils, a safety save-a-life guard flag for night tires, a dual-use swim cap by Playtex, Sears Super 55 water heater, and other innovations from Magnet Sales Co., Sheen Ltd., Dur-O-Lite Pencil Co., Promotion & Sales Associates, Playtex, and Sears Roebuck.

Ansco Sheen Ltd Nottingham England Promotion & Sales Associates Philadelphia Sears, Roebuck Sears

Early Muscle Shoals Baptist Sessions Chronicles 1829 1835

Historical notes recount the 10th through 16th annual Muscle Shoals association sessions from 1829 to 1835. Moderators include Jeremiah Burns and J L Townes. churches like Hopewell Hepzibah and Mount Pleasant appear. Deaths of Elder Bennett Wood and Elder W E Dupree noted amid missionary society debates.

I. W. Myers Muscle Shoals Association Hopewell Baptist Church Morgan County Jeremiah Burns John L. Townes Daniel P. Bestor Shackelford Hepzibah Joseph Lane Henry Hodges Friendship Church Mount Pleasant Church Lawrence County Elisha Meredith Bennett Wood J. L. Townes William Leigh Jeremiah Barnes Thomas Ashford Salem Church Towns Creek Abner Smith Russellville Church Mount Pisgah Spring Creek William Lucas Enon William Collans Mount Gibson W. E. Dupree

Stock Advances Declines Unchanged Totals Reported

New York January 24 1963 AP reports stock market totals showing advances declines and unchanged figures. The summary notes New highs and lows with totals across categories and indexes as trading progresses.

New York Standard and Poor

Dow Jones Closing Averages Report

New York stock figures show Dow at 787.65 with industrials 783.35 and rails 183.15 while utilities stand near 140.76. Trading activity lists 65 stocks at 800, rails 264,200, and bonds 40, with commodities and futures indices showing modest moves.

Six Appointments Made by C Strand Chemstrand Co

Chemstrand Co announces six new appointments in the engineering department. Joseph W. Campbell becomes project control specialist after work at Monsanto St Louis. Edward J. Bing is now an engineer in the evaluation group joining from Dering Milliken Research. Albert J. Anderson leads nylon facility construction at Pensacola after joining Monsanto in 1944 and nine years in design. Samuel A. Bjorkman is a senior designer in the design section, with 22 years in design and construction. Howard C. Browne heads PensacolaDevelopment Center construction and joined in 1951 as a structural engineer. Norman H. Perry becomes engineer in building and structural design, former University of Arizona faculty.

Chemstrand Co Joseph W. Campbell Monsanto St. Louis Edward J. Bing Derring Milliken Research Corp Pensacola Albert J. Anderson Samuel A. Bjorkman Howard C. Browne Norman H. Perry University of Arizona

Two Suspects Sought In Death

Brewton Alabama police sought two suspects for questioning in the death of 23 year old Thomas Brooks, found dead after a Sunday morning fire that destroyed his East Brewton home. Authorities believe Brooks was murdered.

Brewton Ala East Brewton W. E. Andrews Thomas Brooks

Television Schedule Fragments Show Wide Channel Lineup

A scanned timetable lists programs across blocks with cartoons sports movies and variety shows. Entries include Quick Draw McGraw Bugs Bunny Mighty Mouse Sky King The Jetsons Camp with Cap'n Cook and Pro Bowlers Tour among others scheduled from 8:00 to 7:00 with multiple repeats and late night titles like Ed Sullivan and Bonanza.

Harrison and Rachel Harrison flirt with Oscar talk

Celebrity interview with Sexy Rexy Harrison and wife Rachel Roberts covers aging, Academy Awards hopes for Cleopatra, director Carol Reed project The Agony and the Ecstasy, and Harrison's frame of mind. They plan a Italy trip aboard Leonardo da Vinci with pets Homer the basset hound and Alice the cat.

Earl Wilson New York Sexy Harrison the Stoe Rachel Roberts Rexy Professor Iggins Burton Carol Reed Harrison Pope Julius II Charlton Heston Michaelangelo Rachel Sporting Life Rex Sexy Rexy Academy Cary Grant Cary Waynes Brandos Pecks Newmans Hudsons Holdens Europe Gabin Boyer Harrisons Homer Italy Portofino Alice the Cat Alice Cleo Elizabeth Taylor 20Th Century-Fox Elizabeth

Market Edges Up To Peak Despite Profits Take

The stock market rose to near record highs for the third straight session as Pennsy surged 15 percent to 30? and touched a yearly high. IBM Polaroid Xerox Du Pont slipped as the Dow edged up 0.18 to 783.04 and volume cooled slightly.

AP Business News NEW York Pennsylvania Railroad Chrysler Pennsy New York Central Associated Press

Butcher hog prices ease in Chicago market

Butcher hogs weakened by up to 25 cents a hundredweight with 8,000 head sold at 15.25 to 15.65 for mixed No 1 and 2 at 200 to 220 pounds. Mixed 1-3 weights 190 to 250 pounds sold 14.50 to 15.25, heavier 2s and 3s 13.50, lows 10.75 to 12.50. Slaughter steer prices mostly steady to down 25 cents. top mixed high choice and prime 23.75, other grades 21 to 23.50. Heifers steady to down 25 cents at 19.50 to 22.75. sheep not reported.

Chicago

Labor Aide Is Named At NASA

Paul L. Styles, chief of Marshall Space Flight Center industrial relations, is named labor relations director of NASA. He will head the labor relations office at NASA headquarters under Earl D. Hilburn. most work will be in Huntsville with a Washington office run by Assistant Director C Stuard Broad.

Huntsville Paul L. Styles Marshall Space Flight Center National Aeronautics and Space Administration Styles NASA Earl D. Hilburn Washington C. Stuard Broad

Grain Volume Makes Gain on Chicago Board of Trade

The grain futures market showed good volume with modest price changes. Export demand for corn was brisk at times but all orders fulfilled on liquidation and hedge selling. about 1.7 million bushels sold abroad including about one million to Austria overnight. Soybeans eased slightly while wheat, oats, and rye showed small movements.

Chicago Board of Trade Austria

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