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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1967
Page
9
Fort Worth grain market notes wheat down across 143 car lot with export and domestic bids mixed. Corn steady to lower as two yellow and two white oats show slight gains. barley ranges 1.36 to 1.59 while sorghums edge lower with mixed color bids.
General liquidation and stop loss selling depressed grain futures on the Chicago Board of Trade. Soybeans opened strong then weakened in January. wheat remained weak. Government deliveries to Yugoslavia suspended after it sold grain to North Vietnam. Corn, oats, rye, and soybean oil moved variedly with mixed support from export and commission houses.
Red China's Ambassador Ho Ying presented a 28000 dollar check in Dar es Salaam to C. Y. Mgonja minister for community development and national culture to support the fund for preservation of Tanzanian antiquities.
American Motors of Canada will close its Brampton plant for 10 working days and lay off 350 workers when production resumes. The plant closes January 9 and reopens January 25 on two shifts with output cut from 208 to 160 cars daily. Similar 10 day shutdowns and layoffs were announced for Milwaukee and Kenosha plants in Wisconsin.
American Airlines reported a Love Field boarding total of 4 782 passengers on Monday an all time high surpassing the previous record of 4 606 set last December 22.
Bob Hunter Construction Co. of Lubbock was awarded the $690,000 contract to build a Health and Physical Education building at South Plains College. The project, let by the SPC board, should be finished by December 1, 1967, per college president Dr. Marvin Baker.
Rep. Jacob Gilbert of the Bronx vies with Rep. Omar Burleson of Texas for a seat on the Ways and Means Committee as party influence shifts in the new Congress. Gilbert and Burleson seek prominence amid Catholic and Jewish tensions and a pending clerk election that could push the panel contest to another day.
Bud Cate, a 26 year old Hale County jailer, was assaulted when prisoner Evaristo Castillo, 25, took the keys from his hands during a dinner tray removal. Two trusties overpowered Castillo and recovered the keys. Cade required stitches for head wounds and was to return to duty. Castillo faces $4,500 bond on DWI and assault charges.
Australian unions organize donations to relief funds in Sydney aiming to support communities facing hardship. The effort gathers multiple unions and charitable groups to channel assistance to affected residents.
Gov. Jack Campbell will dedicate a historical marker at the Texas New Mexico border on January 9 commemorating the 1850 boundary settlement. The site lies about four miles west of the 103rd meridian and 32nd parallel intersection, reflecting cooperation between West Texas and southeast New Mexico.
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