Market Falls As Vietnam and Franc Devaluation Worries Grow
The Dow 30 shed 6.64 points to 904.90 at noon, with 1,029 declines 224 advances among 60 AP shares. Industrials down 4.7, rails 3.1, utilities 1.2, amid fears of a French franc devaluation and Viet Cong offensive.
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New York Stock Exchange Briefing Amid Vietnam War News
New York market notes reflect Vietnamese war updates and defense statements by Melvin Laird. Officials report stock prices, bond movements, and the broader market context as war headlines influence investor sentiment.
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Weather and spaceflight notes mixed in regional update
A fragmentary report combines windy cool weather across New York and Virginia with coastal rain in the Carolinas and a hard cold period for the mid Atlantic. It also covers a lunar mission rendezvous, plus Vietnam conflict actions near Saigon, Dalat, and Dong Tam with light American casualties.
No Party Connections Reports U S Outposts Shelled
U S headquarters said outposts near populated areas were shelled causing a few civilian casualties. In another action U S 25th Division infantry sweeping attack corridors 43 miles northwest of Saigon encountered enemy troops firing small arms and machine guns.
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Ray Foreman Delay Shifts Trial Dates
A Ray case saw lawyer Percy Foreman from Houston hired on the eve of trial causing postponements to March 3 and then April 7 while defense prep proceeded. A Huntsville paper cited a source claiming a guilty plea could avoid death and yield a 9 year term, with the Times noting jury-imposed sentence requirements and possible court recommendation. The plan involved empaneling a jury, it said, which would hear a prima facie case before accepting a guilty plea and recommending a 99 year sentence, then the jury could leave before confirming the sentence.
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UNC Faculty Group Urges Trooper Removal in Chapel Hill
In Chapel Hill a faculty group urged Governor Scott to pull state troopers sent to UNC as a strike by dining hall workers sparked protests. About 100 highway patrols posted at Lenoir Hall, while Guard units stood by, with no incidents reported Thursday.
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Community leaders urged reform to curb unrest in the United States
Dist. Atty. Edmund Dinis said more bodies will be found in Cape Cod sand dunes where rude grades yielded the corpses of four girls. An industrial college leader questioned public conduct and urged courageous leadership to remove violent content from front pages and TV. He noted a split between mature yet miseducated older youths and uncomplicating Vietnam returnees who could lead civic improvement.
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More Bodies Found In Sand Dunes Case
Antone Costa, 25, an unemployed carpenter and taxidermist, was arrested on a murder charge after the hacked bodies of two girls from Providence, Rhode Island, were unearthed two days earlier.
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Miner Rescue Nears 24 Hour Mark In Utah Mine
In LARK Utah AP reports rescue teams say they are about a day from reaching a trapped miner after a collapse at a zinc mine. Police and investigators note missing girls from Rhode Island were found shot and hacked to death, with autopsies confirming the killings.
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Nuclear Treaty Reaches Senate Floor
Washington AP reports the foreign relations committee moved the nuclear nonproliferation treaty toward a Senate floor vote. Chairman Fulbright predicted two thirds approval within days despite Republican Goldwater’s warning that ratification would make the United States the world’s police power.
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PARDONED PIRATE Laffite Aided New Orleans Defense
Jean Laffite the pirate aided in the defense of New Orleans in 1815 and received a presidential pardon for prior crimes.
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Bombing leaves Negro youth critically injured at San Francisco State
SAN FRANCISCO AP A Negro youth remains in critical condition after the 10th bombing in a four month student strike at San Francisco State College. Tit Peebles 19 was charged with conspiracy and explosion as police say the pipe bomb went off prematurely in a locker room during a time bomb placement. Peebles a BSU member from East Palo Alto is tied to the strike led by the Black Students Union and Third World Liberation Front demanding ethnic studies and open admission.
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