Mixed early trading on stock market today
A quiet mix of gains and losses persisted in early dealings with small changes. General Electric rose on 3,000 shares to 43, Radio Corp. up on 4,300 shares to 285 ½, while Bethlehem Steel Chrysler Phelps Dodge American Cyanamid American Can Santa Fe and Eastern Air Lines gained. Declines showed for Studebaker Douglas Aircraft Kennecott Du Pont American Tobacco New York Central and Sinclair Oil.
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New York
General Electric
Radio Corp
Bethlehem Steel
Chrysler
Phelps Dodge
American Cyanamid
American Can
Santa Fe
Eastern Air Lines
Studebaker
Douglas Aircraft
Kennecott Cooper
du Pont
American Tobacco
New York Central
Sinclair Oil
Atlanta Produce Market Receipts Mixed on Thursday
On the Atlanta fruit and vegetable market receipts remained heavy with trading fair on Thursday and moderate Friday morning. Georgia bulky peaches sold 1.00 to 2.25 per half bushel, best higher, U S No 1 2.50 to 3.60. turnip greens 15 cents per bushel, fair turnips 1.00 to 1.25 per dozen. mustard greens 1.00 per bushel, collards 75 cents per dozen. Georgia squash 1.00 to 1.50, butterbeans 2.00 to 2.15 per bushel, field peas 1.25 to 2.00 on crowders, Georgia bell peppers 0.75 to 2.25.
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Atlanta
Georgia
U. S
North Ga Poultry Market Edges Up Amid Strong Demand
North Georgia live poultry market shows prices generally 1 cent higher with heavy demand absorbing offerings. Heavier weights limited with marketable birds in short supply. Prices paid over the last 24 hours ending 10 a.m. today vary for broilers at farms and plants.
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Atlanta
North Georg
Pri
Tively
New York Cotton Market Brief Signals Slight Higher
The note indicates a cotton market update from New York at 3 minutes before midnight, with prices around 80 cents and quotes for March and December futures. It references July, October, and sales figures in a terse, damaged OCR format.
Packer Hog Market Reports Large Georgia and Southeast Receipts
June 18 1954 packing reports in Thomasville and other Georgia markets show 136 cattle 300 calves 2450 hogs at major plants in Albany Moultrie Thomasville Tifton Dothan and Jacksonville plus Chicago and North Georgia cattle data. Hog prices range with 180-240 lb barrows 21.25 21.50 and sows 14.00-17.50 while 160-180 lb hogs fetch 20.50-21.00 and 140-160 lb 19.00-20.00. CHICAGO reports firmer but uneven gains. North Georgia auctions note slower trade and lower calves and stockers with steers 18.00-20.75 and calves 14.50-17.75.
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Thomasville
Albany
Moultrie
Tifton
Dothan
Jacksonville
Fla
South Ga
SE Ala
Chicago
North Georgia
Atlanta
Kiwanis Vote Grants 100 Dollar Scholarship to Birdwood College
Kiwanis Club leaders approved a $100 scholarship for Birdwood College pending college acceptance. President E C McDaniel said the donation aims to foster friendship with the college and aid its junior college start. The prize will be administered by the college with Kiwanian cooperation, marking a first for the Thomasville group.
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Birdwood College
Kiwanis
E. C. McDaniel
Kiwanis Club Board
McDaniel
Primitive Baptists
Thomasville
Queen Elizabeth Narrowly Escapes on Horseback
The London Star reports Queen Elizabeth II almost hit a telephone wire while riding at Ascot. Her husband the Duke of Edinburgh on a faster horse alerted her, and she ducked under the wire to safety before joining Earl of Roseberry and others trackside.
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London
London Star
Elizabeth II
Ascot
Star
Elizabeth
Duke of Edinburgh
Duke
Earl of Roseberry
Thomasville Backs Civil Defense Center at VA Dam
A Thomasville delegation led by the mayor and city officials reassured readers that the town supports the Civil Defense installation at the VA Dam. They cited local backing, lack of danger from bombs, and the center’s protective value and wartime readiness, acknowledging editorials misinterpreted statements.
Physicians at Chest Meeting Debate Cigarette Link
In San Francisco the American College of Chest Physicians declined to name cigarette smoking as a definite cause of lung cancer. After two hours of debate, the group adopted a resolution calling for more research before any single agent can be implicated.
