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The stock was sold in the underwriting at a price of $ 12.50 a share. | sold | {
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The first over-the-counter trade Wednesday afternoon at Eppler, Guerin + Turner, the managing underwriter, was at $ 17 a share. | managing | {
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The first over-the-counter trade Wednesday afternoon at Eppler, Guerin + Turner, the managing underwriter, was at $ 17 a share. | was | {
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And from that the stock moved right on up until it was trading Thursday morning at around $ 22 a share. | moved | {
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And from that the stock moved right on up until it was trading Thursday morning at around $ 22 a share. | trading | {
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But the Morton Foods issue was hot long before it was on the market. | was | {
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Indeed, from the moment the reports of the coming issue first started circulating in Dallas last January, the inquiries and demand for the stock started building up. | started | {
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Indeed, from the moment the reports of the coming issue first started circulating in Dallas last January, the inquiries and demand for the stock started building up. | circulating | {
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Indeed, from the moment the reports of the coming issue first started circulating in Dallas last January, the inquiries and demand for the stock started building up. | started | {
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Letters by the reams came in from investment firms all over the nation, all of them wanting to get a part of the shares that would be sold ( 185000 to the public at $ 12.50, with another 5000 reserved for Morton Foods employes at $ 11.50 a share ). | came in | {
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Letters by the reams came in from investment firms all over the nation, all of them wanting to get a part of the shares that would be sold ( 185000 to the public at $ 12.50, with another 5000 reserved for Morton Foods employes at $ 11.50 a share ). | wanting | {
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Letters by the reams came in from investment firms all over the nation, all of them wanting to get a part of the shares that would be sold ( 185000 to the public at $ 12.50, with another 5000 reserved for Morton Foods employes at $ 11.50 a share ). | get | {
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Letters by the reams came in from investment firms all over the nation, all of them wanting to get a part of the shares that would be sold ( 185000 to the public at $ 12.50, with another 5000 reserved for Morton Foods employes at $ 11.50 a share ). | sold | {
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Letters by the reams came in from investment firms all over the nation, all of them wanting to get a part of the shares that would be sold ( 185000 to the public at $ 12.50, with another 5000 reserved for Morton Foods employes at $ 11.50 a share ). | reserved | {
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There was even a cable in French from a bank in Switzerland that had somehow learned about the Dallas stock offering. | was | {
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There was even a cable in French from a bank in Switzerland that had somehow learned about the Dallas stock offering. | learned | {
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`` We subscribe 500 shares of Morton Foods of Texas. | subscribe | {
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Cable confirmation '', it said translated. | said | {
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Cable confirmation '', it said translated. | translated | {
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But E. G. T. could not let the Swiss bank have even 10 shares. | let | {
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But E. G. T. could not let the Swiss bank have even 10 shares. | have | {
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After it allotted shares to 41 underwriters and 52 selling group members from coast to coast there were not many shares for anyone. | allotted | {
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After it allotted shares to 41 underwriters and 52 selling group members from coast to coast there were not many shares for anyone. | selling | {
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After it allotted shares to 41 underwriters and 52 selling group members from coast to coast there were not many shares for anyone. | were | {
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But the result of it all was, E. G. T. partner Dean Guerin believes, an effective distribution of the stock to owners all over the nation. | was | {
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But the result of it all was, E. G. T. partner Dean Guerin believes, an effective distribution of the stock to owners all over the nation. | believes | {
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`` I feel confident the stock will qualify for the ' national list '' ', he said, meaning its market price would be quoted regularly in newspapers all over the country. | feel | {
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`` I feel confident the stock will qualify for the ' national list '' ', he said, meaning its market price would be quoted regularly in newspapers all over the country. | qualify | {
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`` I feel confident the stock will qualify for the ' national list '' ', he said, meaning its market price would be quoted regularly in newspapers all over the country. | said | {
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`` I feel confident the stock will qualify for the ' national list '' ', he said, meaning its market price would be quoted regularly in newspapers all over the country. | meaning | {
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He was also pleased with the wide distribution because he thought it proved again his argument that Dallas investment men can do just as good a job as the big New York investment bankers claim only they can do. | was | {
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He was also pleased with the wide distribution because he thought it proved again his argument that Dallas investment men can do just as good a job as the big New York investment bankers claim only they can do. | thought | {
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He was also pleased with the wide distribution because he thought it proved again his argument that Dallas investment men can do just as good a job as the big New York investment bankers claim only they can do. | proved | {
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He was also pleased with the wide distribution because he thought it proved again his argument that Dallas investment men can do just as good a job as the big New York investment bankers claim only they can do. | do | {
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But what made the Morton Foods stock issue such a hot one? | made | {
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The answer is that it was a combination of circumstances. | is | {
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The answer is that it was a combination of circumstances. | was | {
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First, the general stock market has been boiling upward for the last few months, driving stocks of all kinds up. | driving | {
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As a result, it is not easy to find a stock priced as the Morton issue was priced ( at roughly 10 times 1960 earnings, to yield a little over 5 per cent on the 64 c anticipated dividend ). | is | {
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Second, the `` potato chip industry '' has caught the fancy of investors lately, and until Morton Foods came along there were only two potato chip stocks - Frito and H. W. Lay - on the market. | caught | {
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The history of the U. S. potato chip industry is that many of today 's successful companies got started during the deep depression days. | is | {
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Dallas and North Texas is known world-wide as the manufacturing and distribution center of cotton gin machinery and supplies, valued in the millions of dollars. | is | {
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Dallas and North Texas is known world-wide as the manufacturing and distribution center of cotton gin machinery and supplies, valued in the millions of dollars. | valued | {
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It is no coincidence that the Texas Cotton Ginner 's Association is meeting here this week for the 46 th time in their 52 - year history. | is | {
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It is no coincidence that the Texas Cotton Ginner 's Association is meeting here this week for the 46 th time in their 52 - year history. | meeting | {
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