Market opens modestly up then fades by noon
The New York stock market started with a small advance but the gains evaporated by midday as the Dow slipped 0.64 to around 831. The AP average edged up 0.1 while industrials and rails posted mixed moves. Investors tracked Middle East tensions and selected issues showed fractional gains and losses.
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New York
Middle East
Associated Press
Rails
Action
Mi oFree Schenley
Coa
Io Oe Ierves Wese
International Nickel
Eastern Air Lines
Cerro
Polaroid
Avco Corp
Control Data
Over The Counter Pita Wack and Dividend Commentary
Fragmented text discusses over the counter trading, ex-dividend status, and stock movements in 1968. Mentions dividends, payouts, and NASD quotations, with references to ex-distribution and dealer markups or commissions.
Forecast for several southeastern states shows showers and mild temperatures
North Carolina Maine increasing cloudiness with showers and scattered thundershowers. South Carolina likely thundershowers in the northwest and scattered thunder showers southeast. Virginia cloudy tonight and Friday with possible showers, mountain lows in the 50s. Georgia partly cloudy with highs mainly in the 60s and 70s.
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North Carolina
South Carolina
Rginia
Georgia
Insurance Hearing Resumed on Auto and Commercial Rates
Raleigh NC Insurance Commissioner Edwin S Lanier resumed a hearing on mobile liability and other insurance rates. The North Carolina Rate Administrative Office proposed rate hikes of 14.5 percent for commercial car premiums and 7.5 percent for garage coverage. Lanier's session featured frequent recesses as an outside court hearing occurred. The last revisions dated to 1966 when commercial car premiums fell 3.2 percent and garage rates rose 4.6 percent.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Edwin S. Lanier
Lanier
Peace talks plan outlines halt conditions in Vietnam
The article describes a plan to begin talks with North Vietnam through the Viet Cong political front and sets conditions for halting offensive operations. It notes Shoup and Edwin Reischauer commenting on the process and a lack of follow up from the White House after McNamara, and discusses the U S stance toward a peaceful settlement.
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Mittee
South Vietnam
Natcoas
North Vietnam
United States
Vietnam
Hanoi
Shoup
Robert S. McNamara
White House
Edwin D. Reischauer
Japan
U.S
Meeting Point of Four States Shaped by Geography
The confluence where Utah Colorado New Mexico and Arizona meet defines a unique geographic corner. This junction highlights how terrain and cross-border routes influence travel, commerce, and regional identity across a sparsely populated but strategically significant area.
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Utah
Colorado
New Mexico
Arizona
Milk Snake Feeds On Rodents Around Dairies
The harmless milk snake inhabits barns and dairies feeding on rodents. It does not drink milk and helps control pests in farm settings.
Flood Dam Breach Threatens Taunton Downtown
A year old wooden dam on the Whitenton Mill site failed as floodwater rushed through Taunton Massachusetts endangering a downstream dam. Army engineers described the situation as still touch and go while volunteers and Civil Defense workers sandbagged the river area and evacuated more than a hundred families from a four mile zone around the Mill River. The flood also forced closures of schools and factories and threatened homes along the Charles River region.
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Taunton
Mass
Whittenton Mill
Frank A. Morris
Army Engineers
Boston
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Mill River
Army
Morey
Whittenton Mill Dam
Sabbatia Lake
Benjamin A. Friedman
Whittenton
Communist spy case ties Gerhardt to 1941 U S entry
The record notes Gerhardt, said to be the top Communist spy in the Two States by 1946, faced false statements charges over a $23,500 request. He was linked to a 1949 street inquiry at the Pol liner Batory in New York and later hid as it sailed.
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DetEdis Pitney
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duPont
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RCA
East Air
Ranco Inc
Ava
Reading Co
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Sal Reyn
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Scheniey
Schering
Scientif Data
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Formek
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Shell Oil
ShellTr i
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New York
Tae
Alsour Co
South Ry
Spartan Ind
Admira
Gillette
Glen Ald
Global Marin
Goodyr
Alcoa
Gt West Fini
Gtwaun
Sunray
Swift Co
Gulf
GulfSteut
Gulf Win
Tenneco
Transvair
Transitron
AMP Inc
TRW
Anecon
Tole
VeiHunthds Sob Nn
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Armco Sti
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Omea
Arm Ck
Atlas
Atlas Corp
Avco Cp
Avnet Inc
Ibima New York
US Steel
BeechAire
Jewel Co
John Men
Va Upionn
Bendix
BenefFin
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Rair
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Burt’ Ind
Associated Press
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Henredon Fur
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N.C
Sroberts
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Northrop
Senate Ethics Proposal Rejected
Senate leaders rejected the Clark-Case disclosure plan drafted by the ethics committee. Everett Dirksen opposed public disclosure arguing amendments would seal sensitive financial data, with only the ethics committee to access details during probes.
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Senate
Senate Ethics Committee
Dirksen
Ethics ‘Committee
Nixon Faces Governor Challenge as 1960 Context Weighs In
Nixon expects to meet the governor in a key challenge while recalling John F Kennedy's remark that no candidate should run without primaries. Johnson did not enter primaries that year. Rockefeller shows vote winning strength by NY governor wins, prompting questions about Nixon's GOP ceiling in 1960 and his 1964 loss to Barry Goldwater.
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Nixon
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Lyndon Johnson
Johnson
Rockefeller
New York
Ithe
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
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