Market Dips Broadly As Dow Hits 1969 Low
Stock prices fell in moderate trading as the Dow Jones industrial average slid 5.67 to 769.87 at noon, below its December 1969 769.93 close. Analyst Eldon Grimm cited tight credit as a key drag while most sectors softened and utilities rose slightly. Atlantic Richfield led volume with 178,700 shares, Chrysler fell 4 to 30.4 with hints of more layoffs and spending cuts.
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New York
Dow
Eldon Grimm
Walston & Co
Grimm
Associated Press
New York Stock Exchange
Atlantic Richfield
Chrysler
Unofficial Dividend Codes and Abbreviations Listed
The document explains various footnotes and letter codes used for American Sales figures and dividends. It defines terms for extra dividends, stock dividends, liquidating distributions, and ex-dividend or ex-distribution dates, including references to 1969 1970 and other special cases. It also notes classifications like new issues and foreign issues subject to tax.
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Vita
Meade Feed To Needy Report Details NC Food Aid
In November and December NC distributed 434 carloads of food through the Commodity Distribution Program. The state reports 140,462 people fed in November and 146,577 in December. Eight counties joined the supplemental program, aiding 5,763 people across 20 counties.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
State Department of Agriculture
Jay Davis
Forecast North and South Regions and Georgia Weather Brief
North Carolina expects above normal temps Tuesday through Saturday with highs mid 50s in the west and 60 to 63 in the east. Lows 30 to 35 mountains and 35 to 40 elsewhere, cooler Tuesday and Wednesday with warming afterward. Precipitation around a half inch west and over a half inch east, with rain showers Tuesday and again Friday and Saturday. South Carolina will be mostly fair and cooler tonight and Tuesday with lows 34 in the mountains and mid 40s along the coast. Virginia: fair and cooler tonight, Tuesday fair and mild with lows in the 30s and highs mostly in the 50s. Georgia: showers and thunderstorms likely in the south, otherwise fair and cooler Tuesday, lows 42–52 and highs 55 to 73 depending on location.
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State to argue delay in school bus freedom ruling
North Carolina officials will appeal April 13 to extend time to implement a court order changing pupil free transportation rules. A three judge panel found the annexed urban and rural pupil provisions unfair while upholding the city rural split and scheduled a March 1 deadline.
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N.C
Greensboro
North Carolina
School of Order
Robert Morgan
General Assembly
Salem
GOP Leader in North Carolina to resign in 1968
Gene Anderson the North Carolina Republican Party's first executive director plans to resign to take a national post with the National Republican Governors Association. A news conference set for 4 p.m. will announce his departure after leading gubernatorial congressional and legislative campaigns since June 1967. James Holfhouse, state party chairman, said a successor would be chosen by the central committee. Anderson, 31, did not comment before the conference.
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Raleigh
Gene Anderson
North Carolina
Republican Party
Anderson
National Republican Governors Association
James Holfhouser
Boone
Brandt Meets Allied Commanders as Berlin Traffic Harassed
West Berlin faced sixth straight day of East German roadblock tactics at autobahn entries and checkpoints. Chancellor Willy Brandt met with the U S British and French commanders to discuss delays amid protests over West Berlin’s status and his flight into the city.
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Perlin
Willy Brandt
West Berlin
East Germany
Brandt
U.S
Britain wages reveal wide gaps in government survey
London AP reports a government survey showing half of British workers earn under 24 pounds weekly and nearly 8 percent below 15 pounds, highlighting significant income disparities.
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London
Britain
Six Die in North Carolina Weekend Traffic Accidents
The Associated Press reports at least six deaths from highway crashes in North Carolina over the weekend. A triple fatality occurred near Battleboro on a rural road involving three cars. Other victims include William E. Moore of Rocky Mount and Rosa M. Watts of Scottsburg in separate crashes on U S 29 and U S 64. Billy Gray Smith of Grimesland died in a Pitt County single-car crash.
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Associated Press
North Carolina
Rocky Mount
State Highway Patrol
Williams
Battle
Harrison
Rt. 1
Battleboro
William E. Moore
U. S. 64
Rosa M. Watts
Scottsburg
U. S. 29
Reidsville
Rockingham County
Billy Gray Smith
Rt. 2
Grimesland
Pitt County
Greenville
Generals Debate Smaller Army Divisions for Efficiency
Washington AP reports generals favor a 25 percent cut in division size from about 16 000 to 12 000 13 000 to save costs and boost effectiveness. They cite better ammo artillery tanks and comms plus advances to justify trimming while noting potential manpower and budget impacts.
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Washington
Melvin R. Laird
U.S
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