Arkansas coal export deal targets Japan through 13 year term
The report notes potential coal shipments to Japan as Kansas City Southern, Garland Coal, and Sumitomo plan a new venture to supply 11 million tons over 13 years. Arkansas historically scarce in exports, while the U S Department of Commerce cites a 3 percent rise in coal exports in early 1967 to 234 million tons valued at $227.5 million, with Japan-bound coal up 61 percent.
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Arkansas
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U.S. Department of Commerce
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Garland Coal Co
Sumitomo
Department of Commerce
Farm Prices Fall 1.5 Percent in Mid September
Washington report says farm prices dropped 1.5 percent in the month ending September 15, marking a second consecutive decline after a spring rise. Costs edged higher, while retail food prices rose despite abundant crops and a slower farm price trend.
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Washington
UPI
Agriculture Department
The Week In Finance Market Speculation Rises
A June financial column frames stock market speculation as a rising phenomenon. It cites margin concerns, unregulated lending, and strong volume on exchanges, while noting Fed limits on margins and mixed signals from officials about future policy actions. The piece discusses the impact of credit and the view that higher margins could curb speculation.
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American Stock Exchange
Federal Reserve
Geo
Rge W. H. Kinney Jr
Arthur Carlson
Irving
Trust Company
Yardstick to Cater to Ladies Who Sew Opens Morgantown Store
A new shop named Yardstick opens at 114 High Street across from the Postoffice in Morgantown. Owners Jerry Kaplan and Don Goldstein offer a wide range of fabrics from plain cottons to Forstman woolens, plus sewing notions and bridal trimmings sourced from a New York buying office serving 200 specialty shops. The grand opening starts at 9 a.m. with free patterns and yardsticks for early visitors.
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Morgantown
High St
Jerry Kaplan
Don Goldstein
New York
West Virginia
Kaplan
Glassmen Seek Equal Wage Standards in Bargaining
The Glass Bottle Blowers Association AFL 310 said wage rate standardization will be a major bargaining objective nationwide. The union endorses equal pay across glass container, fiber glass, and plastics operations and plans to press manufacturers represented by the Glass Container Manufacturers Institute, which supply over 95 percent of U.S. glass containers, for standardized top-level scales. A three year contract expires early next year after a 1965 deal that ended a weeklong strike. Sales in the Fairmont Morgantown area fell one percent from January to July versus the prior year.
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New York
Glass Bottle Blowers Assn
AFL
Glass Container Manufacturers Institute
Ong
GBBA
Lee W. Minton
Fairmont-Morgantown
New York Times index climbs to 306.9 from prior week
The New York Times weekly index of business activity rose to 306.9 last week, up from 20.9 in the preceding week. A year earlier the index stood at 236.3. The table lists the index and its components, each adjusted for the long term seasonal trend.
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