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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1964
Page
3
A sketchy listing shows television and entertainment slots for Saturday with programs like Bishop and Bonanza. The fragments mention Daniel Sanarem and various time slots across shows such as Pal and Hollywood.
A late rally lifted the Dow Jones to 872.65 as volume eased to 4.4 million. The Associated Press average rose to 326.0 with utilities and oils leading gains, while 545 of 1,835 issues rose and 497 fell. Bond markets mixed and government bonds drifted down.
New York AP reports Toro introduces a wheelless 19 inch flymo mower riding on a quarter inch air cushion to lift the unit for smooth cuts and undergrowth trimming. Also new Plastikon 200 adhesive from Goodyear and non shock Corning ware line from Corning Glass Works with white opaque cookware. Raytheon unveils a 2.34 pound TWR 6 band radio for on field use.
The Oct 4 1964 stock market report shows 545 stocks up 497 down and 293 unchanged. New 1964 highs are 49 and new 1964 lows are 545, with 497 and 293 figures quoted for advances and declines respectively.
Cattle receipts reach 10 000 head the highest Friday total in 99 years. Slaughter steer prices fall up to 75 cents per hundredweight. High choice and prime steers sell up to 27 50, with various ranges for steers heifers and cows. Hog prices weaken with No 1 and 2 butcher at 17 to 17 35, sows steady to down 25. Lambs bring 22 50 to 23 for spring slaughter
Soybean futures rose sharply for a second straight session in Chicago as a private forecast of a smaller crop sparked buying, with gains reaching as much as 9 cents a bushel before heavy late profit taking trimmed the advance. Corn finished mostly higher in the session.
The report shows industrials at 876.21, rails at 219.09, utilities near 310, and the commodity futures index at 139.12 with a 0.14 rise. Transactions in the listed stock groups include Industrials 900 and Rails 91,700 as markets end with small upticks and declines.
New York October 2 AP reports Standard and Poor's 500 and Dow Jones stock averages showing modest gains with various highs lows and closes across listed securities. The table cites changes up and down and total trading volume figures.
The Morgan County Board of Registrars meets from 8:30 a.m. to noon at the Morgan County courthouse to register voters. The county League of Women Voters offers free nursery at First Christian Church corner of 4th Ave and Moulton St. Applicants should bring a registered voter to certify residence. Additional sessions are Oct 5 Oct 12 and Oct 19 before the Nov 3 general election.
Judge Lewis West presided over Morgan County Court with 13 cases disposed. The session featured the dismissal of Sheriff Knox McRae’s five count indictment after a demurrer. Other actions included guilty pleas on prohibition violations, worthless checks, and conditional forfeitures. Several cases were continued or transferred, with one judge disqualifying himself from prosecution.
Frank Wynne presents Craig as a bitter, embittered man driven by a past accusation. The misfortune shapes his outlook, leaving him hostile and trapped in a cycle of misery as the story advances through chapter 17.
In a saloon era tale Craig fears a rival plotting to kill him while Murdock plots against Chance and Lessing. Murdock's daughter Lena warns of danger as she navigates loyalties and secrets in a tense hotel confrontation. The scene ends with Craig stewing over threats and a looming survey conflict.
Birmingham attorneys for Ollie McClung Sr. filed with the U.S. Supreme Court a brief contending Congress overstepped its power in enacting the public accommodations section of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. They challenge the reliance on interstate commerce and assert due process violations, noting Ollie’s Barbecue is not tied to interstate commerce and that the case concerns social problems rather than market impact. The brief follows a Birmingham lower-court ruling that the section does not apply to Ollie’s and would threaten personal liberty and property.
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