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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1966
Page
7
Fragmentary text suggests a discussion over control and ownership of a local paper or journal. Mentions Horace, Gold section, and funding appeals possibly tied to editorial or business shifts in Wisconsin and Minnesota areas.
Senator Robert Kennedy urged a bigger federal urban aid program to rebuild ghettos and employ slum residents. He proposed underwriting companies to redevelop neighborhoods and argued for higher federal spending despite Vietnam costs. He testified as the Senate investigated city use of about 96 billion in funds over a decade.
President Johnson touted his administration's summer jobs push and proposed turning the youth opportunity drive into a year round effort. He noted over one million youths worked in 1965 and urged extending the program with Vice President Humphrey leading the effort.
A process developed at the U S Department of Agriculture Naval Stores Laboratory converts crude pine into a low cost chemical for paints and plastics. The method yields a diepoxide plastic suitable for high quality plastics, adhesives and molded products.
France imports more alcohol than it exports for the first time in 1964 with 91 million liters imported and 68 million exported. Scotch consumption drives the gap as the drink reaches broader use from cafes to everyday life.
The Air Force aims to end its UFO investigations by creating an advisory group of college scientists. A grant near 300000 dollars funds the project, with one leading university to host and others to feed data, though member schools are not yet chosen.
In Chicago the King organized open housing drive faces intensified Nazi activity and violent clashes as three simultaneous marches lead to arrests and injuries. Amendments loom as officials consider limiting demonstrator numbers while Rockwell announces a Chicago visit to lead white marches into Black neighborhoods.
Gov George Wallace plans to ask the Alabama legislature to finance schools in districts that refuse to follow federal desegregation guidelines. The move could cost up to 38 million dollars, replacing lost federal funds with state money across about 32 districts resisting integration.
Westernmost NOME Alaska Cape Prince of Wales is identified as the western tip of the North American continent, marking the continent’s far edge.
Houston firm Losech Laboratory Consultants, Inc. announces a no risk 32 day trial claiming to stop hair loss and regrow hair. The ad warns many baldness cases are beyond help but invites inquiries by mail with confidential responses and no obligation.
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