Firms Reports Hard to Read for Ordinary Investors
AP analysis notes readers struggle to interpret annual reports amid notes, footnotes, and division breakdowns. It cites Equity Funding collapse and Weis Securities as examples of misleading data and flawed internal systems.
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John Cunniff
AP Business Analyst
New York
New York Stock Exchange
Weis Securities, Inc
Yucca Trees Featured in Junior Editors Quiz
The quiz outlines Yucca tree varieties including stemless forms and woody trunks, their flowers resembling lilies, and night fragrance. It notes their southwestern US habitat, pollination by Pronuba moths, types like Spanish Bayonet and Our Lord's Candle, uses of leaf fibers, and a prize of $10 plus AP World Yearbook for winning submissions.
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Southwest
California
Arizona
Mark Muegge
Roswell
Calif
Posta Bty
Double Talk From Everyday Speech Across Years
The piece surveys common examples of double talk as people claim politeness while thinking the opposite. It catalogs quotes followed by the speaker’s internal thoughts revealing contrasts between stated meaning and actual intent.
Mixer puzzle solution and clues from page
The reader describes a word puzzle where opposite words to above terms are NEED and KIB, forming the MIXER word INBREED. Clues mention places and numbers such as Cleveland waterfront and Tableau, with an agreement note at M4 and item 35.
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Cleveland
Waterfront
Metal Fragments Spark 1897 Aurora UFO Debate
Dallas Times Herald reports scientists from a major aircraft maker say an aluminum fragment from the Aurora Texas crash site could not have been earth made before 1908 to 1920, while the International UFO Bureau disputes radio activity and calls one fragment iron.
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Aurora
Tex
Dallas Times Herald
Times Herald
Fort Worth
Decatur
International Ufo Bureau Inc
Oklahoma City
Okla
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