Stock prices slip in moderate trading in New York
In early trading on the New York market the Dow Jones industrial average fell 3.24 to 829.95 as declines outweighed gains amid uncertainty over Iran and a weaker dollar. Banking stocks slipped with rate cuts expected, Pfizer led activity as investors watched moves in currencies, gold rose slightly, and a separate suit was filed in common pleas court for 274 458 against Nowinski Greenhouse Inc.
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Iran
Tokyo
Chase Manhattan
Citicorp
Pfizer
New York Stock Exchange
Farmers Production Credit Association
Ashland
Common Pleas
Nowinski Greenhouse Inc
East River Road
Columbia Township
NYSE
American Stock Exchange
Carbides Alte New York
UPI
US Steel
White Motor
Alcoa
Woolworth
Ly Macnuth
Rado
Pierre R
Seth Co
Am Motors
T&t
Armco
Bell Howell
American Machine & Foundry
Ast
Bendix
American Ship Building
Am Beth Steel
American Standard Sah
Bobbie Srks
Ty Behave
Boeing
Ghia Edison
Detroit
Edis
Parker Hannifin
Dial
Searle
Djte
Vets
DuPont
Smucker
Eastern Air Bus Southern Co
Kodak
Sybron iv
Eaton
Toledo Edison
Evans
Exxon
Union Partie Corp
Firestone
Woolorth
Ford Motor
Gen Foods
Gen Motor
Goodrich
Ty Grace
WY Greshound
Ing Rand
IBM Corp
Kellogg
Kennecott
Kraft
Any Kroger
Luken Steel
Id'y McLouth Steel
Ty Mobil Corp
Monsanto
Blay Motorla
Sir Nabisco
Any
Natl Steel
Gypsum
Trortk & Wa
Ol Corp
Peps Aid Xaih
Philips Pet
Polaroid
PPG Indus
Proct
Ty Rahm Hess
Rubbermaid
Sears
CelLica
Sid Oil Ind
Ohio
M Tenney
Texaco
Army Offers Two Year Enlistment Plan
The U S Army introduces a two year enlistment option for high school graduates aged 17 to 34 seeking selected job opportunities. Enlistees may qualify for up to 7400 in the Veterans Educational Assistance Program when the enlistment ends.
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U.S. Army
GM Chief Murphy Sees Cautious Optimism for 1980 Economy
GM Chairman Thomas Murphy projects a milder downturn than 1974-75 and predicts a 1980 auto sales pace near 1979 levels at about 10.6 million units. He cites resilient U.S. economy, easing energy and price pressures, and steady world growth as underpinnings for a gradual recovery despite the yearlong slump.
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Detroit
UPI
General Motors Corp
Thomas Murphy
U.S
Murphy
NASA to study turbine engine development aims for 1985
NASA’s Lewis Research Center announces a $56 million federal contract with the Department of Energy to develop an advanced fuel efficient gas turbine engine by 1985. The project includes an automotive research team and builds on prior experiments like a 100 horsepower turbine in a Dodge Aspen. The concept envisions a single shaft turbine with a continuously variable transmission.
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Cleveland
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Lewis Research Center
Department of Energy
Lewis
DOE
Huron
Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
Midwest Bank & Trust Co
Firelands Community Bank of Huron
Midwest
Firelands
Midwest Bancorporation of Ohio, Inc
1980 Housing Hot Spots Forecast By UPI Survey
A UPI survey naming 10 housing markets expected to surge in 1980 includes Terre Haute Indiana Anaheim California Wheeling West Virginia Davenport Quad Cities Greensborough Winston Salem North Carolina Boise Idaho San Diego Duluth Minnesota Philadelphia and St. Louis. The study notes high rates reduce buyer activity but first time buyers aged 24 to 39 push condo purchases while down payments of 20 percent remain common and mortgage access stays tight.
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UPI
Tiger Investors Mortgage Insurance Co
Boston
Terre Haute
Ind
Anaheim
Calif
Wheeling
W. Va
Davenport
Iowa
Quad Cities
Greensborough-Winston-Salem
North Carolina
Boise
Goss
Denver
Portland
Ore
San Diego
Tulsa
Orlando
Fla
Knoxville-Chattanooga
Tennessee
Providence
R.1
W.va
St. Louis
Anchorage
Alaska
Inflation distorts corporate accounting across profits
Inflation erodes the reliability of standard earnings measures as firms inflate profits through price changes and depreciations. Analysts say inflation adjustments will reveal weaker real profits, higher effective tax rates, and greater debt use, with 1979 reports set to include inflation-adjusted data for top U.S. companies.
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Harold Williams
Securities and Exchange Commission
U.S
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