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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1964
Page
3
Television listings detail NFL games including Bears at Colts and Jets at Patriots, Davis Cup tennis sessions, and multiple football and movie blocks across Saturday and Sunday. Also listed are programs such as My Living Doll Bonanza Joey Bishop Candid Camera Hudson's Bay and various religious and children's shows.
Trading surged as the Dow rose to 874.71 on optimistic mood despite a General Motors strike. GM touched 100% then retreated. volume reached 6.18 million with 69 new yearly highs and 7 new lows. Texas Gulf Sulphur led activity with a 2% gain to 60%.
AP Business News writer ED MORSE lists novel consumer goods ranging from noisy Ban shee skates by A C Gilbert Co to aerosol spray can timers by Robertshaw Controls and glow ink markers from Dri Mark. The roundup covers reading programs by MacMillan Co and portable soda fountains by Bernz-O-Matic Corp with addresses for all companies.
A fragment notes a shift away from traditional illustrated calendars toward a modern page design. The item hints at stylistic changes in publication visuals and layout, reflecting evolving reader preferences and printing techniques.
Hog prices were steady while sows ranged from steady to 25 cents lower. No 1 and 2 grade butchers sold $17.25 to $17.50 top. Mixed grades $16.65 to $17.25. 2 and 3s $16.25 to $16.75. Slaughter steers up 25-50 cents. prime steers $27.75-$28. heifers barely steady. Sheep prices steady. spring lambs $22.50-$23. ewes $5.50-$6.50.
New York Sept 25 1964 AP stock table shows advances 619 declines 455 unchanged 271 total 1345 while lows 7 13 265 1359 70 13 details indicate daily trading figures for the market.
The guidance favors small portions and light toppings as part of a weight watching program. It suggests spreading butter thin on toast and limiting salad dressing to a mere suspicion, encouraging restraint with rich desserts.
CHICAGO AP soybeans held firm much of the session but late selling erased early gains and left most contracts with losses. Wheat and oats were unchanged to slightly lower while corn and rye mixed. Dec contracts showed small moves with soybeans around 2.71 cut, wheat near 1.48, corn about 1.21, oats around 0.67 and rye around 1.29 to 1.30.
Athens officials report prisoners before Circuit Judge Newton B. Powell in Limestone County. Arrivals include Ernest Beasley with escape cases, Therman Flannagan with escape and forgery, John Wayne Kelley with escape and forgery, Ronnie McKnight with escape and forgery, Wallace Brooks with escape and forgery, Ley Posey with liquor production and possession, Glenn Garner with three perjury counts, Fred Nelson with assault with intent to murder. Trials are set for Sept 30 with twenty additional cases scheduled for next week.
New York on September 25 reports the Dow Jones closing averages with Open 875.00 High 879.26 Low 868.72 Close 874.71 and changes up 1.73. Industrials around 547. Stock figures show modest gains and declines across multiple indices.
New York on September 25 reports Standard and Poor's 500 stock index levels across sectors. Industrials railroads utilities and the 500 stocks show varied highs and lows with notable figures like 89.60 47.90 72.71 84.62 88.46 47.43 71.90 83.56 reflecting sector performance.
Phil Chance battles a rowdy Arizona Western railhead camp on Col Evelyn's line with budget limits and foreman Miles Magruder watching, while gunmen threaten his mission. He corners a rifleman amid pines and finds Jack Stobo fatally ambushed, hinting at deeper plots as the tale continues Monday.
Chance rides a dun through arid foothills toward the Sawtooth mountains and Hays Pass. He plans rail construction on the plateau, noting need for culverts and water passage, while surveying a long rising plateau and tracking distant movement behind him.
In Hutchinson Kansas records show one patient dismissed and another admitted at St Elizabeths hospital for one night. At 6 30 p.m. Mrs Glen J Lamont Jr Hutchinson was sent home from room 306 bed two. At 7 30 p.m. Mrs Glen J Lamont Sr Turon Kansas was admitted to room 306 bed two.
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