Las Vegas Sun staff and office details in historical masthead
The Las Vegas Sun lists its editorial and management team with publishers editors and department heads including Bryn Armstrong Ruthe Deskin Joe McClain Noel ng Alan Laythorpe Tamara Andreeva and Bob Selz. It notes advertising and circulation roles and the paper's affiliations and memberships. Subscriptions show 20 cents single copy and monthly rates.
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Bryn Armstrong
Ruthe Deskin
Alive
Joe McClain
Noel Ng
Alan Laythorpe
Sports Ames
Business Greenwood
Tamara Andreeva
Bob Selz
Herman Weier
Boe
Norvell Wood
Coakley
HM. Greenspun
Rupert Belt
C. D Bara Greenspun
Ray Germain
James
Red Cross Fund Totals Across World Wars
The article outlines Red Cross financials from World War I through the postwar period. It cites $5 million prior to the war, $247.5 million during the war, $80.3 million between wars, $180.6 million in World War II, and $80 million afterward, noting government and private agency support.
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Red Cross
Cies
Red Cross history spans wars to modern disaster aid
The article outlines the Red Cross origins with Henri Dunant and the Battle of Solferino, notes Geneva 100th anniversary celebrations, and describes the organization’s growth to 87 national societies. It highlights services like first aid, water safety, hospital support, and disaster planning.
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Red Cross
Henri Dunant
Geneva
Switzerland
Red Crescent
Red Lion and Sun
Iran
Marriage of Douglas and Joan Sparks Age Gap Curiosity
A humorous meditation on the 64 year old Justice Douglas marrying 23 year old Joan Martin. The column ponders what older spouses discuss after the honeymoon and notes wide cultural and historical references the bride may not know. It ends with a wry aside about explaining Frankfurter versus a hot dog.
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Robert C. Ruark
Bill Douglas
Joan Martin
Mama
Baby
Pop
Tiger Flowers
Ruby Goldstein
Walter Hagen
Kid Chocolate
Luis Angel Firpo
Mickey Walker
Bob Muesel
Tony Lazzeri
Waite Hoyt
Vernon Gomez
Babe Ruth
Bronco Nagurski
Gene Austin
Gertrude Niesen
Ederle
Paul Robeson
Dodgers
Alexander Woolcott
Wolcott Gibbs
Douglases
Felix Frankfurter
Inside Labor Inside Labor by Victor Riesel
Uruguay becomes a beachhead for Cuban and Communist activity as Castro agents operate across cities and ports. The piece notes Cuban financed propaganda, a strong press and labor presence, a rising FIDEL party, and a Latin American labor conference planned to spark general strikes.
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Victor Riesel
Montevideo
Uruguay
Carrasco
Berlin Wall
Castro
FIDEL
Frente Izquierdista de Liberacion
Leftwing
Liberation Front
Latin America
Juan Antonio Acuna
Uruguayan Confederation of Labor
East Germany
Hungary
Red China
North Korea
North Vietnam
Albania
Peking
Communist Party
Mao Tse-tung
Socialist Party
Russia
Czechoslovakia
France
Belgium
Beer Palace
CTAL
Latin American Confederation of Workers
Mexico City
Joseph Stalin
Lombardo Toledano
Rio de Janeiro
Argentina
Paraguay
Sen Leaper Comments On Centennial Pageants And Public Memory
The piece surveys how centennial pageants emphasize communal positives while recalling grim events like epidemics and disasters. It jokes about small business failures, bank robberies, CIA pension talks, and quips on heat and travel, ending with a returned tourist’s dislike of bumper stickers.
Kennedy urges Senate to ratify test ban treaty
President Kennedy formally asks Senate to approve the limited nuclear test ban treaty, saying the United States must act swiftly to secure a more peaceful world. In Helmstedt, Dr. Stoeter saved a wounded criminal under fire, saying a human life was at stake. In Paris, Alice Lebreton reports a striptease burglary demanded at knifepoint as police are informed.
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United Press International
Washington
Kennedy
Senate
United States
Rustin Named Deputy For Washington Civil Rights Rally
The forthcoming Washington rally leadership is centered on Bayard Rustin a former Communist youth organizer wartime conscientious objector and jailed for a morals offense He was chosen by A Philip Randolph to lead the march despite his prison record and lack of a college degree The decision was defended as essential to the demonstration by Randolph and Rustin indicated ongoing talks with federal officials including Assistant Attorney General Burke Marshall
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Douglas Case
Ernie Pyle
General Rommel
Albert Kesselring
Mauldin
Willie
Joe
Adolf Hitler
Clara Petacci
Eva Braun
Wallace Reid
Stanley Smith
Theda Bara
Williams
Farnum
Hart
Margie Hart
Christine Keeler
Margie
Larry Hart
Rodgers
Will Rogers
Buddy Rogers
Richard
Rubens
Peter Paul
Alma Rubens
Benny Rubin
Billy Rose
Baby Rose Marie
Gypsy Rose Lee
Dusenberg
Hudson
Essex
England
Franklin
Pierce Arrow
Stanley Steamer
Cord
Auburn
Packard
Vance
Washington
FBI
College of the City of
New York
Austin
Young Communist League
A. Philip Randolph
Rustin
Randolph
March
Burke Marshall
Ribicoff Presses Civil Rights Bill With Call For Obedience
Sen Abraham Ribicoff urges that advocacy for civil rights must precede legal enactment and insists that law observance is essential. He cites housing in Atlanta and job discrimination as examples and warns that opposing views undermine equality. A Kennedy administration civil rights push faces a narrow Senate majority and a tough path to passage. A Philip Randolph predicts Kennedy speech at the Lincoln Memorial rally with other leaders attending. Walter Reuther directs behind the scenes planning for the demonstration.
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Abraham Ribicoff
D-Conn
Department of Health, Education & Welfare
Ribicoff
Atlanta
Vic
Senate
Philip Randolph
Washington
Kennedy
Lincoln Memorial
Lyndon Johnson
Robert Kennedy
John McCormack
Walter Reuther
United Auto Workers
Afl-Cio
Polish Ambassador Hosts Lavish National Liberation Day Buffet
Polish Ambassador Drozniak treated Washington’s diplomatic corps to a grand buffet on National Liberation Day. The Junior Foreign Service Office Club event featured two long tables of Polish delicacies and four bars, with 500 pounds of buffalo roast and California grapes. Guests included Mrs. George Anderson and Mrs Corrado Ceccacci, noted for perch at receptions and for academic titles.
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Drozniak
California
South Dakota
Foreign Service Office Club
Foreign Diplomatic Corps
George Anderson
Naval Opeations
Portugal
Washington
Anderson
Corrado Ceccacci
University of Rome
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Monteo
Sen, Leaper
Bill Vaughan
North American Newspaper Alliance
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