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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1962
Page
11
Wichita Falls Tex Jan 28 AP Another Democrat joined Kennedy in backing the Rayburn seat race as the election nears with voters looming.
Texas 4th District holds a special runoff to fill the late Sam Rayburn seat with Graham B. Purcell Jr. prevailing over Joe Meissner in the 13th District race and signaling strong administration support. Purcell, 42, praised Kennedy and Johnson while voicing reservations on federal education and Social Security medical aid. his win widens the House to 260 Democrats and 124 Republicans with three vacancies.
The Frouge corporation of Bridgeport files with the Securities and Exchange Commission to sell 700000 shares of common stock through underwriters led by Van Alstyne Noel & Co. An April meeting will seek stockholder approval for issuing additional stock. Proceeds may fund an option to acquire 75 percent of Marin Land & Cattle Co. which owns a 1756 acre tract in Marin County near San Francisco. The project aims to create a self contained residential city with commercial and light industrial base near Highway 101.
Bangkok citizens faced a cold wave dropping temperatures to 50 Fahrenheit. Residents wore blankets and layers, turned off air conditioning, and prepared for a week of unusually chilly weather forecast by forecasters.
The Norwalk Symphony Orchestra's midwinter program on February 19 features Harold in Italy with a viola solo by William Lincer Respighi's Pines of Rome, and conducts Quinto Maganini in A Song of Summer by Frederick Delius. The concert opens with Beethoven's Egmont overture, with references to the Philadelphia team’s 1961 bunt season noted in passing.
Perkin Elmer announces three new telescopes weighing up to two thirds less than similar instruments. They are designed for star tracking and navigation in aircraft satellites and space vehicles and feature mirrors ground on opposite faces of two glass cylinders welded together to remove adjustable mounts. The units endure vibration extreme temperatures shock and gamma radiation.
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