04 Jan 1957
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Newspaper
Kingsport Times
Location
Kingsport, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1957
Page
1
Fragmentary OCR text shows scattered mentions of towns, sales and names in Louisville and surrounding areas. No clear events, dates, or outcomes are readable enough to confirm details or entities.
Kentucky collects 4661 dollars from contraband whisky and beer sales in dry counties under a new law. State agents produced 2590 dollars. 2132 dollars come from seizures in five counties with no state help. The ABC Board shares proceeds with local governments to spur enforcement, as officials adapt to the May 2 effective law.
Wall Street hears of a 45,000 share DuPont block next Monday valued around 813 million dollars. Mutual funds like Saller may participate while rumors of mergers and dividends circle Iron Works. Columbia Broadcasting and several airlines report earnings and market outlooks. In the Virgin Islands Laurence S Rockefeller donates 5,000 acres to restore plantations for sugar cane and tropical fruits.
Kentucky burley markets held firm as the deadline approached for a drop in volume. Statewide average price reached 64.83 per hundred pounds across 26 markets with 13,384,418 pounds sold for 8,854,426. Individual highs included Cynthiana at 65.67 and Paris at 65.57. The Federal-State Market News Service reported steady prices across the burley belt with some lower quality offerings toiling at 1 to 4 higher or lower per hundred. Total Wednesday sales reached 22,420,391 pounds, averaging 64.15 per hundred, with season totals at 454,963,661 pounds and an average of 54.45 per hundred.
Richmond Ky May 2 1959 O Porter 9th Federal District is named to the Kentucky Real Estate Commission by Gov Chandler for a term ending October 1959. Coleman replaces Edwin V Sprow whose position is described. Weller 69 was killed yesterday while assisting collision victims near his home. no one else seriously hurt.
Hal Boyle’s column discusses use of radioactive isotopes like P32 to boost crop production, preservation of foodstuffs, and extending storage life of bananas. It notes early experiments on sterilizing meat, insect control, and the potential to replace traditional methods with radiation, while highlighting organizational efforts in agriculture.
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