Dow Jones Falls as Market Week Slips
The Dow Jones industrial average dropped to 949.59 while AR 355.7 indicates a weeklong decline, signaling a weaker market mood with broader indices retreating.
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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1968
Page
3
The Dow Jones industrial average dropped to 949.59 while AR 355.7 indicates a weeklong decline, signaling a weaker market mood with broader indices retreating.
Advances topped declines in a Friday session with a milder down turn for the Dow Jones Industrial Average ending at 949.59 a drop of 19. The AP 60-stock average slipped .4 to 353.5 as volume eased to 12.65 million shares. Lionel led most active list up 1 percent on 222,800 shares.
TV listings for 7:30 PM ghost story Best Bets on Ghost and Mrs Muir with a nosy visitor thwarted by a ghost hunter, 9 PM Maid of Cotton Pageant live from Mobile Municipal Auditorium, 10 PM Uglyest Girl in Town with Tim in a kidnap hoax. Movie Help! follows, Beatles film from 1965 brings a zany London Alpine Bahamas tour.
Robert L. Raney is promoted to plant accountant at Monsanto Decatur, succeeding Joseph Snare Jr. James M. Lane becomes polyester and nylon intermediates cost accounting supervisor. Raney, a Decatur native, joined Monsanto in 1957. Lane joined in 1963 and moved from Pensacola to Decatur.
Approximately 75 music teachers attended the fall conference sponsored by Alabama Music Educators Association divisions at Calhoun Junior College and Holiday Inn Downtown. Speakers included John Davis and George R. Carlington with sessions on music education and European music tours.
Chakravarti Rajagopalachari, 89, founder of the Swatantra party, says big business leaders are timid and cowardly when facing direct government attacks, warning they are poor allies in opposing encroachments.
City planners reportedly imported pigeons to the newly established Brazilian capital Brasilia. The move aimed to establish a working urban ecosystem and provide urban wildlife for residents.
Male cats altered before six months show higher risk. High ash content diets and occasional canned dog food flavors may affect health. Vitamin A weekly may help bladder problems. Ensure constant fresh water. Frequent litter box trips with no results require medical attention. 10-12
Many households hold U S Savings Bonds with Uncle Sam totaling 150 billion sold and about 100 billion cashed for education retirement and purchases while nearly 50 billion remains invested. The program aims to support long term financial planning across neighborhoods.
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