Congress weighs reform as food prices surge markets
Washington reports record high food costs push Congress to scrutinize commodities markets where No 2 shell corn and frozen pork bellies trade. The House Agriculture Committee plans hearings to assess strengthening the 17 person Commodity Exchange Authority amid inflation and price manipulation concerns.
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Commodity Exchange Authority
CEA
National Zoo
House Agriculture Committee
House
Neal Smith
Iowa
Smith
DEA
Agriculture Department
On the Job Partner Faces Growing Beauty Chain Strain
A 12 year old beauty parlor business grows to over 40 chairs while tensions rise between partners Irma and Madeline. The advisor suggests either a split arrangement with one staying and the other exiting, or taking the business public with outside investment to dilute ownership and add a board capable of removing active participation if needed.
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Hal Thorn
Hal
Madeline
West region business activity seen rising in Q4 survey
Prudential's Western Business Forecast shows 65 percent of West businessmen expect higher activity in Q4 1973, 15 percent flat, 20 percent down. Southern California-Arizona-Nevada region reports 69 percent optimism, with 15 percent flat and 16 percent down. Trade and service remain strongest year to year with 94 percent expecting equal or better results. agriculture and extractives show steep declines. Arizona group manager Ben R Bergeson of New York Life to speak on pension planning at Scottsdale session Tuesday night.
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Prudential
California-Arizona-Nevada
Agriculture
Extractive
Ben R. Bergeson
Arizona
New York Life Insurance Co
Scottsdale-area
National Association of Accountants
Bergeson
SunBurst
New York Life
NYSE Quotation Snapshot Highlights Key Stocks
Readable stock list shows price changes and last figures for numerous listings, including AmCan, Exxon, CocaCola, IBM, Pfizer, and PepsiCo. Trading details reflect 2 p.m. quotations with bid ask shifts, daily highs and lows, and notable price movement across diverse sectors.
Stock Market Snapshot from American Exchange Listing Prices
A dense OCR page shows numerous tickers with bid and last prices across oil, mining, tech, and consumer firms on the American Exchange and NYSE alike. Traders monitor Petro, Austral, Banister, Husky, Exxon, RCA, Textron, Pfizer, IBM, and many others as quotes fluctuate amid mixed volumes.
Dow Jones Averages at 3 PM Decline Across Sectors
The Dow Jones indices show mixed declines at 3 p.m. with the Industrial average at 969.99 down 9.63, Transports at 183.03 off 0.08, Utilities at 102.18 down 0.90 and the Stocks average at 295.61 down 2.26. Volume reaches 14,160,000 shares.
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Rascoc
Astern Air
Esmark
Vale Ste
Orp
Sincity
Fruehut
GAC Corp
AF Cp
Gam Skr
AOI
L'S Howards
Idaho
IdeaiBas
Injand
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Ite Corprinié
Jostens
Kels
Kerr
Kidde W
Kim
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Mn Knight
Kopper
Ea Kraftco
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Libby McNi
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Lon
Revion
Zaheedha
Rey Ind
Rockwil
Schering
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SimnsCo
SmithKline
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Teledyne
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Uniroyal
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Univeil
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SOO
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Union
Whittake Cp
Wickes Cpl
Dow Jones
Scottsdale Daily Progress item from October 15, 1973
A compact listing from the Scottsdale Arizona Daily Progress dated Monday October 15 1973 features local notices and brief items typical of a morning newspaper.
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Scottsdale (Az
Daily Progress
Hughes Airwest Announces Rapid Package Service Plan
Hughes Airwest offers a guaranteed delivery freight option for small parcels called Rapid Package Service. Each shipment costs 20 dollars, must weigh under 50 pounds and fit within 90 inches total, with a 30 minute preflight drop and 30 minute post arrival retrieval.
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Hughes Airwest
Robert Donahue
Commodities talk set by Dean Witter in Scottsdale
A free commodity seminar will be presented by the Scottsdale office of Dean Witter & Co on Tuesday and October 23 at 7 30 p m. The sessions will be at 7000 East Camelback Road with William Culeman as speaker. He will cover fundamentals and techniques of trading, developing a trading plan, diversification, and current market outlook.
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Scottsdale
Dean Witter & Co
East Camelback Road
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