Post Yale Rally Continues as Markets Edge Higher
The New York stock market extended its post Christmas rally amid an afternoon slide. The Dow rose to 762.95, the Associated Press 60-Stock average gained to 284.6, and the S&P 500 reached 74.44 as trading volume rose to 4.39 million shares. Airlines and chemical stocks led advances while Xerox and IBM moved wide. Bond prices climbed with government issues ahead.
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Associated Press
Standard and Poor
Pan American World
Eastern
American
United
Delta Airlines
American Crystal
Holly
Central Aquire
Alcoa
International Nickel
du Pont
Xerox
Polaroid
IBM
American Stock Exchange
New Products Highlight Modern Building and Auto Aids
Portable Building Components promotes Bi Pod prefab structures in New Brunswick with seven basic parts for 12 to 30 foot widths. Kapro offers choke cure aerosol cleaner for faster winter starting. Casella & Co. introduces a personal sampler to check radioactive dust exposure. Electric Products showcases a 100 watt iodine quartz lamp for night golfers. Union Carbide launches All American Weatherproof Lantern. Hendrix House releases 20 Best Job Application Letters. Monsanto sells rigid plastic siding that avoids chipping and peeling.
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Portable Building Components Corp
New Brunswick
N. J
Wheat futures firmer on government license to Russia
Chicago AP reports government licenses for wheat shipments to Russia firming the futures market. Old crop wheat and January and March soybeans rose about a cent. soybeans gained two cents at best. Soybean oil and meal strength boosted demand with short covering. Corn trades slow and mixed. wheat up 1/2 to 1 cent. March wheat at 2.845, corn steady, oats mixed, rye flat to up.
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Chicago
Russia
Board of Trade
New York Stock Market Advances and Declines Report
The 1963 AP stock summary shows advances and declines across the New York list. Figures include total issues, highs and lows, with numbers indicating market breadth and activity for December 28.
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New York
Younger Stars Take A License
Suzanne Pleshette and Troy Donahue obtained a marriage license in Los Angeles. They plan a 7:30 p.m. January 4 ceremony to be performed by Superior Judge Edward R. Brand in Santa Monica. Both stars are in their late twenties and it will be their first marriage.
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Los Angeles
Suzanne Pleshette
Troy Donahue
Edward R. Brand
Santa Monica
Pleshette
Donahue
Rome
Hog Prices Slide Amid Yearly Peak Hog Market Slump
Chicago reports the sharply falling hog market with price drops up to $1 per hundredweight as 13 000 head load hit the market. Prices for 200-220 lb mixed No 1 and 2 hogs at 15.75, 34-50 lb shifts for other grades, and sow prices down to 12.25 reflect the week’s large supply and broader livestock price weakness. Slaughter steer prices eased slightly on a large Friday run, with various weights and grades showing declines or steady levels. Lambs, bulls, and other categories followed with mixed results and higher trading in select lots.
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Chicago
Dow Jones Closing Averages Report
The Dow Jones indices close with 30 Industrials at 762.64, 20 Railroads 177.48, 15 Utilities 176.76, and a round of bonds and futures showing mixed moves. Trading volume includes 500 stocks, 131,100 rails, 38,500 utilities, and 65 stocks at 589 final.
Standard and Poor's Stock Index Report
New York December 27 Standard and Poor's 500 stock index data show Industrials at 78.64 with a 79.16 high and 78.29 low, Railroads at 40.21 from 40.53 high 40.07 low, Utilities at 65.90 from 66.13 high 65.48 low, and the overall 500 Stocks index at 74.44 with a 74.91 high 74.09 low. Net changes indicate small gains.
Khrushchev predicts U S exit from South Vietnam
Soviet Premier Khrushchev told Algerian delegates in Moscow that Algeria’s victory over France in Africa would be matched by the United States leaving South Vietnam. He praised Algeria’s Socialist government and welcomed their stance during a reception for Hadj Ben Alla.
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Khrushchev
North Africa
South Viet Nam
United States
Hadj Ben Alla
National Assembly
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Chou En-lai
Algeria
Mohammed Lebjaoui
Soviet Union
GOP candidates shift as Nixon gains in party poll
An Associated Press survey of 1,361 GOP leaders across all states shows Barry Goldwater leading as the strongest candidate 601 to 279 over Nixon, but Goldwater’s margin narrows from October after Kennedy’s assassination. Nixon rises with 286, while Lodge Scranton contend for nomination amid a widened GOP contest.
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John F. Kennedy
Goldwater
Richard M. Nixon
Associated Press
GOP
Lyndon B. Johnson
Arizona
Nixon
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Henry Cabot Lodge
South Viet Nam
Rockefeller
New Hampshire
Lodge
Scranton
Pennsylvania
William W. Scranton
National Committee
Kennedy
Tell Me Why winner named in Decatur Daily contest
Karen Sadowski of Southington Connecticut, age 12, wins the Tell Me Why Britannica Junior Encyclopedia contest announced in the Decatur Daily. Entrants sent questions to the newspaper for a chance at the 15 volume Britannica Junior set.
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Decatur Daily
Sound and hearing basics in the animal and human world
The text explains how sound is produced and perceived, detailing frequency, ear anatomy, and the path from sound waves to brain interpretation. It compares human and animal hearing, noting ranges such as alligators up to 4000 Hz and chimpanzees up to 30000 Hz, and ends with a riddle prompt.
Flowers Says He Will Rule On Flint City Status
Alabama Attorney General Richmond Flowers said a ruling on whether Flint City is a legal town and who can appoint or whether an election is needed will come within 10 days. Gov Wallace may appoint four councilmen amid unresolved de facto status and a grand jury probe.
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Flint City
Alabama
Attorney General’s Office
Richmond Flowers
The
Daily
Montgomery
George C. Wallace
Albert Brewer
Flowers
Leslie Doss
Dick Hundley
T. V. Day
J. W. Hogan
Quimby Nelson
Bob Schultz
James Robinson
Day
Sterling Sams
Carl Lee Howard
Howard
Morgan County
Rare White-Blotched Velvet Black Fish Identified
Rhodes University scientist J L B Smith identified a white blotched velvet black fish from the Indian Ocean as among the rarest in the world using a color photograph. The specimen died in an aquarium and was eaten by crabs after capture.
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Port Elizabeth
South Africa
Rhodes University
J.L.B. Smith
Indian Ocean
Negro Exodus Caution Noted
Cleveland AP reports sociologist Dr. C Horace Hamilton warns continued Southward Negro migration will disrupt social and economic plans. By 1980 about 54 percent of nearly 30 million Negroes could live outside the old Confederacy, with shifts toward the Northeast, North-Central, and West regions.
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Old Confederacy
C. Horace Hamilton
North Carolina State College
South
Northeast
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Hamilton
Calvin L. Beale
Department of Agriculture
Washington
U.S
Record walk of 121 miles set by C A Harriman in 1883
Riddle asks how soon you tire on a walk and notes C A Harriman covered 121 miles non stop in 1883 in California. The prompt offers a Britannica prize and credits today’s winner Valeria Gayle, 16, Kingston Jamaica.
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C. A. Harriman
California
Valeria Gayle
Kingston
Jamaica
Mexico May Gain Its 13th State
President Adolfo Lopez Mateos is set to visit Quintana Roo in April and sources predict the Gulf Coast territory will become Mexico's 13th state. The move would expand the federation and alter regional governance dynamics.
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Mexico
Mexico City
Adolfo Lopez Mateos
Gulf Coast
Quintana Roo
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