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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1969
Page
11
A reader asks about stock investments tied to a horse race and presses for details on a mysterious security. The writer urges caution, notes small stakes, and suggests verifying the company’s charter and state registration before betting or purchasing certificates.
Reader asks about reinvesting mutual fund capital gains and a friend’s stock warrant offer. Column warns there is no guarantee of recovery and cautions against misleading “you can’t lose” pitches. stock price cited as $1.25 with unclear warrant availability.
Dow Jones shows mixed trading as solar eclipse headlines prompt investors to watch key coastal regions. The report notes index fluctuations, with Industrials and Railroads up modestly while odd lot activity and share counts surface amid forecasted celestial event timing and public interest.
UN Secretary General U Thant arrived in Paris en route to a three week Africa tour. He will visit Mauritania Senegal Guinea Liberia Ghana Cameroon Nigeria Upper Volta and the Ivory Coast. He said the trip will focus on relations with the United Nations and will touch on the Nigerian civil war solution.
New York stock activity opened weak as gains evaporated and broad declines followed. Among listed issues, US Plywood-Champion Papers traded 174000 shares at 41, down 144, in a subdued, institution-led block transfer.
NORRISTOWN AP four convicted rapist and robber allegedly boasted to police during a lie detector test that an accomplice is dead and claimed he killed Valkyrie Percy, daughter of U S Senator Charles II Percy. Prosecutor says polygraph hints at truth but does not prove Marghow’s guilt. The 21 year old was slain Sept 18 1986 in Kenilworth Illinois and the case remains unsolved with a $50000 reward.
In Mexico City two gunmen in ski masks robbed a Bank of London branch, taking a valise with about $36,000 and fleeing on a motorcycle and a rampage of shots. Guardsman Savio Gomez Palacias, 35, was wounded in the shoulder as police chased the suspects.
In New Orleans UPI reports Edgar Labat and Clifton Poset were released after pleading guilty to a lesser charge of aggravated rape. Both had been sentenced to death in 1950 for aggravated rape of a white woman. They served about two decades before release following the plea.
Fragmented OCR listing many marriage entries with names, places, and dates scattered. Contains multiple individuals such as Susan Xay, Estward Charles Sree, Lula Ca, Miriam Agata Condel, Rosa Alsily Locoe, and others, plus addresses and institutions. Summary reflects mixed readable facts and likely wedding notices from a community record.
An unclear fragment suggests a Johnson aide backing a candidate in a Democratic primary with references to places and people, but the text is garbled and unnamed. It mentions a special assistant and possible campaign actions, yet specific details, dates, or outcomes are not readable.
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