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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1974
Page
5
Readable excerpts show NYSE closing quotations with prices for many companies including Air Prod Airco rne Allied Aluminum Amex Bayer and numerous others. The list contains per share figures such as high low close and percent changes interspersed with odd OCR artifacts.
A. W. Zelemek Associates notes market trend improving yet not strong amid rising interest rates and higher prime. They warn the downturn may not be over and advise holding prime securities for the long term as February and March show slightly improved indicators.
The Dow Jones averages end with mixed declines across sectors. Industrial average falls 1.02 points to 848.79, transportation slips 0.15 to 181.06, utilities drop 0.26 to 87.10, and the 65-stock index at 284.49 down 0.37 with total sales at 10.13 million shares.
May silver 4.49 up 0.20. July platinum 228 up 3. May copper 1.25% up 0.04. May corn 2.66% up 0.09. May wheat 4.48 up 0.18. May soybeans 5.58 up 0.16. June cattle 47.02 down 0.28. June hogs 38.35 up 0.05. Eggs 43.60 up 0.19. May Maine potatoes 17.50 down 0.50. May cocoa 93.30 up 0.02. May coffee 71.30 unchanged. May plywood 132 down 4.80 thou. sq ft.
Stocks on the American Stock Exchange in New York see active trading with notable movers and varied gains as investors monitor shifting prices and market momentum.
Nine major steel companies, employing over 347,000 across 249 plants, agree to a five year consent decree to restore more than 30 million dollars in back pay to 34,000 black and Spanish surnamed men and 5,599 women, with goals for 20 percent women hires in production and maintenance and 15 percent minority hires in clerical and technical roles. The settlement, filed in Birmingham Alabama, is overseen by Justice Department Labor and EEOC, and includes a national audit and plant committees to monitor progress.
A dense catalog of Scottsdale Tempe and Phoenix establishments including hotels restaurants drugstores groceries and utilities with street corners and cross streets. Notable entries cover hotels on Scottsdale Road and McDowell Road plus ASU libraries and Tempe centers among miscellaneous shops and services.
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