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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1968
Page
12
Traders push shares lower as war scare headlines trigger broad selling across markets. Prices for commodities and currencies swing, with notable declines in several major indices and a cautious mood prevailing among investors.
The New York Stock Exchange sees heavy selling amid war jitters ahead of a long weekend. The Dow Jones industrial average drops 10.28 to 840.04 with volume rising to 11.85 million shares. IBM, Polaroid and Occidental Petroleum are among notable decliners while the day ends with broad weakness and a mixed tape.
A dense market barometer excerpt presents varied figures for stocks, rates, and securities across multiple entities. Names, percentages, and prices appear in a collage style, reflecting a broad but unreadable ledger of market indicators and instrument codes.
Zambia plans a conference with Chile Peru and Congo Kinshasa to discuss a Chilean bid for a new copper pricing rule. Officials and Altrust and Anglo American executives met in Lusaka to push for a council of copper producers to convene in Paris. The Chilean proposal would price copper at London Metal Exchange head price instead of quarterly forward quotes. The four nations supply over 70 percent of world copper exports and 40 percent of Free World production.
A last minute agreement averted a walkout by 16 500 GM workers at Pontiac Division in Pontiac Michigan. UAW negotiators secured a three year deal with wage gains and new benefits while Canadian GM plants faced a separate 23 000 worker strike. Local Pontiac settlement included brief protections and job bid rights, as talks continued in Toronto on a national contract covering hourly workers.
The Bell Telephone Co. recalls 100000 brand new phone books in Trenton New Jersey because the classified ads number listed for the Trentonian rival newspaper Times belongs to the other paper.
Standard Pressed Steel Co. of Jenkintown Pa said its board approved a 2 for 1 stock split and boosted the quarterly dividend. The split and dividend were approved March 15 for shareholders of record February 25. The 20 cent dividend replaces the prior 8 cent payout, payable March 8 to holders of record February 1.
A fragment notes that pre 1933 gold coins are considered collectible items. The text is incomplete and lacks context for dates or places.
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