Stocks Up Moderately on Mixed Friday Trading
The Dow rose 3.32 to 983.20 amid a 2 pm rally as volume reached 13.86 million on the NYSE. The market balanced gains with declines in several names, led by general weakness in some large caps while General Electric jumped 14 to 53 percent in brisk activity.
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NEW York
Bes and Downs New York
New York Stock Exchange
CCI Corp
Mattelinc
Patrick Peti
Puritn
AmrepCorp
General Electric
Superscope
NYSE
American Stock Exchange
Iowa Interest Sees Mixed Stock Market Readings
OCR fragment lists numerous company names and figures across sectors with percentages and prices. It resembles a stock table or market roundup from a 1970s Iowa page, noting firms like Texaco, Textron, UAL, Exxon, CocaCola, GM, Ford, and RCA alongside percentage changes and price data. The readable portion emphasizes corporate performance and market movement rather than a single news event.
Cedar Rapids hog market shown lower on butchers Friday
Cedar Rapids bid section shows hog prices for 200 to 230 lb butchers at 37.25 to 38.00 and packer sows 30.00 to 30.50, with declines for heavier weights and discounts for yield grades. Sheep quotes for shorn lambs 47.00 to 49.00 and wool lambs 43.00 to 47.00. Grain and precious metals noted with corn 2.28, soybeans 4.78, oats 1.70, and gold at 132.80 in London.
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Rolstonp
Rancom
Reviow
Reynin
ReyMet
Systron
Fay
Trwin
A Corp
Pany
Tandyer
Tektron
Texaco
TexEst
TimeMir
Timlin
UOP
PacCp Uniroyal
UnittBrands
Usgyps
USI
US Steel
Upjohn
WilimsCos
XeroxCo
ZoleCorp
ZenithRad
The
Associated Press
oCorp
Armco
BucyEr
BuddCo
Bulova
Flintkot
Caw Se
aPow
Ae Genesco Inc
Multe Uf
MAPCO
MeadCo
Melville
Wu GM
Nabisco
NatAirl
NatCon
Cedar Rapids
Sioux City Livestock
Sioux City
USDA
Des Moines
UPI
Midwest
Viking To Dig Deeper on Mars
Viking scientists in Pasadena plan deeper soil sampling on Mars, digging about a foot in the next tests. Two Viking orbiters and landers were silent from November 6 to December 20 due to solar interference, but contact with JPL is restored and experiments run through May 1978.
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Pasadena
Calif
Viking
Mars
Fred Brown
Earth
Vikings
Jet Propulsion Lab
Friday's Chicago Grain Quotations
The Chicago grain market quotations are supplied by Shearson Hayden Stone Inc showing price levels and market movement for grains traded in Chicago. Data covers futures and cash bids with prevailing bid and offer figures for wheat corn and oats.
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Shearson Hayden Stone Inc
Chicago
Clearing House December Debits Rise Over 1975 and 1976 Totals
The Clearing House reported December commercial debits of 785,223,714 versus November 671,329,840. The 1976 yearly total reached 7,844,834,521, while December 1975 debits were 710,572,861 and the 1975 total stood at 7,017,808,020.
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Clearing House
Grains Close Lower After Hedging Driven Selloff
Chicago commodities markets show wheat futures slipping about 2% as selling intensified in late trading. Corn and oats ended mixed with oats down around 1.4%, while soybeans fluctuated within a 7 cent band and finished uneven. In Chicago, butter prices held, retail figures unchanged, and Des Moines livestock trade softened with 60,000 receipts reported for Friday.
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Des Moines
Federal State Market News Service
Chicago
Board of Trade
AMC Chief Signals Possible Sale to Meet Wages Pressure
American Motors Corp. faces cash strain with lagging U.S. auto sales and may sell or mortgage assets to cover payroll. President William Luneburg cites loans and wage demands while defending executive raises agreed in 1975. He warns of more layoffs across Milwaukee, Kenosha, and Brampton and suggests extending the 1976 contract as a remedy. The union seeks a quick reply.
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Milwaukee
American Motors Corp
U.S
William Luneburg
United Auto Workers
Luneburg
AMC
Kenosha
Brampton
Ont
Pat Greathouse
UAW
Lune
Private Firms To Check All Future Dam Projects
An independent panel found the Teton dam failure due to an unfortunate design and a leaky foundation. The bureau will require private firms to double check designs for all major future dams, with hearings planned on dam-building procedures and safety measures.
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Washington
UPI
Bureau of Reclamation
Idaho
Teton Dam
Teton River
Los Angeles
Wallace L. Chadwick
Bureau
Gilbert G. Stamm
Stamm
Teton
Capitol Hill
Frank Church
Senate
Interior
Thomas Kleppe
Department
Aspen Lane Barricade Dismantled in Trial Stop Sign Plan
At Kennedy High School a meeting with Traffic Engineer Mel Meyer and Safety Commissioner Ed Colton led to a two month trial of stop signs at all three approaches to the Aspen Lane T intersection. Residents from Marine Circle and White Pine Drive voiced concerns and a permanent solution will be reviewed by the city council after further talks.
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Towne House Drive
Aspen Lane
Kennedy High School
Mel Meyer
Ed Colton
Kennedy
Marine Circle
White Pine Drive
Colton
Israel Losing Jews To U S Says Dayan
Moshe Dayan, former Israeli defense minister, told Austrian TV that Israel is losing many potential settlers to the United States. He noted the state has about three million Jews now, equal to New York's Jewish population, and said Jews find life easier in the United States.
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Vienna
Moshe Dayan
Israel
United States
Dayan
New York
Turner Asks $16,000 Raise For Iowa Attorney General
Iowa Attorney General Richard Turner told the salary compensation commission he needs about $45,000 to $50,000 a year. He argued his staff is the state’s largest law firm and that top private sector pay rises justify higher pay. Turner noted he currently earns $29,000 and cited politics as a factor in AG pay.
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DES Moines
Richard Turner
State Salary Compensation Commission
Turner
Commission
Iowa
Iowa Supreme Court
$60 000 Suit Filed in Cedar Rapids Bike Mishap
A Cedar Rapids girl seeks $60,000 in Linn district court through Sandra R. Sliger for injuries after being thrown from a bicycle on Leroy Street NW. The City of Cedar Rapids is named as defendant, alleged to have allowed large cracks and holes to develop in the street last August 12.
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Cedar Rapids
Leroy Street
Sandra R. Sliger
Linn District Court
Kammie J
Two Women Report C R Purse Snatchings
Police report two purse snatchings in the area with two white suspects. Lydia Heuser of Fifth Avenue SE says a bag was taken at 6 30 p m on Thursday in the 600 block. Barbara Hartson on K Avenue SW says her bag was taken at 4 30 p m on Wednesday in the 200 block of Third Avenue SE.
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Lydia Heuser
Fifth Avenue SE
Barbara A. Hartson
K Avenue
Third Avenue SE
Probation Granted in Embezzlement Case
A Reinbeck woman Kim Molstead 19 pleaded guilty to embezzlement from a Waterloo Savings and Loan and was placed on three years probation by U S District Judge Edward J McManus. She admitted taking 670 dollars and was ordered to make restitution.
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Reinbeck
U.S
Edward J. McManus
Kim Molstead
Waterloo Savings and Loan Office
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