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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1968
Page
7
The market retreated as investors ignored favorable auto news and steel price rollbacks amid pre holiday pressure and fears of a money crunch after banks raised the prime rate. Dow fell 1.43 to 952.32. Nasdaq-like index slipped. Norwich Pharmacal led active list with gains while TWA and Continental eased.
A Soviet scientist praised the Apollo 8 astronauts for courage and space hardware while signaling continued emphasis on unmanned space exploration. Boris Petrov of the USSR Academy of Sciences called the mission a shared problem and noted Soviet plans to study upper atmosphere, near earth space, and planetary exploration.
The U.S. Weather Bureau recorded the lowest non Alaska Hawaii temperature at 34 degrees below zero in Detroit Lakes Minnesota and noted Tucson Arizona reached 73 degrees for the day. The figures come from the 24 hour period ending 4 a.m. PST as compiled in San Francisco.
Newlyweds David and Julie Eisenhower flew from their secret honeymoon to join President-elect Richard Nixon and family for Christmas dinner at the Biscayne Bay White House. They spent the night, planned to depart today, and Weather and security talks framed a quiet, private holiday.
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