Winnipeg Free Press

Monday, February 21, 1977

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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - February 21, 1977, Winnipeg, Manitoba 12 Winnipeg free press monday february 21. 1977 new York Richardson securities Ltd. Friday feb. 18, 1977 or cd Allied chem. Amerada Hess Amer. Motors 4% Farner. Airlines Amer. Tel Tel 65 Aramco Atlantic Rich. 56% Avon Bausch lomb Beatrice foods beneficial corp. Boise Cas. 30 Bristol Myers 65 Burlington nth Burroughs. 72vz Campbell soup 37vi Grain futures Caterpillar Eva Champion into. Chase Man. 31% Chrysler 20v2 coca cola 77 cons. Edison Crown Zellerbach 403s Dart Indus tires 3214 Deere co. Disney Dow chem. Eastman Kodak Elpaso Nat Gas 15% Exxon corp. 51 a Ford motor Gay corp. 12 Gamble Skogmo Gen elec 50% Gen. Foods 323a Gen. Motors Georgia Pac. Gillette Goodrich . 29% Goodyear tire Gulf Oil corp. Honeywell household Fin. Ism int i Harvester int i min. Int i Tel Tel Johns Mansville Johnson Johnson a Tel into. Kimberly Clark Lloyds elec. Mattel no Mcdonnell Doug. Minn. Mining Mobil Oil 1966 Nat. Cash Reg. Newmont Northrop Northwest Airl. Outboard mar. Pan am air. Penney . Penn life co. Philip Morris Phillips Pete Polaroid Proctor Gamble Ria corp. Dutch Safeway Schenley ind. Scott papers Sears Roebuck Shell Oil Standard Oil Call Texaco inc. Texas cult Union Carbide Union Pac. Corp. Uniroyal Winner ego Woolworth . Xerox corp. 22ve 45 a 20 i. 2931 735 233.8 50 a 26% 46 i 308 33 4v e 11 i us 29v 56v 45v 38% 24 i 24% 43va 71 be 38 Vul 50 23% 31 i 77 22 40 3v 37 72 50% 12 23% sov4 71v2 26 2w4 29 45 20 270 because contracts traded on the Winnipeg commodity Exchange Call Tor delivery after the february 1 changeover to metric they Are be ing traded in metric from the time they Are placed on the Market. This accounts for the difference in quotes. Friday february 18, 1977 open Winnipeg flax by 28800. Oats my 8610, by 8420. Barley my 9360, by 9400. Rye my 10310. Vancouver rapeseed in 30150. Chicago wheat my my 291, Jose Corn my my 265, by 270v.i, be 274v4. Oats my 179, my 177v2, by 171. Soybeans my my 746, by 753, a 745v2, be 719, no 702v2. Flax my by of no my by of my 9360 by of Rye Winnipeg 28630 28000 8610 8420 28630 28780 28200 28100 8590 8390 85co other Market quotations cattle produce monday february 21, 1977 vegetables cabbage Calif. No. 1 5d ibs 16.90 radishes Florida 36 of. Bag 4.50 tomatoes mex. 6x7 30 in. Case 11.75 Reen onions Calif. 1 Doz 1.75 potatoes Man. Reds 75 ibs 4.70 commission House prices butter non tend Erable eggs minimum prices to producers for ungraded eggs . Winnipeg As re ported by the Manitoba egg marketing Board effective feb. 14, 1977. Rade a extra large.69 Rade a Large .68 Trade a medium.61 a Small .42 Grade b .45 All poultry prices live no. 1 to pro Lucers delivering Winnipeg except Hicken Chicken Toronto Market 9350 9400 9350 9400 9400 9350 9410 under 3.3 Over 3.5 Over 6.5 10310 10300 10270 10300 315.e 33% by of to feed y of Vancouver 9600 10260 10280 10230 10100 9600 9490 9600 i under 5 5-6 13-6 moms. Broilers hens fowl Turkey .33 .33 .07-. 11 .07-.11 .22-.24 my Juse 30200 30180 30080 30050 29470 29430 28870 28740 29% no Thunder Bay rapeseed Grain Market 83v4 54 63h 75 40 a 27-4 61 10 5 8 51 26v2 45% 25v. 4% 42vi 308 59% 35tt 533.4 2 i 18vi my by Chicago 79350 28500 my 284v2 my 296 Jose 310 my my by 271 Viz 281 28944 297 304 2734 264 a 26vv, be 273 Oats my 179v2 my 177v2 176 by 171v4 i70v4 be 168 166v2 my 748v2 739vi 752 753 747 720 704 my by a 745 746 742 715 284v2 295 310 258v4 271 274 a 179vi 177 171 750 752 747 719 702 291 298 305 258v2 264vj 270 i 2733.i 179 176v4 171 167v2 741 747 748vi 745 719 703 49j4 10 i j6 it Montreal Gold futures Richardio i securities lid. Monday. February 21. 