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Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jun 16, 1969

Page

3

Late New York Stock Selected List

New York AP reports selected afternoon prices from the New York Stock Exchange amid market activity. Traders watched key shares and indices move as the session progressed.

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Bright Earth Seen From Satellite At New Moon

An observer on the satellite would, during a new moon, see the Earth glow about 80 times brighter than the full moon as seen from Earth.

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Local Social Notes from Morgan County Area

Mrs Roxie Robinson of Danville Va returns home after visiting sister Mrs Hubert Jefferys. Mrs Anne Holmes Vest leaves to join husband Vance Vest near Brussels Belgium. Miss Luree Henderson attends Girls State in Montgomery. Earl Gurley hospitalized at Baugh Wiley Smith Hospital. Lucy West improving at Huntsville Hospital after surgery. Mrs E W McNutt improving at home. Mrs John Owens and son John of Huntsville visit her parents, Earl Wilhite. Arnold Evens joins relatives in Mobile. Mr and Mrs Raymond Vinson return home to Opelika after visiting local families.

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Poultry Market Report Signals Steady to Firm Hens Prices

Alabama broiler slaughter expected 1.262 million today up from 1.251 million last Monday. Live farm quotes show light type at 7 8% and heavy type at 13 cents per pound. plant prices 27 to 28 and 28 to 28 4 per pound, with U.S. grade averages around 28.50. Atlanta live quotes list 14 cents for broilers at farm, hens trading fair to moderate, with demand good.

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Decatur Market Summary For Cotton and Grains

Decatur reports cotton middling at 21.26 with a 40 million cottonseed value and a price of 3.20 per hundred for four percent. Wood prices listed 65 45 35. Pulpwood 15.25 per cord. Soybeans No 2 White Shelled Corn 1.55 No 2 Oats 0.60 Milling Wheat 1.30 No 2 Mile 1.90 No 2 Barley 0.90 Yellow Sweet Corn 1.20.

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Nashville Livestock Market Report Slaughter Prices Steady

Nashville ap cattle quotes show slaughter cows fully steady to strong while slaughter bulls remain mostly steady. Feeder classes drop up to 1.00 with a large share of receipts in feeders and 1000 barrows and gilts down 25 to 50.

Nashville

Egg prices rise for large and medium sizes in Birmingham

AP reports egg prices higher for large and medium sizes in Birmingham with unchanged small eggs. Demand is fair and supplies ample for retailers delivered in dozen cases, with store delivery and gas included. Large 40 42 percent, medium 35 35 percent, small 23 24 percent.

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Stock Market Ends Lower After Early Rise

Wall Street reports a slow close with the Dow Jones Industrial Average down 0.90 at 893.94 by 1:30 pm. Declines led gains as several names moved gently, with American Motors steady at 10 1/2, U S Plywood and Crown Zellerbach flat, and British Petroleum among the active issues on the American and Ling-Temco-Vought warrants unchanged.

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City Manufacturing Jobs Decline Reported Across Major Cities

The National Industrial Conference Board found major U.S. cities shed manufacturing jobs from 1958 to 1963, dropping from 31.5 to 27.9 percent, with continued but slower losses through 1966. Suburbs gained over 400,000 manufacturing jobs, but central cities faced persistent unemployment and deterioration.

New York National Industrial Conference Board

Government Destroys Gold Coin Stock in 1933

The United States government removed all gold coins from circulation in 1933, marking a decisive monetary shift. This action aimed to tighten control over gold reserves and the monetary system amid the Great Depression.

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