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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1962
Page
2
Carson City resident 42 with education from Fenn College and UNLV has held roles in the Nevada Industrial Commission and the Nevada Liquified Petroleum Gas Board. He ran American Employment Bureau in Reno and worked five years as a Reed Meneley Insurance agent while serving WWII as AWAC base intelligence officer.
At a news conference, he praised his boss Arthur Goldberg and said there were no essential policy differences between them. He declined to replace any top officials and offered to lend shirt or shoes in a light moment. He had no information on a successor as under secretary.
The 1961 Legislature nearly doubled liquor tax receipts to 2,275,458, up from 1,327,172 in 1960 41. Cigarette tax rose to 4,248,356 from 1,713,430. State general fund gained 2,803,914 from the cigarette tax. Cities and counties shared 1,210,781 by population and 233,659 by sales.
The article describes a violent attack involving Mrs de Kaplany. It notes she was bound and slashed with acid, with facial injuries reported. It identifies De Kaplany as the Hungarian fencing star and coach who defected during the 1956 Melbourne Games. He was jailed on the attempted murder charge.
The ORT workers halted operations after a mass walkout across depots in the Midwest and northern plains. The action, the largest railroad strike in 18 years, saw more than 16,500 employees refusing to cross picket lines as the fleet was mothballed including 42,200 freight cars and 747 diesel locomotives. Labor Secretary Goldberg said a settlement is needed and handed mediation duties to O Neill before returning to his Supreme Court post.
The UPI report shows the average family with two children discards about 3800 pounds of garbage yearly, 3000 pounds more than in 1950. Researchers from In-Link-Frater Co. find that food waste makes up 25 percent of this refuse, with cans cartons newspapers toys and unusable socks comprising the rest.
A Nevada newspaper column denounces the governor and allies for destabilizing the state economy through gaming control and resort hotel associations. It urges replacement by leaders who defend wage earners, small business, and family stability, citing job security and economic growth as the path to prosperity.
Mayor Ross Plante of Richmond reports cracked walls at the community library as the quake affects civic buildings. About 1,091 residents live in Richmond. A wall collapsed at an Amalgamated Sugar factory in Lewiston and a drug store wall toppled into a nearby unopened restaurant. A Logan billiard parlor roof lapsed and a chapel suffered minor damage. Rocks rolled onto Highway 89 near Logan but no major traffic disruption. Power and phone service were out in Cache Valley for several hours. Effects were felt in Pocatello Idaho Falls Blackfoot and Arco as the southeast Idaho quake hit between emergency reports.
A Grumman Goose crashed on a timbered hillside near Seldovia Alaska killing five of the nine aboard Four others were seriously injured The pilot William C Decreeft aged 30 from Alaska survived and was flown to Anchorage from the crash scene
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