Try 7 days of FREE access to billions of articles

Start Free Trial

Decatur Daily in Decatur, Alabama

We have 1,623,049 pages in Alabama

View this page and access billions of articles with a 7-day free trial.

Start Free Trial

This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!

Start Free Trial

Cancel anytime, risk free

Not what you were looking for? Search our billions of articles

Advanced Search

Articles on This Page

This newspaper page contains 13 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.

Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Mar 06, 1968

Page

3

New York Stock Exchange Afternoon Prices and Broiler Trading

AP notes afternoon prices with large, small, and medium items listed. Atlanta reports strong live broilers and fryers with steady farm prices. Birmingham describes slow ready to cook trading for next week and limited negotiations at lower values. supplies ample with improving weights and diverse sizes. Estimated broiler slaughter today 875 000 head versus 704 000 last Wednesday.

Pault Atlanta Emand Fair Birmingham Ala

Commodity Prices Reported for Cotton and Grains

The bulletin lists cotton middling at 21.26 cents with related figures for cottonseed at 40 per ton and milk prices at 6.55 per hundred for Grade A. It also shows four per cent direct ratios and various grain prices including corn at 1.22, oats at 0.70, wheat at 1.53, barley at 0.95, soybeans at 2.60, and notes on milking dairy products.

Decatur

Nashville Livestock Market Report Broad Range Prices

Nashville AP notes cattle numbers 200 for sale with hogs 400 and sheep 25. Hog sales steady with U S 1 3 200 240 lb at 19 75 to 20 00, 1 3 200 220 lb at 25, sows steady 15 to 16. Cattle sales Tuesday list slaughter steers 25.00, slaughter heifers 22.00 23.00, cows 17.00 19.00, canners 14.50 18.00, feeder steers 26.00 29.50, feeder heifers 23.00, vealers 37.00 38.00.

GraceCo Ta&p Abbott Lab Amerada Airlin Transwair Bosch Transam AmCan Itrw Inc Acrysug AmCyan Elec Amet Ci MirikSt nouCal Am Motors Am News ntNick T&t T&t Wi Nowapsy Borax Am Tob AMK Co US Ind AMP Inc Ampex Corp ILS Steel Anacon Jones L Lvendo Co Arm Ck Jostens Vaeipw Atchison KayserRo WarnLamb Atlas Ch Kennecott Westn Airl Atlas Corp Kerr Mc YalWn Banc Avco Cp Avnet Inc Koppers WestgEl Avon Pd Kresge Whirl Cp Bs ER Lear Sieg Babck W WinnDix Balt GE Leh Val Woolworth 1 XeroxCp Beckman Libb McN BeechAire Liggett&m Associated Press Bell How Bendix York (Ap LoewsTh Boeing Borden Aerojet BorgWar Lorillard Ajax Ma Briggss LuckyStr Am Petr BristMyer la Lukens Str Arklgas Brunswick Macke Co Alamera Oil BucyEr Macy RH AssadOil & G Budd Co Mad Ye Bullard Magmac Barnes Eng Magnavx Bulova Maratha Burland Mar Chile MartinMar Javelin Cinerama McDond Mead Cp Equity Cp Merck Caro T&t Felmont Oil Carterw Minnmm Frontier Air Minnplt CaterTr MobilOil Monsan Igulf Am Cerro Cp Momdut GulfResre Ch Islam Corp ChiPney 1 N-0-P Kaiser Ind ChrisCraft la McCrory Chrysler NatAirlin Nat Bisc Mohnk D Sci Nat Can Molybden Colointg NatLead Signaloha la CBS Nat Steel Tatham Syntex Cp ComiCre ComSolv Newberry WnNuck Nengel Comsat Ning MP Aemo AP NoAmRock NorPac NwBan Norton Norwich Okla GE Otis Elev Pac G el Cudahy Co Pac Pwl Rev. Day Curtis Pub Pact&t Panasul Curtiss Wr parkeDavis Dan Riv Ipenney Deere Co iPennCen del Mate PaPwLt 2sTocks DeltaAir Pennzoil Indus Denrgw 1PepsiCo Bo Rails Det Steel Pfizerc DiaSham Phelpsd Disney hilMorr DressInd Hilt Pet He Public Utilities Duke Pw Lpitneyb duPont Pitts Steel Polaroid Dynam Air Pay- East Eg&g el BondShr Pullman Miss Valley Gas el Paso NG Johnson ErieLack Ethyl Cp RCA NEW_ YORK (AP New, York FairHill Reading Co Industrial Metri ReichCh Transportation RepubStl Ts Tilil Fedders Cp Feddstr Rexall Wb Royccola Food Fair RyderSys Safeway FordMet StrosLd Formck FreepSul Sanders Kenley Schering Jentif Gam Sko Iscm Earl jSnaz GenMot GenPrec Sinclair ingerCo Ga Pacific 1B Gerber Getty Oil Gillette Nashville, Tenn U.S

