Monongalia County Industries See Wages Jump
The 1968 Monongalia County Directory of Industries shows total annual salaries rising to 92 588 865 from 63 3 million in 1965 and total employment increasing to 15 004. Coal, diversified, and education research drive growth with education leading in payrolls and headcount. A steel industry conference in Pittsburgh weighs labor talks with potential nationwide impact. State Farm unveils Medi-Cash to cover hospital costs with per diem payouts and flexible use of funds.
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Monongalia County
Morgantown
State Farm
Week in Finance Signals Strikes and Market Tug
The article notes talk of a steel strike and wary money managers as stock prices slip from weekly highs. Institutions resist big blocks, while funds avoid sharp selling in blue chips and glamour issues. Inflation fears and Fed actions shape a cautious outlook with potential recession risk.
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New York
United States
Mutual Funds Largely Sit Out Downturn In New York
Dow Jones edged to 885.47 as funds hold cash and equivalents amid a week of trading. Analysts say go go funds stay locked in high flyers, while investors and pension plans await a market upturn before selling.
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New York
Wall Street
Mutual
Pension
Treasury
Slackening Building Activity and May Economic Totals
April permits numbered 123 with estimated construction at 521 011 dollars, while May totals show a drop from the prior year for the same month. Bank debits surged to 48 473 000 dollars, with May 1967 at 41 982 000 and April at 40 998 000. Post Office receipts fell in May to 63 924 dollars from 68 021 in April. Coal production rose to 888 424 tons in May from 825 750 in April, but trailed May 1967’s 893 794. Employment showed 910 seeking work in May, down from prior figures.
Union Growth Is Researched Reported in 1956 66 Trend
Fortune analyzes labor trends showing public sector unions expanding 88 percent from 915000 to 1717000 between 1956 and 1966 while private industry unions grew 12 percent. Also features utilities consumption, telephones in service, air traffic at Morgantown Airport, Greyhound bus departures, vehicle sales, river tonnage at Morgantown Dam, and vital statistics for May including marriages births and deaths.
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New York
New Fortune
Fortune
Morgantown
Greyhound Bus
Monongahela River
New York Times Index Rises to 355.2 Last Week
The Times weekly index of business activity climbed to 355.2 from 315.4 the prior week, with the year earlier reading at 300.4. The table lists the index and components adjusted for long term seasonal trends. Nippon Television Network plans to build the world’s tallest tower in Tokyo at 1800 feet, costing about 41 million dollars.
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New York
New York Times
Tokyo
UPI
Japan
Nippon Television Network
NTV
Young Girl From Georgetown Patents Bubble Toy
Betty Galloway of Georgetown South Carolina, aged 10, earned a patent for a bubble producing toy, filed at age seven. The device uses a thick tube to form expanded bubbles and can take duck shapes. her father James H. Galloway is noted as a furniture company manager. The article also mentions other patent recipients including Air Force sergeant Joseph Pursley, Bell Telephone engineers, and Dr. Athelstan Spilhaus, with notes on patent basics and royalty rights.
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Washington
Betty Galloway
Patent Office
Betty
Georgetown
S.C
James H. Galloway
Winyah Furniture Company
International Paper
Elizabeth H. Galloway
Air Force
Joseph E. Pursley
Air Defense Command
Otis Air Force Base
Cape Cod
Otis
Sergeant Pursley
Athelstan F. Spilhaus
Spilhaus
Franklin Institute
Philadelphia
Experimentoy Corporation of
Minneapolis
Experimentoy
Spectacular Products, Inc
University of Minnesota Institute of Technology
Declines Hit Amex And Over-The-Counter Week
Prices declined sharply in active trading this week on the American Stock Exchange and the Over-The-Counter Market. The week featured four trading days with volume of 23,026,610 on the Amex, and the index fell to 28.33, down 1.13 from last week’s 29.46, with a high of 29.56 and a low of 28. Great Basins Petroleum led activity, closing at 7% on Friday on 520,100 shares. Equity Corporation rose to 9.4 on 393,500 shares.
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New York
American Stock Exchange
American Exchange
Great Basins Petroleum
Equity Corporation
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Ds Ay
Jim Su
Andrew G. Fusco
Joel Hannah
Chamber
West Virginia
Mountain State
Pittsburgh
Basic Steel Industry
I. W. Abel
United Steel Workers
William Penn Hotel
USW
Vietnam
Pittsburgh National Bank
Federal Reserve
Chicago
International Amphitheatre
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Illinois Bell
Times Index
Ing
Lana Paperboard
Tsa Lumber
New York Times News Service
Buffalo
Miami
Denver
Los Angeles
Florida
Kenneth D. Hopper
Edward E. Schwenzfeger
Bell Telphone Laboratories
Murray Hill
N.J
Newark
John Puma
Electric
By Underwood
Barry's Office Service
Beechurst Ave
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