Market Opens Lower As Stocks Decline In Early Trading
The New York stock market started with a downturn as opening prices showed mixed moves. Avco slid to 54 percent, Bethlehem remained at 31, American Telephone rose to 51, Youngstown Sheet fell 29, General Aniline dropped 22, and New Telephone eased at 89. Losses outpaced gains by four to three in the early action.
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New York
Avco
Bethlehem
American Telephone
Youngstown Sheet
GenPrec
GenPrecis
Gen Tire
Ga Pacific
StBrand
Gerber
Koils
Getty Oil Gillette
Glen Ald Withlae
Oilind
Glen Ald
Ldo
Wa Goodrich
Stonoh
Goodyr
GraceCo
E Granites
A&p
Va Sun Oil
Gt Nor
Sunray
Gt West
Swift Co
Greyhound
Gruma Aire
Gulf Oil
GulfStaut
Teledyn
TRW Inc
Che. Houston LP
Net House
Howmet
Abbott Lab
UMC Ind
Onlin UN Carbide
Es AdMillis
Idaho
Unoilcal
Union Pacif
InterRand
Va UnitAirc
Alice Sy
InterikSt
IBM
Ikin
aAmCrySug
US Steel
AmCyan
Ve — Vaers Univopd
Ameipw
JonnMan
Upjohn
aAmEnka
John John
Logan
Jones L
Varian Asso
Sreinvet
Joy Mfg
Vendo Co
VaEiPw
Amet Ci
Kaiser
AmNatGas
Wat
Ween
Kayser Ro
Wn Banc
Kennecott
Wnutel
Am Ltd
Kerr Mc KimbCik
T&t
Kresge
Wee
AMP Inc
Kroger
Oolworth
Ampex Corp
Alka Delilons
Xerence
Armco
Lehman
Associated Press
Atlas Ee
Va/LockhdlA
Aveo S
Lones Cem
Avnet Inc
Lonesga
Avon Pd
Longish
Lorillard
M & Benet
Maratha
Boeing
nMar
BoiseCase
Maydstr
Borawe
BristMyer la
McDond
Mead Ci
Erie Wirck
M Co
MGM
MobilOil
Mohasco
Vel Monsan
Motorola
Cerro Cp
ChiMil
Nat Steel
Nat Tea
Chi RI Pac
Nevada
Newberry
Chrysler
NY Cent
Ning MP
CBS
Norwich
Rown Cork
Ye Pan Am
Cruc Sti
ParkeDavis
A Cudahy Co
PeaCoal
Curtis Puba
PennDix
Curtiss Wr
PepsiCo
PerfFilm
Pfizerc
DeltaAir
a + Det Steel
Phil Rdg
DiaSham
Phil Morr
Disney
Phill Pet
Pitneyb
Ayonier
ElPaso NG
Velpaytheon
Ys Readin Co
Johnson
Va Revin
Ersharp
Rexall
Ye rCarn
Kheemm
RoanSe
Tees FairHill
Royccola
Rohr Cp
RoyDut
RyderSys
Fo Safeway
Streap
Schenley
Schering
Scientif
SCM Cp
Scott Paper
Pal
Sko
Sears Roe
St Ae Mills
Lanier Files to Seek Reelection as Insurance Commissioner
Edwin S. Lanier, 66, paid a 200 filing fee in Raleigh to become a candidate for reelection as North Carolina Insurance Commissioner. He has held the post since 1962 and vows to continue serving the public with dependable, reasonably priced insurance protections. Fred M. Benton may challenge in the Democratic primary.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Edwin S. Lanier
State Board of Elections
Lanier
Council of State
Thad Eure
Charles Carroll
Public Instruction
University of North Carolina At Chapel Hill
Terry Sanford
Sanford
Charles Gold
Commissioner of Insurance
Raleigh Insurance
Fred M. Benton
First Tobacco Hearing Slated in North Carolina
The tobacco subcommittee of the house Agriculture Committee plans the first of three hearings on North Carolina tobacco marketing problems. Afternoon session invites growers and industry representatives to discuss leaf issues with Greenville and Durham hearings scheduled for later in the week.
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Lumberton
N. C
House Agriculure Committee
North Carolina
Greenville
Durham
Romney Enlists Congressmen For New Hampshire Bid
Gov. George Romney recruits Michigan GOP allies to campaign in New Hampshire for the March 12 primary. Sen. Robert P. Griffin plans to travel to support Romney, with several new Michigan House members possibly joining. Romney returns tonight for a second push, saying the campaign has just started. Griffin notes Romney’s ability to help GOP peers win elections.
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Washington
George Romney
Michigan
New Hampshire
Robert P. Griffin
Rmich
Romney
Republican House
Griffin
Senate
House
Richard M. Nixon
Shiphurst Joins National Springs as Southern Sales Engineer
William C. Shiphurst joins National Springs Corp as sales engineer for southern Georgia and Florida. He previously worked as an independent salesman with George C. Oliver Land.