Wall Street Ends Rally as Dow Surges Over 6 Points

In late trading on Wall Street New York the market staged a strong technical rally with the Dow Jones average up 6.13 to 833.16. IBM Polaroid Control Data and Xerox led gains while automakers and airlines also rose. Gold stocks weakened as sectors like steels and oils moved higher on a broad market recovery with no major news attached.

New York Dow Jones IBM Polaroid Control Data Republic Corp Scientific Data Xerox General Motors Chrysler Caterpillar Boeing RCA Eastman Kodak United Airlines Eastern Airlines Lorillard Royal Dutch Fuquar Industries International Telephone American Stock Exchange

Weather and river readings from Decatur area

Decatur area river near Keller Memorial Bridge shows 16.23 feet while sea level reads 550.53. TVA lake stages listed include Chickamauga 675.6 Pickwick 408.5 Guntersville 593.2 Whitesburg 551.0 Wheeler 550.2 Wilson 505.6. Forecast calls for cloudiness cooler tonight with partial clearing tomorrow. highs about 58 today and 55 Thursday with lows near 34. Weather notes include evening planet positions and the prominent star Aldebaran near the moon.

Decatur Keller Memorial Bridge TVA Chickamauga Wick Guntersville Whitesburg Wheeler Wilson

Utility Board Expenditures Get Approval

Decatur city commission approves Cedar Lake annexation costs and new equipment for electric service. Expenditure of 36451 to Joe Wheeler Electric Membership Corp for lines and gear in Cedar Lake. 109200 for two substations and related gear to support expansion, including a plant at Ratliff Industrial Park and Goodyear Corp site. 109200 covers transformers and other items. Also 11992 lease for five police cars from Stokes Ford.

City Utility Board Cedar Lake Joe Wheeler Electric Membership Corp Decatur Electric Department Dick Watkins J. Gilmer Blackburn Ratliff Industrial Park Goodyear Corp East Decatur Stokes Ford Decatur

Obituary for John Rus sell Throneberry 46

Funeral services for John Rus sell Throneberry aged 46 of 1601 Grant St SE who died Saturday from injuries in an automobile crash will be at 3 30 p m today at Gunthorp Funeral Home Chapel with Byron Davis and James Ray officiating Burial is in Roselawn Cemetery Gunthorp directing Survivors include widow Ruth Throneberry three sons Donald Ray Throneberry Los Angeles Ronald Rus sell Throneberry Decatur Kenneth Wayne Throneberry Viet Nam one daughter Judy Carol Gilliland Decatur mother Ophelia Throneberry Decatur two brothers Grady A Throneberry James M Throneberry both of Decatur one sister Louise Mills Decatur and five grandchildren

John Russell Throneberry Grant St Ruth Thronberry Donald “Ray ‘Thronberry Los Angeles Calif Ronald Russell Throneberry Decatur Kenneth Wayne Throneberry Vietnam Judy Carol Gilliland Ophelia Throneberry Grady A. Throneberry James M. Throneberry Louise Mills

Moulton Brush Fire Destroys Hundreds of Acres

A brush fire near Moulton burned out of control for hours threatening several homes in the Corinth Community. Officials said the blaze covered several hundred acres and was under control by morning. About 30 to 40 residents helped fight it, with tractors used to plow around farms and houses.

