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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1962
Page
1
A political column notes campaign hate as a tactic with hired claque groups and repeated labels like radical and socialist. It traces evolving insults from nihilists to cake eaters and argues voters are targeted by organized misinformation before elections. Continued on page 2.
A skyline story claims federal indictments charging income tax evasion against 21 Las Vegas casino operators and four major resorts. A Justice Department spokesman denied the report, while an undercover probe into Vegas casino operations has been ongoing.
A five man Labor Peace Board was set up to preserve harmony and curb wasteful practices at Mercury Nevada’s nuclear rocket site run by NASA and the AEC. The panel aims to keep workers on the job and prevent disruptions after a Las Vegas parley and a government announcement by Gold berg Wilson and Simkin. Underground nuclear testing at the site is expected to proceed.
Panair do Brasil four engine jetliner with 101 aboard crashes into Guanabara Bay after takeoff for Lisbon Paris London. At least 10 survivors reported as one engine blew up before the dive. Passengers include Josue de Castro with daughter and granddaughter. survival details unclear for women aboard.
Visitors can buy Hank Greenspun for Governor buttons badges souvenirs and coffee at the Hank for Governor Headquarters located at 226 Las Vegas Boulevard North. Lawn signs bumper stickers and a variety of colors are available for purchase.
Secretary of State John Koontz announced a record 119 971 Nevadans are qualified to vote in the upcoming primary, with five counties still unreported. The 1960 primary total was 116 788.
The Defense Department ordered development of a Titan III rocket believed to be twice as powerful as Russia’s best booster. It will launch from Cape Canaveral by the mid 1960s with two million pounds of thrust, to carry manned and unmanned space missions including the Dyna-Soar project.
Nevada Gaming Control Board reversed itself and recommended approval of Nathan Teplis to take over the Nevada Race and Sports Book in Las Vegas. The 2-1 vote followed arguments that a lack of federal wagering clearances should not bar him, with initial concerns over compliance later reversed.
Nevada led the nation last year in personal income growth reaching a record ten percent, the Commerce Department said. Arkansas followed with nine percent and Arizona with eight percent, while Michigan North Dakota and Montana saw declines.
Henderson man Howard Giles 20 was cited for reckless driving after speeding and running a red light on West Charleston Boulevard. A ten passenger load in a small Volkswagen included a driver and ten others who were treated as a joke by officers. Giles was fined 100 dollars by Judge Walter Richards.
Government artillery units shelled a Viet Cong village stronghold in the southern Mekong delta yesterday, killing at least 40 Communist guerrillas. In Stockholm the Swedish Lutheran State Church defended Sherri Finkbine against Vatican charges that her abortion to prevent a thalidomide deformity birth was a crime.
A special city commission meeting is set after the 4 p.m. planning session to decide whether to consolidate a separate list of women applicants for parking enforcement into the main pool and to move parking control from police to the finance department. W. L. Fletcher noted the new rankings would place women in the top four of the revised list. A progress payment to Wells-Stewart Construction is also on the agenda.
Republican U S Senate candidate Morton F Meads outlined a 24 plank campaign including annexing Pacific islands by Nevada An internationalist move tied to his residence in Nevada and time in the Philippine Islands where his business interests lie A six page platform and biography detailed water aqueduct plans and removal of Ivy League influence in state affairs.
The FBI arrested Wilbur Irven Trout, 51, of San Francisco on federal extortion charges for attempting to extort 12,1000 dollars from William Harrah, owner of Harrah’s Lake Tahoe casino by threatening to blow up the property. He allegedly used mail to transmit his threats from California to Nevada.
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