Market drifts lower as first quarter earnings weigh on investors
The Dow Jones industrial average fell 6.41 to 766.10 by noon on light trading as weak first-quarter results kept investors on the sidelines. The AP 60-stock average dropped to 268.9, with widespread declines across steel, autos, chemicals, oils and tech names. Parke, Davis led NYSE activity after reporting 20 cents per share in Q1 earnings versus 43 cents a year earlier.
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Dividend Coding Guide for New York Exchange
A table notes rates of dividends and special cases with letter codes. It explains terms like annual disbursements, ex dividend, ex rights, stock dividends, paid in 1969 and 1970, liquidating dividends, and various other conditions including new issues and warrants. It lists numerous letter markers and their meanings such as a extra, b stock dividend, c liquidating, e declared or paid this year, x ex dividend, xr ex rights, ww with warrants, nd net day delivery, and vi bankruptcy or reorganization.
Forecast North Carolina South Carolina Virginia and Georgia
North Carolina shows increasing cloudiness with a chance of showers or thundershowers Thursday, warmer by Thursday and lows around 45 to 50 in the mountains and mid 50s elsewhere. South Carolina remains partly to mostly cloudy with warm Thursday and overnight lows in the 50s. Virginia profiles partly cloudy with a western shower risk and warmer conditions Thursday. Georgia expects increasing clouds, mild tonight, and showers or thundershowers mainly in the north with highs in the 80s.
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North Carolina Weekend Weather Outlook
North Carolina faces a showery start to Friday with warm morning temps in the upper 50s. The pattern eases to fair and cool conditions with highs in the 60s and overnight lows mainly in the 40s as Sunday climbs toward the upper range.
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United Dairies to Merge with Danville Dairy
Mey United Dairies of Greensboro will merge with Danville Dairy Products of Danville Virginia on May 1. Faultless milkmen will be replaced by United branding. Processing will occur at Greensboro and Winston Salem plants using some Virginia milk. Bud Feldman will stay on as Danville consultant to United Dairies after the merger.
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Danville Dairy Products Company, Inc
Danville
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Winston-Salem
Virginia
Louis H
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Guilford Dairy
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Winston- Salem
Asheboro
Burlington
Eden
Elkin
High Point
Mount Airy
Reidsville
Thomasville
Escapees Returned To Prison In North Carolina Breakout
Two shoeless escapees Calvin Lee Stansbury and Walter Jones were recaptured by sheriff deputies in Halifax County as part of a breakout from North Carolina jails last weekend. Police stopped their taxi between Roanoke Rapids and Littleton and seized their shoes to deter another escape. A manhunt continues for Bobby Brown and three other escapees connected to the Rockingham jail break and a McLeansville unit escape.
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Eden
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Winston-Salem
Edgar V. Cobb
Greensboro
Epharin D. Smith Jr
Dobson
Laird Warns of Red China ICBM Threat in the 1970s
Defense Secretary Melvin R. Laird testified that Red China could develop intercontinental missiles by 1973 but is unlikely to pose a major nuclear threat until the 1980s. He warned that if Beijing gains ICBMs in three years a Safeguard system gap could permit nuclear blackmail. The first Safeguard site could start in 1974.
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Melvin R. Laird
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Peking
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Planes and helicopters lost in Laos and Vietnam war zones
U S Command reports four American planes lost over Laos lower panhandle and three helicopters down in South Vietnam. One American killed, three missing and three injured. Air Force Skyraiders shot down but pilots rescued. A Navy Skyhawk down with pilot missing. RF4 Phantom missing. Helicopters down near Dak Seang and along Cambodian border with one crewman wounded.
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Tuyen Binh
Cambodia
Decent housing urged for 400000 in North Carolina
Irvin Aldridge director of the North Carolina Department of Local Affairs told county extension agents that about 400000 people in the state need decent housing. He warned against inner city decay and urged use of federal funds for innovative ideas to improve housing beyond metropolitan areas. He cited substandard rates in Jones, Pender, Naswell and Robeson counties and said the department will help cities find solutions.
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Irvin Aldridge
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Jones County
Pender
Naswell
Cambodia Ponders U.S. Aid Amid Southeast Asia Tensions
U.S. officials weigh a Cambodian request for military aid while seeking to preserve Cambodian neutrality. Lon Nol calls for unconditional international aid. Senate leaders push to block American combat troops. Critics cite recent Cambodian civilian massacres as a factor in the decision.
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Nixon
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Lon Nol
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Senate
Mike Mansfield
Mansfield
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Frank Church
Idaho
Idaho Democrat, and John Sherman Cooper
Kentucky
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Thailand
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Three men face trial over Main Street UFO coffeehouse
In Columbia AP report three young men Robert Duane Ferre William Balk and Leonard Cohen defend themselves against public nuisance charges tied to the Main Street UFO coffeehouse. Police and nearby business owners testified to noisy crowds drug use and obscene literature with one officer noting six prior arrests in the year before the padlocking in January.
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Robert Duane Ferre
William Balk
Leonard Cohen
North Carolina colleges stage Earth Day programs across campuses
North Carolina colleges and schools held Earth Day events with activities ranging from a coffin burial symbolizing pollutants at Leroy Martin High School to UNC Chapel Hill’s weeklong trash-in and a $500 prize for dormitory cans. NC State planned pollution panels and a talk by Roy Sowers Jr. Duke offered workshops on air water and land use.
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Leroy Martin High School
Raleigh
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill
UNC
North Carolina State University
Roy Sowers Jr
North Carolina Department of Conservation and Development
Duke
False Teeth Care Adclaims Strong Hold and Comfort
Improve denture security with PASTEETH Denture Adhesive Powder. Claims dentures stay firmer longer and easier eating with no gummy taste. Includes warnings about loose teeth and insecurity and urges regular use for health.
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