Market Drifts in Typical Transition On Wall Street
The Dow Jones average slid 0.13 to 791.51 as trading opened with a mixed to modestly lower tone. Airlines motors and oils led declines while rails and utilities posted small gains amid an edge for losers over gainers on the NYSE and AP 60-stock index up 0.4.
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New York Stock Exchange
Associated Press
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American Smelting
Hart, Schaffner & Marx
U.S
Continental Mortgage
Zayre Corp
Gulf Oil
Belco Petroleum
American Motors
Computer Sciences
Rite Aid
American Stock Exchange
Genge Industries
Adice Corp
Sargent Industries
Slick Corp
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AMERICAN STOCK EXCHANGE NOON PRICES LISTED
The American Stock Exchange releases noon prices for numerous issues including Aerojet Ark Best Cdn Javelin and others. Data notes show bid ask last prices, percent changes, and special dividends footnoted by symbol codes from 1969 1970.
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NEW York
American Stock Exchange
Aerojet
AO Indust
Ark Best
Arklgas
Atescorp
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Siam Ve Gen
Gt Basn Pet
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Hydromet
Vimp Oil
IT Corp
Kaiser
Lee Ent
McCrory
BM. Rege
Ormand Ind
Ric Inti
Saxon Indust
Statham
Syntex
Technico
Associated Press
New York Stock Index Brief at Noon
The AP reports midday moves in the New York stock market with minor changes across major indexes. Trading is subdued as investors weigh ongoing economic signals and corporate results.
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New York
Dow Jones Averages Mixed as Utilities Rise and Industrials Slip
Readers see a disjointed snapshot of stock movements with modest gains in public utilities and mild changes in industrial sectors. The data shows slight advances and declines across listed indices, reflecting fluctuating market sentiment.
Senate votes split on Carswell confirmation amid GOP splits
Senate tally showed 44 for confirmation 41 against and 11 undecided as key Republicans faced defections. Senators Mundt and Anderson were ill, Pell and Bennett were overseas, while Hatfield said no. The White House remained confident Carswell would be confirmed despite racial-views criticisms.
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R-S.d
Clinton Anderson
D-N.m
Southeast Asia
Claiborne Pell
D-R.i
Wallace F. Bennett
Utah
Nixon
Supreme Court
Carswell
Senate
Judiciary Committee
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
Judge Carswell
Haynsworth
Percy
Oregon
Mark Hatfield
U.S. Court of Appeals
Tallahassee
Nomins
FDA Criticized for Food Safety Failures by Nader’s Raiders
Investigators led by Ralph Nader allege the FDA has abdicated food safety duties, accepting weak industry evidence for additives, failing sanitation inspections, and concealing ingredients. They condemn harassment of Reich and call for stronger regulatory action.
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Washington
Food and Drug Administration
Ralph Nader
Nader
Raiders
FDA
Wilhem Reich
Reich
Government delays school desegregation plan amid cross-town bus routes
The department reframes McMillan's plan delaying a April 1 deadline to autumn and proposes the district work with HEW to craft a new plan. The appeals court debates remand with guidelines while noting 24,000 pupils already bused locally and cross-town routes for quicker desegregation.
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McMillan
Department
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Nixon
Circuit Court
Charlotte
HEW
Office of Education
Appeals Court
Is Court
Postal Pay Raise Cleared For Final Senate Action
The President seeks a 10 cent first class stamp with smaller boosts for other mail to fund a 8 percent postal workers raise and reduce the deficit. A House hearing on estate tax collection to help finance the plan is unlikely before late summer, as Mills cites budget concerns.
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Washington Congress
Nixon
Gordon Allott
R-Corp
Republican Policy Committee
House
Wilbur D. Mills
D-Ark
Ways S and Means Committee
Mills
Landrieu Democrat Wins New Orleans Mayoral Race
New Orleans mayoral winner Moon Landrieu, a Democrat, secured 94,055 votes to 65,323 for Republican Ben Denton. GOP gains included the legislature’s only member, while James R. Sutterfield narrowly defeated Theodore Marchand for a Louisiana House seat. May runoff set for Orleans Parish School Board race between Mildred Blomberg and William McNeal.
