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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1968
Page
3
Decatur Markets Cotton Quotes Loan Rates and Prices
Decatur reports cotton trading with a middling grade loan price listed at Wood 65, 45 and 35. Market notes show varied quotes across grades as buyers and sellers gauge demand in the local cotton market.
Commodity prices for milling wheat barley and corn
No. 2 milling wheat priced at 1.00 per unit. No. 2 barley at 0.90. No. 2 yellow shelled corn at 1.05. No. 2 oats and miles per hundred line items priced accordingly.
Wall Street Slides Narrowly After North Vietnam Denial
The market held a small advance on late trading as North Vietnam radio denied any acceptance of U.S. terms. The Dow rose modestly while the NYSE showed more gain than loss, aided by selective buying and hopes for peace news over the weekend amid higher third quarter earnings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
North Vietnam
U.S
New York Stock Exchange
Wallace confronts Nixon on debate timing amid security fears
Wallace insists on paying for his own telecast if Nixon refuses to debate on national television. He arrives in New York amid heckling and picket violence. police shield him as he and supporters depart by chartered buses to Albany and beyond. Authorities report 1500 uniformed officers on overtime due to security needs and a city wage dispute.
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Vals
Richa M. Nixon
Ional
New York
Wallace
Nixon
Hubert H. Hum
Albany
Newburgh
N.Y
Westchester
Dutchess
Burlington County
N.J
Humphrey
Nixon sets pause on nuclear treaty amid Czechoslovakia crisis
Humphrey warns that delaying the nuclear nonproliferation treaty could jeopardize the effort to curb weapon spread. He urges U N involvement and restraint in unilateral actions. Johnson plans a televised speech in support of Humphrey before the election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Czechoslovakia
Humphrey
San Diego
Calif
United Nations
United States
U.N
Johnson
White House
Wall Street mixed gains for major industrials and firms
Gains of a point or so were made by Swift Uniroyal Commonwealth Edison Du Pont Polaroid Royal Dutch Standard Oil of California Standard of Indiana and Texaco. Bristol Myers down 1% paced the list on volume. Also active Chrysler lost 1% and Watkins Johnson 1. Gulf & Western and Sinclair fell fractions amid word Sinclair’s board rejected a G&W tender. Bause spurred talk of a revolutionary contact lens report Sunday. Prices were generally higher on the American Stock Exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swift
Uniroyal
Commonwealth
Edison
du Pont
Polaroid
Royal Dutch Standard Oil
California
Standard of
Indiana
Texaco
Bristol Myers
Chrysler
Watkins Johnson
Gulf & Western
Sinclair
G&w
American Stock Exchange
Feasibility Study Outlines Highway Plans in Alabama
Preliminary survey details planned two year highway work Widening south of Moulton to Wren and four-laning Alabama 20 from Courtland to the Tri Cities area. Delegation at Brewer includes Mayors Alexander Gunthorp Rep Berryman Councilman Ruffner Eddie Mitchell Edsel Moore Arnold Gordon from Moulton Chamber of Commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moulton
Wren
Alabama
Courtland
Tri Cities
Brewer
Alexander and
Gunthorp
Robert Berryman
Lawrence County
Joe Ruffner
Trinity
Eddie Mitchell
Edsel Moore
Arnold Gordon
Gomer Pyle USSMC and Star Trek on Tonight
Tonight features Gomer Pyle USMC Sergeant Carter leads a glee club at the base as a Hollywood producer scouts for a Marine chorus. At 9 p.m. Star Trek The Enterprise faces a Melkotian space violation and a plot echo of the Earps with Doc Holliday in Tombstone Arizona.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gomer Pyle
Carter
Melkotian Space
Tome
Ariz
Clanton Gang
Earps
Doc Holiday
Valley Stock Yard cattle and hog prices report copy
Market activity notes demand good and trade active with weekly comparisons. Cattle grades show calves and heifers firm to higher, cows and bulls mixed. hogs listing small number of sows and barrows with barrows and gilts at 17.50 for 200-240 lb U S and sows at 14.00 to 16.00 for 450-550 lb on U S scale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Nursing homes care 29 residents in July under state payments
Twenty nine persons receiving laid to the blind were cared for in licensed nursing or skilled nursing homes in July with vendor payments made to the institutions by the Alabama Department of Pensions and Security.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama Department of Pensions and Security
Clocks Turn Back Amid Mixed Time Rule Debate
The Associated Press reports Americans gain an extra hour as clocks shift to standard time end of summer. Some states exempted themselves from the Uniform Time Act of 1966, creating ongoing confusion. Ballots in November will decide daylight time referenda in several states, with Indiana and other regions showing mixed time zone practices.
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Associated Press
Congress
Michigan
South Dakota
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