16 Jun 1954
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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1954
Page
1
At National Stockyards in St Louis trading was slow for cattle and hogs with varied prices. Barrows and gilts mostly 0.016 lower, several lots of cattle and vealers showing price shifts, with steer and heifer values around 16.00 to 20.00 and vealers 11.60 to 21.00. lamb and sheep sales mixed as buyers moved cautiously.
Grain and provisions prices slide as export business to Brazil falters. Wheat and corn prices show losses while soybeans rise. cash wheat scarce and live cattle futures weak. New York stocks climb with broad gains, cotton futures mixed, and farm-policy uncertainties loom.
The Crop Reporting Service bulletin notes Arkansas crops in excellent shape with much land chopped and cultivated. Good bed conditions and favorable weather accelerated progress, labor shortages are not serious. Rice grows well with adequate moisture supporting growth.
Beaford reporter details a duck hatch beside a building site where Louis R. Hitsch works as a builder. Trudy the wild duck guards three remaining eggs as crane noises mix with bulldozers. Hitsch says the hatchlings may be moved to a pond for a temporary stay while construction continues.
A federal jury in Washington begins deliberations over five counts tied to a Puerto Rican independence attack on lawmakers. The seven men and five women hear testimony on joint action and counts of assault with deadly weapons as prosecutors seek guilty verdicts and potential long sentences.
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