Norway's Book Boom Noted Between 1643 and 1814
A historical stock list notes a Norwegian literary surge with about 3000 books published in Norway across the period from 1643 to 1814, reflecting a growth in printed works and reading culture.
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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1972
Page
5
A historical stock list notes a Norwegian literary surge with about 3000 books published in Norway across the period from 1643 to 1814, reflecting a growth in printed works and reading culture.
Prices wavered in a narrow range as trading remained slow. The noon Dow stood at 947.55 with a dull, wait-and-see mood. Crowell-Collier led volume on the Big Board while Berven Carpets topped volume on the Amex as indexes slipped slightly.
Nixon shifts family on the campaign trail while McGovern finishes a Midwest and East swing with Sen. Kennedy in Waterbury. O'Brien faces a $5 million libel suit amid the Washington break-in case. Shriver pushes tax relief for parochial school families in Iowa. Beirne cites growing labor support for McGovern.
Rasco warns revenue sharing will accelerate phasing out grant in aid programs from sewer projects to health care and highways. North Alabama counties may lose funding as local agencies relied on federal dollars and the Appalachian Regional Commission. Committee work on the new legislation continues with a hoped completion today.
Public sale announced by The Boston Five Cents Savings Bank as mortgage holder. Real estate described as Lot 9 Block 15 Decatur Land Improvement addition No 1 with amendments. Sale to satisfy mortgage debt includes tax liens and assessments. proceeds to be held by transferee’s attorney.
The trial of BMF Industries over water pollution enters its third day as three property owners testify. Judge R L Handley continued the case from Thursday into this afternoon.
A crowded schedule lists gospel meetings and singings at New Antioch Church of Christ Waldens Chapel Baptist Church Brooksville and other venues with times from 7 pm to 4 pm The calendar includes a reunion at Camp Clements a church revival in Pettusville and school PTA meetings plus a fatal electrical accident at a Cuba private school where three men were electrocuted and one injured.
Delayed market notes show prices for dairy milk at 3.20 per hundred with 4 percent base, milk fat at 55 per hundred, and grains including No 2 milling wheat at 1.60 per bushel and corn around 0.90 to 1.42 per bushel. The report lists miscellaneous oats and barley with varying cents per unit.
Quotations from the WASC show representative interdealer prices as of around 10 a.m. across the interdealer market. The list includes banks and insurers such as Alabama Bancor, Alabama Tenn, First National Bank Decatur, First State Bank, Central & State Nat'l Corp, Liberty National Life, Southwestern Life, and Vulcan Life.
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