Wall Street brokers seldom take long lunches. They are afraid something will happen while they're out. Last week, most of them were just going to lunch when the day's blow struck. A storm of selling hit the market, driving down prices. By the 3 p.m. closing, the Dow-Jones industrial average was down 1.29 points. Next day the market went down again. Through the week, it continued to drop. At week's end, the average was down 5.57 points, and some $2.5 billion in stock values had been wiped out. All the market's gains for...
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