Wall Street Brokers Debate Shorter Trading Hours
Major Wall Street brokers assess the impact of the four hour trading sessions started on Aug 8. They note clerical relief from back office work but say commission income has fallen while overall volume remains volatile. Settlement dates Aug 25 and 29 loom as regular hours resume.
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New York
Wall Street
Stoc
New York Stock Exchange
William Fleming
Walston & Co
Paine, Webber, Curtis & Jackson
Carmin Saccardi
Merrill Lynch
Pierce, Fenner & Smith
Bache & Co
Bache
Wildcat Strike Reaches Eighteenth Week at Masonite Plant
In Laurel Mississippi a violent wildcat strike at Masonite Corp enters its 18th week with one death and 1,700 jobs lost. Local 5443 of the International Woodworkers of America began the walkout after a steward was fired, shutting a 524 acre plant with an $18 million yearly payroll.
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Laurel, Miss
Masonite Corp
Merrill Pickering
Paul B. Johnson
National Guard
International Woodworkers of America
Pope Paul VI Cuts Curia Terms in Reform Plan
Pope Paul VI unveils major Curia reforms ending lifetime terms, setting five year posts and revamping the central governance. The plan aims to end Italian dominance and create a more universal church, a move opposed by conservatives and urged by progressives.
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Vatican City
Paul VI
Paul
Curia
Ecumenical Council
Universal Church
Guardsmen Mobilized For March Through Klan Territory
Louisiana mobilized 650 National Guardsmen and 175 state troopers to guard a 106 mile march of unarmed Negro protesters through Livingston Parish. Governor McKeithen said delaying the march could invite federal troops, while march leader A Z Young insisted the march would continue with or without protection.
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Walker
Livingston Parish
John McKeithen
A.Z. Young
Young
New Orleans
McKeithen
Thomas Burbank
Burbank
National Guard
Bogalusa-to-Baton Rouge
Arab refugees begin returning to homes across Allenby Bridge
The first group of about 600 Jordanian refugees cross from Jordan into Israeli-held land as thousands more prepare to return. Red Cross and officials process them on the Jordanian side, then they travel to their Jenin Nablus Tulkarma Kalkilya homes.
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Allenby Bridge
Israel
Jordan
Jordan River
International Red Cross
Allenby
Umm As- Shurat
Jenin
Nablus
Tulkarma
Kalkilya
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Masonite
Robert Anthony Billiot
Wackenhut Investigating Agency
Charles Farlow
Dahlberg
Center
Americas
Act
Holton-Hodgin Furniture Co
Jamestown
U.N
Michael Comay
Eliezer Amitai
Jerusalem
Amman
Old Jerusalem
Paul Owen
Southgate
Bandstand
Thomasville, N. C
Everette Hunt
Old Music House
Curly Whitfield
Deep Valley Boys
Electrical
Penn Rac
Stu Cud
Markel
Dobbins Electric CO
Mrs. McGiver
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