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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1968
Page
13
NYSE listed afternoon prices show first dividends declared with pay rates and record dates. Consumer grade cases of Grade A white products note large, medium, and small classifications with unit prices ranging from 23 to 37 cents.
Noon New York Stock Exchange quotes show slight gains and losses across sectors with the Industrials at 60.56, Transportation 54.00, Utilities 64.43 and the largest traded price band around 26.50. Plant Grade traded 26.20 to 26.50 amid muted volume.
Decatur markets list cottonseed at 40 dollars per ton and Grade A milk at 6.55 per hundred. Manufactured milk quotes 3.20 per hundred for four percent. Averages show ratios around .055 above four percent and below four percent. Wood prices noted as 65 45 and 35.
Live broilers and fryers demand very good with firm tone. Prices at farms around 13 5 cents, trade limited but adequate offerings. Estimated slaughter today and Saturday about 1,350,000 head, up from 400,000 last weekend. U S Grade A prices about 26 to 27.2 cents.
New York stocks rose early but traders locked in profits before the weekend. Volume for four hours reached 12.84 million shares as gains led by Bunker-Ramo and others offset by losses in Jones & Laughlin and several active issues.
Alabama Rep. Tom Bevill urged Postmaster General Marvin Watson to issue a commemorative stamp honoring the late Gov. Lurleen B. Wallace. He noted 1969 marks Alabama's 150th statehood anniversary and argued a stamp would suit the occasion. Bevill said Wallace earned a lasting place in American hearts and praised her beliefs.
The Tennessee Valley Authority announced four contracts totaling 771 821 dollars for the Browns Ferry Nuclear Power Plant under construction. The packages include dredging and excavation for diffuser pipe trench and channel at 435 000 dollars to Al Johnson Construction Co of Minneapolis Minnesota, heater drain valves 184 822 dollars to Kieley and Mueller Inc of Middletown New York, aluminum window wall assemblies 91 691 dollars to Hubbuch Glass Co Inc of Chattanooga Tennessee, and miscellaneous values 60 308 dollars to Crane Supply Co of Chattanooga.
Elvis J. Stahr president of Indiana University and former Secretary of the Army will be the principal speaker for the AUSA annual meeting at Redstone Officers Open Mess in Huntsville on June 18. He currently serves a third term as National President of AUSA. The event will install 1968 69 officers and honor Army civilians at Redstone Arsenal for Vietnam service. Stahr's career spans educator attorney and administrator with Rhodes Scholarship and leadership roles at Kentucky University Pittsburgh and West Virginia University.
The text explains diamond formation from volcanic lava and carbon bonds, noting diamonds are a carbon mineral with four bonds, extremely hard and heat conducting. It distinguishes jewelry diamonds from industrial diamonds, describes rough appearance, impurities, and uses such as machine bearings and wear resistance.
A fragmented OCR piece references a humorous bundle with odd phrases. Mentions a French chopping center and a buoy sea area labeled Océan while noting pressed time Egyptians and a gull.
The note explains a glass trick to measure half the liquid exactly by using a line from one end of the bottom to the opposite rim. It lists yesterday's Word Puzzle answer and invites readers to send riddles and jokes to a Mansfield Ohio address, naming Craig Hunt as today's winner at age 11.
Fred C. Shoemaker a 57 year old Athens resident of 1200 N Jefferson was struck by a northbound L&N freight train. Coroner Charlie Sammet said engineer Cyde Adderhold of Birmingham reported seeing Shoemaker on the tracks about three car lengths ahead but unable to stop in time. He is survived by brothers Roy and Dave Shoemaker of Athens. Funeral arrangements are pending with McConnell Funeral Home.
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