Stock Market Slips Amid Heavy Trading In Late 1960s Sessions
New York stocks moved in an irregular pattern with heavier activity as year end adjustments for 1968 influenced prices. The Dow averaged 760.17, down 2.78, while the AP 60 slipped to 284.40, oils showing a slight upside but major issues like Chrysler and Du Pont weighing on the market. American Exchange prices were mixed and corporate bonds edged up as governments held steady.
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New York
Kodak
Hercules
Int
Bus Mo
Acme Livel
Allis Chal
Am Air & Int
Rectifre Am
Baker
Kaiser
Ligg & My
Am Sugar
Air
Grillard
Macy
Armour
eMartin Co
Atl C Line
Masonite
Babcock
Merr Ch&s
Bart & Ohio
Mpls How
Bell & How
Frueh Corp
Swift
Exaco
Georgia Hog and Cattle Receipts See Mixed Movements
Hog receipts totaled about 5000 for an eight day period ending Monday across packing plants in Albany Columbus Moultrie Thomasville Dothan and Jacksonville with most prices steady while some lots moved 25 to 80 cents higher or lower. Cattle and calves at Gainesville and Lyons showed varied shifts with slaughter steers heifers and cows in Gainesville higher and Lyons generally steady to higher. Atlanta produce and poultry markets quoted assorted vegetables and live poultry prices with multiple regional offerings listed.
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Thomasville
Albany
Columbus
Moultrie
Dothan
Ala
Jacksonville
Fla
Georgia
Gainesville
Lyons
Behan Found Unconscious in Dublin Street After Incident
Dublin police report playwright Brendan Behan, 40, discovered in a street with head injuries and taken to Meath Hospital in fair condition. Uncertain if hit and run or accidental fall. Separate AP briefs note Time magazine naming Martin Luther King Jr Man of the Year and Mrs. John F. Kennedy attending private Mass in Palm Beach at Joseph P. Kennedy’s home.
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Dublin
Brendan Behan
Meath Hospital
Behan
New York
Martin Luther King Jr
Time Magazine
Weekly
King
Palm Beach, Fla
John F. Kennedy
Palm Beach
Joseph P. Kennedy
Richard Cardinal Cushing
Boston
Lakonia Sinks While Under Tow Off Atlantic
The burned-out Lakonia sank in 18 200 feet of Atlantic water about 260 miles southwest of Gibraltar while being towed toward Gibraltar. Captain Trygve Gaasoe of the Norwegian tug Herkules said the starboard list increased and crew tried to seal portholes before the hull capsized and settled. Of 1041 aboard, 91 are confirmed dead and 64 missing after the Dec 22 fire while sailing from Britain to Madeira and Canary Islands.
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Portugal
Lakonia
Gibraltar
Trygve Gar
Herkules
Britain
Madeira
Canary Islands
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Texaco and Standard
India
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Sunnyland
du Pont
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Packer Hog Mart
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Atlanta
North GA
Bob White
Loin
PEG
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Colonial Stores
Rd Soup
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OUR
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Tocal Erome Stores
Castro
Cuba
By William L. Ryan
Fidel Castro
Forced Labor Movement
Americas
AP News
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Flora
Moscow
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Thomasville, Ga
Tidwell
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