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Newspaper
Berkshire Eagle
Location
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1959
Page
20
The government aims to use cartoons on television to warn investors about stock swindlers. The SEC hopes the Owl symbol will become as familiar as Smokey Bear, with broadcast ads starting next month on TV and radio.
Washington report explains stock manipulation schemes where underwriters and insiders limit public supply, drive up prices, and profit as brokers, insiders, and relatives trade on restricted shares. It notes SEC oversight and market risks for investors as prices surge and other participants cash out.
Two Pittsfield youths Walter T. Seemenskht and Richard Ble were ordered released on bond for appearance in Adams District Court to answer charges of using a car without authority. Siemenski was arrested yesterday on a warrant. Bier pleaded guilty yesterday and both are slated to appear again. The car, owned by Casimer Ordyna, was taken from in front of his home on Summer Street and recovered by police that night.
At Wendell's Unitarian Church Libadan and other speakers led a Sunday service with The Rev. David P Stairs presiding. The program included a discussion on A Practical Religion for the Modern Man. An open forum followed with questions about Unitarian religion answered. Refreshments were served.
Schedule notes list WOIC Mr Lucky season premiere May 30 Devoted to Leonard Bernstein specials with Shostakovich and Pasternak. Pittsfield League of Women Voters presents candidates for school committee and city council. Roosevelt tribute on WNEB Diamond Jubilee coverage. Local weather and weekend news blocks with sports, news and community updates across stations WHGB WOC.
Broadcast grid lists WBRE AM and related shows with weather segments, church programming, news blocks, sports updates, and music hours. The schedule mentions Sacred Heart, Weather, sports, and various local programs across morning to evening slots.
Joseph A Shartrand and Richard J Hall hail from New Jersey and Massachusetts as they finish Coast Guard and apprentice programs. Anthony J Pures, son of local residents, participates in a Navy logistics demonstration in Seattle, highlighting refitting and reprovisioning during under way movements near Puget Sound.
Saginaw Michigan AP report: Victor Muller, 23, escaped unharmed after his car was struck and flipped into a ditch beside a railroad spur near a lumberyard. Police ticketed him for failure to yield. Miller appeared calm after the wreck as officers inspected the scene, witnesses described the vehicle landing upside down.
Senator Edmund Muskie after a month in the Soviet Union said Russians are friendly and eager to improve living conditions rather than seek world domination. He noted little support for revolution, described Soviet leaders as convincing people they are making life better, and compared conditions in Poland unfavorably. Also on the trip were Senators Gruening and Voss and eight U.S. experts.
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