Stocks Rally Amid Mixed News as Dow Hits Higher
The Dow Jones average rose 6.57 to 876.57 at noon with advances outrunning declines on the NYSE. Analysts noted investor optimism despite dampening factors such as Indochina tensions and doubts about Fed expansion policies. Utilities and metals mixed. most stock categories gained with several issues listed on the American Stock Exchange.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
Indochina
Federal Reserve Board
American Stock Exchange
Crown Central Petroleum
Scientific Atlanta
Devon Apparel
Canadian Javelin
Syntex
Solitron
AIM Cos
American Exchange Noon Prices From The New York Market
American Exchange noon prices show a wide mix of stocks with varied gains and losses. Notable entries include Aerojet AmPetr Atlas, Campbell, Canadian Javelin, Technicolor, and Syntex, with last prices and percentage changes reflecting a volatile session.
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NEW York
American Stock Exchange
Ark
Equit Co
Fermont Oi
Frontier Air
Es Gen Plywood Msm
Giant Vel
Gt Basin Pet
Husky
jImpriOil Sda
It! Corp
Kaiser In
McCrory
M+ a
MicwsFin
Newldria Mn
NewPark Mn
Ormand Ind
Scurry Rain
Ln Statham Ins
Syntex
Wn Nuclear
Associated Press
Nixon suspends Davis Bacon wage rules in construction
President Nixon orders suspension of the Davis Bacon Act before government projects worth about 25 billion dollars citing inflationary pay scales. Labor Secretary Hodgson noted industry reluctance toward voluntary wage controls and urged states with prevailing wage laws to act similarly to curb costs across housing and commerce.
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James D. Hodgson
Nixon
Hodgson
Calley Testifies on My Lai Shooting Orders and Actions
Lieutenant William L Calley testifies that he directed the shooting at My Lai and fired into the ditch area while denying presence at the trail intersection He says Capt Medina urged moving villagers to clear a minefield and sometimes to kill if they could not move them He describes body counts as rough estimates amid battlefield pressure.
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Calley
Reid Kennedy
Ernest Medina
Medina
Meadle
Aniel
Meadie
Capt. Medina
Vietnam
My Lai
Stock Indexes and Bond Averages Reported
The New York Stock Averages show mixed changes with rails utilities and stocks posting different levels at noon. Bond averages also reflected varied figures across categories and time frames from the prior day to week and month comparisons.
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Vee
Associated Press
Rails Util
Stoe
Batts Ind. Util, Fon. L
Western and Southern Life honors 1970 production club members
Representatives of the Western and Southern Life Insurance Co. were named production club leaders for 1970. The group includes associate sales managers Doug Odham Jim Peters H L Hubbard and Steve Carter and agents John Brinkley Dwain Grady James Hunt Ray West Larry Proctor E G Knowles Murphy Coble Frank Loflin Steve Spoon Gerald Robertson Al Gurley and Bill Perrell.
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Western and Southern Life Insurance Co
Doug Odham
Jim Peters
H. L. Hubbard
Steve Carter
John Brinkley
Dwain Grady
James Hunt
Ray West
Larry Proctor
E. G. Knowles
Murphy Coble
Frank Loflin
Steve Spoon
Gerald Robertson
al Gurley
Bill Perrell
Dodge dealer earns honorable mention for highway safety efforts
Horace G Ilder ton Inc receives an honorable mention from the Auto Dealers Traffic Safety Council for innovative highway safety efforts and special safety services during the past year.
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Dodge
Horace G. Ilderton, Inc
Auto Dealers Traffic Safety Council
Comas Elected President of National TV Executives Group
John Comas, vice president for programming at Triangle Broadcasting Corp. and general program manager of WSJS TV in Winston-Salem, has been elected president of the National Association of Television Program Executives Inc. He leads the trade group representing program executives nationwide.
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John Comas
The
Triangle Broadcasting Corp
Wsjs-Tv
Winston-Salem
National Assn. of Television Program Executives, Inc
Supreme Court expands press freedom on political candidates
The court ruled newspapers may publish material about any candidate, regardless of office size, without risk of libel damages unless malice is proven. The unanimous decision broadens protection beyond public officials to include those who seek or hold minor offices.
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Supreme Court
Florida
New York Times
Washington
New Hampshire
Winnie Ruth Judd May Be Freed
Phoenix Arizona AP Winnie Ruth Judd may be freed if Governor Jack Williams accepts a Board of Pardons and Paroles recommendation to commute her life sentence to time served. The 65 year old was found insane and placed in a state hospital after a trunk murder case dating to 1931.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Winnie Ruth Judd
Los Angeles
California
Britisher Cross Accorded Honor
James R. Cross British trade commissioner kidnapped by Quebec separatists last October was made a companion of the Order of St. Michael and St. George. He was invested with the insignia by Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace Tuesday.
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London
James R. ‘Cross
Quebec
Order of St.Michael and St. George
Buckingham Palace
Minister Speaks To Civitan Club Members
Rev Woodrow Robbins, chaplain of the High Point Civitan Club, addressed the Plank Road Civitan Club on the Civitan creed and its link to the Christian gospel. He urged members to seek spirit equal to a task and outlined plans by Wade Morris for juvenile delinquent outreach.
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Plank Road Civitan Club
Woodrow Robbins
High Point Civitan Club
Robbins
Civitans
Prospect Committee
Wade Morris
Plang
Microfilm records reveal broad civilian data monitoring at Stein library
A military microfilm collection at Stein's office shows that most gathered information was not useful for predicting civil disturbances. The files exposed private life details of individuals such as Martin Luther King Jr and Ralph Abernathy. Stein recalled questions from senior officials in and beyond the Pentagon asking for political briefings.
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Stein
CIAB
Dr. King
Joan Bae
Arlo Guthrie
Georgia
Julian Bond
Ralph David Abernathy
Benjamin Spock
Pentagon
Draft Board Consolidation Worked Out
North Carolina plans to consolidate about 70 local draft boards as part of a national restructuring. The number of NC draft board sites would drop from 101 to 30 or 35 with individual board members remaining in place, awaiting Washington approval within a week.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Selective Service
William H. McCachren
Washington
McCachren
Saigon shifts stance on Laos operation scope
South Vietnamese spokesman Lt. Col. Le Trung Hien partially retreated from earlier claims. He said the Laos operation aims to disrupt enemy supply lines, not occupy territory, and offered no comment on further ARVN advances. U.S. bombing coverage only lists damage from Feb last through this morning amid stalled ground thrust.
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