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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1963
Page
14
Wall Street stocks showed a mixed session with the industrial average at 760.08, down 2.87, rails at 177.52 up 0.24, and utilities at 137.86 down 0.50. Trading volume reached 670,000 by 1 p.m. and 2,830,000 overall.
In New Orleans the cotton futures market showed inactivity with prices at noon down from prior levels by 10 to 45 cents per bale. The list included contract notes for March May July October December and nearby positions with bids and declines recorded.
Produce: Live poultry prices for White Rock fryers 18 to 19 cents and fryers 23 to 24. Cheese: processed loaf 39.4 to 44.2 cents, brick 39 to 45, muenster 39 to 45. Butter steady. 93 score 57.34 and 92 score 57%. Eggs steady to firm. white large extras 42.2 and mixed large extras 41.0.
Approximately 90 percent of West Monroe taxpayers have paid 1963 taxes. City Clerk Harold Hill set Friday at 5 p.m. as the deadline for payments, noting postmarked mail by Monday morning is accepted without penalty.
The market moved in an irregular pattern with Kodak after ex-dividend dragging averages. The Dow 60 stock average fell to 760.17, down about 2.78 points, while the AP 60-stock average dropped .2 to 284.4 as oils showed a slight upside and airlines like Eastern Air Lines gained over 1 point in a year end portfolio shift.
USDA and AP notes hogs at 8 000 head with mostly steady bids across weight ranges, cattle at 13 000 with varied steers and heifers, and sheep at 900 slaughter lambs with steady to slightly higher bids. Prices listed for various weights and grades including stand ard and prime categories.
The Merrill Lynch 137 officers vote the auto industry as the biggest business event of 1963 per Investor's Reader. The year saw the president's assassination impact markets, Chrysler's major stock splits, SEC study, grain sales chatter, tax-cut progress, and a margin hike by the Federal Reserve.
The notice presents an extensive want ads index listing categories such as Legal Notices Lodge & Club Notices Card of Thanks In Memoriam Obituaries Monuments Nurser Child Care Lost & Found Automobiles For Sale Apartments For Rent Real Estate For Sale and more. It outlines sections including Employment Financial Services Homes andGoods.
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