1977 Aio corp baroque can nil prov to Virdier Mew lid Bronco can cd4 Dyn charter a cold Luiu Rev . Lundi. A trades on the Winnipeg commodity fax change Friday 4co-ounce High Low a Tours. Apr i3j.io 137.60 137.ho july uv.60 139.m 139.00b oct 141.jo ho.70s Jan 143.406 143.904 i42.40d apr 145.20 144.to 144.m Ofiu Rwy i volume j2 contracts. 100-ounce res 2i.20s 36.200 metro May 12s.40b 1m.oo 137.80 j gun l Star Auy 140.40 140.3041 Hudson a Bay nov 142.000 to 143.70d pm met a volume 20 Moli Oft 8 Dom Boldoe Doin Glan Donohue Bro. Dupont of cd Coll London Mon Day s closing Gold prices in . Dollars per ounce. London 137.35 Paris 138.13 Frankfurt 137.51 Zurich 137.025 Honn Kons Holiday Moison pid i Montreal Trull Redden digest a Leinberg a l Superior elec velcro Zellers 70 3cob Sld 851 Lett 19 155 6b 23 4 27b 16b 12 to 350b lib 14 4 55b 8- to 325 h a 3000 7 4b 3mjo in 180 7--.0 i3ta 11j 6b 33 4u in 8sb 350b lib is 320b Canadian Stock a Chance i scroll Oil 30 i 45 30 a invest in Canada s real estate Market. Get full details on the flexible High yield com Cap mortgage fund from the Commerce capital Trust Branch nearest you. Commerce capital Trust 349 Portage Avenue Winnipeg Manitoba r3b 2c3 204 942-8211 prices of Active grains made made Binal gains in moderate activity at the open of Trad ing monday on the Winnipeg commodity Exchange. Feed wheat and Thunder Bay and Vancouver rapeseed did not open. Prices of most commodities held close to previous Levels in mod rat activity at mid session monday on the Winnipeg commodity Exchange. Friday s volume of Trade was tons of feed wheat of Oats of Barley 3.980 of Rye of flax and of Vancouver rapeseed. Mid session prices Thunder Bay rapeseed May and july not quoted. Vancouver rapeseed mar. M cents higher 302.00 june 30 cents higher 300.koa sept. So cents higher nov. 1.70 higher 2n9.10b. K i a x May unchanged july 20-ccnb. Higher 2h.s.iki Jet. And nov. Not quoted. Veetal wheat May 20 cent lower july and oct. Hot quoted. Barley May unchanged u3.50a july 10 cents lower a oct. Unchanged 94.00 oals May to cents lower s5.ko july 10 cents higher s4.0ua out. No quilted. Rye May 10 cents higher i i02.70a july 20 cents higher i i 03 .00 b oct. Unchanged 102.30b nov. 10 cents higher 101.10b. Gillette earnings Boston Router _ Gil Citte co., a diversified con s u m e r products Inan fac Turer reported Here lower i earnings for the fourth quart j or and All of 1976, which it j blamed on foreign Exchange losses. I the company said it earned i slfi.020 cents a the fourth Quarter Down 18 per cent from 1975 s s19.695 cents a share. Sales advanced s.9 per cent to s394.2 million from million in 1975 s fourth charter. Stocks noon Toronto up prices dropped fractionally in Active raid morning trading on the Toronto Stock Market Mon Day. The tse 300 Index was Down 1.71 to with de Clines in All four of its most heavily weighted groups. Financial services fell 5.68 to 899.74, Oil and Gas issues 2.01 to Industrial products .07 to 902.74 and metals and minerals .04 to communications and Media stocks and manage ment companies led the remaining seven losers among the other 10 groups within the 14-unit composite