Las Vegas Tourism Takeoff Under Chamber Drive
In 1944 1945 Las Vegas shifts toward peacetime growth focusing on tourism as a major industry. The Chamber funds a 75000 publicity push hiring J Walter Thompson planning broad scape ads while locals fund Live Wire and ２００000 promotional folders. By 1946 coverage soars 120 percent with Glitter Gulch neon branding and West Marquis Advertising takes over in 1947 as promotion continues.
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Los Angeles
Las Vegas
Tucson
Miami Beach
Palm Springs
California
Chamber
Max Relch
Clark County Board of Commissioners
J. Walter Thompson
The
West Marquis Advertising
Doomed Girl 6 Flew to Disneyland on Private Jet
A six year old girl with an inoperable brain tumor flew to California for a day-long Disneyland visit aboard a private jet donated by Aerojet Inc. Her mother Cathy Robles said they plan to take each day as it comes and noted the girl’s voracious appetite. The trip featured fuel supplied by Phillips Petroleum Co.
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Denver
UPI
California
Disneyland
Cathy Robles
Sherry Ann Garcia
Sherry
Los Angeles
Aerojet, Inc
Phillips Petroleum Co
Breakfast Gun Rampage Kills Five in Mexico City
Five gunmen in black shot and killed two police officers and three federal inspectors during breakfast at a market restaurant near Mexico City International Airport. An attacker team fled in a stolen car. a manhunt including helicopters followed. A separate blast hit the National Bank of Mexico branch in Tacuba minutes before opening.
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Mexico City
UPI
Jorge Obregon Lima
Department of Industry and Commerce
National Bank of Mexico
Tacuba
National Weather Service San Francisco Report
United Press lists the 24 hour temperature and precipitation table for the Pacific time zone. Data compiled by the National Weather Service in San Francisco summarizes highs lows and rainfall across listed locations.
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National Weather Service
San Francisco
Foster's Shoes Ad Promises Comfort for All Ages
A vintage classified style promotes Foster's Shoes at 119 North 3rd offering style and comfort for men women and children. The ad emphasizes fit and foot relief with a broad selection.
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Foster’s Shoes
North 3Rd
Japan and United States strike grain deal with Japan
Japan and the United States announce a three year plan for Japan to buy at least 42 million tons of U S grain and soybeans from private firms. The agreement aims to ensure steady supplies for Japan while U S export controls keep Russia sales suspended and prices uncertain.
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Washington
UPI
Japan
America
U.S
Earl L. Butz
Shintaro Abe
Agriculture Department
Russia
Butz
Abe
United States
Don Paarlberg
Draftee Clemency Board to Close After One Year
The Presidential Clemency Board will terminate operations by September 15 after handling about 2,000 cases from 15,000 to 16,000 applicants. Chair Charles Goodell said roughly 50 percent received pardons, with others sent to public service or alternative sentences. The program ends with Ford reviewing 1,000 plus cases in packets.
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Washington
UPI
Presidential Clemency Board
Charles Goodell
Goodell
Ford
Clemency Board
Vietnam
C.C
St. Clair questions Watergate tapes and government faith
Montreal UPI reports James D. St. Clair, Watergate attorney, said the full scandal story would have surfaced without tapes. He asserted disclosures would occur regardless and opposed a permanent special prosecutor, urging DOJ reform if distrust exists. The ABA delegates debated resolutions on prostitution penalties, amnesty for draft dodgers, and open meetings law.
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Montreal
UPI
Richard M
Nixon
FBI
Patrick Gray
St. Clair
Ford
ABA
House
Forest Service allows nude swimming at Spence Springs
The Forest Service in Santa Fe National Forest will permit nude bathers at Spence Springs on Sundays through Thursdays starting Sept. 1, while clothed swimmers may use the area on the remaining days. Nude bathers caught on suit days face a $25 fine, and clothed swimmers may swim during the approved nude days.
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Albuquerque
Santa Fe National Forest
Chris Zamora
United Nations urged to cooperate to preserve reform and peace
UN Secretary General Kurt Waldheim warned that without greater cooperation the public will doubt the UN’s relevance. He urged moving from talks to action, endorsing nuclear free zones and faster disarmament while calling for the UN as a central forum for coordinating policies. He cited rising armaments costs and urged regional talks on zones. In Los Angeles, State Atty. Gen. Evelle Younger urged prison terms for gun criminals as the logical response to gun crime.
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United Nations, NY
UPI
Kurt Waldheim
United Nations
General Assembly
Waldheim
Security Council
U.N
Los Angeles
Evelle J Younger
Younger
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