Wall Street mixed as oil worries weigh on 1974 start
New York stocks opened mixed amid oil shortage concerns and doubts on 1974 growth. Dow Jones slipped 3.54 to 847.32 at noon while the NYSE composite fell 0.22 to 51.60 and the American exchange index rose 0.02 to 90.35. Kennecott Copper led gains among active issues as investors weighed economic certainty.
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New York Stock Exchange
American Stock Exchange
Lucien Hooper
W. E. Hutton & Co
Hooper
Kennecott Cooper
AirProa
Airco
Akzonal
AlcanAlul
Allglud
Amairiin
AmBdcs
Amncillo
Biasia
Asmar
At&twt
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ApecoCorp
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Wit
AshdOil
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Worys
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Lde
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New York Exchange Ralston and Market Tickers
Fragmentary stock table from New York exchange listing Ralston and Rancola figures, various securities and ratios shown. Includes Vly W2 Ma RapdArs and ReadyCon with numerous percent values, trading codes, and erratic annotations.
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BSI ScomPap
Searieg
Singerley
Smithkline
Exchange Dividend Notations Clarify Quarterly and Annual Rates
Unofficial figures show dividend rates in the table reflect annual disbursements from the last quarterly or semi annual declaration. Footnotes explain special or extra dividends and numerous symbols indicating payment timing, stock splits, accumulations, and foreign tax considerations.
Stock market index notes mixed midday moves
New York noon stock figures show the Market index at 5160.0 with a 0.32 point drop in the Industrial sector at 36.28 and a 0.07 point dip in the Transportation segment. Finance listings include 5444.0 with a slight decline.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
Gas Shortage and Weather Dull New Year Rites Across Nation
Skimpy gasoline supplies and severe winter weather kept many Americans at home on New Year’s Day 1974 though parties, parades, and football bowls persisted. Nixon watched bowls from Miami, Dallas, and Pasadena after a quiet New Year’s Eve in San Clemente. Pope Paul VI extended New Year greetings in St Peter’s Square and urged world peace alongside economic worries. England marked New Year as an official holiday amid power rationing and a three day work week began. Queen Elizabeth II’s honors list highlighted William Whitelaw for leadership in Northern Ireland coalition talks.
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Associated Press
Nixon
Miami
Dallas
Pasadena
Calif
San Clemente
Rome
Paul VI
St. Peter’s Square
England
Elizabeth II
William Whitelaw
Northern Ireland
Year begins with snow, cold waves and New Year parades
AP report notes Japan welcomes the Year of the Tiger with shrine visits and temple rites while Skylab 3 conducts earth studies after New Year greetings. Some 1.5 million watched Pasadena’s Tournament of Roses parade before the Rose Bowl. Weather disrupted other celebrations as a winter storm hit the Southwest and cold waves gripped the Midwest.
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America
Pasadena
St. Louis
Dallas
Midwest
McGrath
Minn
Southwest
Nebraska
Kansas
Oklahoma
Colorado
Pikes Peak
Philadelphia
National Safety Council
Kohoutek Viewing Gets Better
Charlotte AP reports Kohoutek comet to be visible tonight on the southwest horizon from 5:50 to 6:15 p.m. Curator James See bach of the Charlotte Nature Museum notes this is the first time in five million years the comet can be seen from Earth. The comet will brighten until around January 14 then fade the following week. Monitor horizon after sunset and locate Venus low in the south as Kohoutek rises above it in early January.
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Charlotte
Planetarium
James Seebach
Charlotte Nature Museem
Kohoutek
Venus
American Family Dies In Air Crash
An American family of five perished in the New Year airliner crash at Turin. Police identified the Breckheimer family from New York City, traveling back to Geneva after holidays in Sicily. The twin engine plane went down in rain and fog at Turin airport. most bodies were recovered within hours.
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Turin
Italy
Robert Anthony Breckheimer
New York City
Sheila
Jane Margaret
Robert Anthony Jr
Joyce
Breckheimer
Geneva
Sicily
Bohlen Diplomat Chip Bohlen A Long Service Career
Charm and wit marked Chip Bohlen, a 40 year diplomat who began in Prague in 1929 and later served as ambassador to the Philippines, France, and top Soviet expert in the State Department. He died after a career spanning Moscow Tehran Manila Paris and Washington. He leaves wife Avis Thayer and three children.
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Prague
Moscow
United States
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Tehran
Philippines
Manila
John Foster Dulles
Eisenhower
Senate
Bohten
Washington
State Department
Harvard Graduate
John F. Kennedy
France
Paris
Avis Thayer
Nixon Faces Back Tax Review Over Paper Donations
The joint committee considers possible back taxes and interest up to 300000 dollars if it rules against Nixon on two review matters. Rep Wilbur D Mills criticizes the president for deducting donation of papers. IRS may re-examine any year and seek payment for tax years back to 1970, under rules.
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Wilbur D. Mills
Joint Committee
Mills
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Officials plead innocent in Los Angeles Watergate file theft case
H Stans H R Haldeman Ehrlichman Kalmbach and Wolson plead innocent to state indictments in Los Angeles over rifling files of Dr. Lewis Fielding Ellsberg's psychiatrist. Trial not set. Sentencing pending for three former White House aides who pled guilty to obstructing justice for testifying against others. Appeals pending for seven men convicted or who pleaded guilty then sought to withdraw plea.
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H. Stans
H.R. Haldeman
John D. Ehrlichman
Herbert W. Kalmbach
Charles Woolson
Ehrlichman
David R. Young
G. Gordon Liddy
Los Angeles
Lewis Fielding
Ellsberg
Krogh
White House
John W. Dean III
Nixon
Jeb S. Magruder
Frederick C. LaRue
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Exxon
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