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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1962
Page
5
Stock page notes Dow Jones Industrial Average at 647.94 opening, 651.94 high, 641.73 low, 645.20 close with a drop of 2.13. Rails and Utilities also move, total trading across sectors listed with bond figures and futures image index at 144.30, showing modest gains and losses in early action.
Readable stock figures show varied performances across major equities and industrials. Notable moves include Allied Chemical and Alcoa with shifts around mid range, while General Motors and Ford positions display moderate gains amid mixed market activity.
A fragmented OCR list shows many company names, brands, and percentages without a clear event. It reads like a stock or trade advertisement snippet from a historical newspaper, including names such as Pepsi Cola, Texaco, Woolworth, Zenith, and US Gypsum with various percentage figures.
Stocks eased at the close after a narrowly mixed session with few swings. Optimistic business news seemed to support prices as traders moved cautiously in quiet turnover in New York markets.
Republican Town Chairman Burton Carlson says the Bristol Town Committee Christmas party will be well attended with 42 members invited by subpoenas.
The Limeliters folk trio and five others including their manager and pilot were hospitalized after a Beechcraft crash near Provo Utah. The sixth passenger was unhurt. Pilot Marion Mitton said the craft was a total loss after touching down hard in an open field following fog delays.
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