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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1969
Page
9
Steel magazine projects January shipments at 8.4 million net tons, matching the October peak, with advance orders up about 10 percent from December. Factors include tin plate demand and a February price hike, while imports and government restraints will shape next year’s total.
A column by Roger E. Spear discusses broker custody risks and insurer payouts for stolen certificates, urging a central depository and in‑name certificates. It advises uninsured high risk bets are unwise for a 2‑income family with six kids and $7 000 yearly, and recommends building savings first, then long term investments via mutual funds or the NYSE Monthly Investment Plan.
Market at 11:00 A.M. lists numerous listed firms led by American Airlines American Can and Anaconda Copper with mixed percentages. Slaughter lambs strengthen to 40 higher. ewes steady with prices for wooled lambs ranging 25 to 28 dollars and pens at 5 to 9 dollars.
Dayton livestock market shows hogs at 210 to 230 for Nos. 1 and 2 around 26.15 to 26.40 with dosing figures, sheep at 240 to 250 and 25.65 to 26.15, other beef and hog categories priced from 21.00 to 23.25 with ranges broad across lots from 275 to 475 and up 21.00.
USDA reports brisk cattle trade in Cincinnati with steers and heifers up to 25 higher while cows and bulls rise modestly. Calves steady with prime top at 44.00, hogs open steady then weaken, barrows and gilts near 27.35 to 27.75, sows 21.50 to 23.00, boars 19.00.
Ohio and Indiana price data show eggs delivered to major Ohio cities with carton sizes Large Medium and Small. Prices for consumer grades include U S grades with minimum 530 case lots. carton Large A white 69 to 75 cents, Medium 67 to 74, and Small 45 to 51. Farm poultry prices list fryers 14 to 16 cents per pound, hens heavy too few, light 10 to 11.
New York AP Barbra Streisand’s bid for a $240,000 Park Avenue cooperative apartment was rejected. Thomas A. Halloran, a board member, declined comment while a London newspaper cited residents objections to flamboyant Hollywood types. Halloran’s wife defended the report as largely true, noting the building is conservative and home to bankers and lawyers.
The stock market opened higher in active trading in New York. Advancing issues edged declines as analysts weighed Dow risk below 800 and potential recovery to 820 830. Early movers included Gulf Oil down 30%, Philips Industries down 23%, Benguet up 14%, Santa Fe down 25% and Detroit Edison down 22%.
At Jefferson Davis Memorial State Park elevators carry visitors to the top of the world’s highest concrete obelisk offering a bird’s-eye view of western Kentucky.
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