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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1956
Page
1
Northwest markets report steady demand for broilers and fryers with prices around 36 to 56.25 per hundredweight. Epes show weakness in receipts at 38,460 while wholesale buying prices rise about one cent. U.S. large whites range 60 to 69.9, mixed 485, mediums 25.5, dirties 25, checks 33, current receipts 38.
USDA live poultry prices in coops show steady demand with heavy and light hens around 1919.5 and broilers near quoted ranges. Receipts totaled 42,320 with buying activity steady. drones of old roosters and other items listed with reflectively unchanged prices across the market.
New York stocks edged lower in a quiet session with limited selling pressure. The market slipped modestly in early trading, with most prices down a point or two and only small gains seen elsewhere.
Irregular opening for cotton futures gave way to modest gains as months advanced. Demand from producers and trader activity pushed prices higher by about 20 cents to 1.34 per bale at the close. In Chicago area hogs and cattle prices, USDA quotes show steady to lower trends across weights, with mixed lots and top commercial prices noted.
Weather was blamed for a three percent drop in district department store sales in the Eighth Federal Reserve District, with snow in St Louis and Memphis cited as factors. The report notes declines in St Louis and Memphis and a larger four week drop versus a year earlier, as shoppers stayed home amid winter conditions.
Weather Central Arkansas shows mostly cloudy skies with occasional rain and a slight warmup this afternoon and tonight. Saturday brings scattered thundershowers, Sunday partly cloudy with widely scattered thundershowers and cooler conditions. Highs reach mid to high 40s, lows around 40s, across Northeast, Southwest, and Northwest Arkansas with regional variations.
Queen Elizabeth II sails for Africa with the Duke of Edinburgh on a three week visit to Nigeria and other regions. Nigeria faces elections to its House of Representatives this summer, with delegates set for a constitutional conference with Britain that could end colonial rule.
The text discusses fears of civil war triggered by internal jealousies and religious feuds, noting how two years ago such tensions nearly broke apart the country. It contrasts the pack rabbit of the western plains with the Belgian rabbit, using animal imagery to illustrate regional distinctions.
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