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Newspaper
Sarasota News
Location
Sarasota, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1955
Page
2
Report notes St. Pete and St. Pete Clearwater markets show varying egg prices across sizes from small to extra large. Text also mentions consumer purchases and per cent rationing, with references to semanie and other garbled entries.
In a brisk session on the New York Stock Exchange investors pushed shares higher across steel, rail, chemical and auto sectors. General Motors climbed on news of a pact with the United Auto Workers, opening up five thousand shares at 101 and trading actively around that level. Chrysler edged up slightly after a similar start.
In Pittsburgh the CIO United Steelworkers plan to present demands for a substantial raise to 90 basic steel and ore firms. The Big Six producers paused talks to study the proposals while USW President David J. McDonald sets plans to push for more than nickels and dimes for about 600,000 members. Talks focus on 1960 wage issues and remain without set restart dates.
In Reading Pennsylvania a 40 car freight train narrowly missed the two year old Billy Mattson as he wandered on tracks. Brakeman Aloysious A Russell leaped from the locomotive and pulled the child to safety before the engine and ten cars passed over the spot. Both escaped with minor injuries and the parents expressed gratitude.
The Tampa poultry market shows good merchandise quality with adequate supplies. Hens are slightly weaker, live weights and delivered weights vary, with red dressers and dryers around 32 cents per pound and heavy reds 41 to 42 pounds up approximately .28 cents. White heavy birds around 4 pounds rise about .21. Light hens under 4 pounds mostly 15 and old roosters around 13.
Livestock market report from Chicago shows hogs at 8,000 head with steady to higher tone, early top 21 and bulk 17 to 20.75, sows 12 to 17.25, pigs 6 to 16.50. cattle 20,000 head steady to 50 cents lower, vealers 400 head steady with steers 23 to 25.75, yearlings 15 to 25.75, cows 12 to 16, bulls 11 to 16.50, calves 15 to 25. feeder and stocker cattle 17 to 21.50, stock cows/heifers 10 to 20. sheep 2,500 head steady with lambs 24 to 25.50, yearlings 10 to 21, ewes 3.50 to 6.00.
Soybeans led gains in Chicago trading as July futures climbed about 1 cent amid active buying spurred by a government crop forecast released Friday. Other grains fell and several soy contracts showed modest increases with Sept old at 281 and Jan old at 231.
State Marketing Bureau notes supply of vegetables moderate and demand slow with market about steady. Beans and green vegetables listed with price ranges per bushel or crate including Fordhooks celery Pascal cucumbers eggplant lettuce onions peppers radishes squash sweet potatoes and tomatoes with varied quality and certifications.
Mrs Mildred H Poorman 61 died Saturday night at Sarasota Memorial Hospital after four years in the area. Survived by husband Earle, daughter Mrs Robert Preston and others. Funeral at First Presbyterian Church Sarasota with burial at Marasota Burial Park. Admissions and discharges listed for local patients. Associated Press brief notices from Jacksonville Bloomington Philadelphia Duluth Rochester Pittsburgh report several notable deaths including Franklin Beddow Rolla Ramsey Walter Buck Josiah Green Robert Wilcox George Carlin.
BRUNSWICK Ga David Asa Sapp 82 former mayor of Avon Park Fla in banking and real estate business. LAKE WORTH Mrs Lillian V Stannagel 86 WEST PALM BEACH Mrs Em ily Jane Wenzell FORT MYERS Frank A Mc Mahon 59 former advertising executive and New York radio producer.
A 20-tank Fargo Grain Terminal 122 feet high collapsed yesterday dumping about 600000 bushels of grain to the ground. The $390000 facility, largest privately owned in North Dakota, left only concrete and twisted steel. Owner Joseph Eichinger noted a possible combustion, with roughly half the grain damaged beyond recovery valued around $1200000.
The Weather Bureau in Chicago reports morning conditions for international cities. Paris is 57 with cloudy skies, Copenhagen 52 and rain, Stockholm 54 and cloudy, Tokyo 6 and cloudy, Casablanca 15 and clear.
Florida will distribute Salk polio vaccine under a voluntary plan aligned with NCA recommendations. 38 percent of funds and vaccine supply come via county health departments while 62 percent go to commercial channels for paying families. Priority goes to first and second graders and to all under 19 as supplies allow, with NFIP first in line and strict record keeping by physicians and suppliers.
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