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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1972
Page
9
Birmingham Alabama AP reports a brief price list for consumer grade eggs. Entries include size categories and ranges for whites and shell eggs. The document shows regional circulation and shorthand market notation.
A late New York stock list highlights Avco Corp and Avnet among others with varied percentages and figures scattered across the page. The dense OCR reads show numerous tickers, percentage moves, and company fragments, reflecting a volatile composite market snapshot.
The noon Dow fell 6.02 to 948.15 as declines led advances on the New York Stock Exchange by more than 3 to 2. Analysts blamed the drop on concerns over the Communist offensive in South Vietnam and the Price Commission order to rescind price increases. Losses spread through motors, aircrafts and airlines while tobacco stocks rose. Overall market activity was light after a Friday rally.
Over the counter prices show No. 2 white shelled corn at 1.25 and No. 2 oats at 5.70 with other grain values listed. Interdealer WASO quotations reflect representative prices as of 10 a.m. with no retail markups. Insurance listings include Central State Bank of Decatur and life companies such as Mutual Savings Life Protective Life Vulcan Life.
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