This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 10 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1973
Page
7
UPI report notes mixed moves on Dow Jones averages and NYSE selections with varied gains and losses. Major names like Exxon, General Electric, and Coca Cola show activity amid a broad list of blue chips and price changes.
A chaotic table lists selected stocks with bid and ask data, price changes and percent moves. Companies include Cal Comptr, Dome Petro, FrontierAir, Gen Cine, HuskyO, Lee Ent, McCulloh Ol, Technicolor, Telepromp, Yates Indus and others with varied last prices and daily percentage changes.
The item lists quotations from Shearson Hammill Co and regional stock indices for Minnesota and nearby states, with closing averages for 86 securities and sector breakdowns. It also notes Wisconsin cheddar cheese prices with barrel styles and blocks ranges and dairy product quotes.
Washington newspapers announced higher daily newsstand prices from 10 to 15 cents. The Post's increase takes effect Saturday June 9 while the Star-News raises five cents Monday June 11. Sunday editions keep current prices.
Several Twin Cities banks boosted their prime rate from 7 to 7 percent for large business customers. Banks Northwestern First National Midland National and National City of Minneapolis and First National Bank of St Paul announced the immediate rise making the 72 percent prime the highest since September 1970. Also noted SBA director named in Wisconsin with Eck replacing Murray.
Cattle and calves 3,400 with steers and heifers active. Holstein prices weak to steady. cows 50 higher. Slaughter steers 1,221-1,317 lb up to 47.75. heifers 25 higher. bulls 38-42. Cattle mix high choice up to 77. Hogs 4,500 with barrows and gilts 50 to 1.00 higher. U S 1-2 190-240 lb 38.75-39.00. Sows 25-50 higher. boars steady. Sheep 600 with lambs 34-39. feeder lambs 28-30.
The National Weather Service launches a campaign to promote flash flood warning devices. A tested system uses upriver float alarms to trigger downstream notices, costing about 3000 dollars shared by the weather service and communities. Portable warning lines have shown several hours of lead time for evacuation and sandbagging in tested sites.
Wisconsin Assembly passed a bill to allow witnesses to attest the testator was of sound mind when signing a will. The measure, by Rep. David Berger, would remove the need for witnesses to appear later in probate court, saving transportation costs and witness fees for heirs.
AP report shows live beef cattle soybeans and grain futures on the Chicago Board of Trade with limit drops and mixed closes. Prices arc across contracts for soybeans meal oil wheat corn oats and feeder cattle with notable shifts and session highs lows.
New York report shows Girard Trust Bank in Philadelphia raising its prime lending rate from 7 to 7 percent to cool credit expansion. Government guidelines may shield small borrowers temporarily, but the move signals a likely industry wide rate increase. Milwaukee cattle and hog markets closed steady to higher with varied price ranges and strong buyer demand.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.