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New Orleans
Moon Landrieu
James R. Sutterfield
Theodore J. Marchand
Louisiana
Sutterfield
Mildred M. Blomberg
Orleans Parish
William C. McNeal
Cambodian and Vietnamese combat updates amid border fighting
Reports say Cambodian strikes occurred with two enemy deaths. Viet Cong withdrew from woods. In Chipou on Route One US B52s dropped over 1000 tons on base camps southwest and north of Svay Rieng. Dak Seang saw heavy shelling and a 1500 North Vietnamese unit rumored to move north for relief. Allied deaths rise to 40 government troops and 10 Americans. 4 Americans killed and 15 wounded in other actions.
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Chipou
Svay Rieng
Dak Seang
U.S
Weather Outlook North and South Carolina Forecast
North Carolina: Partly cloudy and warmer tonight with lows 44 to 52. Showers or thundershowers possible in the mountains late tonight. Thursday will be variable cloudy and warm with a chance of showers or thundershowers, clearing delays in the mountains late in the day. South Carolina: Partly cloudy northwest and fair elsewhere with cool tonight around 50. Showers possible Thursday. Extended outlook shows rain or showers ending along the coast by Friday morning with a chance of rain again in the mountains Sunday. Cool Friday through Sunday with some warming east portion Sunday. Daytime highs in the 60s. lows 30s in the mountains and northern areas and mostly 40s elsewhere.
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South Carolina
Hanes to Cut 500 600 Jobs at Winston-Salem Plant
Hanes Corp plans to reduce 500 to 600 employees at its Winston-Salem knitting facility this year, leaving about 1 000 workers. The eight-building complex will be reduced to one building, with operations shifting to western North Carolina plants while specialty knitwear lines stay in Winston-Salem. Other plants in Jefferson Newland Sparta and Galax will focus on men and boys underwear.
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Winston - Salem
Hanes Corp
Winston-Salem
North Carolina
Hanes
Winston- Salem
Jefferson
Newland
Sparta
N. C
Galax
Twin City Man Cleared In Murders
Russell Lowell Talbert a Winston-Salem salesman wonders who used his name in a California murder case. He had learned a man with his ID was arrested in Lagos California for the shooting deaths of four highway patrol officers. Talbert said his wallet and six guns were stolen from his home in February.
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Winston - Salem
Russell Lowell Talbert
Winston-Salem
California
Talbert
North Carolina
Lagos
Calif
Ceeaenae
Nto
Jack W. Twining
Twining
Insurance Rates To Be Studied In Forest City
RALEIGH AP The next in a series of statewide hearings on automobile liability insurance and rates will be in Forest City April 21. Sen Clyde M Norton of McDowell County, chairman of the study commission, said those wishing to appear should write the commission at the State Legislative Building in Raleigh by April 15.
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Forest City
Clyde M. Norton
McDowell County
State Legislative Building
MacDonald seeks lawyer as Army probes double murder case
Capt. Jeffrey R. MacDonald asks the Army to provide counsel amid a police inquiry into the February killings of his wife and two young daughters at Fort Bragg. An Army investigator says MacDonald is being questioned as a suspect after he survived stab wounds.
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N.C
Jeffrey R. MacDonald
Army
Green Beret
James F. Douthat
MacDonald
Kimberly
Kristen
Womack Army Hospital
Rail Strike Move Expected To Pass
Congress acts swiftly to approve Nixon proposal to avert a nationwide rail strike by Saturday deadline. Senate leaders say passage likely with minor differences ironed out. House aims to clear it today. Four unions face a 37 day prohibition and a new work rule amid disputes with sheet metal workers.
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Associated Press
Washington
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House
Nixon
Mike Mansfield
Senate Labor Committee
Harley O. Staggers
Dw.va
House Commerce Committee
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