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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1962
Page
5
UPI report shows New York averages closing with small gains in some sectors while others drop. Industrials climb modestly to offset declines in rail and utility listings, reflecting a cautious trading day with overall subdued momentum.
New York stocks started with a modest rally but drifted downward to the final bell. Heaviest trading occurred early with blue chips mixed. General Foods gained about a point while United Aircraft fell around 1.4. Leading chemicals and oils slipped fractions. steel shares declined as Republic, Youngstown, and Jones & Laughlin dropped on industry production news.
A strong aftershock struck the Adriatic coast near Macerta Italy causing panic among residents but no injuries or structural damage was reported in the latest UPI dispatch.
In Sacramento a deadly crash between a car driven by 41 year old Frances Fontana and a gasoline truck sparked a fan explosion and fire. The blaze leveled five wooden homes and destroyed 12 cars as flames spread through gutters near the state capitol. truck driver James Moore suffered critical burns and bystander Mario Betti was burned while aiding him.
James Meredith resumed classes in Oxford after spending a weekend at home in Kosciusko where police followed him and he said he was treated like a dog during his arrest for failing to yield the right of way. He posted a $10 bond and will contest the charge in City Court.
Sarasota report says Antoinette Concello, famed trapeze artist known for a flying triple somersault, becomes the first living person elected to the Circus Hall of Fame while still alive. She retired in 1953 after 25 years on the big top.
Allied Arts Council meets in the Captain's Table Room of the Showboat Hotel at 12 15 pm. Paintings by Gertrude Beck are shown in the Bank of Nevada on the Strip and by Lucile Spire Bruner in the County Courthouse. Sponsored by the Las Vegas Art League.
In Sharon Massachusetts mothers won the first round after petitioning for a special school committee meeting. They demand rescinding a ban on Christmas trees in three public schools citing separation of church and state concerns.
Joseph Stanley Sanders, political science major at Whittier College in Pasadena, becomes the second African American named a Rhodes Scholar for two years of graduate study at Oxford. He passed up a $13,000 annual pro football offer after being drafted by the Chicago Bears in the fourth round.
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