Watt Street Prices Fall, Ignoring Carter's Speech
NEW YORK (AP)ÛÓThe.-stock-.inar' ket lapsed Into a mild d.eclin^jjms-terday, registering no emphatic weir-diet either way on President-Carter's economic message. .<	,J* I t</br></br>The Dow Jones, average of 30 industrials dipped 3.47åÈ points to 770.18, breaking a five-session strings of advances in whicbÛªNtbe ayera^e^h'ad climbed 22.61 points.' - V ' i .</br></br>In his address, the president. said he would use his veto power'if necessary to limit the federal budget deficit, and proposed a limit on-pay increases for white collar federal, workers.</br></br>He ruled out any form of.mandatory wage and price controls, calling instead for voluntary cooperation from Congress and private industry in-administration efforts to. curb inflation.</br></br>Robert Stovall,at Dean; Witter, Reynolds Inc. noted that the. White House had given advance notice tha'Fthe message would contain no dramatic new policy moves. ÛÏThe speech was properly heralded as a minor event, and that was what it was,Û Stovall said.