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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1971
Page
3
Associated Press writer John Roderick reports from Tokyo on social changes in China focusing on fashion and gender norms as observers note limited skirt styles among Chinese women and discuss cultural shifts.
Sen. Fred Harris proposes July 14 as Woody Guthrie Day in honor of the Dust Bowl troubadour famed for This Land Is Your Land. Guthrie died in 1967 at 55 after Huntington's disease, but his music remains a U.S. heritage touchstone across generations.
The Topeka Zoo announced two American golden eagles hatched recently in captivity marking possibly the first such birth in captivity. In Casper Wyoming biologists report 12 of 16 recovered eagles, including bald eagles, were killed in Jackson Canyon over the past 10 days, likely due to poison set out by sheep ranchers.
The 2 p.m. Dow Jones average rose 6.25 to 938.80 as advances led declines 8 to 5 on the New York Stock Exchange. Investors bought in rails airlines motors and building materials as caution over currency eased and Scott Paper traded 533,300 shares at 25 to top the active list with Lockheed and Eastern Air Lines gaining. Eastern reaffirmed its 50 Lockheed TriStar order under a new contract with Rolls-Royce.
Interdealer prices as of 10 a m at Renton show NASD quotations. Prices exclude retail markups and markdowns. Market changes throughout the day reflect interdealer activity.
Cape Kennedy Florida AP Apollo 15 astronauts watched as Saturn 5 rocket began its slow three and a half mile move from the assembly building to the launch pad. David R Scott James B Irwin and Alfred M Worden stood at a viewing site as the 36 story tall rocket spaceship moved upright on a transporter at 630 a m EDT Scott called it a singular significant scientific exploration with more equipment than ever seen before and expressed anticipation for the flight.
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