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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1973
Page
5
B J. The Cat, a lifer kept at Washington State Penitentiary, died in a flowered garden tended by inmates serving life terms. A metal plaque reads lifer Born here died here, as fellow inmate John Hawkins recalls the cat brightened life behind bars.
The New York AP stock list shows mixed moves with numerous names in the up and down columns. Large caps such as IBM, AT&T, Exxon, and Ford-M are quoted with varied price changes as traders react to midday and afternoon levels across sectors.
Fragmentary financial notes show American Exchange figures for Varian Associates and VendoCo with scattered percentages and prices. Data is incomplete but suggests varied performance across the two firms with several percent changes and some inconsistent markings.
The market slides in slow trading as dollar selling and inflation worries pressure interest rates and gold. The noon Dow falls 6.54 to 894.87 with broad-based declines on the NYSE and mixed oil and tech moves.
Decatur markets show cotton at middling plus prices around 20.45 per bale, cottonseed at 40 per ton, Grade A milk at 6.55 per hundred, and manufactured milk at 3.20. Feedstuffs list oats 0.90, corn 2.85, soybeans about 10.1, wood and pulpwood varied, with several prices for shelled corn and related goods.
NASD quotations show interdealer prices for listed over the counter securities. Prices exclude retail markups and commissions. Notable bids and asks include Alabama Bancorporation 31 Alabama Tenn Natl Gas 1% 13% America Allied 3% 4% and Liberty National Life 7% BY Life of Alabama 1 par 2% MW Life 5 par 3% 3M 55% Vulcan Life 66% etc.
A dense schedule of TV programs spans day and night blocks including comedies dramas documentaries and movies. It lists titles like Truth or Consequences Sanford and Son The Brady Bunch and The Maltese Bippy along with films such as The Man From the Diner's Club and Quick Before It Melts.
Guests include Paul Williams Slade Gunhill Road Argent and the Stylistics on the midnight special. Johnny Carson follows with News at 12 15 and 12 3.
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