Index. Gold pipeline and transportation issues gained. Volume of trading by 11 . Totalled shares compared with at the same time Fri Day. Declines outnumbered advances 91 to 77 with 1g2 issues unchanged. Among industrials Bank of Nova Scotia fell to Canadian Imperial Bank to Aquitaine i to 1ac Ltd. To and Canada packers c a to Asbestos corp. Was up to Ste co a 4 to g and h steel industries 20 cents to Canadian of c. D e n t a 1 Petroleum to and Union Gas a to Teck corp. B dropped to Northgate exploration 10 cents to Ard Denison mines to Camlo mines was up u and Canada Tungsten mining u to Ulster Petroleum fell three cents to 55 cents Sie Bens Oil and Las to and Canso Oil and Gas to sumac Oil Rose u to and ocelot industries a to Grain inspection cars inspected feb. 15, 1977 this or. Last or. Wheat 801 213 Oats _ 32 29 Barley 114 107 Rye 16 1 j flax 14 1 1 rapeseed 84 in others 5 grand total 10c6 352 Montreal Market contract wheat 724 cars foreign Exchange Montreal up Fri Day s foreign Exchange no Minal Selling rates supplied by the Bank of Australia Dollar 1.1350 Austria Schilling .0611 Belgium convertible franc -.0210 Bermuda Dollar 1.0400 Brazil Cruzeiro .0829 Bulgaria lev 1.0731 China Renmin i .5425 Columbia peso .0295 Czechoslovakia Crown .1900 Denmark Krone f r a n c c franc .2090 Germany Mark .4320 Greece drama .0290 Hungary forint .0459 India Rupee .1185 Italy lira .001180 Japan yen .003680 Mexico peso .0495 Netherlands Guilder .4140 new zealand Dollar 1.000 Norway Krone .1970 Poland zloty .0537 Portugal escudo .0335 Romania leu .20go South Africa Rand 1.1950 Span a peseta .01510 Sweden Krona .2455 Switzerland franc .4130 United kingdom Pound 1.7534 United states Dollar 1.0288 .s.r. Ruble 1.3g44 Bolivar free .2377 quotations i n Canadian funds. Montreal up prices were mixed in Light to moderate trading at noon monday on the Montreal Stock Exchange. Volume at . Est was shares compared with 12g.100 share s traded at the time Friday. The composite Index was off 0.20 at 179.20. Industrials were off 0.22 at 180.72, Banks 0.63 at 226.66 and papers 0.35 at 103.52. Utilities were up 0.06 at 146.20. Montreal City and District savings Bank was up 1% at Bank Canadian National at and Norcon Energy resources at Imperial Oil a was off i at and Bank of Montreal at among speculative issues scroll Oil and Gas was off one cent at cents on a volume of. Shares traded. Cash Grain Friday february 18, 1977 Lakehead wheat Board prices . And class 2 wheat cd. Or. Cd. No. 1 red no. 2 Northern 1 am. Durum 2 am. Durum 321u 3 am. Durum 315w 4 am. Durum 2 . Sex. 3 . I 3 . I sex. 1 feed i1 feed 2 feed 3 feed i mixed Grain i Barley 1 . 6 Row 2 . 6 Row 1 . 2 Row 2 . 2 Row 1 feed 2 feed 3 feed Grain 309 a 167 164 162 140 137 134 129 302 300 312 310 220 205 33sv2 322v8 321 a 315 a 3091s 167 164 162 13d 132 a 127 a a total of 550 cattle 50 calves and 700 hogs were offered for Sale monday morn i n g at the Union Stock Yards St. Boniface. The morning s cattle receipts met a moderate to Good demand with and qua Lity considered prices were generally steady. Top Grade steers sold near steady with Quality and conditions being factored. Common and medium steers sold steady. Top Grade heifers sold at steady prices. Common and medium heifers sold at steady prices. The Market was fully steady. There were Isuf f i c i e n t bulls or Butcher calves on offer to establish quotations. A Good re placements sold lower com Mon and medium were steady. The 11 . Hog