Stock market rally lifts optimism for 1976 gains
New York AP reports a strong Wall Street start to 1976 with the Dow Jones up 55.57 to 907.98 in five opening days. Analysts cite calendar effects, year end bonuses, pension fund inflows, and a rate cut by Chase Manhattan as drivers of the surge. The market’s role as an economic indicator is noted, with historical warnings about volatility and delayed forecasts.
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New York
Wall Street
Hirsch Organization
Dow
New York Stock Exchange
Chase Manhattan
Heinz H. Biel
Hopping Watson Inc
Hotel snafu sparks marital woes in Chicago
A Chicago hotel mistakenly mailed thousands of thank you letters to a Chicago mailing list of 4000 residents before Christmas. The error disrupted over 1,000 marriages and prompted some to seek divorces. The hotel apologized and tried to calm affected couples, though some vowed lawyers would pursue action.
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Chicago
Oxford House
Jerome Belanger
Labor Secretary Dunlop may resign after labor walkout
Labor Secretary John T. Dunlop faces pressure to quit after nine labor leaders resign from the Presidents Labor Management Advisory Committee in protest of Ford's veto on a broad picketing bill. AFL-CIO figures Meany and other labor chiefs may follow, arguing the administration lost labor support as Ford warned of conservative votes.
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Labor
Ford
Washington
John T. Dunlop
Dunlop
Aflcio
George Meany
Robert A. Geor- Aineing
Georgine
Afl-Cio Building and Construction Trades Department
Organized Labor
Meany
Associated Builders and Contractors
White House
Teamsters
Fitzsimmons
FDA seeks ban on DES as livestock growth stimulant
The FDA proposed banning Diethylstilbestrol in cattle and sheep feed due to persistent DES residues in animal livers and potential cancer risk shown in tests. Congress may back a broader DES ban. the agency grants 30 days for a hearing request or final withdrawal after that period.
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Washington
Congress
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
Byrd enters 1976 Democratic presidential race in WV primary
Sen. Hubert C. Byrd of West Virginia, a top Senate Democrat and majority whip, announces a May 11 bid for the 1976 Democratic nomination. He positions as a potential dark horse if the convention deadlocks and will file for reelection to the Senate while weighing other primaries. Reagan campaigns in Florida as Ford campaign manager Callaway denounces budget cuts.
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Washington
Hubert C. Byrd
West Virginia
Senate
Byrd
West Viginia
Reagan
Florida
Ford
Howard H. Callaway
Edward M. Kennedy
Ku Klux Klan
Humphrey
New Hampshire
Citizen Lobby
Common Cause
Eugene McCarthy
McCarthy
Ronald Cocome
Henry Bellman
R-Okla
GOP
Texas
John B. Connally
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America
Carroll Kehne JR
Catepets
West Second ST. Frederick
Seabe Price
Frederick’ S
E. Patrick St
Me Bacac
Te Cred & Serth Henered
Sen
North Carolina
Callaway
Gallup
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
Henry Block
N. Market Fred. Co
Braddock Heights
Wee
Frederick County
P.T.A
Rink
Gil Adamson
Pai
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