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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1960
Page
1
New York stocks moved higher in mid day trading with gains in electronics chemicals airlines and electrical equipment while coppers fell on weak earnings from Anaconda. Steel demand improved as reports suggested a bottoming long decline. Dow was up 7.10 at 609.72 and the AP index rose.
Hog receipts for a three day period ended May 9 1960 at plants in Albany Columbus Moultrie Thomasville Ga and Dothan Jacksonville Fla plus Chicago and North Georgia cattle prices. Prices show U S No 1 2 barrows 190-230 lb at 15 25 15 50 in Georgia and 16 50 16 75 in Chicago with various weight grades and sow values noted. Cattle prices steady to lower in Gainesville with slaughter steers 19 50 24 75 and stocker calves 17 50 22 20.
Poultry offerings slightly short at several points with demand good. Prices today at farms 17 to 18 cents per pound. Saturday prices for broilers and fryers 17 to 19.4 cents. Hens, heavy type too few to report, f o b plants 33 to 24.15 cents.
ATLANTA PRODUCE ATLANTA AP Light trading noted in Atlanta with assortments and prices. Turnips price two dollars per dozen while greens range from one fifty to two dollars per bushel. Strawberries ten dollars per twenty four quart crate and celery around two thirty five to two fifty per three dozen crate.
Episcopal rector Dr. James W. Kennedy preached beneath a rainy sky to about a dozen damp passers by outside the Episcopal Church of the Ascension at 10th Street and 5th Avenue. He noted the Yankees were playing and said there was no reason to call off the service.
The clues span across and down entries including Sweetsop Dowry mint plant ardor and more with various numbered entries and a final note on measures and names for a Saturday puzzle. It lists many varied terms from flora chemistry and geography to roles and objects across a wide grid.
Dr. Barbara Moore a 56 year old Briton halted overnight in Steamboat Springs as she continued a 3000 mile trek from San Francisco to New York City. British sergeants Mervyn Evans 33 and Patrick Moloney 37 who started April 12 from San Francisco reached Cheyenne Wyoming Sunday night and remain about 100 miles ahead of Moore.
Lifeguards rescued more than 700 swimmers as crowded beaches drew hundreds of thousands to Los Angeles and San Diego during 80 degree weather.
The Charleston Gazette poll of 108 WV Democrats seeking delegation to the Democratic National Convention shows 74 undecided or unwilling to reveal their choice. Twelve support Kennedy, twelve back Stevenson, two back Humphrey, four back Symington, and four back Johnson. the 25 vote WV delegation is unpledged.
The Thomasville Lodge 369 A F and M will hold a called meeting at 7 30 oclock tonight for conferring the Masters Degree. Worshipful Master N B Grant says several out of town Masons are expected and refreshments will be served.
Mrs. W. L. Logan formerly Lucy Parker of Thomasville died early today in a Gainesville Georgia hospital where she had been treated ten days. Funeral services will be held in Gainesville Tuesday. She was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. John F. Parker of Thomasville. Her sister is Mrs. Alice P. Joseph of Thomasville. Survivors include Dr. Logan a daughter Mrs. Harvey Wilson of Murphy North Carolina two sisters Mrs. Joseph and Mrs. Roy Autrey of Kissimmee Florida and three grandchildren.
In West Virginia Johnson urged party unity at a Clarksburg dinner while favoring Humphrey and Kennedy over Republicans. Texas precincts moved to control their June 13 state convention to name delegates to the Democratic National Convention as May 17 Maryland votes loom with Kennedy favored against Morse of Oregon.
Georgia AP contest honors Times Enterprise staff writer Sam Clarke for his Dec 18 1959 piece about Superior Court Judge George R Lilly sentencing Larry Logue. The judge claimed he helped raise the boy like a son as he handed down a 3 5 year term.
Lorraine Sessions 41 turned himself in at a Peoria jail on a bad check charge. He said he returned to Ogden Utah to face the charge so he could be home for Mother's Day.
The Georgia Chapter of the Soil Conservation Society of America holds its annual meeting at Rock Eagle 4-H Club Center near Eatonton on Friday and Saturday. Key speakers include M. T. Thomson, John P. Baum, Orrie Hanson, George H. King, and Emory C. Matthews with Dr. Elmer Sauer delivering the major address on Soil Water and People.
A Mississippi resident writes about recovering from rheumatoid arthritis rheumatism and bursitis enabling a return to active life. The message offers free information and provides a postal address in Jackson for contact.
An offer of a free book titled Arthritis and Rheumatism explains why medicines provide only temporary relief and promotes a non surgical treatment proven since 1919. Readers incur no obligation and are urged to write to The Ball Clinic Dept 3915 Excelsior Springs Missouri to receive the instructional volume.
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