Modest Stock Gains Show In New York Markets
Stocks edged higher amid moderate trading as the Dow Jones average rose 3.63 to 691.27 and the AP 60 stock index gained 1.2 to 227.7 at noon. Utilities and rails led advances while several issues on the Big Board and Amex faced mixed moves amid optimistic signals from officials and the economy.
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New York Stock Exchange Prices Trend Across A Broad List
Afternoon quotes show varied moves among major stocks with Admiral and Am Can among notable tickers. Trading highlights include Am Motors posting solid gains while Caterer and Boeing face mixed results in a volatile session.
A.P. Stock Averages Snapshot From 1994 Markets
The notice lists Dow Jones index components with varying percentages and prices. It includes Safeway Sears Shell Schering Texaco Teledyne and Texaco among others, with columned figures showing prices, percent changes, and volume-like data for a historical stock market page.
Over-The-Counter Bid Asked Quotations Snapshot
Quotations from NASD show representative inter-dealer prices around 11:00 am with markets changing during the day. Prices exclude retail markup and commissions. The Associated Press compiles bond averages and lists various indices, stocks and bonds with bid and ask figures across multiple sectors.
New York Stock Index and noon prices report
AP markets ticker lists American Stock Exchange noon prices with figures for Aerojet Am Petr AtlasCorp and many others across sectors. Includes notes on dividends rights stock splits and other classifications as of 1970.
NC Board of Elections Chairs Oppose Rule Change
Chairman J Brian Scott and former chiefs Malcolm Seawell and Lee C Smith joined Secretary of State Thad Eure in opposing a proposal to place the Board of Elections under Eure's office. The board now operates as an independent agency amid proposed government reorganization.
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Auto Fires Hit Two Distinct Dwellers In High Point
High Point firemen responded to two separate car fires on Wednesday. At 3:30 p.m. on E Commerce Street a defect in wiring damaged a car driven by Mrs. Charles Chambers of Oaklawn Street, with about 100 dollars in losses. Just before 8 p.m. a vehicle in the Westchester Drive Zayre's parking lot, likely ignited by a backfire through the carburetor, caused slight damage to a car driven by Steve Kennedy of Carston Avenue.
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Command Lists 104 War Dead
The U S Command reports 104 Americans killed in Indochina last week with eight more dead in a North Vietnamese attack early today as nine air crewmen remain missing. A large Saigon government force defeated a North Vietnamese battalion 25 miles southeast of the DMZ, killing 58. U S and allied totals show heavy casualties with 42,858 Americans killed and 282,563 wounded to date.
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Fights Blamed On IRA Stir Belfast Protests
About 10 000 Protestant Orange Order marchers paraded peacefully in Belfast under heavy British troop guard while a Coalisland clash 40 miles away sparked Protestant Catholic fighting. An army spokesman blamed known IRA men for the riots as four policemen a soldier and several civilians were injured and 10 arrested. The unrest followed the jailing of Catholic leader Bernadette Devlin and Britain's Reginald Maudling warned of a dangerous but hopeful mix as troops remain to secure peace.
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Israelis U S Soviet talks in Washington on peace plan
In Washington and New York talks center on the 1967 Security Council resolution for a just and lasting peace. Diplomatic sources say the United States and the Soviet Union seek interpretations of key phrases such as recognized boundaries and a state of peace. The Big Four held their 38th meeting as U S Assistant Secretary of State Joseph J. Sisco met with Soviet Ambassador Anatoly F. Dobrynin in Washington.
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Wachovia and American Credit Merge Officially
The merger of American Credit Corp of Charlotte and The Wachovia Corp of Winston-Salem is formal after articles filed in Raleigh. Wachovia creates a noncallable five year voting cumulative convertible preferred stock with a 2.20 dollar annual dividend, convertible into 1.08 Wachovia common shares, with American Credit stock exchanged for the new preferred. Wachovia common is traded on the NYSE alongside the new preferred.
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NCNB Corp Sees 12 Percent First-Half Earnings Gain
Addison H. Reese of Charlotte told bank stock analysts in New York that NCNB Corp expects first-half earnings before securities gains and losses to rise at least 12 percent from the 1969 level. He said return on stockholders equity before securities gains and losses should stay at 15 percent or better for 1970. For the first six months of 1969 income before gains and losses was 87.6 cents per share, net income 82.6 cents. In Q1 1970, income before gains and losses was 48.5 cents, net income 48.4 cents. figures are adjusted for mergers.
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Campbell Named Credit Manager at Factors, Inc.
Charles Campbell has been named credit manager of Factors, Inc. in High Point. A UNC Chapel Hill graduate, he previously worked seven years at Thomasville Furniture Industries, including two as assistant credit manager. He serves as treasurer and on the board of directors for the Furniture Manufacturers Credit Assn. Campbell, married with two children, lives in Jamestown. Factors, Inc. is a recently acquired subsidiary of NCNB Corp.
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University of North Carolina At Chapel Hill
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Nixon and McGovern clash over Southeast Asia policy
President Nixon and Senator McGovern spar over Vietnam policy and the Hatfield McGovern amendment. Nixon warns against immediate withdrawal and cites risks to peace, while McGovern and Hatfield press for equal TV time to respond to criticisms of funding bans beyond June 30.
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