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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1968
Page
8
New York AP reports the New York Stock Exchange selected afternoon prices for key stocks. Trading room activity shows movements in major blue chips with notable shifts in several sectors as investors react to late day developments.
NASD quotations show representative interdealer prices as of about 10 a.m. The interdealer market moves through the day and prices exclude retail markup markdown or commission.
The market posted gains with about 240 advances to declines late trading. Dow Jones industrial average fell 0.56 to 933.24 as United Fruit rose about 3 percent near the top of active listings. MGM Continental American Machine & Foundry and Stokely Van Camp gained modestly while steels and motors were uneven.
Shelby County Circuit Court weighs whether four individuals, including two reporters, were in contempt for pretrial publicity on the James Earl Ray murder case. The hearing tests free press versus fair trial standards as Supreme Court guidance remains unclear. Ray could appear in court as security review resumes. An archival separatist movement in Wales traces to 1536.
Decatur markets show mixed commodity quotes. Milk prices range 6.55 per hundred for Grade, 3.20 for manufactured milk per hundred at four percent. Wood and pulpwood listed, corn prices No. 2 Yellow 1.10 per bushel and No. 2 White 1.30 per bushel.
Nashville Tenn AP notes moderate trading for slaughter cattle with prices mostly steady. Feder cattle at 600 plus weights show some weakness. heifers steady and some slaughter heifers in supply. Cows range 12.50 to 17.50 for canners and cutters. bulls 19 to 22.25. feeders steer 300 500 pounds from 17.00 to 28.50.
Atlanta prices show demand fairly good for live broilers and fryers with farm prices around 12 cents and heavy type at 14 for light types. Birmingham notes irregular demand from slow to fair, ample live supplies, and dock price ranges with Sept 3 to Oct 5 deliveries. plant and shipper quotes mid 24s to mid 24s per the RTC market.
Prices for large and medium eggs fall to around 50 to 52 cents per dozen at retailers with case quantities. Small eggs rise to about 41 to 42 cents. Supplies are ample while demand remains fair and the undertone unsettled. Birmingham AP reports current market conditions.
Prices paid for vegetables in Birmingham Alabama include collards 2.25 to 2.50 per pound radishes 0.65 to 0.75 per dozen bunches yellow squash 1.00 to 1.25 per 12 quart baskets bushel hampers 3.00 to 3.50 sweet potatoes 2.75 to 3.25 per bushel jumbos 1.75 to 2.25 small 1.50 tomatoes 3.50 per 40 pound carton green ripe 20 pound cartons few 0.00 eye plant 2.75 to 3.00 greens per dozen turnips and turnip greens.
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