Price was 80 cents higher. Al and a-2 steers Over pounds to s35.50 under 1.000 pounds. To s33.50 common and medium. To Al and a-2 heifers Over 850 pounds to under 850 pounds. To common and medium. To do and d-2 cows. To d-3s and d 4s. To Good Stock steers calves Over 400 pounds to common and medium feeder steers Over 600 pounds to h o g sales to 11 . Ranged from to i the 11 Price Fri Day s average. On sales of 2.028 hogs. Winnipeg stocks Friday february 18, 1977 industrials Sid j acklus Corn 1290 Lack lds 2nd pad 1200 by of Mont 13 by of n s 20j5 Bird const 43.90 can Dev 8 pet b pad 101.50 can Imp by of comm 24 75 fed ind a 5.% Fidelity to finl enter 340 finl ent Ltd mtg units 1000 i it West of Assn 5275 in b co 16.50 i int qty Gas co int qty Gas 2nd pad 14 00 int qty Gas b pad int qty Gas was b 3.70 invent inv Gap 4.25 inv Gap a 4.50 inv Gap 5 pet pad 14.50 j lab conv a 16.50 j lab a pad 16.% asked 12.50 13.00 13.75 20.% 54.00. 101.% 24.y. 5.% 3.25 a 10.25 53.50 16.% 15.50 16.25 3.75 1.65 6.% 15.00 16.75 17.00 29.00 17.50 25. V. .80 Monarch of. 27 00 Nat to co 17.25 Ryl by of cd 2500 s mpg Ltd .50 Tor Dom 6k 17.75 Tryr bldg Assn 45 50 train Ltd. 70c pad train Ltd co 1.40 1 50 j Tryda p l Ltd Inq is to i Tryda p l 2.80 pad 34.00 34 25 Tryda p l 2.75 pad 72.00 Tryda p l 2.65 pad 43.00 44 00 Tryda p l 4.50 pad 55.00 56.00 Ltd can so 12.00 Ltd Gnu or was a 11.75 Wester Ltd pad 14 50 Wester Ltd c a 71 to 24 00 Westel Rosco Ltd 1225 mines and oils Bio asked Dickson car .15 25 pet Romines in n Page ave Gold in "25 space sir res stall Lake mines .26 .35 trans tide industries .03 Trudale exploration .17 .20 Rock Ore exploration 55 60 x indicates Odd lots Mutual investment shares net quotations Vancouver Richardson securities of Canada monday february 21, 1977 1.17 4.63 4.06 5.35 15.40 2.75 10.75 5.g3 5.12 6.68 x n 5.0t 11.75 437 7 to j 24 limited by 302 312 310 Plant Abandons production Montreal up mean Sellers and chemicals Ltd. Will not reopen caustic chlorine Plant in Lon quiere tie. Closed since the end if a 5 m o n t h strike that caused million in damages. The company said Here in a statement that the decision to abandon production was also due to the High Cost of meet due to the High Cost of meeting anticipated govern m e n l environmental stand Ards which would make competitive operation of the Plant the Plant employed 80 peo ple before the strike which began june 3. Employees Nave been relocated in other company plants. Tobacco company profits up Winston . . Renter j. I Yil Olds Liulin strips. Inc., a diversified tobacco of Dkl and transport cd Inphany has profits for the fourth Quarter and All of 117c. For the Quarter. Reynolds said it earned Yew Millio i or si.92 a share s1.7b fully diluted up 18.5 per Cut from fourth Quarter earnings of s75.1 dollars a share reve nue.-, Rose 21 per cent to billion from s1.c7 billion. For 197h, earnings Rose 5.2 per cent to million or s7.4s a share diluted from s32r.5 a share reve Nues Rose 19 per cent to billion from billion. Local terminal Ilo Eki sub acct to confirmation cd . 8u-h t x. 3 . . i to. I Hujo i i red i Trad 1 . Row 2 . 0 Row 1 . I run . 2 Row 1 2 3 to Fril Ryt 1 . 2 . 