Las Vegas Sun Staff Directory and Masthead Detail
A historic Las Vegas Sun masthead lists key staff and officers including editor and publisher H M Greenspun, executive editor Bryn Armstrong, city editor David Bradley, sports editor An Lathorpe, and assignments across editorial, business, production, and advertising. It notes postal registration, national ad reps, and professional memberships.
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South Main Street
Las V . Nevada
Ruthe Deskin
Bryn Armstrong
Joe McClain
Noel Greenwood
David Bradley
AN Lathorpe
Tamara Andreeva
James
Bobbel
Herman Weier
Norvell Wood
Higher Budget Reflects Veeler Desire
SUN readers respond to an editorial on cutting the federal budget noting the public and politicians cycle favoring more spending. The piece cites 1962 federal outlays and state, local increases, arguing taxes and borrowing fund federal budgets and urging voters to demand restraint to reverse the trend.
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SUN
Nevada
U. S
United States
Congress
Dear John and Friends Ghosted Advice Column Snippets
A collage of humorous Q&A exchanges includes Dear John letters about beer commercial realism, a Texan adapting to Georgia dialect, and a mock movie sequel suggestion to Gregory Peck. The items play with regional speech, marketing quirks, and film humor.
Crime talk on mob myths and the Untouchables
Ruark argues that the Mafia story remains a business mystery, with little evidence and heavy headlines. He notes lack of courtroom proof, the role of wiretapping debates, and the allure of sensational names like Genovese Anastasia and Valachi as TV reboots a modern Untouchables.
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FBI
Cosa Nostra
the Elks
The
Legion
Albert Anastasia
Vito Genovese
D.A
al Capone
Luciano
Dewey
Joe Valachi
Muscles
Guiseppi
Where We Stand on Clark County School Funding Debate
A reader writes to critique the sales tax increase for schools and the school board. The writer praises Mr. Newcomer for championing quality education while criticizing media framing and public memory. The piece laments funds misdirection and notes the impact on students and families who cannot vote.
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Clark County
Newcomer
Assembly
George
The Welfare State of Uruguay Faces Financial Crisis
Inside Labor explores Uruguay's expansive government programs, large public payrolls, and generous pensions that allow early retirements. It describes a semi socialist system with job protections, universal subsidies, and unions occupying plants, while revenues wane and costs rise.
Commuternauts Train for Inner Space in Grand Central
Art Buchwald describes a mock Commuternaut School beneath Grand Central Station where Stamford to New York travelers undergo two hour capsule tests in subfreezing air without air conditioning. The piece satirizes space effort rhetoric and questions the cost and practicality of such programs for daily commuters.
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Lasthampton
N. Y
Abraham Ribicoff
Senate
Stamford
Sen. Ribicoff
Grand Central Station
New York City
Fou Larchmont
Haven Hartford
New York
Scarsdale
Dves Ile
Con
Vernon
Global Snapshots and Sharp Jokes From a Busy Week
A collage of jokes on Britain’s train robbery, Khrushchev and Rusk, pop culture, and currency, plus quips on pensions for spies and U S population forecasts. The column lampoons politics, fashion, advertising, and economics with wry regional humor.
Uruguayans face hard times blamed on abroad and internal flaws
Eight people filed returns out of nearly three million. The text argues competition from abroad and inefficiency at home are shrinking meat and wool markets. The peso collapses from eleven to six cents. It warns the welfare state may run out of money and asks who will be blamed, suggesting the "colossus of the north" as scapegoat. The tone implies national defensiveness and self-critique.
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Montevideo
Uruguay
Primeras Lineas Uruguayas de Navegacion Aerea
PLUNA
Buenos Aires
ILDU
Colossus
North
Fragments Reflect Local Life Amid Honolulu Strike
A hazy snapshot shows a Honolulu strike not feeling tragic amid ocean and orchard imagery. A girl returns from camp with nothing of hers, while memories of back to school ads linger and auto maker marital troubles hint at broader tensions.
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Charlie Lucky Luciano
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Bobby Kennedy
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Art Buchwald
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By Bill Vaughan
North American Newspaper Alliance
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