Should I switch from preferred stock to bonds for income
Sam Shulsky advises that preferreds offer advantages for small investors. They trade in small amounts, pay quarterly dividends, and may yield 6.5 to 7.5 percent on rated issues while priced below call level, offering potential capital gain if rates fall. He notes bonds would only marginally increase income and require selling costs.
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Alcoa
Armco
Duquesne Light
Aluminum Co
Duquesne Light’s
Financial World Magazine
Atlantic Richfield
Cincinnati Gas and Electric
duPont
General Motors
Gulf States Utilities
Standard Brands
Union Electric
Virginia Electric
Moms Taking Children to Work Demonstration Planned Nationwide
Organizers seek 100000 mothers to bring children to work on April 10 to protest proposed day care budget cuts. Rep. Patricia Schroeder will attend with her 2 year old daughter Jamie on the House floor. A “wanted” ad will locate the item. Dial 398-8234.
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Dial
Lean Years of Prison Showed in Hungry POWs
At Clark Air Base in the Philippines a five page hospital study reports 594 American and allied prisoners of war who were near home left with heavy appetites. They consumed 852 pounds of steak and 1558 pounds of beef plus large amounts of chicken bacon eggs and other items. They received 326574 dollars in payments and spent about 145000 at the base exchange while placing 2710 family calls and receiving 373 pairs of glasses.
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Clark Air Base
Philippines
Governor Dies in Paris at 79
Paris report says Gen. Jacques de Grancey, governor of Les Invalides monuments and old soldiers home and hospital, died Friday at age 79.
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Paris
Jacques de Grancey
Les Invalides
Caryatid Found in Sicily Dates to 400 B C
A 71 inch tall draped female caryatid from Monte Tato in Sicily dates to 400 B C and is built in three stone blocks weighing about a half ton each. Found near a Greek theater, the statue marks the oldest sculpture unearthed in Sicily in 2,400 years, according to excavation director Hans Isler.
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Palermo
Sicily
UPI
Monte Tato
Hans Isler
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