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San Francisco
American College of Chest Physicians
Portrait of Hon. Henry G. Turner For Brooks Library
A portrait of Hon. Henry G. Turner was presented to the Brooks County Library in Quitman on the fiftieth anniversary of his death. Claude Harrison painted the work, copied from an original by a Dutch artist. Turner's daughter Mrs. Sam Bennet of Albany owns the original. Turner, born in North Carolina and educated at the University of Virginia, served as a Confederate captain, later in the Georgia legislature, in Congress for fourteen years, and as Associate Judge of the Georgia Supreme Court before retiring in 1904. He died in Raleigh, N C, while en route home from Johns Hopkins, and was once mentioned as a possible Democratic vice presidential candidate.
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North Carolina
University of Virginia
Turner
Brooks County
Gettysburg
Quitman
Supreme Court of Georgia
J.V. Turner
Raleigh
N.C
John Hopkins
South
Turner County
Two Air Force Pilots Killed In Georgia Jet Crashes
Atlanta report details two Air Force jet crashes in Georgia leaving three pilots dead. In Valdosta near Boston a trainer crashed during a practice instrument flight killing Capt. John Harpster 30 and 2nd Lt. James Rogers Simmons. The second crash near Commerce cited engine failure with a student pilot found in the wreckage.
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Atlanta
Air Force
Georgia
Critter
Boston
Commerce
Moody Air Force Base
Valdosta
John Harpster
James Rogers Simmons
Monroe
Harpster
R. L. Simms
Zoning Board Rejects Filling Station Permit
The Zoning Board refused a permit to erect a filling station on the Wise lot at Jackson and Love streets. A petition from residents opposed the alteration of zoning regulations. John Hicks was allowed to add a small rear room to his home amid protest attendance. A petition against the filling station was filed by H. D. Adams of Sinclair Oil Co.
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Wise Lot
Jackson and
Love Streets
John Hicks
H. D. Adams
Sinclair Oil Co
Land Condemnation Hearings Continue Over Flint River Dam
Judge W A Bootle of the U S District Court kept hearings going on the Woodruff Dam cases. The Estes case finished this morning and West was called for adjudication over the price the government will pay for lands along the Flint River for the dam project. Next week will shape the program as he hopes to clear all such cases.
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W. A. Bootle
U. S. District Court
Woodruff Dam
Estes
Flint River
Bootle
Turner Family Named Georgia Link and Local Members
Georgia is named for him. Judge Turner’s daughter Mrs Sam Bennet resides in Albany and his son Hon 8 M Turner is in Quitman. Another son Henry Turner died here seven years ago.
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Georgia
Judge Turner
Sam Bennet
India Turner
Albany
M. Turner
Quitman
Henry Turner
Minor Wreck Reported at Clay and Madison Streets
At about noon yesterday a wreck occurred at the corner of Clay and Madison streets. Mrs. Dick Truett drove a Cadillac into another car driven by Roy Eflen Nelson as both stopped for a red light. No injuries reported and damage was minor. the incident considered a simple accident.
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Clay and
Madison Streets
Dick Truett
Roy Eflen Nelson
Local residents share visits and family news
Mr and Mrs Pearce Elking and daughter Mary Beth of Atlanta returned home after visiting Mr and Mrs Pat Farmer. Dr and Mrs M D Berman are guests of Mr and Mrs Harry S Feinveeg for a few days. Charles W Bolton of Pelham and three year old Carol Yvone Cox of Dixie admitted to Archbold Memorial Hospital. Mr and Mrs John Littleton Morris welcomed a baby daughter born June 17 at Archbold. Jim Ward and three sons of Miami visit Mr and Mrs Pat Farmer en route to Vogel State Park. Mrs Farmer’s relative accompanies them. Mrs Steve Malloy of Ochlochnee is a hospital patient at Archbold Memorial. Elizabeth Mallard, teaching in Atlanta, joined friends for a motor tour to the West Coast and Mexico for several weeks.
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Pearce Elking
Mary Beth
Atlanta
Pat Farmer
Charles W. Bolton
Pelham
Carol Yvone Cox
Dixie
Jim "Ard
Miami
Vogel State Park
North Geogia Mountains
Rmer
Steve C. Malloy
Ochlochnee
Archbold Memorial Hospital
Elizabeth Mallard
West Coast
Mexico
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