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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1958
Page
5
A new Esso Extra premium fuel is claimed to outperform regular gasolines costing 1 to 2 cents more per gallon. The claim cites Esso Research with backing from the petroleum research organization and asserts noticeable performance gains for a small price increase.
Adams Express Co. with assets of 82.85 million dollars expects 1958 net ordinary income to exceed 90 cents per share earned last year. President George E. Clark told the New York Society of Security Analysts that four months into 1958 the company earned 20 cents a share on 3,172,752 shares, about the same as the prior period. Dividends last year totaled 92 cents per share, with two cents from carryover adjustments.
A ground secured static test fired powerful Vanguard engines as Russia’s 12 ton satellite remained in orbit for hours. Navy officials confirmed the test but kept results secret while a separate Bull Goose decoy weapon was reportedly launched and vanished in seconds.
The novelist George Eliot grew up under a rigid Evangelical environment shaping her early life and writings.
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