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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1968
Page
5
The Tuesday trading snapshot from the American Stock Exchange in New York lists selected prices and changes for listed securities. Traders note activity across major sectors as market momentum shifts.
The report suggests unsettled grain prices with soybeans and corn showing mixed directions amid export demand and currency effects. Analysts weigh supply concerns and downstream buyers amid fluctuating futures and hedging activity.
Readable fragments show grain futures including wheat and oats trading alongside Treasury notes activity. The report hints at fluctuating prices and market moves in Fort Worth with unclear specifics but indicates tense trading between commodities and government securities.
Government decree proclaims a sport in Argentina combining basketball with polo on a rawhide bag, played without handles, as the national pastime.
Dow Jones closing ranges reported with gains in Industrials and Utilities while Rails show slight declines. Transacted totals for the day list Industrials 730,200 Rails 92,900 Utilities 600 and total 1,085,400 with bonds small fluctuations.
Chicago stock market shows steady steer prices while heifers hold. calves and cows mixed. Fort Worth livestock report notes higher calf values and steady to higher feeder cattle, with woolen and stock cow prices varying by grade.
Mills proposes combining travel taxes with export incentives to balance payments during hearings on the issue. He aims to craft a House bill before Easter recess while opposing the Johnson income tax surcharge and seeking admin proposals on imports and exports. European and Asian tourism sectors warn of revenue losses if the tax advances.
A 10th District Court jury denied damages to one plaintiff in a car collision suit but awarded a 1500 judgment to another. The case, brought by Mr and Mrs Charles Byrd and Mrs Ise Farrell against Robert Lee Morris and Jeffrey Pem berton, claims injuries from a Math Street and Avenue P crash. Judge James Al This presided as testimony continued in a separate Methodist Hospital Laibbock suit seeking 5 million against Noel Tedford for an unpaid account.
A jur y in County Court at Law No 1 found Paul R. Santos 28 of 202 Ave TI not guilty of aggravated assault on Lt David G White after he testified Santos lunged twice with a butcher knife on Oct 15 An other defendant Alfred J Patterson 60 of 2318 St pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated and was fined 150 and jailed five days Judge Edwin Boedeker presided Avalean Carl Howard J Farley and R J Couch were placed under bonds on various charges.
Landowners Leonard Wilson Jr Whomer Wilson Joe Barclay and COR Meadows Jr file a civil appeal in County Court No 2 contesting a $24306 award by special commissioners for land taken to improve the intersection of US 84 and US NT. They argue market value exceeds the award and is improperly excluded from objections.
Plainview officials set April 2 as the election date for city posts. Mayor M. B. Hood and councilmen James Davenport Kelly Garrison and Neal Williams will have terms expire this year with no clear indication of reelection. Dr. Gerald Wagner was appointed temporary acting director of the Plainview Hale County Health Unit.
The administration civil rights protection bill won a 54 to 29 Senate victory but faces uncertain fate. Leaders warned the compromise may collapse as discussions on open housing and substitutions stalled, with prospects of further amendments and possible no bill at all.
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