Lightning in Manhattan bolts rise from spires
In New York City, about eighty percent of lightning flashes are observed to travel upward from tall building spires rather than down, due to Manhattan’s intense electrical environment.
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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1960
Page
7
In New York City, about eighty percent of lightning flashes are observed to travel upward from tall building spires rather than down, due to Manhattan’s intense electrical environment.
Trading on Tuesday shows modest gains in some indices while others slip. The table reports stock values for several sectors with daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly figures, including highs and lows from prior years.
Stock prices listed for major companies in New York markets with numerous percent changes and dollar values. Firms include American Cyanamid American Tobacco Chrysler Coca Cola General Electric General Motors IBM Union Carbide and Westinghouse Electric among others.
Shipper demand remained slow in the butcher bag market as prices fell up to 3 cents a hundredweight. The tops slipped from last week’s peak to 17.85 dollars, with various grades and weights selling briskly at lower figures. steers and heifers showed mixed results, while spring slaughter lambs and cows posted lighter numbers.
The Associated Press notes mixed moves as the stock average dips slightly to 24.10, utilities reach a 1989 high, and the Dow Jones industrials end down after an early rise. Trading shows 8 of 1,233 issues up, with most sectors mixed and bonds firming in light activity.
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