New Air Cooled Chairs Headline Summer Comfort
Barcalo Manufacturing of Buffalo and Shaw Manufacturing of Charlotte offer latex foam chairs with built in base fans and a patented air grid delivering a two mile per hour skin breeze. Kenwood Manufacturing introduces a compact 500-glasses-per-hour glass washing machine for bars and hotels. Raytheon markets a two way radio encoder decoder dubbed ray call to suppress background chatter. Miller Brothers unveils tet termen slacks with ink writable fabric and double pen pockets. Winco Inc presents a swing out shelf device for shoulder level control. Jr. St. Valet features an adjustable oak valet stand for sizes 5 to 51. G N in Coughlan Co. promotes Vinyl Gleam spray for vinyl upholstery.
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Barcalo Manufacturing Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Shaw Manufacturing Co
Charlotte
N. C
Kenwood Manufacturing Ltd
Hampshire
England
United States
Miller Brothers Industries
New York
Hog Demand Is Active on Large Friday Hog Sale
Chicago AP reports demand was fairly active for a large Friday hog sale with prices steady to 25 cents higher. About 7,500 head sold with top at 16.15 for mixed No 1 and 2 grades, others to 16, 1-3 grades to 15.75, mixed 2s and 3s 13.35 to 14.50, and sows up to 12.75. A small run of slaughter steers included several 1,279 pound cattle.
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Chicago
Whitt Promoted By Chemstrand
Carlton D. Whitt, now senior engineer in Chemstrand’s Acrilan development department, was promoted today by John Lamartire. A University of Alabama alumnus with B S and M S in chemistry, Whitt studied at Iowa State, taught at Athens College, and worked at TVA Wilson Dam before joining Chemstrand. He lives in Athens with his wife Leovis and five children.
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Carlton D. Whitt
Chemstrand
Acrilan
John Lamartire
Whitt
University of Alabama
Iowa State College
Athens College
Elkmont
Tennessee Valley Authority
Wilson Dam
American Chemical Society
American Association of University Professors
Alabama Academy of Science
Leovis
Athens
Elkton Road
Grain futures end varied as soybeans rise while wheat slips
Chicago based grain market shows soybeans rallying late on speculative short covering and long positions while wheat futures weaken after a day of slow, mixed trading. May wheat ends near unchanged, May soybeans up modestly, corn steady to higher as traders weigh delayed planting and field conditions.
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Chicago
Market Rises After Three Trading Sessions on Walston News
The market advanced for the first time in three sessions as buying picked up, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average up 1.78 to 826.23 and volume rising to 5.06 million shares. Walston & Co. president Vernon C. Walston's death unsettled investors briefly but NYSE management reassured traders.
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NEW York
Wall Street News
Vernon C. Walston
Walston & Co. Inc
Walston
New York Stock Exchange
Dow Jones
Associated Press
Texas Gulf
Decatur Men Plan 250000 Shopping Center and Trailer Park
Two Decatur men Namie and Poole announce a 250000 shopping center on 15 acres two miles west of Fruehaus with a supermarket drug store grill and services. A five acre adjacent trailer court with 200 units is planned within five years including a swimming pool and utilities while the first phase costs about 10000 and a two year completion target is set.
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Decatur
Fruehaus Corp
Louis Namie, Jr
Ben Poole
Fruehaus
Namie
Alabama
Freedom Rally Marks Decision Anniversary Event
A two day freedom rally opens in Mobile to mark the tenth anniversary of the Supreme Court ruling against public school segregation. Sponsored by three Negro groups, the Non-Partisan Voters League, Citizens Committee and the Alabama Conference for Social Justice. NAACP LDF director-counsel Jack Greenberg will address the final session with a history of segregation lawsuits. Panelists include Rev. Albert Foley, Spring Hill College professor, and Hubert M. Jackson of Atlanta U S Housing Administration.
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Mobile
U.S. Supreme Court
Voters League
The
Citizens Committee
Alabama Conference For Social Justice
Naacp Legal Defense and Educational Fund
Jack Greenberg
New York City
Greenberg
Albert Foley
Spring Hill College
Alabama Civil Rights Advisory Committee
Hubert M. Jackson
Atlanta
U.S. Public Housing Administration
Decatur Bus Service Cuts Planned For Summer
Decatur Transit will discontinue Austinville Brookhaven Green Acres area bus service this summer due to low per trip revenue. A consultant report shows most riders are students and adults contribute little revenue. service may resume Aug 31 on a 60 day trial.
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Decatur
J. L. Roberts
Decatur Transit, Inc
Austinville
Brookhaven
Green Acres
Roberts
Dow Jones Closing Averages Summary May 15
New York May 15 Dow Jones closing averages report the industrials rails utilities and 65 stocks mixed with small gains and losses. Prices list include Dow at 200.5 and 202.38 with slight upticks in several sectors and a commodity futures index of 135.08 off 0.56.
Market report from Standard and Poor's index figures May 15
New York reports Standard and Poor's stock index levels for May 15. The S and P 500 and 425 Industrials and 40 Railroads segments show notable high, low, and close values. The data cover 500 Stocks and utilities with varied closing figures.
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New York
Standard and Poor
Fire damages Decatur home. front room gutted
Heavy fire destroyed the front room of a Decatur residence occupied by Mrs. Elizabeth Gresham at 1215 15th Ave. SE. Firefighters arrived about 11 37 p m Thursday with two companies remaining an hour. Smoke damaged the rest of the house. cause is undetermined.
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Decatur
Decatur Fire Department
Elizabeth Gresham
15Th Ave
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Cash & Carry
Finley Drive
Gardenia
A. Gycle
Briggs & Stratton
Gateway Shopping Center
By ED Morse
Montgomery Ward
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Eastern Air Lines
U.S
U.S. Steel
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Freedom Rally
Dow
Jones
Standard and Poor's Stock Index
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Btu
National Electrical Manufacturers Association
Nema
Corwin Aesweet
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Comet
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