Stock Market Dips as Traders Await Rate Signals
The noon Dow Jones average fell 3.81 to 909.18 as traders awaited direction on rates. The NYSE composite index slipped .08 to 9.87, with sentiment mixed as CitiBank’s lending rate move and a quieter 8.03 million share volume. Amex also eased.
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NY Stocks Mixed on Noon Prices with Major Movers Listed
National stock quotes show mixed noon results on the New York Stock Exchange with listings for several large firms including Texaco, Allis Chalmers, Boeing, AT&T, and IBM alongside banks and utilities. Prices reflect shifts across sectors as traders weigh earnings and market signals.
New York Stock Exchange Noon Index Update
AP reports the New York Stock Exchange noon index showing Dow Jones Industrials at 96.97, unchanged. Utilities and industrials figures are briefly noted as they stood at noon.
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Amin Returns Home Amid Global Speculation and Spying Arrest
Radio Uganda announced Idi Amin had returned to his capital after a border visit with Rwanda and Tanzania, amid rumors of London and other destinations. A Briton was arrested for spying and warned of a military tribunal. Jamaica's Manley condemned Amin as a global disgrace in a Royal Commonwealth Society luncheon.
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Castro Says Carter Intelligent Nixon False and Foolish
In an ABC interview Fidel Castro praises Carter as intelligent and idealistic while calling Nixon false and foolish. He notes US Cuban relations on a plateau despite a diplomat exchange and recounts Nixon era hostility and Bay of Pigs links. He comments on China Russia and political prisoners in Cuba.
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Litter Measure Killed and Tax Increase Dead in NC House
The North Carolina House Finance Committee sent the litter control bill to a subcommittee, signaling likely death. It also voted 20 to 9 to kill Vernon James’s bill to raise the gasoline tax from 9 to 10 cents, which would fund secondary road improvements. Holt's bill would levy 10 to 100 dollars per year on manufacturers and retailers to support litter removal and solid waste efforts.
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Hunt attacks HEW over Medicaid penalty on NC homes
Gov. Jim Hunt denounces a proposed 2.7 million Medicaid cut to North Carolina's 239 long term care facilities for delayed inspections. He calls the penalty petty harassment and urges federal state cooperation as HEW plans 142 million in nationwide cuts for states missing nursing home review standards.
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Mean old alligator brings tourism to Ponchatoula
A tale narrates a Louisiana mayor who cages a mean eleven foot alligator in a town center to attract visitors. Tourists pay to peek and feed the creature while a 25 dollar fine deters throwing anything but money. The scheme funds the cage and chickens, pleasing residents and council.
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