Market dips as profit taking slows early trading
Stocks opened lower on the New York Stock Exchange with declines outweighing advances and the Dow Jones industrial average slipping more than a point. Major movers included RCA down 1, Sperry Rand up, Teledyne and Boeing down, Kroger down, City Investing up amid a day of mixed results.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
Dow Jones
RCA
Sperry Rand
Teledyne
Boeing
Kroger
City Investing
American Stock Exchange
Population Decline Report Hits Los Angeles County
Los Angeles County loses population for the first time in a year ended December 31, according to county researchers. The Los Angeles County Regional Planning Commission cites differences with state figures due to interpreting indicators like school enrollment Social Security records electric service connections and building activity.
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Bill Stall
Associated Press
Sacramento
Calif
U.S.A
Los Angeles County
Aerospace
California
Walter Hollmann
Gov
Ronald Reagan
State Finance Department
Hollmann
Los Angeles
Robert Marr
Los Angeles County Regional Planning Commission
Marr
Labor Leaders Criticize Nixon Price Freeze Plan
AFL CIO official Floyd Smith says the wage freeze shifts burden from wages to prices and warns it will widen inequities between industries like steel and aerospace. Officials note unprocessed foods may be exempt while processed goods fall under the freeze, affecting workers in ongoing contracts.
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Shultz
Hodgson
Floyd Smith
Afl-Cio International Association of Machinists
Smith
Aerospace
Steel and
Con
Enlistment Surges in Navy and Marines Under Zumwalt
The Associated Press tally shows Navy enlistments at 102.2 percent of its goal for the 1971 fiscal year ending June 30, with 75,113 sailors enlisted, a 0.4 percentage point gain from the prior year. Marines maintain their "no compromises" training amid rivalry with the Navy's reform.
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Navy
Adm
Elmo R. Zumwalt Jr
Zumwalt
Naval Operations
Leonard F. Chapman
Marine Corps
Associated Press
CNO
N.C
High Point
High Point Enterprise, Inc
Worth Company National Act
Car prices still subject to increases amid auto market haggling
Detroit reports show automakers delaying big price cuts despite wage price freeze. Dealers plan discounts on 1971 models while 72s stay near sticker price. Consumers may face higher final costs as negotiations between buyers and dealers shape actual sale prices.
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Detroit
Nixon
George Ruskin
Northland Ford
Environmental damage suits set in North Carolina
U S Attorney Warren H Coolidge said two environmental damage suits each seeking 750000 will be filed in Wilmington and New Bern The Wilmington case targets Wilmington Chemical Terminal Co for a May 19 chemical spill that ignited and burned five minutes injuring two people The New Bern suit targets Orville and Larry Woodhouse for dredging in Dowdy Bay Currituck Sound without the required state and federal permits Hearings before Federal District Judge John Larkins are scheduled for August 24 in Trenton.
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U.S
Warren H. Coolidge
Wilmington
New Bern
Coolidge
Wilmington Chemical Terminal Co
Orville
Larry Woodhouse
Walnut Island
Currituck Sound
Dowdy Bay
John Larkins
Trenton
Coolidge Peahantnane
Medina trial fails to place captain at My Lai killings
Prosecution witnesses from Charlie Company testify about My Lai events but none place Capt. Ernest Medina at the massacre scenes. Defense argues witnesses lack direct knowledge of Medina’s involvement while Bailey reiterates need for focus on Medina’s liability.
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Charlie Company
Ernest L. Medina
My Lai
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Thomas W. Turner
James Durst
William L. Calley Jr
Alley
F. Lee Bailey
Bailey
Arab leaders meet in Damascus on federation plan
Egypt President Anwar Sadat Libya leader Muammar Kaddafi and Syria’s Hafez Assad discuss federation of Egypt Libya and Syria in Damascus. A plebiscite September 1 will approve the constitution and federation principles amid regional conflicts and Arab unity talks.
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Associated Press
Beirut
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Syria
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Israel
Jordan
Hussein
Muammar Kaddafi
Hafez Assad
Anward Sadat
Sadat
Gamal Abdel Nasser
United Arab Republic
Nasser
Aqsad
Kaddafi
Perhap
Federation of Arab Repulics
Dr Bernard Finch To Be Released From California Prison
Dr Bernard Finch the central figure in the 1959 love triangle murder of his wife will be released from the minimum security California Institute for Men at Chino on December 6 He has job possibilities in Missouri Nebraska Maryland and California and had parole board reservations beforehand Carole Tregoff his former sweetheart paroled earlier Finch now 53 was convicted in 1961 and sentenced to life after three trials and has served 12 years in pretrial confinement
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Associated Press
Sacramento
Calif
Bernard Finch
Parole Board
Finch
California Institute For Men
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Missouri
Nebraska
Maryland
California
Henry Kerr
California Adult Authority
Carole Tregoff
Los Angeles
Bertram Griggs
Las Vegas
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Barbara Finch
West Covina
Inter
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