Prices On Hogs Close Lower In Southern Markets
Southern hog prices eased this week with declines up to 50 cents per hundredweight at several markets. Cattle prices stayed steady to firm, broiler prices remained low yet inching up, and farm prices ranged around 14 to 16.9 cents in the lower South. Atlanta Memphis and other markets posted hogs at 15.75 to 16.50, while Carolinas saw 16.25 to 17.25. Rains delayed harvests across the Southeast, and Alabama crop damage reached 50 percent in spots.
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Virginia
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Nashville
Louisville
Mont
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Carolinas
Chicago
U.S
Montgomery
Florida
Southeast
Alabama
South
North Carolina
South Carolina
Birmingham
Maryland
Valley Calf and Livestock Prices Lead Regional Sale
The sale reports top stock calf by John B. Sewell Trinity at 165 pounds selling for 41.50 to Ken Livestock. Ewell Gregg Decatur sold 165 for 40.50 to L. C. Johnson. Calves ranged 38.50 to 41.50 with weights up to 270. Heavy stock calves totaling six sold by Alabama Flour Mills averaged around 32. Finance details include buyers Grissom Commission Co Nashville and Gerber. Top milch cow sold by Ralph Glenn Decatur for 225 to Leon Hill. Top slaughter bulls weighed 1455 and 1490 selling for 2460 and 2450 to Valley Pride Packing Co Huntsville and Gish Athens. Top hogs cited as Decatur market at 1575.
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Trinity
Ken Livestock
Guntersville
Ewell Gregg
Decatur
L. C. Johnson
Danville
Gregg
Kennemer
Leon Hill
Massey
Ted Gerber
Florence
Alabama Flour Mills
Grissom Commission Co
Nashville
Gerber
Ralph Glenn
Glendale Farms
Valley Pride Packing Co
Huntsville
Gish
Athens
Market Report Signals Mixed Prices Across Commodities
Cotton and cottonseed show varied bids with middling at 35.00 and cottonseed at 42.00 per ton. Milk products rule steady with Grade A milk at 6.33 per hundred and manufactured milk at 63.15 per hundred. Wood and pulpwood listed, corn prices range around No 2 Yellow and White varieties, oats at 4.67, milling wheat at 1.75, barley at 0, and cattle, hogs, and lambs reported with limited sale counts and fluctuating demand.
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Decatur Loan
White Ear Corp
Wales
Moulton Livestock Cattle and Hog Prices Reported
Alabama and U S Departments of Agriculture data show demand good and trade active for cattle and calves. Slaughter heifers and cows vary by weight with utilities around 18 to 24 dollars, calves 25 to 31 dollars, and stocker calves near 28 dollars for 350 to 450 pounds. Hogs range from 10.7 to 15.5 dollars, with No 1-2 190-240 lb barrows and gilts at 15.5 dollars.
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Moulton Livestock
Alabama
U. S. Departments of Agriculture
U. S
Oats And Rye Lead Advances On Grain Markets
The June wheat crop report did little to move markets but oats and rye led gains on the Board of Trade with over two cents a bushel, while 1959 wheat contracts rose modestly and soybeans edged up slightly. July oats and rye futures strengthened, and trading volume rose to about 30.9 million dollars on the NYSE.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Cotton Futures Close Higher in New York Trade
New York cotton futures closed with July up modestly while distant contracts weakened on profit taking and favorable crop news. Traders cited light hedge selling and expectations of tighter free cotton quality as factors. Export estimates for the week edged up to 46,000 bales, but season totals remained well below last year.
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New York Cotton Exchange
U.S
New York Cotton Exchange Service Bureau
Stock Market Retreats Again
The stock market fell for the second straight week, with the Associated Press 60-stock average dropping to 223.70 from a May high of 230.30 as volume rose to 15.47 million shares. Losses outpaced gains 722 to 542 among 1,410 issues, with Monday’s shakeout the worst in six months and Eisenhower’s interest rate ceiling move cited as a market excuse. Rails.
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AP Business News
NEW York (Ap
Associated Press
Wall Street
Eisenhower
Congress
U.S
Rails
Hopes Rise For Settlement In Hayes Aircraft Strike
A second negotiating session between Hayes Aircraft Corp and Local 1155 of the United Steelworkers union fueled optimism for a new contract. Judge William A. Jenkins, who called the legal meeting, said both sides appear to be acting in good faith and striving for progress. Jenkins will later preside over a hearing on a second company injunction petition tied to the strike that began May 11 after talks stalled on a contract to replace the expired April 30 agreement.
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Hayes Aircraft Corp
United
William A. Jenkins
Jenkins
Ex Patrol Chief Named Head of Anniston Patrol Office
Former Alabama Highway Patrol chief Sgt. H B Bill Moday takes command of the Anniston patrol office succeeding Sgt. E W Pierce who moves to Montgomery as superintendent.
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Montgomery
Alabama Highway Patrol
H. B
Bill) Moday
Anniston
E. W. Pierce
28 Students Present Piano Recital at School Event
Diana Hall and Ginger Lyons received Junior Award pins from Mrs. Hendrix during a piano recital attended by 28 students. Participants included Ginger Lyons Charles Sandlin Anita Moses Lonnie Weaver Harry Weaver Walter Hennessee Nancy Barbara Hall and Linda Kay Yarbrough with gifts exchanged after the program.
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Seee Hendrix
National Federation Music Club
Diana Hall
Ginger Lyons
Charles Sandlin
Anita Moses
Lonnie
Harry Weaver
Walter Hennessee
Nancy Barbara Hall
Linda Kay Yarbrough
Moody served as patrol chief in Folsom era
Moody, a charter member of the Highway Patrol and longtime maintenance division head for the Department of Public Safety, served as patrol chief during the first term of Governor James E. Folsom.
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Department of Public Safety
Moody
Highway Patrol
James E. Folsom
Driver training spreads to half of US students
A new program offers automotive driver training to roughly 50 percent of students in United States public and private secondary schools. The expansion positions driver education as a common core component in schooling and may influence future safety and licensing outcomes nationwide.
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United States
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