Dow Jones Edges Down Amid Mixed News And Oil Prices
Stocks firmed slightly at midday but remained modestly lower as trading stayed moderate. The Dow Jones average stood at 718.37, down 4.59, with declines leading advances on the Big Board by more than 2 to 1 amid Middle East peace talks and Arab resistance. notable movers included Merck and Memorex, while rubber and chemical shares showed mixed results.
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Memorex
Pfizer
Boeing
Xerox
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Niagara Mohawk Power
American Stock Exchange
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Solitron
CMI
Levin Townsend
Nixon faults press over Manson trial coverage
President Nixon criticized U S press coverage of the Manson trial and related events. He cited front page coverage in California papers and night news as illustrating attitudes he said glorify criminals. He spoke after viewing media reports at his San Clemente home and commented on other coverage of court contempt cases.
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Manson
Gary M. Hinman
Malibu
Tate
Susan Atkins
Denver
San Clemente
California
Eckerd Drugs reports stronger quarter and future store plans
Eckerd Drugs Inc announced at its Charlotte stockholders meeting that for the first fiscal quarter ending June 27 sales reached 23.9 million, up 21 percent from last year’s 19.7 million. The company targets 108 million in the current year ending March 27, 1971, with six stores opened so far and six more planned. Directors approved a quarterly dividend of 50 cents per preferred share and 10 cents per common share to be paid August 28, with records August 14.
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Ramsey Joins Odom Paffe and Bodenheimer CPA Firm
John E. Ramsey Jr. a 1960 Wake Forest graduate and former IRS agent in Greensboro Winston Salem and High Point for ten years joins the accounting firm of Odom Paffe and Bodenheimer. He has taught IRS technical courses and serves in CPA associations and local Masonic and religious groups.
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Winston-Salem
High Point
Wake Forest University
IRS
Technical Review
American Institute of Cpa
Green Street
Army to jettison aging rockets amid safety fears
Army officials pressed to remove 418 steel-jacketed rockets despite delays. Tests with mock coffins showed no live fuel, yet experts warned of instability with age. Beal urged proceeding to ship rockets from Anniston and Lexington to Sunny Point for sea disposal, while safety patrols would monitor trains and routes.
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Sunny Point
N.C
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Israelis May Have Shot Down Soviets Over Suez
U S sources debate whether four MIG21 jets were downed over the Suez Canal last week in an air clash between Israeli and Soviet pilots. Reported radio chatter and a blond pilot hint at Soviet involvement amid moves toward a cease fire and a political crisis in Israel.
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Golda Meir
Nixon comments on Manson coverage and jury fairness
Nixon said media glamorized the Manson case while depicting him as a glamorous figure despite eight murders. Linda Kasabian testified for the defense, detailing Manson ordered Tate murder, the LaBianca killings, and a beach walk before the murders.
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Los Angeles
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Patricia Krenwinkel
Miss Tate
Malibu
Gary Hinman
Nixon
Fitzgerald
Vincent T. Bugliosi
Leno LaBianca
Cereal executives defend value with milk in breakfast debate
Sen Frank Moss chairs a hearing where Stare and Gener al Mills clash with Choate over cereal nutrition. MacFarland argues cereals plus milk and juice offer the best nutrients for price, while others cite the role of varied breakfast combinations and the limits of fortification in the total diet.
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Frank Moss
Dutah
Stare
Choate
J. P. MacFarland
General Mills, Inc
MacFarland
Clausi
General Foods Corp
Fulbright Pushes Four Free TV Spots for Congress and Courts
Sen. J. W. Fulbright argues for a bill requiring four annual free TV opportunities for Congress and the judiciary to address the nation. He says presidential access to television is dangerous and stresses institutional, not partisan, aims. The measure would let Congress initiate broadcasts with the President free to respond.
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J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
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Judiciary
Cambodian Forces Claim Progress in Central Cambodia
Cambodian forces say they drove a large Communist force from Kompong Thom after three days of street fighting. U S and Thai air strikes support Cambodian troops at Skoun and Kompong Thom, while Cambodian commanders west of Vietnam report ongoing bombing by allied planes.
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Vietnam
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Thailand
Skoun
Phnom Penh
Kompong Thom
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