Moulton Here Corinth

Man Charged In Limestone County After Stock Barn Incident

A 25 year old Birmingham man Raymond D Jacques is held in Limestone County Jail on attempted grand larceny charges. He is accused of trying to swindle an elderly Limestone County man at the Athens Stock Barn Sale. Decatur police stopped his car near Keller Memorial Bridge as authorities pursued tips about a white 1964 automobile used in the alleged scam. Authorities said the victim reported a man attempted to take money around 1 p.m. Tuesday. Deputy and sheriff officials followed leads from the Athens Civitan Club meeting to the barn investigation.

Athens Birmingham Limestone County Raymond D Jacques M. W.buddy Evans Decatur Keller Memorial Bridge United

Landowner Award For State Condemnation In Morgan County

A Morgan County jury awarded Mrs. Wilma Hutson Hutson of Priceville 12000 for land condemned for Interstate Highway 65. The state had offered 10000, with appraisals ranging to 14000. In related civil actions, 16 of 24 cases settled as 78 others await hearings today. Hawaii tourist count tops one million with a 40.2 percent rise from 1966 to 1967, reaching 1,005,790 overnight visitors.

Morgan County Wilma Lockhart Hutson Priceville Powell James N. Bloodworth Peneau Almon Lawrence County Honolulu Ahhawaii Hawaii Visitors Bureau

District Attorney reports theft complaints at stock barn

The District Attorney's office notes two complaints from John Pylant and Fred Brock of Athens about several hundred dollars stolen from them at the stock barn on separate occasions months ago. The rest of the text lists real estate and rental ads with phone numbers and property details.

John Pylant Fred Brock Athens

Warming Trend Signals Early Spring Across State

A milder night lifted temperatures to the mid to upper 40s statewide marking the warmest since late February. Clouds and scattered rain are forecast today with southern sprinkles and central area light showers, while north may stay dry. Partial clearing and cooler air are expected Thursday across the region as a weak low moves east bringing rain to Mobile and coastal areas.

Eciy Mobile

Storms Bring Back Memories of Coastal Damage

The Weather Bureau warns of spring storms as a major Atlantic Coast storm six years ago caused over 200 million dollars in damage from Florida to New England. Decatur forecasts a high of 58 and a low tonight, with Thursday expected to reach 55.

Tern Gulf The S. Weather Bureau Atlantic Florida New England Decatur

Also Mentioned on This Page

Leon Pacific Northwest California Arizona Gulf Coast Rockies New York Stock Exchange Nashville Livestock Alabama Tenn Nat'l Gas Allied Amicable Life Coastal I States Life First Colbert National Bank First National Bank First State Bank Jefferson Standard Life Kentucky Central Liberty National Life Life & Casual Life of Alabama Moore-Hands Savings Life Ins National Life & Accident Southern United Life State Nat’l Bank of Alabama Ulcan Life Ins. Co. Oe Wall Street Aldebaran Moon Saturn Mars Jupiter John Throneberry Glenn St. S.W R* C. McWhorter Hartselle Yi Wike Paul C. Davis Moulton St Dean Big Boys Westgate Shopping Center
Search Courier

Search the Decatur Daily Today with a Free Trial

We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.

Not Finding What You Were Looking for on This Page of The Decatur Daily?

People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!

Looking Courier

Browse Newspapers

You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!

By Location

By Location

Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.

Browse by Location
By Date

By Date

Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.

Browse by Date
By Publication

By Publication

Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.

Browse by Publication