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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1968
Page
3
Selected list shows store door delivery pricing for sizes large medium and small. Large 3544 38 cents, medium 3242 35 cents, small 2 30 cents. Prices indicate per case or unit with varied cents.
Over the counter securities and commodity notes show cotton prices around Decatur with middling inch and 21.26, milk at Grade sess per en eee Nee ee meee four per cent and 0.055 per cent above four per cent direct ratio. Broilers and fryers trading for next week's delivery around 22.25. current week values noted. Supplies clearing, overall show moderate buying interest with some activity for the March week. Loads negotiated for March 11 16. US Grade A 25.35 26, largest volume 25.75. Plant Grade 25.50 25.70. Atlanta demand good.
The Brown Recluse Spider outbreak marks the first in a decade in Illinois. Entomologist Steve Moore of the Illinois Natural History Survey says the spider is found statewide but most troublesome in the south. The spider has a fiddle-shaped mark and varied brown color and hides in cracks inside homes and buildings.
Losses outnumbered gains with the Dow under pressure by one to two points. Occidental Petroleum led volume though unchanged while IBM slipped about 5. Xerox and U S Smelting trimmed losses late as mining shares stayed strong. Silver prices rose and world markets buoyed gold and silver miners amid a skittish tone ahead of the weekend.
John H. Parry of Hattiesburg has been named manager of Decatur's J C Penney. Parry succeeds Gordon Fair who will be reassigned. Parry, 13 years with the company, was assistant manager in Hattiesburg and has worked in Memphis and Baton Rouge. He is a Memphis native.
Sears Decatur hires W. G. Cooper to replace Pete Sailis as Softline Merchandise Manager. Sailis transfers to Dothan as Softline Manager, shoe department and store training director at Lear's Columbia Mall Store. Cooper and family will reside in Hartselle.
In Hattiesburg Parry was a member of the Metropolitan Club and the Chamber of Commerce, and his married life included a daughter who is a high school senior.
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