Decliners edge advancers in Wall Street stock market
Stocks were mostly lower as inflation worries eased slightly yet revenue concerns grew. The Dow rose 1.48 to 5719.2 while advancers trailed decliners 1,091 to 1,317 on the NYSE, with volume at 389 million. Nasdaq fell 10.32 and S&P 500 slipped 0.37 as computer shares lagged. Mortgage rates higher but existing home sales rose 1.4 percent in May amid end of quarter activity. Consumer confidence dropped to a five month low in June due to unemployment and business conditions.
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NEW York
New York Stock Exchange
NYSE
Standard & Poor
American Stock Exchange
May Home Sales Rise. Mercer County Sees Strong Local Demand
National Association of Realtors reports a 1.4 percent May increase in existing home sales, tying a record from 1993. Mercer County’s Lively Realty notes high local activity with an average home price around 60 000 dollars as demand remains tight. Regional data show sales gains in the Midwest and South, with higher mortgage rates lifting to 8.07 percent in May.
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Princeton
National Association of Realtors
Ron Lively
Lively Realty Company
Mercer County Board of Realtors
Lively
Mercer County
Tazewell narcotics task force funding renewed for 1996 97
The Tazewell County Narcotics Task Force won renewal funding for 1996 97, receiving 44754 from Virginia DCJS plus 14918 in local matching from Tazewell County and towns. The unit credits its success to interagency cooperation and highlighted recent Mackey Altizer marijuana indictments and cocaine cases along the Michigan Bluefield pipeline.
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Richlands
Tazewell County
William Puckett
Virginia
Department of Criminal Justice Services
Tazewell
Bluefield
Sadie Mackey
Tommy Altizer
Mackey
Altizer
Federal Drug Enforcement Agency
Internal Revenue Service
Criminal Investigation Division
Puckett
Mackey/Altizer
Michigan
Princeton 911 Blotter Details Suspicious Buyer and Domestic Battery
In Princeton on Reynolds Avenue a man posing as an antique buyer triggered a police report. Scottie Kidd, 46, of Mercer Street was arrested for domestic battery. Parole violator Barry White, 26, was jailed for parole violation with a revocation hearing planned. Joseph Brady, 25, Lashmeet, was arrested for petit larceny destruction of property and four counts of credit card fraud.
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Princeton
Reynolds Avenue
W.L. Harman
Scottie Raymond Kidd
Mercer St
T.A. Bailey
Parole Board
Barry Dale White
Charles Vannatter
J. Howell
White
Kegley Area
Resi
W.va
Joseph Eugene Brady
Lashmeet
K.E. Tawes
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