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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1968
Page
7
A reader critiques Sam Shulsky and the idea of pinpointing individual stocks or timing trades. The exchange notes the author’s stance against guaranteed profits, references past crashes, and recalls 1929. It discusses market mechanisms, regulation, and investor limits amidst a volatile, cautious outlook.
A garbled OCR lists numerous individuals with scattered addresses and affiliations, interspersed with fragments suggesting a divorce notice and other personal details. The text appears as a long, dense roster of names, places such as Wisconsin and Oklahoma, and miscellaneous numbers and terms, with no clear narrative or date.
A column suggests investors could gain about 1 percent or $350 yearly by buying securities, though this entails market risk. A stronger case is made for inflation protection, and readers are invited to submit questions with self addressed stamped envelopes to Beltibice features.
Market notes cover cattle calves hogs and sheep with bids from New York and Kansas City. Highlights include steady to higher bids for cows and feeders, calf prices around 22 to 28 dollars, and hogs steady to higher with strong demand for feeders. Regional quotes reflect diverse buyers and large volumes across markets of Kansas City and New York.
New York Dow Jones averages show a mixed to lower close with the 30 Industrials at 907.5, down 2.4 points, the Railroads at 244.73 off 0.15, and Utilities at 123.18 down 0.65, with total volume around 7.84 million shares.
Congressman Tony Gonzalez announced a total federal grant of 275000 for San Antonio youth programs, with a 60009 increase over prior funds. Officials had expected 275000 but were told 225000 was available, prompting Gonzalez to appeal and avert a funding cut that he said would have wrecked the program.
Dr. Paul A. Campbell 82 of Park Hill won the Melbourne W. Boynton Award from the American Astronautical Society at its Boston meeting. Campbell, retired colonel and former commander of the School of Aerospace Medicine at Brooks Air Force Base, was cited for pioneer space medicine work and author of Earthman Spaceman Universal Man. He founded the space medicine branch of the Aerospace Medical Association and chaired the space rescue studies committee of the International Academy of Astronautics.
Police booked a 29 year old man from Santa Monica for murder after a Friday night shooting at SH 10 and Hildebrand in Los Angeles. Two Corpus Christi men traveling in a car with Byrd were wounded when a second vehicle forced their tire and opened fire. Detectives said the incident may have been accidental and tied to a prior involvement with the shooter.
San Antonio students on summer vacation seek employment as the Texas Employment Commission lists 3,000 applicants. Gilbert de la Cruz, head of the commission's Bexar office, urged local businesspeople with openings to contact him at the labor office, 601 E Commerce.
Fifty two veteran employees of the Bexar County Hospital District with a combined service of more than four and a half centuries will be honored at a 2 pm Wednesday ceremony at Robert B Green Hospital. Senior awardee is Marjorie Johnson of the nursing service with 25 years of service.
In Swaziland a 1. P80Mb year ancient mine containing about 23 090 stone tools was found, according to University of Witwatersrand professors in Nature. Carbon dating confirms the mine's age.
A distorted OCR fragment from the agricultural section mentions the Department of Agriculture issuing cautions about poultry trade. It references numbers and dates but the details are garbled, leaving unclear entities and actions. The readable bits suggest regulatory or health guidance linked to poultry and trade.
Stock market closed lower amid active trading as Chrysler fell about 1.34 points, American Gallis led losses, Motors gained about 4 percent. Several issues traded heavily with Jones & Laughlin and Massey-Ferguson among active names. Kodak IBM Xerox and Control Data edged down. Royal American rising around 4 percent led the American Stock Exchange performance in New York.
Two bellboys from San Antonio and Houston testified that James Timothy Overton, one of 15 defendants, sent them to exchange silver coins for paper money as part of a conspiracy spanning Texas Oklahoma and Kansas. They named Lamont as Overton in a San Antonio motel stakeout and described bags valued at about 683 to 900 dollars.
Two San Antonio College Ranger staffers win three awards in 1983 Texas Junior College Press Association contest. Co editor Anne Hagg takes second in general column with The Ranger Poll. Photographic editor Joseph Fuentes earns second in feature picture and third in news picture.
Five St Mary's University seniors majoring in business will present a program at 7 40 p m Tuesday for the San Antonio Personnel and Management Association at the Petroleum Club. The students are Eugene Bauer Michael Callahan Richard Owen Richard Peters and Nolan Vaughan all due to graduate this month with business degrees.
A San Antonio Heart Association issued a new manual to assist hospitals in planning organizing and implementing emergency resuscitation programs. The 18 page booklet titled Emergency Resuscitation Team Manual A Hospital Plan emphasizes prompt emergency measures in cardiac arrest and stresses training for rescue personnel.
Timmy Flores defeats a candidate for constable and endorses Ed Schaefer for the June 1 Democratic primary. Flores, a 31 year constable veteran, announces nine campaign worker meetings at 7 30 pm to lay groundwork against Andy Sanches backed by Max Fuentes.
Edward Black 72, father of Marine Cpl. Harlan Black who helped raise the Iwo Jima flag, died in Weslaco Texas. Harlan Black was killed in action after the famous flag raising. Cpl. Black appeared among several Marines in the historic photograph.
Multiple obituary items describe deaths of Dorothy Skrobanek of San Antonio, Stuart Me, and others in Texas communities. Survivors include relatives in San Antonio, Rockport, Akron, and Alberta. Services listed at Mary Magdalene Catholic Church and Rosary details, with cremation or interment to follow. arrangements by Porter Loring.
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