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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1962
Page
3
The piece analyzes weekly market behavior with terms like retracement and head and shoulders. It cites a 600 barrier, suggests a July recovery could set the stage for August, and notes late June peaks with volume declines. It compares U S trends to European markets including London Paris Toronto and Zurich while forecasting possible new highs or a selling peak.
The article notes indecision across markets from 1957 to 1960, with the Dow fluctuating and a 101 point drop in Oct 1947 cited as a historical marker. It highlights a broad mix of economic indicators, including rising long-term trends until 1960, large paper losses for 17 million stockholders, and high short positions as key factors shaping investor sentiment.
California Union Oil discusses earnings trend 1958 1962 and dividends 1961 2.00 plus 2 stock with cash yield 4.1 percent. Notes on reserves 474.9 million barrels and 4.34 trillion cubic feet gas, Moonie Field in Australia, potential pipeline, and convertible bonds rated ALT around 64.73 with 3.86 percent current yield.
Three men held up the Union Hospital office in Lynn Massachusetts on Friday and made off with a payroll bag. Hospital officials said the bag contained a five dollar bill and other payroll funds.
Senator Douglas condemned theFinance Committee amendments as almost a shambles to Kennedy's tax reform measure. He criticized moves to delete dividend and interest withholding provisions and weaken checks on expenses. The panel debated the revisions amid calls to restore withholding and boost revenue, while the House outcome and stockholder pressure influenced changes reducing the proposed tax increase.
Jackie Gleason will travel on a seven car private train costing $90,000 from Union Station to New York with dancing girls and Dixieland band aboard. The trip includes Phoenix Denver Kansas City St Louis Chicago Pittsburgh Baltimore and more with CBS co star Sue Ann Langdach among the entourage and a stop at Penn Station. The journey doubles as a TV return with plans for a New York restaurant visit and parties en route.
In a Saigon area ambush a U S sergeant Roque Matagalay of Richmond California was captured after fire with Viet Cong guerrillas. His comrade Specialist Carl E Brown of Falmouth Kentucky escaped with the jeep driver and a Vietnamese interpreter was captured. The four had been on a hunting trip about 100 miles east of Saigon when attacked.
Three boys Gregory Giles age 8 Brian Giles age 7 and James Hill age 8 from La Crescenta were found after an all night and morning search in the foothills. A sheriff's helicopter spotted them shortly after 10 am and about 50 deputies and mountain rangers joined the search.
A crowded, noisy list from an online securities center shows unofficial ranges for various investments. It notes the data are not official and should guide approximate pricing, with many firm names and financial entities scattered through the document.
West German border police prohibited fourteen people from crossing from West Germany into Austria aboard a train near Freilassing. A dining car was detached and shunted to a rail siding as authorities enforce new transit document rules issued by the Western Allies travel board in West Berlin.
Goldstone tracking station completed a two week relocation of a 195 ton dish across the Mojave desert. The 85 foot high parabolic antenna now sits at a new Venus tracking site, promising ten times greater transmission power and stronger commands to deep space spacecraft as preparations for next month’s Venus probe continue.
In Amarillo Texas, a fertilizer tank company president testified that Bite Sol Estes claimed to have halted an FBI investigation in 1961. The witness, a co-defendant with Estes in a 29-count fraud case, described plans to steer Washington work to Commercial Solvents of New York and boasted of political spending while Lyndon Johnson’s name surfaced in unrelated graft talk.
Youths arrested in a traffic death case were cleared and released by San Diego police. Four men, including a Los Angeles detective, were held after a car collision tied to a spaceflight scandal emerged in coverage. Authorities say the group was released as no charges stood. The situation intersects with political inquiries in Washington as hearings shift focus to Estes land sales contracts and banked investments.
Saigon marked a major government victory as troops civil guards and militiamen paraded through downtown July 20. Officials praised the soldiers who killed Viet Cong forces of the 1st Battalion, with weapons captured on display and decorations planned by military leaders. This was the first such celebration since 1955.
Cape Canaveral report says an $8 million Mariner 1 rocket was destroyed after a math error in the guidance equation sent it off course. NASA and Space Technology Laboratories blamed the miscalculation, with a new formula in progress for a Venus launch about three weeks from now, delaying the mission until 1964.
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