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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1962
Page
18
The Las Vegas Strip faces a public debate over renaming San Francisco Avenue to Sahara Avenue, with resort operators cited as harmonizing profit motives. A columnist argues air tourists drive most revenue, making freeway signage less critical and questions motives behind the opposition.
In Pittsburgh the Human Relations Committee of steel leaders and union chiefs works to avert a fresh crisis as contract talks loom. They weigh overtime, outsourcing, vacations, incentives, and rising costs that threaten jobs, with US wage comparisons showing wide gaps versus Europe and Britain.
Federal Judge Foley refused to rule on removing Sen. Pat McCarran from Hank Greenspun’s restraint of trade suit, delaying decision until depositions of McCarran and Eva Adams are completed. Depositions set before Jan. 1. hearing on summary judgment continued. Las Vegas IRS staff consolidate offices at 114 North Third St Las Vegas Building Rooms 205-207 and 209. phone 749.
Nevada GOP Chairman Marvin Humphrey announced reservations are being accepted for 53 seats in the reviewing stand for Dwight D. Eisenhower's inauguration ceremonies in Washington on January 20.
Almanac notes the date on December 11 1962 as the 345th day of the year with events in history including Indiana statehood in 1816 Theodore Roosevelt announcing he would not seek another term Edward VIII’s abdication in 1936 and Germany and Italy declaring war on the United States in 1941 A thought from Henry Brooks Adams closes the item.
A satirical scene shows a senator scolding a citizen named Littleton Bo Peep over stock in a publishing firm. The dialogue questions conflicts of interest and ends with the senator declaring immunity and urging profit skipping. The skit lampoons congressional ethics and the ease of bypassing rules.
A comic column cites a ghost in a supermarket driven out by a vicar while lampooning trends in prices, credit cards, politics, and social habits. It blends wry observations on modern life with satire of public figures and cultural norms.
A vivid take on lunar photography framing the Moon as a provocation over land value. The remark suggests that even celestial property could ignite conflicts, highlighting the provocative language used to compare space territory to earthly disputes.
The remark targets a claimant who positions himself as the final big spender but clarifies the spender is private rather than public. It underscores the distinction between public funding and private expenditures in the debate.
In a small shop a neighborhood barber retires leaving a note on the chair. The man at the next desk sighs that the barber was the last to remember his hair. The piece captures nostalgia for personal, long running community services.
The United States could be remembered as a pause in the journey to California where people briefly stopped to rest. The line suggests a transient halt during westward movement and hints at broader migration patterns without detailing any events or dates.
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