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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1963
Page
4
The Soviet agricultural crisis grows as Khrushchev vows to spend billions on fertilizer plants while seeking wheat imports from Canada and talks with the United States. Experts cite drought, primitive tech, and low farmer incentives as root causes, with yields far below Western Europe and the United States.
A reader asks how to handle a shy lover who nibbles her ear. The adviser suggests a playful escape by tossing the handbag and offering a cheese sandwich to buy time for decision.
A dated view questions sharing a half pint of bourbon at football games. The speaker believes a half pint is insufficient for one person to endure four quarters and wonders if joining would be ladylike.
A personal reminiscence details Stanley Stein and others who fought leprosy stigma, transforming Hansen's Disease into a curable condition. It recalls figures like Tallulah Bankhead and Dr. Wilfred Chung-Hoon, the Kalaupapa closure, and Stein’s book Alone No Longer highlighting progress from banishment to treatment and civil rights.
United Press International notes the 346th day of 1963 with the Moon near last phase and bright planets Jupiter Saturn and Venus. It recalls 1910 Edward D White becoming US chief justice, 1947 John L Lewis leaving AFL for the second time, 1953 Yeager topping Mach 2.5 in a research jet, and 1959 Paraguay’s invasion crackdown by exiled rebels. A thought by Jonathan Edwards reflects causation.
President Johnson says a 25 000 civilian defense staff reduction would help keep costs in line. In New York a veteran officer notes a determined assassin could have harmed the president with ample security. In New Orleans Morison calls for positive campaign tactics. In Saigon Lodge denies Eisenhower message about a 1964 Republican run.
In Washington on November 26 1963 President Johnson sought support from George Meany and 28 labor leaders. He intended to deepen ties with labor as an ally on domestic and international fronts, building on Kennedy era cooperation and the memory of Sam Rayburn.
Washington State Department security officers warned of new assassination tools such as radioactive material poison gas and bacteria during the Kennedy funeral and Johnson presidency protections. The detailed 50 page guidance outlined crowd control sewer inspections and 24 hour protection plus info sharing for foreign dignitaries and local law enforcement.
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