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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1962
Page
5
Dow Jones industrials and related averages show a modestly varied session with gains in some rails and utilities while overall totals reflect 332,000 transactions. Analysts note fluctuating open high low ranges and a late close near session values across affected indices.
New York stocks closed narrowly mixed as traders prepared for Columbus Day weekend. Absence of compelling business news dulled activity and some issues that rose early faded late led by IBM Xerox and Polaroid retreating from gains.
Italy witnesses a 48 hour hospital strike by staff demanding promised pay rises. Doctors did not join, and the action disrupted administrative work and non urgent patient care across facilities.
President Kennedy signed a law extending five more years for Nevada to purchase 126 775 acres of federal lands in Eldorado Valley near Las Vegas. The measure, sponsored by Senators Bible and Cannon, lets Nevada develop an industrial site with a plan approved by the Interior Department.
Rev Melvin A Pekrul will preach on Does Prayer Change Anything at 9:30 and 11 am services. Special music by Crusader and Chancel Choirs. Baby dedication to be held. Nursery care provided. Sunday School at 9:30. Evening service at 7:30 features Rev George King of San Francisco speaking You are Important. Coffee fellowship to follow.
Miss Marjorie Wall Miss Wall of San Francisco crowned Queen of the National Import Show to be held Sunday through Wednesday at the Dunes Hotel Las Vegas Nevada. Wall has been under contract with Twentieth Century-Fox for a year and a half and will appear throughout the show with their permission.
London reports that the number of American tourists visiting England fell last year for the first time in a decade, according to the British Travel and Holidays Association.
The Nevada Public Health Association holds its third annual meeting in Reno with Dr. Vincent B. Mannino presiding. Las Vegas participants include Dr. Harry Gibson and Miss Evelyn Blake plus sessions on chronic disease aging home care nursing homes and rehabilitative services. A seminar on viral hepatitis and talks on Nevada policy and mental health plans round out the program.
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