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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1970
Page
7
Cincinnati AP USDA cattle and calf market update notes limited supply across slaughter classes with steady tone. Steers show a choice near 1,000 pounds at 30.50 while 800 to 1,100 pound goods range 27.00 to 29.00. Heifers in the 600 to 900 pound band quoted around 26.00.
Gray Drug, once a drug chain operator, has expanded into general merchandising and strengthened its discount department store presence. From 1964 to 1968 net income rose from 0.95 million to 4.19 million. Nine months into 1970 sales rose 11 percent but higher costs reduced per share profits, yet management remains optimistic for resumed growth as new stores open and volumes rise.
The document lists cattle prices for utility and commercial cows and bulls, calves and feeder cattle with May to Sep报价, hogs, soybeans, oats, sows, boars, and sheep prices. Notable figures include feeder cattle 309425, calves 39.00-42.00, soybeans 20.60 near 20.75, hogs generally 25 lower, and lambs at 27.00-28.00 with ewes 6.00-10.00.
Stock prices opened higher with NYSE gains outpacing declines two to one. Dow Jones average drifted within narrow bounds across recent sessions as top movers McDonald’s, Kresge, Litton, Upjohn, Lockheed, Phillips Petroleum, Consolidated Edison, Union Carbide, Telex, Goodyear and others showed varied early moves while the Dow ended Thursday down 0.68 points and the 60-stock average rose 0.8 to 249.2.
Ohio columns detail eggs delivered to major cities with price ranges for Large A and Medium A cartons, plus retailer delivery figures and U S grade classifications. It lists farm prices for fryers and hens, and notes potato price ranges, reflecting regional agricultural market activity.
Chicago grain prices moved on Thursday with Wheat futures showing mixed gains and declines. Sep contracts rose to 1.57 with a 1.58 percent change, while Dec and Mar fluctuated, closing around 1.507 percent and 1.65 percent respectively amid market volatility.
Burt Isaacs of 3372 Somerville Jacksonburg Road reported to Butler County police that vandals poured sugar into the gasoline tank of his farm tractor yesterday.
Police probe burglary at the Elks Lodge 920 Eighth Ave where thieves used a pry bar to loot whisky beer cigarettes and coins from vending machines. Value of stolen items undetermined. John Baker of 503 16th Ave reported the crime after discovering the break in. Thieves also tried to enter the main office but failed.
Columbus Ohio judge Leonard J Stern of the 10th District Court of Appeal was appointed by Gov James A Rhodes to serve as a justice on the Ohio Supreme Court. The move elevates a suburban Bexley jurist to the state’s highest court.
The U S Shoe Corp of Norwood Ohio won a 425 045 grant from the Labor Department to train and hire 618 jobless workers for permanent full time jobs. Trainees will work at facilities in Cincinnati Chillicothe Greenfield Harrison Ripley Columbus and West Union plus four Indiana plants and three in Kentucky.
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