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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1966
Page
8
Washington reports the unemployment rate at 3.7 percent in November, tying the 13 year low seen in February and April. Nonfarm payrolls rise with adult women and teens driving gains, while construction and unskilled labor show mixed changes after a tight money period.
The Defense Department cut the upcoming February draft to 10,900 Army inductions. This follows January's 15,600 and marks the lowest monthly total since March 1965, ahead of the Vietnam War buildup that began in September 1965.
Life magazine reports Rep. Adam Clayton Powell threatened photographer Lynwood Pelham during a retreat on Bimini Bahamas. Pelham says Powell drove a car onto the property, displayed a shotgun and warned any further intrusion would be fatal. Powell faces a New York criminal contempt sentence in a defamation suit.
A 24 hour weather table issued by the U S Weather Bureau San Francisco shows temperatures and precipitation data up to 4 a m. The record lists readings by hour across major stations with values interpreted for public use.
The U.S. Weather Bureau reported a low of 15 below zero at Glasgow Montana and a high of 83 degrees at Yuma Arizona yesterday.
Premier Nguyen Ky announced that American troops will move into the Mekong Delta later this month. The delta, Vietnam’s rice heartland, has been Viet Cong controlled. U.S. advisers were the only Americans there until now. Ky stated no problems expected with sending U.S. troops, and ceremonies honored both sides’ units.
Barbara Hutton, 54, the Woolworth heiress once dubbed the poor little rich girl, has separated from her seventh husband Prince Doan Vinh Champacak and plans a divorce in Mexico. Friends said she remains secluded in Tangier as staff decline to reveal plans. A London columnist cited a possible divorce, noting her 3 million dollar Mexico home and life in the Casbah.
A Vegas column recounts backstage antics at Harold Minsky's show with a toy poodle for sale and a tale of a dog buy alongside notes on locals like Lonnie O Connor and Daisy Barry. The piece mentions other attractions at Paradise and Tropicana, a horse race spot, and various shops including Stoney's, all painted with a giddy, slang filled tone.
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