Stock Market Posts Irregular Decline On Light Volume
A brief market rundown shows an uneven fall amid薄 light trading as Times reports local station times. BR notes 12:45 as a referenced timestamp.
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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1968
Page
10
A brief market rundown shows an uneven fall amid薄 light trading as Times reports local station times. BR notes 12:45 as a referenced timestamp.
New York AP reports a weak late trading session as the market failed to sustain an early gain. Volume dropped to 12.32 million shares from 13.46 million, marking the lightest turnover in a month and an irregular decline.
Stock market held a modest gain despite broad weakness with 777 decliners versus 603 advancers among 1,547 issues traded. The Dow rose 0.9 to 901.83 on blue chip strength while NYSE composites fell and major tickers like Xerox IBM and Control Data dropped on profit taking. Lehigh Valley volume led with 222,900 shares as International Paper surged and several industrials posted small gains. American and NASDAQ movers showed mixed results.
TV lineup notes color programming and key segments for 7:00 to 8:30 PM. Bill Anderson Show features Faron Young and Jan Howard in black and white. I Dream of Jeannie continues with Jeannie and Tony in episode two of a four part arc, involving a stolen safe and a wrecking yard aftermath. Showcase ’68 at HemisFair in San Antonio spotlights talent search with Bobby Vinton as guest and regional acts seeking national exposure. Tuesday Night at the Movies presents Sword of Lancelot with Cornel Wilde and cast, including a clandestine romance between Lancelot and Guinevere. repeats noted.
At 11:30 The Tonight Show features host Johnny Carson with top personalities in an hour and a half of entertainment.
A Bluefield truck with brake failure driven by Billy J. Neely 26 Owned by Underwood Asphalt slid and struck four parked cars on Highland Avenue. Police say Neely tried to overturn to miss Wade School students. Damages about 1000 and no charges filed. Neely treated for arm injury.
New York markets show approximate daily totals with stock sales around 12,320,000 and American stocks at 5,850,000 while bond figures reach about 14,350,000 as the day closes. The totals reflect overall trading activity in the New York financial scene.
The outlook suggests a pioneering year with delayed outcomes. Aries should act quickly on sudden offers and consider relocation. Taurus starts fresh studies and updates accounting. Gemini takes on extra work with new income ahead. Cancer seeks diversion amid busier days. Leo handles confidential matters. Virgo faces value conflicts. Libra sees career improvement by keeping things simple. Scorpio notes varied friend stories. Sagittarius anticipates windfalls. Capricorn should focus on partnerships and planning. Aquarius faces health checks and hard work. Pisces notes children reactions and light speculation.
Charles H. Goren analyzes a 1968 Chicago Tribune bridge hand in which South bids 4NT and 3NT after strong auctions. West leads a diamond, East disputes, and declarer fails to establish diamonds. The key point is whether East should win the first trick with the king to unlock dummy’s diamonds and make 3NT.
The clues list includes several crossword hints such as distant combining form and fishermen needs. entry numbers 9 14 15 20 22 23 24 appear among a scrambled set. The page presents a puzzle grid with across and down prompts and partial wordplay.
A wife recounts a vacation night club experience where a dancer sang to her husband, pulled him onto the floor, and shared a kiss, prompting embarrassment and a marriage dispute about his reaction and trust.
A reader asks if an ordained minister fiancé’s mother should preside at the wedding. Abby urges the couple to decide for themselves, suggests a compromise with a small role for the mother, and warns against starting the marriage on the wrong foot.
Vintage sewing ad notes Misses' dress pattern 9464 by Marian Martin for sizes 10 through 18 with bust 34, promoting a blithe cummer dress that circles the neck and drops the line. It lists price 5 cents plus 16 cents mailing, and directs to 242 West 18th Street New York for ordering.
A nursely column advises Mrs Z to persist with nagging a resistant husband to seek medical care to prevent coronary attacks and strokes. It argues that cooperation from spouses can extend health and life, noting a doctor cannot do it alone and explaining RO.A as right occiput anterior in fetal delivery.
A 37-year old Kentucky man, William Shultz Evans of Middleboro, died when his 1961 model car left Rt. 58 west of Ewing, struck a bridge foundation, and landed on the creek bank. The 11:55 p.m. crash unfolded four and a half miles west of Ewing in Lee County, Virginia.
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