Dow Inches Up as Market Extends Gains at Noon
The New York Stock Exchange advanced further with 15 of the 20 most active stocks up at midday. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 8.33 points to 916.96 as volume reached 5.22 million shares. Motors led gains with American Motors General Motors Chrysler and Ford posting fractional increases. The AP average was up 1.4 at 338.2 with industrials up 2.1 rails up .7 and utilities up .6.
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Ford
Associated Press
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Mead Cp
NEW York
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New York Exchange Dividend Notations and Footnotes
Unofficial sales figures and dividend rates are listed as annual disbursements based on last declarations. Footnotes explain special or extra dividends and various designations such as liquidating, stock dividends, ex-dividend, and other conditions across 1968 1969 disclosures.
Over-The-Counter Stock Averages Update
Quotations from the NASD reflect representative inter-dealer prices around 11 a m. These markets fluctuate during the day and prices exclude retail markups markdowns and commissions.
North Carolina Forecast Cleared East Today With Cool Outlook
Forecast for North Carolina calls for clearing skies in the east this afternoon and partly cloudy conditions in the west. It stays generally cool tonight and Wednesday, with highs around 42 to 50 and lows in the 20s to 30s. Thursday looks fair in the east, increasing clouds and warmer with possible rain in the extreme west.
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Apollo 9 astronauts push toward risky moon tests
After a 12 hour run and nine hour sleep, the Apollo 9 crew prepared for days three to five of a bold flight plan. They will test the moon cab’s systems and perform a two hour space walk as part of the lunar excursion module trial to determine if a summer moon landing is feasible. Ground control praised the crew while a brief miscommunication referenced Apollo 7.
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Ron Evans
Roger
Mission Control
Schweickart
U.S
Earth
Aroit
Scott
Pueblo capture probes widen as panels examine 1968 incident
Congressional and Navy inquiry panels pursue the January 23 1968 Pueblo seizure by North Korea The hearings focus on ship vulnerability and the conduct code for captured personnel Cmdr Lloyd Bucher and crew members testify that the vessel was unprepared Navy measures include enhanced protection for intelligence ships weapons paper destruction devices and scuttling options to deter future incidents
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Moorer
North Korea
Special House Armed Services
Navy Board of Inquiry
Coronado
Cailif
Cmdr
Lloyd M
Leslie J. O’brien
Senators push wider coverage of North Carolina minimum wage
Two Republican senators David Flaherty and Coolidge Murrow introduced a bill to extend the states minimum wage of 1.25 dollars per hour to baby sitters newsboys shoe shine boys golf caddies and domestic workers in private homes or public-fund institutions. The measure would take effect January 1970 and would follow an act passed Monday night by the Senate.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Senate
Sens
David Flaherty
R-Caldwell
Coolidge Murrow
Guilford
Peking Escalates Protests Over Soviet Border Clash
The Associated Press reports mass demonstrations in China numbering in the millions and 450000 Red Guards outside the Soviet Embassy in Beijing. Tensions rise after a clash on the Ussuri River island Chenpao Daman sky. Both nations issue protest notes accusing each other of provocation and vow counterblows.
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Damansky
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Moscow
Peking People’s Daily
Liberation Army Daily
North Carolina House kills presidential primary bill in setback
The House voted 60 to 57 to postpone indefinitely a bill for a presidential preference primary, after earlier approval 68 to 39. Democratic leaders had opposed the measure, while the state Senate already moved to raise the minimum wage to 1.25 per hour, benefiting about 30,000 workers and tipping more workers from tips to the wage floor.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
House
Jack Baugh
D - Mecklenburg
General Assembly
Senate
Apollo 9 Wives Wait Watchfully
Apollo 9 wives settle in for a calm, watchful wait after a flawless launch. Ann Scott and Clare Schweickart describe staying by the squawk box as their children watch home TV, hopeful the mission becomes a lifelong memory despite nerves about docking and past Gemini 8 emergencies.
Eisenhower Improves. Intravenous Feedings Discontinued
Washington AP. Army physicians report President Eisenhower shows strong progress as IV feedings and medications are stopped this morning at Walter Reed Army Hospital. He remains very weak with no fever and heart action unchanged, and officials warn it will take considerable time to regain prior strength. The medical team had reduced bulletins to once daily from twice daily.
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