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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1962
Page
5
Dow Jones transactions in stocks used in averages yesterday show industrials 288,600, railroads 84,400, utilities 40,500, total 413,500. The Dow Jones commodity futures index, on the 1924 26 average base of 100, closed at 146.30.
The list shows prices and percentage changes for a wide range of stocks and bonds. Notable entries include Amex Co, Boeing Air, Penney, Ford Mot, Dow Chemical, General Motors, Sears Roebuck, Westinghouse, and US Steel with varied percentage shifts, reflecting a detailed market snapshot.
Stocks were mixed and quiet as pre weekend profit taking erased early gains. Major averages showed little movement while several names swung on light volume. Steels edged higher with Inland and Alleghany-Sudium up. Eastman Kodak rose near 1 while Du Pont slipped.
Dolore Dallaghan 21 a paraplegic for eight years died Thursday night at General Hospital San Francisco. She made a pilgrimage to the Shrine of Lourdes in France seeking a cure. She leaves her husband William and her mother Mrs Warren Miller of Santa Cruz.
Sixty two Presbyterian youths depart from First Presbyterian Church by two chartered buses at 6 am for the Presbyterian Conference grounds at Zephyr Point Lake Tahoe. The event runs June 10 to 16 with 25 faculty guiding over 200 attendees. Reverend Walter W Hanne preaches the sermon Commission is Mission in two services at 9 30 am and 11 am as the chancel choir performs Sanctus by Gou nod under Dr Howard R Chase.
Lettie Mae Fuller known as Silver Queen and her companion Jack La Marr were ordered to 20 days in county jail after appearing before Justice of the Peace Myron Leavitt on charges of rifling groceries from a parked car. Fuller, a veteran ruler of a wine jungle, gained prominence during the mining boom before settling on East Charleston.
The Billie Sol Estes case garners national interest with no clear move to implicate the space agency after its astronaut crossed Texas airspace. The incident prompts questions about oversight and potential connections to larger political intrigues.
Elder Roger Sarel Porter of Overton has been called to a mission in the Central Atlantic States. A farewell testimonial is set for Overton Ward Chapel Sunday at 8 p.m. Porter, son of Bishop and Mrs. Sarei O. Porter, will depart July 2 for training in Salt Lake City before heading to his permanent mission headquarters in Roanoke Virginia.
President Kennedy’s farm bill, aimed at trimming government surplus stocks, moves to floor debate after the House Rules Committee rejected a GOP bid for delay. Key provisions require feed grain and wheat producers to pick between strict planting controls or elimination of price supports, with another section authorizing federal aid to convert farmland to recreational use.
About 100 delegates from 13 western states will meet at the Thunderbird Hotel for the Council of Western Retail Associations annual convention. Events begin Sunday at 5 p.m. with a cocktail party in the Champagne Room.
Max Nalley executive vice president of the National Junior Chamber of Commerce will attend the national Jaycee convention in Las Vegas from June 13 to 22. He is the son of Mrs. Rebecca Nalley of Boulder City and his mother is an elementary school teacher.
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