North Side Woman Receives W C Fields Biography Gift
Samuel McKay of McKay's Book Store presented an intended biography of W C Fields to Mrs Evelyn Spratt. The book carries inscriptions by Ronald J Fields, Fields' grandson, and notes Roger Spratt's letters and career in Lagos, Nigeria with Mobil Oil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ronald J. Fields
W.C. Fields
Evelyn Spratt
Avon St
Fields
Roger Spratt
North Side Woman
Samuel McKay
McKay
Campbell Road
Spratts
Roger
Mr. Spratt
Felton
Field
Alva Johnston
Logan High School
Ronald
Spratt
Energy markets hold steady as investors await news
New York markets marked time amid energy crisis uncertainty. Dow Jones 30 rose to 818.73, while NYSE composite gained slightly to 49.68 and NASDAQ fell to 89.52. Volume eased with AT&T leading on strong earnings. S&P and AP 60 also posted modest gains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW York
Manowa Kisor
Paine
Webber Jackson & Curtis
New York Stock Exchange
American Stock Exchange
Dow
At&t
Standard & Poor
Associated Press
County Gets Sum In Drug Price Fix Suit
La Crosse County receives 2354.85 dollars as its share of a federal antitrust settlement with several drug firms over price fixing. Wisconsin Attorney General Robert Warren joined on behalf of the state and county social services. The county’s portion reflects an audit of purchases in the two years prior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse County
New York
Wisconsin
Robert Warren
State
County Social Services
Malcolm Johnson
Department
Silver futures hit record highs as markets rally worldwide
In New York and London, March 1974 silver futures rose to a record 3.2650 an ounce amid strong gold prices and global economic uncertainty. Copper showed weakness with London Metal Exchange stocks up six thousand seven hundred tons. Sugar and orange juice futures climbed on tight supply and frost risk. Cattle and pork futures fluctuated with beef pricing pressure and large belly stocks. Corn outlook tied to fertilizer access and planting intentions survey ahead. Norman L. Jertson of Shearson Hamill & Co. provided analysis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
New York
Europe
Japan
United States
London Metal Exchange
House
Senate
Peru
Florida
Agriculture Department
Greece
Norman L. Jertson
Shearson, Hammill & Co., Inc
Mutual Funds Bid and Ask Prices Listed with NASD Inc
A dense list of mutual fund bid and ask prices appears, including funds from Fidelity, Vanguard, Oppenheimer, Franklin, T. Rowe Price, AIM, and many others. The compiled table shows fund names followed by bid and ask figures, with numerous abbreviations and inconsistencies typical of 1973 financial pages. The column headers and some figures are mixed, but the overall item catalogs fund price quotes for investors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Nasd Inc
Emerg
Bnddeb
Mass CO
Comst
Fidelity Freem
Entror
Indp
Fiet
Mass
Legal L
Pace
Invest
Sh Dean
Allstate
Alpha
Salem F
Spectra
S&p Ind
Incom
Balanc
Am Iinvst
Stock F
Bond Sr
AmMut
Ist Multi
Divida
Divesif
AmNtGr
Fim Ber
Anchor Forum
StFrine
Fond
Colum
Steadman
FDS
Grwth
Fund
Equity
Am Ind
Fdn Gr
Asso Fd
Ventur
Founders Side
Wa Natl
GROUP
NEA Mt
Ocean
Astron
NeuCent
Steinroe
Audax F
Neuwth
Balance
AXE
Houghton
Franklin Nichlas
Nest Lvtr
Axe Sci
DONTC
Omega
Smmit
O Neil Fd
Techni
Babson
Paramt
Funds Incp
Paul Rev
Brown
Pgasus F
Unified
Brahm
Penn Mt
Unifund
Calvin Rae Impac
Penn Sq
Union Service Bull
Industr
Phila
Cdn Fd Na
Pilgrim
Brd
Natliiv
Natwd
Ges-Sp
UN Capt
NY Wen
Gen Sec
Pilgrmn
CG Fund
Gthfam
Pine St
United Funds
Cap Trin
Grth Ind
Pioneer
Bnd
Channing Hamilton Grp
Pion En
Contin
Hart Lv
Price Rowe
Usaa Ca
Hertige
Apex F
Horace
Venture
Chase Inc
fdAm
Boston
Ind Fam
Putnam Val Inc
Bos
Integon
Leg Gth
Fron Co
Itl Invest
Conver
Val Soc 250
ShTr Bs
Ie Invern G
Vance Specs
iIny Co A
Geo
Sanders
Chem Fd
Inc
Com
Librty
Invest Vista F
Schus F
Counsel Voyage
Vangrd
Schu Sp
Capam
Reveref
