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...lone bird flying at midday in search of a rabbit...
Monday's market, after an 8.03 point drop the week before, made a strong try at gaining back the loss; at midday the industrials were up 7.34 points, but they fell and finished with only a 2.71-point gain for the day. On Tuesday, with 12,290,000 shares traded, the Dow managed to hold its gain; it finished 8.73 points up, and the industrial average stood at 912.97. The upsurge prompted so much eager buying on Wednesday that the New York Stock Exchange recorded its fourth busiest trading session in history. A total of 13,510,000 shares...
Spreading Fires. Rushing to Detroit at midday Sunday, Michigan's Governor George Romney called in 370 state troopers to beef up the defenses, then by late afternoon ordered 7,000 National Guardsmen mobilized...
...bound CBS executive set off for Boston, landed instead in Burlington, Vt., because Boston was socked in. The airline provided a limousine for the 220-mile drive to Boston; fog still ruled out the flight to Provincetown, so he rented a car and drove another 115 miles, arrived at midday Saturday only to set off again Sunday for the return trip, just as the fog rolled back...
...midday ceremonies Prince Bernhard will formally present Harvard with a $200,000 endowment to support a lecturer on Netherlands civilization for one semester a year or two consecutive terms every other year...