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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jul 27, 1963

Page

3

New Products Bring DIY Toys and Quitting Aids to Light

New Products this week showcase DIY plastic toy kits from Mattel Hawthorne Calif allow kids to carve molds by heating sheets and using a vacuum frame. A nicotine quitting aid Nadoban lozenge from M R Thompson New York claims to curb tobacco cravings by satiety and a game from Milton Bradley mocks business with How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. Also covered are automatic garage door responders from Tork Time Controls Mount Vernon NY and a non grounded outlet from Deflex Englewood NJ plus a 3M Rever tape cartridge system for 15 hours of stereo playback across 20 cartridges.

ED Morse New York Mattel Inc Hawthorne Calif M. R. Thompson Inc Milton Bradley Co Springfield Mass Tork Time Controls Inc Mount Vernon N.Y 3M Company Rever Camera Co

Trade Active In Butcher Market In Chicago

Trade remained active in the Chicago butcher hog market with 4,500 head sold and prices largely steady. Top bids held at $20 for 190-225 lb mixed No 1 and 2 grades, while other hogs brought $19.75 and up. lighter 1-3 grades traded $19.25-19.75. Lows with high quality sold at $25.25-26. heifers steady to $0.25 at $21.50. spring slaughter lambs $20.50-21 for mixed choice and prime and $18.50-20.50 for mixed good and choice.

Chicago

Talcott Co. Names Area Representatives for Northern Alabama

The investment firm Jones and Goodwin of Decatur and Florence Alabama is named correspondent for James Talcott Inc in northern Alabama. Ralph Jones of Decatur and Russell Goodwin of Florence head the firm offering commercial financing factoring export factoring rediscounting installment equipment financing and leasing to regional industry and business.

Atlanta Jones and Goodwin Decatur Florence Alabama James Talcott, Inc Ralph Jones Russell Goodwin Talcott

Stocks Unchanged as 302 Issues Span Fri to Thur

The financial market shows 302 stocks unchanged across a narrow trading window from Friday to Thursday. Daily activity remains muted with little price movement across major indices and key sectors.

Mouth guards aid protection for players says Denta Gard

A low cost rubber mouth guard from Denta Gard Co. Bata via Ill. offers protection similar to costly custom fitted types for football players in both big league and little league.

Denta Gard Co Batavia Ill

Addresses for companies in New Products feature

The list compiles corporate locations including Mattel Inc in Hawthorne California 5150 Rosecrans Ave and 3M in St. Paul Minnesota 2501 Hudson Rd among others. Also listed are M R Thompson Inc in New York New York Miltonigot Co in Springfield Massachusetts Tork Time Controls Inc in Mount Vernon New York Deflex Corp Englewood New Jersey and Denta Gard Co in Batavia Illinois.

Mattel Inc Rosecrans Hawthorne Calif M. R. Thompson Inc Fifth Ave New York N.Y Miltonigot Co Park St Springfield Mass Tork Time Controls Inc Mount Vernon Deflex Corp Englewood N.J 3M Company Hudson Rd St. Paul Minn Denta Gard Co Batavia

Trade Board Sees Grain Drop Trend

In Chicago the grain futures market weakened on Friday with most contracts down. Wheat held a firm range while corn oats rye and soybeans posted lower closes with soybeans off about three cents and the cycle from Thursday’s early gains largely erased.

Chicago Board of Trade

Raindrop Size Described as Mostly Small

A meteorology note states raindrops rarely exceed one-tenth of an inch in diameter. The report emphasizes small droplets in typical rainfall conditions.

Dow Jones Opens High, Mixed Industrial Averages Report

New York July 19 AP Stocks show varied moves with 30 industrials 20 railroads 15 utilities and 65 stocks listed. Transactions totaled thousands across rails utilities and industrials while commodity futures fell slightly amid mixed readings and shifting averages.

New York

Market Stocks Edge Higher In Uneven Trading

Standard and Poor's stock index shows a climb to 691.44 with a 166.69 point gain as traders push major groups through the session amid mixed volume and sector rotations.

Tell Me Why Britannica Winner Mentioned

The passage notes a winner in the Britannica Junior 15 volume encyclopedia quiz and presents a child named Michael Chang of Kingston Jamaica as the latest winner. It then explains hailstorms, their causes, and their effects on crops, animals, and structures with basic meteorological details.

Decatur Daily Michael Chang Kingston Jamaica

How hailstones grow by layering in updrafts

The text explains hailstones gain size by gathering ice layers as they are carried up and down by air currents. When enough weight is reached the updraft cannot support them and they fall. Some hailstones form with layers of ice and snow around a core, sometimes aided by a small seed being lifted into snow-forming regions.

Market Advances Despite Low Volume on Friday

New York stocks rose for a second time in 13 sessions as trading slowed to 2.52 million shares the lightest since Oct 12 1962. Oil demand boosted activity while the Dow gained 1.67 to 689.38 and the AP average rose 0.8 to 264.8 amid mixed bond and oil stock movements.

New York Dow Jones Dow Associated Press Chrysler American. Stock Exchange U.S

Riddles and a Steeplechase Origin

A playful quiz yields tulips and a leopard joke about spotting. The piece explains that a horse race with jumps became known as a steeplechase after riders chased a distant church steeple, shaping the modern obstacle race term.

England

Winning entry announced in Edmonton riddle contest

The notice names Marlene Snellman from Edmonton Alberta as today’s winner of a Britannica World Atlas or Yearbook of Events promotion and invites readers to submit riddles and jokes to the Riddles Jokes Tell Me Why mailbox.

Marlene Snellman Edmonton Alberta

Churches Called to End Segregation Worldwide

At the World Conference on Faith and Unity in Montreal a committee report urged Christians to fight racial discrimination at all costs. The document, part of five submitted, stated God ignores skin color and status and pressed action against racism across nations including the United States and South Africa. The event drew 300 theologians from 50 countries with observers from the Roman Catholic Church.

Montreal Fourth World Conference On Faith and Unity United States South Africa Ceylon Port African Ango World Council of Churches

Molly Denied Poverty by Earl Wilson in New York

A long New York interview with Gertrude Berg details her shift from wealth to living among the middle class. She describes renting a boardwalk studio apartment, cooking again, and enjoying a simpler life while continuing Broadway success. The conversation touches on her TV work and reflections on poverty.

New York John Molly Goldberg Waverly Wilson Place Gertrude Berg Mr. Berg Westchester Rockaway Boardwalk 8Th Ave Perry Como Sir Cedric Hardwicke

Living costs rise in June to new high

AP dispatch reports the June consumer price index at 106.6, up 0.4 percent from May and 1.2 percent higher than June last year. Food, housing, medical care push costs. new sales taxes lift living expenses. Seasonal factors and sugar tobacco use of cars noted. foresees further July rise mainly seasonal.

John Koenig JR Washington United States Labor Department Bureau of Labor Statistics Bureau Arnold Chase Chase Ree

Pennsylvania's 123 Higher Learning Institutions Count

A report notes that Pennsylvania hosts 123 institutions of higher learning. It details a broad spectrum of colleges and universities across the state, underscoring the regional educational infrastructure and diversity of programs.

Institutions of Higher Learning Pennsylvania

Night Operations Report Details Enemies and Broadcast

A cryptic entry lists a time span from 4:55 A.M. to Midnight with sunrise and sunset notes and a reference to an enemy attack case WAJF-1490. The terse note appears to summarize a security or defense scenario with coded identifiers.

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