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...March 28 Van Allen got the first tape and sat up all night poring over it. The cosmic-ray count seemed reasonable as long as the bird was at low altitude. When it climbed upward, the rate increased rapidly. Then, for some unaccountable reason, the count fell to nothing, stayed at nothing until the bird was back at lower altitude again...
...forecast a few months back, but has actually been faster than official figures showed. The Federal Reserve Board announced that overall industrial production in March rose to 147% of the 1947-49 average, a point more than the previous record of 146% in February 1957. The FRB also revised upward its February industrial output figure from 144%, as previously announced, to 145%. Most encouraging was the fact that the extra boost in production has come from nondurable goods (see chart). Economists are hopeful "that durable goods will pick up faster, give the economy a new push...
...used by other chartists) he notes each change of a point or more in a stock (½ point if the stock is under 20). By the pattern thus established, he determines whether a stock is going to move straight up or down or merely back and fill. In an upward move, he forecasts the "objective," i.e., the price at which the stock should be sold. In a move down, he forecasts the level where it should be bought...
Wall Street has shown its faith in moviedom's future by sending stocks of producing companies steadily upward. United Artists has jumped from 15¼ to 32¼ in 15 months, Paramount from 30⅝ to 50, 20th Century-Fox from 21¾ to 43½, Warner Bros, from 16⅞ to 40. Though Standard & Poor's recently prepared an analysis warning that movie stocks are "quite speculative," it gave bullish reviews to seven of the ten companies it examined. Says a leading Wall Street movie industry analyst: "There's a great deal of skepticism...
...situation is further complicated by the rapid upward trend of Advanced Placement students. In the last three year, participants in this program have increased from 13 to 31 to 55, and this trend, said Bender, "indicates that we may have around 80 Advanced Placement students" enrolling this fall...