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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1955
Page
17
The day features variable trading on grain futures and bonds with Dow Jones averages uneven. We see weakness in wheat and corn while beans show volatility, and utilities and industrials move with mixed signals from the market.
A dense market snapshot from Los Angeles covers stocks, bonds, and crude prices with scattered figures. It notes trading activity, notable price levels, and mentions major sectors including energy, transportation, and manufacturing while listing varied company names and market indicators.
Market report notes California citrus prices with oranges and lemons largely unchanged though Valencia values show slight shifts. Sunkist Growers price lines list first grade items by size with 720s and 288s figures, and higher market tones are noted in California orange sale markers.
New York stocks ended lower with most losses 1 to 3 points and gains limited to about 2. Trading was light at around 2,000,000 shares as the market drifted down after a six week rise. Industrials eased while utilities rose slightly and several sectors showed mixed but modest moves throughout the session.
A fragmented Los Angeles office item mentions wishire and hote in an unreadable corner. No clear actions dates or entities could be confirmed from the readable text.
A 19 year old woman was sentenced to two years in federal prison after pleading guilty to mailing a threatening letter to the family of Norma McCauley, a slain Bel Air divorcee. The note demanded 100000 on threat of harming her three children.
An Independent Press Telegram ad promotes selling items for spot cash via Classitiec ads. It lists hay, oats, and grain as examples with pricing notes and urges immediate action to avoid waste. The notice mentions contact by dialing 6072.
San Quentin prison official Wer den Harley C Teets announced two convicts will be executed on September 30 for the fatal knifing of guards Charles W Wiget and Vern A Mackin during an attempted escape. James A Rogers 26 a San Francisco burglar and gunman and Eugene Burwell 27 a Los Angeles robber were convicted in the January 14 1932 case.
Harvey Colm Collins, a convicted murderer who helped lead a jail escape with six others, surrendered to Sheriff Harold Bird on Monday night. Three of the seven escapees remained at large while four were captured early Monday morning.
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