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William C. Shiphurst
National Springs Corp
Georgia
Florida
George C. Oliverland
Weather forecast for North and South Carolina
North Carolina faces heavy snow warnings in the western mountains and northern Piedmont with gale warnings along the coast Hatteras northward. Intermittent snow in the west, rain or snow flurries in the east, clearing late today then colder tonight. Thursday sunny and cold with teens in the mountains and 30s along the coast.
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North Carolina
Piedmont
Hatteras
South Carolina
Brain Fear Impulses Said to Stop the Heart
Oklahoma City AP report on research at University of Oklahoma Medical Center into brain impulses triggered by fear that can shut down the heart. Dr. Stewart Wolf notes fear and emotional states may cause sudden death and describes efforts to block the brain mechanism, with Yale work on a brain stimulation device for humans and future study of brain heart control.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
University of Oklahoma Medical Center
Stewart Wolf
Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation
Wolf
Yale University Medical School
Jose M. R. Delgado
Delgado
Britain Deplores Pueblo Seizure in International Waters
Britain condemns North Korea's seizure of the U S Pueblo in international waters. Foreign Office spokesman says the vessel was on the high seas when boarded and pledges aid to South Korea against unprovoked aggression. Tass urged U S provocation in its first Soviet reaction.
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London
North Korea
U.S
Britain
South Korea
Soviet Union
Tass
United States
State Department
George Brown
Seoul
Pueblo
U. N
Korea
Security Council
U. S
North Vietnam
Enterprise
Vietnam
Sasebo
Japan
Wonsan
Alexander's Reassignment Explained
Washington AP reports Adm. Moorer says Capt Richard G Alexander lacked qualification to command a ship after backing Lt Cmdr Marcus Arnheiter. Alexander, named to command the reactivated New Jersey, was reassigned to a desk post amid Arnheiter disputes and accusations of poor judgment.
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Washington
Chief of Naval Operations
Richard G. Alexander
Alexander
Adm
Thomas H. Moorer
New Jersey
Cmdr
Marcus A. Arnheiter
Arnheiter
Vietnam
Navy
North Vietnamese force grows as Giap rumor swirls
Reports place Vo Nguyen Giap away from Hanoi for months while the North Vietnamese command expands. In Quang Tri ground action remains light but U S airstrikes and artillery kill 61 NVA near Khe Sanh. An eight hour Bong Son battle yields 128 Viet Cong casualties as Allied forces face a growing threat near the DMZ.
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North Vietnamese
Defense Ministry
Vo Nguyen Giap
Dien Bien Phu
Giap
Hanoi
Quang Tri
U.S
Khe Sanh
Nine More Korean Invaders Are Slain
South Korean troops report nine more North Korean commandos killed in Seoul bid to assassinate President Park. Total 15 of 31 killed, one captured. hunt for remaining infiltrators continues as clashes also wound three American soldiers near the DMZ.
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K. C. Hwang
Associated Press
Seoul, Korea
United States
North Korea
Seoul
Chung Hee Park
Mt. Nokosan
Demilitarized Zone
Pueblo Capture Lifts Lid On Worldwide Electronic Spying
Washington reports the Pueblo capture by North Korea and the Pentagon acknowledgment that the ship was a Navy intelligence vessel signals a broader, routine global electronic spying system among major powers. It describes Soviet trawlers near U.S. fleet activity and the wide network of satellites, drones, and listening ships used to gather intelligence and jam radios.
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Pueblo
Washington
Pentagon
Navy
Liberty
Egypt
United States
U.S
Soviet Union
U. S
Tonkin Gulf
Tear Gas Quells Gaston Jail Riot
Gastonia North Carolina AP report says tear gas was used Tuesday to quell a brief jail riot involving 28 inmates. Sheriff Dwight Beam said the disturbance lasted only a few minutes and began when prisoners from Central Prison temporarily lodged in the Gaston County jail ripped out commodes from a second story cell block wall and shattered them.
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Gastonia
N. C
Gaston County
Dwight Beam
Central Prison
I Fal
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New York Stock Exchange
Charles A. Halleck
Indiana
Congress
Halleck
Joseph W. Martin Jr
Massachusetts
Montgomery
Ala
Democratic Party
George C. Wallace
States Rights
Alabama
Wallace
National Springs
South Vietnam
Dmz
U. S. Navy
Polaris
Holy Loch
Scotland
Rota
Spain
Guam
Charleston
S. C
Red
Pacific
mid-Pacific
Sea of Japan
Gaston
Securities Brokerage
Fred Foster, Jr
North Main Street
High Point
N.C
J. Sturgis May & CO. Incorporate
Stocks & Bonds
North Carolina Bank
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