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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1966
Page
2
The piece discusses stock market volatility and monetary policy, noting advances and declines, rising interest rates, and a cautious market tone. It references housing weakness, regional real estate trends in Southern California, and forecasts for mortgage shapes, with several named companies and regions indicated.
The report reviews broad stock activity on the New York Stock Exchange, noting a volume surge to 6,880,600 shares and leaders in glamour issues like Sperry Rand while Beckman Instruments gains in recent sessions. It discusses sector rotations, Medicare related demand, and potential leadership from specific firms including Cutter Laboratories and Beckman Instruments as earnings prospects improve.
In Damascus the government refused an American Embassy request to move a Chinese defector from Syria. The defector, said to be the private secretary to the Chinese ambassador, sought asylum at the U.S. Embassy, with Syria noting its friendly ties to China limited action.
More than 100,000 civil servants in Athens and nearby Piraeus joined a 24 hour strike for pay equalization with other civic employers. The stoppage halted all civilian services including postal and railway services, with skeleton staff manning state run hospitals to handle emergencies.
Merced police patrolled the south Merced area after a racial violence incident on Friday. Officer Hubert Morgan arrested a 16 year old, then a can was thrown striking Morgan in the head. He collapsed. later reported in satisfactory condition after six stitches. Meadows, 18, was arrested two hours later on suspicion of assaulting a peace officer.
Fragmented OCR listing market terms and prices with numerous unreadable strings. Mentions securities dealers association and regional markets, plus retail and commission notes. The readable content hints at a financial page with prices, instruments, and vendors but lacks coherent details.
U S troops from the 4th Division engage what appears to be a North Vietnamese regulars’ covering force in the highlands west of Pleiku near the Cambodian frontier. A 52s saturation strike by Guam-based aircraft targets a Viet Cong hideout in Quang Tin Province as 105 missions are flown across North Vietnam.
Air force planes attacked sites 10 to 15 miles north west of Haiphong and a battlefield area about 1/33 miles southwest of Saigon. The strikes involved carrier aircraft in the South China Sea with reports of damage to a Phuc Yen depot and other facilities as part of broader actions reported by military officials.
Judy Garland says Mark Herron must get in line behind Uncle Sam for money after filing for divorce citing extreme mental cruelty. She also notes owed taxes and a larger debt to Sid Luft while Herron seeks separate maintenance, not divorce, as a reconciliation remains unlikely.
Washington leaders warned that proposed labor legislation could spark a broader airline strike and set back collective bargaining by 50 to 100 years. House Commerce Committee Chairman Harley O. Staggers voiced concern as hearings addressed union management talks and the push to force King machinists back to work. Secretary of Labor Wirtz was questioned, with representatives to testify next week.
In Tennessee, long time salon owner Ray Blanton leads over Rep. Tom Murray by a slim margin in the 7th District with 9 of 311 precincts counted. Frank Clement increases margin over Ross Bass to about 11,000 as returns trickle in. Staggers defends moving quickly on airline labor bill while Wirtz sees limited chance of immediate negotiations during Congress deliberations.
Gen John M Kenderdine has assumed command of the U S BiDefense Personnel Support Center in Philadelphia, described as the nation’s largest military procurement and distribution installation. The change marks a significant leadership shift for a key defense facility.
In Greenwich Connecticut a man named Anthony Carriero called an ambulance for his wife Barbara who was in labor. She gave birth in the ambulance and Carriero was treated for smoke inhalation, police said.
Boston reports a jury selection struggle for a loan company trial as 237 prospects were examined with 15 chosen from voting lists. Deputies seek 35 more alternates, with summonses issued to report to Superior Court. The judge aims for 12 jurors and four alternates for a trial expected to last about two months.
Deputies decline to comment on progress but witnesses report deputies ringing doors and stopping pedestrians while flashing badges. A judge cites an epidemic of sleep illness affecting jurors and bystanders, with several victims including children linked to a trial in Formosa. The text references small loan companies and a series of ominous incidents in a chaotic scene.
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