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Focuses on the speculative techniques practiced in the stock market in the 1960s. Definition of leverage; Deficit in the earnings of KLM in 1963; Effect of leverage on the price of stock.

The article discusses Texas oilman Clint Murchison's expansion into the insurance business. Topics addressed include his purchase of 700,000 shares of Life and Casualty Insurance Co.'s outstanding shares from the latter's top executives in 1958, his acquisition of Reserve Loan Life in 1936, and his purchase of Atlantic Life in 1941. Also mentioned are his establishment of Life Cos. Inc., the profitability of owning insurance firms, and the potential profits from underwriting life insurance.

Information about the issues discussed at the 71st Annual Continental Congress in Washington D.C., sponsored by the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) on the Latin American policy which inclines to promote state socialism is presented. Topics explored include the leverage of the United Nations (UN) bonds and the disintegration of the U.S. Congress to the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (ACDA). Marion Moncure Duncan was one of those who partook in the event.