Rise of Las Vegas as a World Tourism Center
The piece recounts how Las Vegas built its fame from postwar publicity campaigns led by the Chamber of Commerce and the Desert Sea News Bureau. It notes Hannegan’s agency role, Union Pacific’s withdrawal, and the eventual shift to in‑house and regional promotion. It highlights key figures, funding from hotels, and the creation of pioneering publicity infrastructure that drew worldwide attention to the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Las Vegas
Trans World Airlines
Hannegan Agency
American Society of Travel Agency
Union Pacific
Hannegan
Chamber
Max Kelch
Desert Sea
AEC
Nevada Test Site
Our City
Desert Sea News Bureau
United Press International
Las Vegas Chamber Boosters
Las Vegans
A. W. Ham
James Down, Sr
A. S. Henderson
O. A. Kumball
Archie Grant
C. D. Baker
Paul McDermott
Spence Butterfield
Bob Griffith
Bob Kaltenborn
Marion Earl
Bill Moore
James Down, Jr
Vern Willis
Dick Ronzone
Ed Converse
M. J Christensen
Howard Cannon
Herb McDonald
Art Force
Jack Pepper
Ken Frogley
Abe Schiller
Harvey Diederich
Neil Regan
al Freeman
Jack West
Don English
Gene Murphy
Joe Buck
August Car Sales Fall to Fourteen Year Low
DETROIT UP I four U S automakers reported early August new car sales fell 29 percent to a fourteen year low. Dealers nationwide say buyers can not afford current prices and are turning to the booming used car market as higher 1976 model prices loom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
UPI
U.S
GM To Cost Only $206 More
GM will hold price increases for 1976 models to an average $206, 4.4 percent, by cutting dealers’ profit margins while wholesale prices to dealers rise about $216, 5.9 percent. August 10 sales fell sharply across major automakers, with GM down 34 percent and Ford down 20 percent as market conditions cooled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
UPI
General Motors Corp
National weather hard to fit? Foster's Shoes ad
Style and comfort meet fit at Foster's Shoes located at 119 North 3rd. The ad promotes footwear for men women and children, tying fashion to weather ready wear across a local shopping scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foster’s Shoes
North 3Rd
Coors Defends Nomination to Public Broadcasting Board
Millionaire Joseph Coors defends his CPB nomination amid conservative ties. He asserts personal support for groups is legal and contends 14 board colleagues can veto his views. Nomination by Nixon, Ford resubmission, confirmation hearings next month expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
UPI
Joseph Coors
Corporation For Public Broadcasting
Coors
CPB
Committee For Survival of A Free Congress
The
Broadcasting Board
Nixon
Ford
John Pastore
D-R.l
White House
Public Broadcasting Service
TVN
Upifoto
Spiderweb of evidence in Miss Little murder trial
Closing arguments end of trial in Beaufort County murder case as defense labels state case against Joan Little a spiderweb of shoddy evidence. Prosecutors cite calls and state theories of motive while witnesses recount timelines and actions around jailer Alligood's stabbing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh, N.C
UPI
Joan Little
Miss Little
Hamilton C. Hobgood
James Rowan
Rowan
Alligood
Nancy Hollis
Chapel Hill
Alligoods
Beaufort County
Anna Eubanks
Miss Hollis
Washington, D.C
Carolina Telephone Co
Allgood
Woolard
Fighting erupts in Portuguese Timor leaves deaths
Portuguese Timor experiences open fighting in Dili and rural Timor after a coup attempt by anti leftist militants. Deaths and injuries reported with evacuations of women children and dependents of soldiers to sea and air. Conditions worsen as Lisbon and Canberra confirm evacuees aboard Macdill and ongoing negotiations for a peaceful settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lisbon
Portugal
UPI
Portuguese Timor
Dili
Pacific
Timor
Darwin
Australia
Canberra
Macdill
Democratic Union of Timor
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Jerry Richardson
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National Weather Service
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Hi Lo
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St. Louis
Los Angeles
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Louisville
San Diego
Miami
Memphis
Seattle
Milwaukee
Spokane
Minneapolis
Thermal New Orleans
Washington
Adolph Coors Co
Golden
Colo
Television News, Inc
Alan J. Arnold M.D
General Psychiatry
D’amico and Robbins
Chartered
S. Maryland Parkway
Federal Gas & Oil Lease Service CO
State Street
Commercial Center
Ice Palace
Mary Ramsey
Herb Barrett
Metro P. D
Cashman
Cadillac
Sahara
Nevada
Catalina
Freddy
Ipeare
Little-Necak Claims
FisHerman's Wharf
Maryland
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