Stock market slips mildly after four day rally
Mild profit taking cooled the New York market as the Dow fell 0.89 to 701.33 at noon while the AP 60-stock index dipped 0.6 to 234.3. Analysts call the pause a normal consolidation with earnings uncertainty shaping cautious trader sentiment.
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Associated Press
Xerox
Kresge
IBM
International Telephone & Telegraph
Scott Paper
American Stock Exchange
Systems Engineering
Reeves Telecom
Fleetwood Enterprises
Vernitron
Deltona Corp
Kenton, Corp
Exchange Stocks Noon Prices Reported By American Exchange
New York AP reports noon prices and stock status codes for listed issues. Entries include ex dividend and ex right classifications, stock splits, accumulative dividends, and new issues with various payout actions noted.
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NEW York
American Stock Exchange
Albany native Groves led Manhattan Project to world changing ends
A native of Albany New York Groves a West Point graduate and Army engineer rose to prominence for directing the Manhattan Project during World War II He oversaw secrecy and the efforts that built the first atomic bomb and guided military planning that enabled the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki His death falls about a month after the Hiroshima anniversary while he had managed around 600000 personnel in the hush hush project
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Albany
N.Y
Groves
West Point
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Japan
Nuclear fears and stock figures mix in Piedmont page
The row shows a list of company names with percentage figures alongside a grim note that relates to a devastating weapon. The text places the wartime context around Hiroshima Nagasaki and a World War II era warning about keeping the weapon under U.S. control until global peace is achieved.
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American Furn
Carolina Cbbean
Colonial
Nm ‘Auto
Eckerd Drug
1St Union Bank
Hardee’s
Carolina
Eee
N.C.N.B. Corp
N. C. Nat
Piedmont Avia
N.C
Roshima
Nagasaki
Groves Ruddick
Ruddick
United States
Wellington Hall
New York Stock Index at Noon Report
AP reports at noon the New York stock index, with mixed readings across industrial and transportation sectors. Traders priced slight gains in industrial shares while transportation lagged, reflecting cautious market sentiment.
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New York
Poromad
Defense argues no MacDonald weapons link in slayings
Captain Jeffrey MacDonald’s defense contends the Army failed to prove the murder weapons came from the MacDonald home. Key testimony from Pam Kalin and others is alleged to have been omitted or undisclosed, as the secret hearing proceeds toward a possible court-martial or dismissal.
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FT. Bragg
N.C
Jeffrey MacDonald
Army
MacDonald
Dennis Eisman
Green Beret
Pamela Kahn
Eisman
Criminal Investigation Division
Miss Kalin
MacDonalds
Patchogue
N.Y
Miss Kahn
Craig Chamberlain
Ft. Gordon
Chamberlain
Dillard Browning
Ex-Prisoner accuses Vietnam of brutal treatment
Robert N Harms a 53 year old American consulting engineer testified at a news conference that he spent 11 months in Chi Hoa prison Saigon where he witnessed harsh conditions including inadequate food no sanitation and torture chambers He said six to fifteen Americans were held on various charges and that he bribed his release after losing 50 to 60 pounds He accused the U S Embassy of refusing to aid and alleged government officials in Saigon are considering destroying tiger cages at Con Son prison as investigators tour the island prison complex
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Swift
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Roon Tektronix
Cerro
Enneco
Texaco
Ohio
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Texgsul
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Flmo Corp
Transmra
CevEl
Transitron
CocaCo
MackeCo
TRW Inc
Macy Rh
CBS
UAL Inc
Ye Marcor
UMC Ind
Mar Mid
UnionPacit
Uniroyal
Airi
Asbas Mead Corp
UnitAire
MelvShoe
Merck
Tiva
Mercans
T . Unit Cp
MGM
Cooperin
US Steel
Cox
CPC
Monson
Upjohn
CrowseHind
A & Mon
CrowCo
Crown Cork
Wea
Mor-Nor
Varian Asso
Motorola
Dette
DanRiver
Dart Ind
NatAirtin
WarLam
Wstn Air Lin Deere Co
Natcashr
Westge
DeltaAir
Lala
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WinnDix
Disney
Natomas
Cressind
DukePw
duPont
Newmat
Zale Corp
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Harms
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State Option On Island Is Unlikely
Gov. Bob Scott said North Carolina is unlikely to obtain an option to Lay Bald Head Island before Carolina Cape Fear Corp. The firm has not filed an option with Brunswick County and Sherrill has not agreed to terms. Scott affirmed the state’s interest in ownership and said a state offer to Mr. Sherrill remains.
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Bob Scott
Bald Head Island
Carolina Cape Fear Corp
Scott
Carolina Cape Fear
Brunswick County Register of Deeds
High Point
Sherrill
American Compact Cars Sell Rapidly in Early 1970
Detroit reports compact cars driving sales with the Plymouth Valiant Duster leading gains. Chrysler sold 103,252 Dusters in the first half of 1970, while overall industry sales fell 9.5 percent to 3,971,428. The Duster accounts for 83.7 percent of the Valiant line, with prices starting at 2172 dollars, and compacts expand market share to 16.6 percent. The Ford Maverick tops compact sales, followed by the Chevrolet Nova, as other models post gains over 1969.
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Detroit
Chrysler Corp
United States
Sieeen
Goldepeesteas
Valiant
Alcohol Ranked First In Danger At UNC Drug Education Session
North Carolina toxicologist Dr. Arthur J. McBay ranks alcohol as the most abused drug and marijuana as the safest among abused substances. He told about 60 school officials at UNC Pharmacy that long-term effects of cannabis are unclear and control efforts have failed.
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Chapel Hill
North Carolina
Arthur J. McBay
Universityaf North Carolina School of Pharmacy
Cambodian government troops push back in siege and Vietnam drawdown
Cambodian forces report heavy fighting as a 300 man garrison on a 2000 foot mountain is overrun. Kompong Thom faced continued harassment and a second major assault looms. In Vietnam, Nixon orders phase four troop reductions with two Air Force squadrons deactivated and battlefield reports claim 47 Viet Cong killed south of Saigon.
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Kompong Thom
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Nixon
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