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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1962
Page
7
Datelined Las Vegas the Las Vegas area PTA Council led by Virginia Zobrist announces an aggressive campaign against what they call smut vendors. They plan to form a committee and organize boycotts to force newsstands to remove provocative magazines, citing Kefauver's testimony on juvenile exposure and urging community action from about 15 000 members and supporters.
New York reports show Dow Jones indexes opening mixed as declines in rails and utilities accompany gains in stocks and bonds. The chaotic session lists numerous names including Allied, Alcoa, Ford, General Motors, Boeing, and United States Steel amid volatile trading and a closing range near 568.60 with varied net changes.
New York stocks moved unevenly as steels and rails outperformed a broader market slide. Trading topped 5 million shares as investors awaited the President's televised statement on a matter of highest national urgency amid a day of political and diplomatic maneuvering.
Betsy Stewart paintings are exhibited at City Hall in southern Nevada and supported by the Las Vegas Art League. Gertrude Beck works are shown at the Bank of Las Vegas in Paradise Valley with League sponsorship.
FAA rushed a wood tower into operation at Key West International Airport to handle increased air traffic tied to Caribbean maneuvers. Workers labored over the weekend. an FAA official said the tower was necessary for higher traffic, though civilian flights did not rise.
Hollywood reports that Pete Smith and his secretary Ann Dunston married in Las Vegas on Saturday. Dunston had worked as Smiths secretary for nearly ten years and the couple had dated three years. They return to his home after the ceremony.
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