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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1974
Page
7
A dense OCR readout shows a stock table with many company names such as Kaiser Aluminum, IBM, Exxon, Coca Cola, General Electric, and Pennzoil. Prices, highs, lows, and percent changes appear across columns for multiple days and exchanges.
London gold 163.25 down 0.25, Jan platinum 192 down 3, Dec copper 60.20 up 1.10, Dec wheat 5.27 2 up 1, Dec corn 3.62 down 0.09, Dec soybeans 7.90 down 0.20 per bushel. Live cattle 42.30 down, live hogs 43.55 down, fresh eggs 61.90 down 1.45, Feb pork bellies 68.72 down 0.68, May Maine potatoes 5.75 unchanged, Dec cotton 43.40 up 0.55, Nov plywood 107.00 up 2.00.
United Press International reports at 3 p.m. the Dow Jones Industrial Average up 0.94 points to 637.20, the Transport average up 0.39 to 164.01, the Utilities up 0.38 to 67.26, and the Stocks index up 0.50 to 203.90.
The plaza at the southwest corner of Scottsdale Road and Lincoln Drive opened its doors with 15 businesses centered on an open air Spanish courtyard. Roark announced hours from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday with Thursday and Saturday evenings, and the complex offers 275 parking spaces across 60,000 square feet. Lincoln Plaza Merchants Association lists John Thomas as president with officers Ed Bagus, George Adams and Sherre Lucas.
Ed Mahurin of Madda Trading Co. reports grain futures up early week on Russian shipments. corn and soybeans dip midweek, wheat strongest due to foreign demand. Dressed beef prices soften then improve. cattle on feed at 76 percent of last year. Hog slaughter prospects fall for early 1975. Metals rise on inflation fears with silver near 5. Gold above 160. Copper trends downward.
Scottsdale based Swartwout Film Productions earned awards at the 22nd Columbus Film Festival in Ohio for two films Working Together at Ramada and Welcome Home written by Terry Ross and directed by Jerry Hartleben. Hartleben praised the films for their cinematic graphics and storytelling timing. Swartwout Productions is located at 6736 E Avalon Drive.
A businessman requests readiness when the newspaperboy arrives for payment. With correct change and polite thanks, the delivery person relies on full route collections for profit. The caller urges kindness for extra workload and notes the boy’s self employment.
Trading waned on the New York Stock Exchange with the Dow Jones up 0.79 at 637.05 as investors stayed cautious about inflation and a possible recession. Volume fell from Thursday, while advances led declines 673 to 590 among 1,684 issues. American exchanges saw moderate losses. First National City Bank of New York also boosted sentiment by cutting its prime lending rate.
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