3 . . Lra oly i 2c.w. 3 . H440 it 190 6700 or cd d820 8820 8820 8820 8470 8170 6700 industrials of by i Canberra Dev Cornat Indus Daon Oev Fidelity Trust Field stores it Nai land a Roure Mem cd Loit arc into Hydro n w Sporri via Wiiri o o mines oils or cd 2p.4 15 500 ,4 300 t 73 Tco Juji 14 we 19490b Liob i i to Aero fund Amer growth and invest. Fund corporate investors Eaton Ltd i grouped income i estors growth fund investors int i Mutual i investors Mutual i provident Mutual fund 1 prov St fund notice scope resources i order of the Manitoba securities com Mission the suspension of trading in the shares of Scop resources limited has been extended until such Tirry As the comparative interim financial statements of the company for the six month period ended 30th. Have neen distributed to shareholders and filed with the commission we steel Rosco limited declared a dividend of 27 2 per Chart payable March 15th, of record of Brul 2ith. Sex dividend february Salks Bird construction 275-50.00 Rock Ore exp. 500 .60 b.li.75 invent Onici 400-1. To i3j50 13j50 9200 no 100 .10 1c040 8690 b290 28130 no. 1 can no. 2 can. I ulily what feed 24430 in lore Vancouver 28800 27.190 9800 10100 Barrier a Fri ban Uris Nur of b Nal if. inn ice Kynn Pel Copper f oppor Lake Cor aka of Cpl to prom kff1 lid Allar m mine slate. vent 8160 pi.imi-. P Samba Silver Sund sonic Kay simper to nil a Privitt Sil m Milliie ii res uld fort Copper metals 12080 Juso 9230 9460 woo 28180 37900 24100 28633 27320 9990 175 440 .1 131 Ico 10 35 13 350 10 Joma 450i ih4 601 10 730 10b .1706 330h 1 Job 58cij year ended dec. 1976, is 1.051.000. 5-1.71 a share s3.0s. F r a s e r companies Ltd., a Tel International months ended dec. 1976, a loss no share Fig ures available 1975, a . Commodity prices the permanent member Canada Deposit insurance corporation congratulations to Ellen Haugsven Eileen Lewis. Sales manager of the fort Garry Branch of the Perma nent is pleased to congratulate Ellen Haugsven for her outstanding sales performance with the com Pany. Ellen has achieved great Suc Cess and is a valued member of the permanent. For proven services and sound real Estale advice. Ellen invites her Many friends and acquaintances to visit her in tier office at 1325 Markham Road in the Waverley Plaza. Fort Garry 269 8140. Or she May be reached at Home 452-9431. The permanent wishes to take this Opportunity to thank Ellen for a Job Well done and to wish her continuing Success in tie future. Small car service Toyota Volks Honda Mazda Volvo Pinto Chevetta Dat Sun w Pinto wheel alignment minor tune up on any sub compact w.0s Paffos Gladstone motors 761 Portage ave bid and asked Lions on stocks no 8 c Arrow 10 d 12 Estop 200 5 lavrnd450 29 e 51 63 Supavc 193 200 is. Prices in a 4 Beau 1 7 175 190 45 .4 4 irs i. N new s40v2 20 Sefl j 12 and p 21 to 245 22 4 15 bid p 6 adv 85 it 220 125 i 50 s5 s 5 a abit 10 Kurt 415 diver 205 a 125 490 is 345 p 125 20 7 10 13 Acme 4 16h i p 47 13 -. 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N 1 May beef cattle apr i in Jun aug oct new York Silver May jul sep 165.90 161.90 15750 885 2870 887 4190 4200 892 Low 5760 5055 4770 65.8 66.7 67.7 163.60 158.20 154.15 875 3830 860 4077 4175 879 459.5 464.5 469.0 457.5 462.9 467.2 5670 5075 4775 66.0 67.1 68.0 164.50 158.75 154.75 884 3850 885 4097 41sc 390 458.3 463.0 468.0 London Mon Day s i Iii mix ii tyls bid ask in pounds Sterling metric ton Silver in Pence per Iroy ounce. Copper _ spot 833-833.5 futures tin spot u 403-404 fun Luis Zinc 415.5-415 futures 1.5-432 Silver spol 267.7-268.0 three months 276.3-276.5 noon Dollar Montreal . Dollar in terms of Canadian funds at noon monday was noun i in at si.0308. Pound Merling was Down u-50 at si.7575. In new York the Canadian ;