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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1962
Page
7
Dow Jones closing averages show gains with Industrials and Rails up. The report lists opening highs lows and closes for several stock groups and notes small increases in market indices and a commodity futures index at 145.91.
Nearly all groups rose in a moderate stock market advance with chemicals leading gains as Eastman Kodak Hercules Powder Thiokol and Virginia Carolina each rose about 1 percent. Steels and autos gained with White Motors up over 2 percent while National Steel Republic and Youngstown rose. Alcoa International Harvester and General Electric also moved higher on stronger earnings.
Secretary of State Dean Rusk urged Moscow to lift disarmament talks from a murky, dangerous stalemate and move toward Geneva on March 14. He warned the nuclear arms race is beyond mortal comprehension and offered to discuss Berlin and Southeast Asia if Khrushchev sends Gromyko to Geneva. He also said the US would consider talks on the Viet Nam guerrilla war only if addressing the root causes.
A dense listing of New York closing stock prices across industries shows mixed performance. Prominent names include AT&T 133 percent, Philip Morris 100 percent, General Motors 54 percent, Boeing 53 percent, Exxon 62 percent, and U S Steel 74 percent, reflecting varied sector shifts. Several utilities and industrials such as American Can 45 percent, Armour 57 percent, and Eastman Kodak 109 1/2 percent accompany tech and consumer stocks like IBM 18 percent and Sears Roebuck 80 percent, illustrating broad market volatility.
Mrs Lucy Murray enters fourth day of hunger strike in Rochester England vowing to persist until her husband Able Seaman Andrew Murray is released from a Navy tour. Murray has completed three of a nine year assignment.
Sabin polio serum sufficient for 100000 people arrived in Las Vegas and was stored at Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital. Clark County plans mass immunization at 19 centers starting tomorrow through Sunday with doses sold for 50 cents each or free for those unable to pay. Vaccination teams will operate 9 am to 9 pm at 10 Las Vegas sites plus facilities in North Las Vegas Henderson Boulder City.
Roscoe James Addington Jr of 2224 Dune Dr. was among 278 students finishing undergraduate requirements at Arizona State University. He earned a Bachelor of Arts in philosophy and was active in track and president of the Wesley Foundation.
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