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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1968
Page
16
The Late New York Stock Selected List shows figures for milk at 3.20 per hundred with a four percent direct ratio and oats and barley prices listed. No. 2 oats and No. 2 milling oats priced around 1.20 and 2.00 respectively with additional barley figures.
Nashville Tennessee cattle market shows trading active despite short supply. Receipts lean toward slaughter cows and feeders with utility to premium price ranges. calves and vealers weaken slightly with mixed quality bids for various weights.
Hog prices opened steady to weak with barrows and gilts down up to 50 cents. U S 1 2 200 to 235 pounds quoted 20 25 to 20 50 and U S 2 3 200 to 245 pounds 19 50 to 20 00. Sows fell 50 cents while sheep saw no early sales.
Grade A white eggs listed with sizes Large 38 to 40 cents per dozen, mediums 35 cents, small 25 cents. Slow oating teanella appears as a damaged OCR fragment.
The New York market bounced from three days of losses as trading picked up this afternoon. After a brief early retreat stocks firmed and moved ahead on balance with gains ahead of losses.
Late trading saw many stocks snap back from recent declines as blue chips faltered less. Control Data, Xerox, IBM and Pfizer rose modestly while Dow edged lower on weak traffic among motor and steel shares. Texas Gulf Sulphur and Commercial Credit were among active gainers.
The Defense Department released a casualty list naming three Alabama troops killed in Vietnam. Marine Lance Cpl. Oscar Gentry Jr. of Birmingham and Lance Cpl. Wilber D. Monroe of Langdale are listed as killed in action, and Army Pfc. James D. Hodges of Florence is listed as dead after previously being listed missing.
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