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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1956
Page
19
The page presents a weathered Dow Jones averages snapshot with figures for Industrials Rails Utilities and Bonds. It shows closing values and intraday highs and lows across multiple sectors, though the OCR is garbled. Names and exact numbers are partially legible, indicating market movement on a Friday trading period.
New York shares edged higher in quiet trading this afternoon as prices improved moderately. Gains ranged from fractions to about 2 points with the market generally at its best for the session.
The Chicago wheat market opened weak with prices sliding as fears of demand faltered. By midday gains appeared in several issues, with Bethlehem Steel rebounding about a point after an earlier 1 3/4 point advance, while overall volume neared 2.8 million shares.
Today's closing prices on the New York Stock Exchange show varied activity with traders reacting to market momentum and sector shifts. Details remain incomplete in the provided fragment.
Readable strips of closing prices and listings from American Stock Exchange show broad movement across sectors. Names like Roosevelt, Simons, and Coney Pye appear among various company quotes, with prices and percentages indicating gains and losses in a chaotic but data rich page.
In quiet trading the New York bond market edged higher with modest gains for Royal Dutch and several industrials including United Aircraft American Telephone Du Pont and Santa Fe. Stocks showed mixed prices as futures and commodities listings drifted, with foreseen demand for Treasuries and slight activity in overseas markets.
An OCR of a crowded securities page shows broad trading chatter with bids and asks across stocks funds and bonds. Investors monitor for shifts in mutual funds insurance stocks and commodity sectors while names like Transamerica Union and Gen Foods appear amid varied quotes and values.
Dividends and prices at a poultry sale are listed with bold figures. Names such as Arrera and Broviers appear among the entries, indicating bidders and stock lots. The auction features 1% and 2K notes, with heavy type indicating key lots and live bids.
The article describes cotton market activity with a Senate Agricultural Committee vote favoring parity supports and a revised parity pricing method. It notes a March futures high near 35.90 cents per pound, a large surplus authorization for 48,000 bales, and linked price movements across markets. The report also mentions Japan-related trade, futures changes, and related commodities notes from the period.
A fragmented notice outlines a lawsuit involving Fransum Resort with reference to debt and gold assets valued above twenty one thousand dollars. The text mentions creditors, statutory components, and asset details in a sparse, unclear format.
John Slaughter of Carmel Ind sues Rex Lindsey of Vierma Iowa in a District Court action filed Thursday. The suit alleges Lindsey pulled a chair from under Slaughter at a Utah restaurant on February 9 1954, causing temporary and permanent injuries and disabling Slaughter while they were being introduced to another diner.
TOKYO Kyodo News Service reports Japan plans to push the United States to ease restrictions on trade with Communist China. A government source says Japan aims to lift the iron and steel goods and machine tool embargo, and other items including wooden ships.
An incomplete clipping notes price movements and wholesale rates with scattered figures and headers. The fragment references New York, the Anpetated Press, and unspecified weeks in 1952. Details are partially obscured but indicate shifts in commodity pricing and remittance notes.
The State Public Utilities Commission will resume hearings on Trailer Ships Inc plan to move trucks by ship between San Francisco and Los Angeles on May 2 in Los Angeles Tec. Commissioners heard that each trailer by ship would cost 70 to 90 dollars versus about 280 by highway. Shipping time is 24 hours, compared with 110 hours by road.
Fragmentary readable words mention time two o'clock and marching, with unclear names and places. The rest is garbled, lacking coherent facts or identifiable entities. No definite event or action can be determined from the readable fragments.
A California resident shares relief from constant indigestion and heartburn by using a preemptive remedy. Morning intake combines water with half a lemon juice, honey, and 4 teaspoons of Gastro-rav(is) to sweeten and aid stomach balance. The ad promises results after 20 days.
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