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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1963
Page
3
New York May 17 final Dow Jones averages report mixed moves across sectors. Industrials rise 1.97 to 722.67, rails and utilities slip slightly, with 65 stocks trading about 0.21 points higher. Bond figures show small changes amid overall activity.
A new aqua aid device uses a gas inflated balloon to support a drowning person in water. Davie & McGill offer a compact kit with vinyl float and CO2 cartridge that deploys from a small box. Aluminum oars from Norton Manufacturing claim 50 percent lighter weight due to plastic foam-filled hollow blades. Johnson & Johnson introduces a compact first aid kit with 23 items and leaflet.
Flair Chemicals Inc of Closter New Jersey offers tef-widgit a teflon rod to replace brass in toilet valves aiming to stop sticking and jamming in 96 percent of American water closets. Wellington Sears Co New York introduces Terri-Down a dual surface towel with velvet like side from sheared terry loops claimed as a major terry fabric advance since 1865.
The Balisdell Pencil Co of Bethelyres Pa offers what it calls the world’s first retractable felt tip watercolor marker for posters signs graphs charts and labels among other uses. Available in 12 colors the retractable tip helps prevent accidental marks on clothing. The tip is actuated by a removable…
New York stocks mixed as traders weighed gains in industrials against shifts in utilities. Frontline indexes fluctuated with small price movements, leaving the Dow Jones Industrial Average near session highs and the broader market slightly lower.
A chrome shower valet from Snyder Manufacturing Co Philadelphia Pa attaches by spring tongs or suction cups to hold two shampoo bottles two bars of soap and two wash cloths or brushes, offering hands free shower storage.
The document lists company names and addresses for new products including Davis & McGill at St Pauls North Carolina Norton Manufacturing Corp at 2700 N Pulaski Rd Chicago Illinois Flair Chemical Box 204 Closter New Jersey Wellington Sears 40th Street Kil W Kiln New York New York Blaisdell Pencil Bethayres Pennsylvania Johnson and Johnson 501 George Street New Brunswick New Jersey Snyder Manufacturing 22nd and Ontario Philadelphia Pennsylvania.
New York stocks rose irregularly on a light Friday session led by sugar issues and gains in makers of durable goods. The Dow climbed 1.97 to 724.81 with volume at 4.42 million shares as industrials and rails hit yearly highs and American Tobacco and Reynolds Tobacco advanced among actives.
New York AP reports growing interest in speculative shares as small investors rejoin the market. analyst B K Thurlow calls it the main technical challenge, comparing it to shifting gears in an old car. A Dow near record highs remains fragile, with a slight drop below 700 risking a short term sentiment reversal.
Trading on the Chicago Board of Trade opened steady and stayed broadly weak across most contracts. Soybeans, rye, and new crop wheat fell more than a cent. May wheat rose over four cents for a three day gain of about seven cents. Corn held firm at times but closed mixed. rainfall helped push soybeans lower amid uncertainty on a 1964 wheat control referendum.
AP report from Chicago shows butcher hog marketings at 5000 head, the lightest Friday in five weeks, with prices up to 25 cents higher. Week's 32000 head run down 1000 from last week as Mixed No 1 and 2 190-225 lb hogs bring 16.00 to 16.25, 190-240 lb mixed 1.3 grades at 15 to 16, and 25 and 3s up to 300 lbs at 15 and down. Steer demand also strong with Prime 24 and high mix 23 to 23.75, Good to choice 21 to 23.95. best heifers 22.75 to 23. Market reports no sheep sales, offerings only 10 head.
Optical store opens at 117 2nd Ave SE Alabama offering comprehensive eye exams and a $12.90 price for any glasses frame or prescription. Dr. James J. Greer leads the operation with Dr. Lee Motos assisting, part of a chain with locations in Anniston Gadsden Tuscaloosa Bessemer and Birmingham.
Arlene Francis says she stays busy by not wasting time on anger and keeps a hectic schedule with three shows in one session during her run in Tchin-Tchin opposite Jack Klugman. She tapes daily radio at Sardi's West and handles letters and bills while hairdressing, noting chicken pox cost her time but not energy.
Steve Kuhns asks why gravity exists and how bodies attract each other. The article explains gravity as a force pulling objects toward one another, Newtons law, and the idea that deeper questions remain about why attraction happens beyond measurable laws. It notes the everyday experience of gravity from falling objects to speed of fall and invites readers to send questions for the Britannica prize.
The prompt presents a children's riddle set about Lewis and Clark and a baseball catcher with Cinderella. It features three questions and two sample punchlines: "Long time no sea" for the Pacific Ocean riddle and an incomplete third line "Because" for the leopard spots question.
Tyler and son injured in a car and tractor wreck last week have been dismissed from Athens Limestone Hospital and are at home. A. S. King remains a patient at Huntsville Hospital. Ann Brown, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Brown, is ill at home with chicken pox. Mrs. Lawson Draper’s pupils gave a piano program at Harvest School with 15 numbers. Memorial services were held.
In explains the origin of the word company from cum with and panis bread. It notes the phrase breaking bread and how company refers to someone who eats with you. Also mentions a yesterday puzzle answer and a contest prize.
Swedish foreign minister Torsten Nilsson said after talks with Nikita Khrushchev that the Soviet premier accepted an invitation to visit Sweden. The exact date will be arranged through diplomatic channels.
In the Madison Cross Roads Church and cemetery at Toney on Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Kemp are building a new home in this community.
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