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Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jul 11, 1964

Page

3

New Products: Brain Game For Thinkers By Milton Bradley

The week’s New Products include a brain game alumni fun by Milton Bradley Co from Springfield mass where players start as freshmen and advance to seniors answering questions in history math science English and arts. Also Mattel Hawthorne California introduces Animal Yak kers plush toys Larry the lion and Crackers the parrot each speaks with moving mouths. Hammacher Schlemmer New York offers temperature cuff links measuring Fahrenheit and centigrade. Ekco Housewares Franklin Park Indiana promotes rustproof aluminum mesh kitchen strainers. Bernz O Matic Rochester New York adds six patterned green spot oscillating lawn sprinklers for square lots. Pfizer New York Leeming Pacallin unit ships slim shave cream cartridge for 14 shaves in a compact 4.5 inch high package.

Milton Bradley Co Springfield Mass Bernz-O-Matic Corp Rochester N. Y

Stand Up For Alabama And America Rally Call

An invitation urges participation in a focused effort to uphold American heritage and constitutional rights. The call emphasizes collective stand for the basic rights and a close interpretation of these rights under the U S Constitution.

Alabama America United States of America

Product Makers and Mills Highlighted in New Goods List

Milton Bradley Co Springfield Mass Mattel Inc 5150 Rosecrans Ave Hawthorne Calif Hammacher Schlemmer 145 E 57th St New York NY Elico Housewares Co 9324 W Belmont Ave Franklin Park WI Bernz O Matic Corp Rochester NY Charles Pfizer Co 235 E 42nd St New York NY Kansas flour mills produced a monthly average of 336 pounds of wheat flour last year New York mills 243 millions and Minnesota mills 221 million leading the nation in production Want ads get results.

Milton Bradley Co Springfield Mass Mattel, Inc Rosecrans Hawthorne Calif Hammacher Schlemmer E. 57Th St New York N. Y Elico Housewares Co W. Belmont Ave Franklin Park Bernz-O-Matic Corp Rochester, N. Y Charles Pfizer & Co E. 42Nd St New York, N. Y Kansas Minnesota

Hog and cattle prices rise in Chicago market report

Butcher hogs advanced 25 cents to 18.50 for mixed No 1 and 2 under 230 pounds. Slaughter steers rose to 24.75 for top 1,200 to 1,255 pounds, with average choice 22.75 to 23.75. Heifers mostly 50 cents higher, bulls 16.50 to 18.25. Spring slaughter lambs steady at 22 to 24.50 for mixed good to prime.

Chicago

Athens Squares Club to Sponsor First Dance Tonight

Athens Squares Square Dance Club formed here will sponsor its first square dance at the National Guard Armory tonight at 7 30. Jim Baker of Huntsville will be the caller.

Athens Athens Squares National Guard Jim Baker Huntsville

New York Stock Advances Declines and Unchanged Totals

New York July 10 1964 AP reports market totals with advances declines and unchanged figures. Totals show 660 issues up 409 down 278 unchanged 134. Highs and lenses indicate varied activity across sectors.

Wallace rules out vice presidential bid as White House run looms

Gov George Wallace reiterated his presidential candidacy and dodged questions on a vice presidential bid calling it purely hypothetical He pledged to run on a Southern oriented platform including states rights and individual liberty Wallace announced campaigns to place his name on Arkansas Florida and Illinois ballots and noted 16000 South Carolina signatures with 10000 needed He cited support from several states gained during a Lions International convention in Toronto and said wherever he runs he will siphon votes from both parties

Montgomery George Wallace South Wallace National Party Johnson GOP Barry Goldwater Goldwater Arkansas Florida Illinois South Carolina Palmetto Toronto Canada North Carolina

Dow Jones Closing Averages Reported From New York

New York July 10 AP brief on opening figures shows Dow Jones averages across sectors. Industrials and rails move with varied bond and utility readings as trading data and closing index values are listed.

S&P 500 Stock Index Report Summary

The Standard and Poor's 500 stock index figures are listed with opening and closing highs and lows for the day. Values shown include high 89.11 and low 87.89 for a subset of components, plus related figures 49.14 48.54 70.36 69.64 83.99 82.87 88.41 70.04 83.36.

Bamboo flowering linked to famine beliefs across Asia

In various Asian regions farmers hold that bamboo flowering signals famine. The belief ties natural cycles to agricultural hardship, shaping local customs and precautions amid sporadic ecological events.

Parts Asia

Motors Push Markets To New Highs On Friday Rally

The stock market climbed to all time highs as motors led the advance on Friday. The 60 stock average rose to 318.9 and the Dow hit 847.51, with gains across industrials utilities and rails while profit taking trimmed late-session gains.

Motors New York Associated Press New York Stock Exchange MGM du Pont IBM

Wheat Sales Are Heaviest of Week on Board of Trade

The weekly heaviest hedge selling hit wheat futures in Chicago causing broad market weakness on the Board of Trade. Grain prices mostly declined with some firmness in feed grains. Wheat fell more than a cent, July at 1.43 1/4 to 1.43 1/2, corn down about 5 1/2 to 6 1/2 cents, oats up 4 to 4 1/4, rye down 7 to 2 cents, soybeans down 1 1/4 to 1 1/2 cents.

Chicago Board of Trade

Translation of Magna Carta Read to King John

A 3500 word Magna Carta in Latin was translated into English and read to King John by the Archbishop of Canterbury. The event highlights the document's reach and the church's role in shaping early English governance.

John Canterbury

South Viet Nam to Aid Typhoon Victims

Saigon announces South Viet Nam will send 900 tons of rice to the Philippines to aid typhoon victims after Typhoon Winnie hit Luzon, killing over 100 and leaving hundreds of thousands homeless. The country receives more than half a billion dollars annually in U S aid.

Saigon South Viet Nam United States Philippines Luzon

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Jack Lefler AP Business News NEW York (Ap Hawthorne, Calif Larry Crackers New York City Ekco Housewares Co Leeming Pacallin The Alabama _ State’s Rights Club P. O Decatur, Alabama Prospectus Space City USA, Inc Lady Anne Lake Road P. O. Box Madison, Alabama Alice Phillips Minneapolis Donald A. Nelson Miss Phillips Urs Dow Jones Dow High Standard and Poor's Stock Index Standard and Poor American Stock Exchange All States Dining Room Hwy Decatur Federal Home Loan Invese Decatur, Ald FSLIC
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