Stock market drifts amid caution on Middle East and autos
New York trading shows a dull sideways session with the Dow up 0.89 to 761.64 at noon as advances lead declines 3 to 2 on the NYSE. Analysts cite investor caution awaiting news on funding, auto strike risk, and Middle East tensions. AP 60-stock index up 0.7 at 253.3 with mixed results across sectors and notable gains for Tomomas and Pan American among Big Board names.
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NEW York
New York Stock Exchange
Middle East
Associated Press
Natomas
International Paper
Torex
Pan American
Computer Sciences
American Stock Exchange
Syntex
Teleprompter
Milgo Electronic
Viewlex
Dixilyn
Vikoa
New York Stock Exchange Selects Afternoon Prices
The New York Exchange releases afternoon prices with market activity noted by AP. Investors watch for shifts in equities as trading continues in New York.
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NEW York
New York Stock Exchange
A P Stock Averages Mixed Across Time Periods
The Associates list noon figures and prior day, week, and month readings for A P stock averages with several teams and indices shown. Historical highs and lows for 1969 1969 and 1970 appear alongside Rails Ind UK and Egn.
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Egn
Soldier from Wilkesboro Killed in Southeast Asia
Washington AP reports Defense Department announces that P s get a ney E Taylor of Wilkesboro North Carolina has been killed as a result of hostile action in Southeast Asia.
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Washington
Defense Department
Ney E. Taylor
Wilkesboro, N. C
Southeast Asia
Dividend Footnotes and Abbreviations From Exchange Tables
Unofficial sales figures and dividend rates noted. Footnotes label extra or special dividends, stock dividends, and various declare or pay actions across 1960s and 1970s issues. Several codes indicate ex dividend, ex distribution, stock involvement, or special conditions.
No Nationwide Food Shortage Expected From Corn Blight
An Agriculture Department official said there will be no national food shortage due to the Southern leaf blight despite severe dry weather and rumors of heavy losses. The upcoming monthly crop report will clarify the 1970 corn situation, with official secrecy surrounding its release to prevent market disruption.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Athens
Murder, Death by Own Action Ruled in Burlington Area
Alamance County Sheriff Stockard says the shooting deaths of Barbara Roney and her eight week old son Keith at their home south of Burlington were ruled murder and death by own action. The woman and infant deaths followed Barbara Roney being shot in the head and Keith in the chest by a pistol. The husband Gene Roney and their other son were away at the time.
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Burlington
N. C
Alamance County
John H. Stockard
Stockard
Barbara Roney
Keith
Chapel Hill
Peace Pact Declared Amid Amman Calm After Guerrilla Push
Arab guerrillas and Jordanian authorities said they agreed to remove causes of three day clashes in Amman and end the fighting. The city breathed as residents emerged from basements, but sporadic shooting and closures continued. Reports said dozens of civilians died and there were casualties among the guerrillas while U.S. officials reported disappearances of embassy staff and a military attache.
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Associated Press
Amman
Tinians
Hussein
CIA
Nasser Ben Jamil
Zeid Ben Shake
Ben Shaker
Ben Jamil
Europe
U.S. State Department
Jon W. Stewart
U.S
Department
Irvin Graham
Graham
Cigarette Liability Considered in Kansas Study
A subcommittee of the Kansas Legislative Council studies a bill to hold cigarette manufacturers and sellers liable for damage from smoking. Rep Payne H Ratner Jr leads the panel as Rep Jack N Turner testifies the measure targets a multi million dollar health harming industry with medical evidence from Dr George Mastio of the Kansas division American Cancer Society.
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Wichita
Kan
Kansas Legislative Council
Payne H. Ratner Jr
Jack N. Turner
Turner
George Mastio
Kansas
American Cancer Society
Hostage crisis draws regional reactions and military positioning
Officials in Amman and Beirut debate the Popular Front stance as hostages remain at an isolated desert airstrip. U S naval forces position near Jordan to aid potential evacuation while Iraq calls for humanitarian release and Syria urges action to avoid foreign intervention. Israel weighs prisoner exchange amid ongoing uncertainty.
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Amman
Popular Front
Beirut
Desert
Red Cros
Washington
U.S. 6Th Fleet
Jordan
Baghdad Radio
Syria
Al-Raya
Baath Socialist Party
Golda Meira
Jerusalem
Bedwetting Motive Cited in MacDonald Slayings Defense Says
Defense attorney says prosecution at Army hearing argued Capt. Jeffrey MacDonald killed his wife and two children in a rage over bedwetting. The hearing could determine if he faces a general court martial on three counts of premeditated murder. A psychiatrist testified he was not deliberately lying about intruders.
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FT. Bragg
N.C
Jeffrey MacDonald
MacDonald
Bernard L. Segal
Segal
Clifford L. Somers
Green Beret
Cation
Hurricane Ella Aims For Texas Mexico Coastline
Hurricane Ella with winds near 85 mph moved toward the Texas Mexico border. The Weather Bureau forecast landfall near or just south of Brownsville, Texas, a city of about 51,000 on the Gulf coast. Residents prepared for probable damage as Ella accelerated through the night toward the coast.
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Brownsville
Tex
Ella
Texas-Mexico
Weather Bureau
Mexican
Gulf of Mexic
Coastal storm Ella threatens Brownsville area with heavy tides
A tropical system known as Ella moves east southeast about 200 miles from Brownsville after crossing the Yucatan Peninsula. Predictions call for six inches of rain and tides 5 to 8 feet, prompting dawn evacuations and plans to empty South Padre Island and Port Isabel by noon.
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Brownsville
Mexico
Yucatan Peninsula
Port Isabel
Cameron County
South Padre Island
Celia
Corpus Christi
Texas
Beulah
Ella
Port Aransas
Charlotte Schools End Registration and Bus Desegregation Plan
Charlotte schools began staggered openings under a court ordered desegregation plan requiring large scale busing. Judge James B. McMillan praised the effort as officials work to move 13,300 to 20,000 more students into the 84,500 pupil system amid protests and bomb threats. The board appealed to the Supreme Court with Oct 12 hearing set for related appeals.
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Charlotte
Charlotte - Mecklenburg Board of Education
Supreme Court
High Court
McMillan
Bullboard
Concerned Parents Association
CPA
Arrest Made In Hickory School Fire
A cleaning woman from Lawndale identified as Annie Pearl Sims has been charged with setting three fires at Kenworth school in Hickory. She was released on a $5,000 bond and a preliminary hearing is set for September 21 in Hickory District Court. The city remains under curfew amid aftershocks from weekend violence over a Negro membership dispute on the Hickory High cheer squad.
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Hickory
N. C
Lawndale
Larson Moore
Annie Pearl Sims
Rt. 1
Cleveland County
Kenworth School
Moore
Sims
Julian Whitener
Hickory High School
West Meekhat
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