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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1956
Page
10
The New York stock market opened with little change and subdued volume. Leading issues mostly held firm or edged small moves while nonferrous metals, steels, chemicals and oils rose slightly as several names advanced and others declined.
Receipts show moderate prices for vegetables and fruit at the Atlanta market on Yueaday. Turnip greens cost 1.00 to 2.00 per bushel, collards 2.00 to 2.50 per dozen, cabbage up to 2.95 per bag, peaches 5.00 per bushel, yellow crates of five dozen 1.90 to 2.00, pole beans 0.80 to 3.00, squash 2.50 to 9.09 per unit.
Estimated hog receipts at major plants in Albany Moultrie Thomasville Tifton Dothan and Jacksonville amid regional prices. Hogs show mostly steady to 25 cent gains with varying grades 190 240 pounds offered at 16.75 to 17.75 dollars and lighter weights from 15.75 to 17.00 with sows 10 to 14 dollars. Chicago hogs 9 000 receipts active and higher with 200 pound barrows 18.25 and 190 270 pound lots 17.25 to 17.75. Atlanta cattle and calves report mixed activity with steady to lower cattle prices and calves 16 to 18.50 for slaughter calves and stockers 12 to 16 for utilities.
New York activity at 11:46 a m lists July at 34.63, October 38.51, December 38.60, March 32.72, May 32.56, July 31.92 with some months unquoted and a 20 cent rise in bale price offset by a 15 cent drop in others.
Broilers or fryers market unsettled and weaker, 244-3% pounds at farms and 171 and 19 at plants. Hens quiet with too few sales to report prices.
Baltimore federal court found John Meckling guilty of negligence endangering life and property in the Levin J Marvel sinking near North Beach during Hurricane Connie. He received a suspended one year sentence with no fine. acquitted on a harsher charge of causing loss of life and property. The Coast Guard investigated the disaster and handed findings to a federal grand jury.
Police moved crowds from a public dancing event at Santa Rita Auditorium after reports of obscene exhibitionist behavior. Only a few participants were detained as officers screened attendees. officials warned dancing would not be tolerated.
President Eisenhower nominates Arthur Kline of Cheyenne Wyoming state judge to the Federal Power Commission to fill the expiring term of Claude L Draper. Kline 47 a Republican would succeed Draper who has signaled retirement.
Mrs. E. B. Porter wins a rug in a Steyermans sponsored contest by James Lees and Sons. A 9 by 12 tufted rug in a color she chooses will be presented to her. The five year term running until June 1951 is subject to Senate confirmation.
In Waycross Georgia the 91st annual Georgia Methodist conference reports Sunday school attendance up by 3 146 over the past year while church membership increased by 589. Total conference membership reaches 140 921 across 718 churches with church schools totaling 95 208. Presiding Bishop Arthur J. Moore notes limited support for a Wrightsville integration resolution and says the measure is unlikely to gain backing.
Cyclonic winds and floods in eastern India destroy more than 30,000 homes and affect thousands of acres. About 500,000 people are affected with over 20,000 homeless in Midnapore district, West Bengal. Ten thousand residents of Agartala are marooned by the Haora River floods.
The statement notes that Quly is one of New York City's five boroughs and highlights its position on the mainland of the United States.
A formal by the board adopts a price formula built on labor and feed costs buying power and related factors. The decision outlines how the new formula will be applied across vendors and adjustments for future economic changes. The move aims to stabilize pricing amid cost fluctuations and ensure fair competition.
The session featured questions on public power and natural resource issues as Alaska statehood moves forward. Seaton cited presidential support for immediate statehood, while discussions addressed development and territorial matters and the potential impact on national politics.
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