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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1973
Page
8
A comprehensive snapshot of late day quotes shows Boeing, Amex listed firms, and major players such as Deere, Delta Air, Exxon, AT&T, and General Electric with varied gains and losses. The table includes bid, last price, and percentage changes across multiple industries and prominent companies.
Hospital plans propose sharing a facility between tuberculosis and mental health patients on separate floors or wings. Administrator Lee Thomas notes about 100 beds are unused, while Alabama TB hospitals shrink to three facilities. Aderholdt and hospital officials weigh bed space use, with possible contracts or leases under study. He plans to contact Dr. Lowell Clemmons to discuss coordination.
A Decatur man, 31-year-old Will White of 726 Cashin St NW, was released from Morgan County Jail on 5000 bond after arrest Saturday on first degree murder. He allegedly shot John L. Collier 23 after a minor traffic crash at Vitie and Madison streets NW. Collier died about an hour later at Decatur General Hospital from a single .22 caliber gunshot wound to the throat.
The Decatur Housing Authority will hold its annual meeting tonight to elect officers for the next year. Executive director Bob Neill said a chairman and vice chairman will be chosen from the five city-appointed board members. Charles Sears is chairman and Walter Hall vice chairman. The DHA board will meet at the Central Bank of Alabama penthouse at 7 p.m.
Nep tune's Table manager Jack La Cause recounts expanding non smoking space from 40 to 90 seats after the change. He notes 200 seats in nonsmoking and 100 in smoking last week, while Mrs Carnes recalls politics and her Audubon Society leadership in New Jersey before moving to Arizona 12 years ago to focus on painting and bird study.
Altman reports Nixon backs Caspar Weinberger of H E W. Kennedy chides the Administration for delaying reintroduction of a national health insurance bill.
Fleming says the courthouse project will incur 160000 in architect fees 125000 for furnishings and 100000 for contingency planning with potential variation. Project funding includes a 3.5 million bond issued in 1972 revenue sharing funds of 1.5 million and 750000 in certificates of deposit. He noted officials would be contacted later about furniture requirements for each office.
Decatur reports Cotton: middling loan 20.45 cents per pound and Cottonseed at 40 dollars per ton. Milk prices at Grade A 6.55 per hundred. manufactured milk 3.20 per hundred. Wood prices range 65 45 and 35. Pulpwood 15.25 per cord. No 2 Soybean 7.22. No 2 White Shelled Corn 3.15. No 2 Oats 0.80. No 2 Milling Wheat 2.70. No 2 Mile per hundred 3.25. No 2 Yellow Shelled Corn 2.20.
Quotations from the NASD are representative interdealer prices as of approximately 10 a.m. Interdealer market change throughout the day. Prices do not include retail markup, markdown, or commission.
Plymouth AP report says a newspaper photographer photographed a five car collision on Massachusetts 3 Monday and only learned back at the office that his son Steven Dean, 17, of Plymouth was among two killed. Antonio Prada, 5, of Avon also died. Fifteen others were injured, three seriously.
Rare Jr. and Bob Owens join Charles Cox Dan Sexton and Sonny Wright in recognition. Pamela a fifth grader at Woodmeade Elementary School is noted as a member of First Baptist Church.
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