DIVIDENDS: One in 50

To one out of every 50 U.S. families this week went dividend cheer from A.T. & T., which was paying its regular quarterly dividend of $2.25 per share to 975,000 stockholders. It was the biggest dividend mailing in U.S. history. Total payment: $63 million. Total weight of the letters: eleven tons.

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