TMR A
Invest Group
Sagittar
Wallst Gr
Ios
Wash Mu
Ios ND
Weineq
I Os$pr
Wellington Grwth
Mutual
Stock
Specai
Explor
Select
Seard Grp
Vest
Colum G Nap
Ad Gw
Morgn
Commonwlth Inv Res
Ad Inc
West Ind
Wsfid Gr
Ivy Fund
Wiscons
Zieuler
Cnsin
Janus
Johnson
Dallas
Keystone
David
Delaware
DodgCx
Apollo
Incme
Loomis Specil F
Stck
Edie Sp
Egret
Elfun
Local business briefs list new hires and openings
MICHAEL J. Hase of La Crosse is named Gateway Foods director of general merchandise sales, with duties spanning purchasing merchandising and supervision for health and beauty aids and other nonfood lines. Priscilla Skrade joins Norma's Beauty Salon in Cass Street. Edward Campbell opens the Three-In-One Shop in Sparta offering Bibles records and religious articles plus sewing machine sales and repairs. Michael Degen to production control manager at La Crosse Cooler Co. David Lien joins Owen Ayres and Associates in Wausau after architecture studies and prior La Crosse experience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse
Michael J. Hase
Gateway Foods, Inc
IGA
Gateway
Hase
DeKoven Drug Co
Elk Grove Village
Ill
Illinois
Indiana
Appleton
Aquinas High School
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
Patricia Thompson
Walnut St
la Crescent
Minn
Sparta
Wis
Edward Campbell
E. Main St
Michael Degen
S. Hill St
la Crosse Cooler Co
Buena Vista College
David Lien
Owen Ayres and Associates
Wausau
North Dakota State University
Wisconsin
Owen Ayres Tomah
A P Store in Black River Falls Sold to Local IGA Group
The Black River Falls A P Store is sold to a local corporation led by John Hagenbrock owner of Town and Country IGA. The store will close Monday night December 24 and reopen in January as Johns IGA alongside the Town and Country IGA with about forty employees. The A P opened September 28 1929 and the first IGA in Black River Falls opened in 1942.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black River Falls
Wis
John Hagenbrock
Town and Country Iga
N. Second St
Hagenbrock
John
Schirmacher Buys Interest In Local Firm
Marvin L. Schirmacher of 404 Losey Blvd North has purchased the Raeder family interests in Midwest Home Improvement Co. Alf H. Hansen, president of the aluminum roofing and siding firm, says Schirmacher will take an active part in the business and will continue the Schirmacher Wholesale Lumber Co. and Astroturf Distributorship at Midwest offices on 321 3rd St. Previously he was executive vice president of the La Crosse Garment Manufacturing Co. He and his wife Elizabeth have a son William of Chicago and a daughter Carolyn attending the University of Wisconsin Stout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schirmacher
Marvin L. Schirmacher
Losey Blvd
Raeder
Midwest Home Improvement Co
Alf H. Hansen
Midwest
la Crosse Garment Manufacturing Co
Elizabeth
William
Chicago
Carolyn
University of Wisconsin, Stout
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William Claude Dukenfield
Duken
Lagos
Nigeria
West Africa
Mobil Oil Co
Philippines
Logan
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Uw-Madison
Salem
Neil McKay
Hokah
Wisconia
Angus
Reon Et Yiu
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Sayles
Lord Abb
James Webb
Cass St
Hackner, Schroeder, Roslansky and Associates, Inc
Webb
Iowa State University
The
Association of General Contractors
Nevada
Iowa
Milwaukee
Donald E. Webb
Marvin D. Anderson
Red Owl
Fairway Foods
Kaplin Foods
Henderson
Anderson
Clark, S.C
Methodist Church
VFW
S. 8Th St
Waukon Banker
Waukon
Ed Lauerman Jr
Dyersville
James Sneer
Farmers and Merchants Savings Bank of
Sneer
Mountain Lake
Farmer's State Bank
Roy W. Uelner
Allis- Chalmers Corp
Uelner
Dubuque, Iowa
Allis- Chalmers
Priscilla Skrade
Rose St
Norma’s
Skrade
Cilla
Dublin
Ireland
Anchorage
Alaska
Campbell
Eastern Electric
Tion
Honeywell
Minneapolis
Framingham
Dianne
Brf
Price Office Equipment CO
S.W. Corner 3Rd and Main Sts
New P
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