Radical Labor in Nevada Mining Rooms study noted
University of Nevada presses a scholarly study by Dr. Russell R. Elliott titled Radical Labor in the Nevada Mining Rooms. It details George Wingfield’s role in opposing miners 1906 08 and notes Wingfield’s lasting influence on state politics and banking through Nevada. Diamondfield Jack Davis figures in his clashes with miners and Las Vegas Club episodes are mentioned as contested legacy.
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History of Nevada
Russell R. Elliott
University of Nevada
University of Nevada Press
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George Wingfield
Goldfield
Diamondfield
Jack Davis
Las Vegas
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Main
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Freeman Cites Rural Poverty Perils At LY Parley
Secretary Freeman opened a panel with Clyde Ellis and others noting more than 15 million rural Americans live in poverty by current standards. He urged a massive government and local effort beyond technology and programs to reverse rural decline. Ellis urged a congressional probe into a billion-dollar annual overcharge for electric power.
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Clyde T. Ellis
NRECA
David E. Bell
Agency For International Development
Richard W. Reuther
Catherine May
America
Ellis
Kennedy asks Congress for record three year ten billion tax cut
President Kennedy urged Congress to approve a three year ten billion dollar tax cut the largest in U.S. history. He also proposed cutting federal spending except for defense and space and urged starting with six billion dollars in personal and corporate levies. The plan aims to spur business create two million jobs annually and was announced during his State of the Union address to a joint session. Republican reactions suggested potential broader support in the 88th Congress.
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UPI
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Senate
GOP
Ways and Mean
Nabbed in Baytown Cash Raid Tied to Robberies
Police raided two tourist cabins in Baytown Texas seizing thousands of dollars in cash illegal gambling equipment and narcotics Six men and one woman were arrested. Deputy Tommy Kleboskie said cash lay around the floors under beds and officers recovered 500 pairs of loaded lice paraphernalia for rigs.
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Baytown, Tex
UPI
Tommy Kleboskie
Harris County Sheriff's Department
Kleboskie
LBJ to Arrive In Vegas Today
Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson planned to speak at the National Rural Electric Cooperative Assn convention in Las Vegas after arriving at 1 30 pm local time. He flew from Washington to Texas for Gov John Connally’s inauguration and will proceed to Nevada to address the convention tomorrow.
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Lyndon B. Johnson
National Rural Electric Cooperative Assn
Las Vegas
Washington
Texas
John Connally
Navy
Mercury Rises In Vegas Area
Southern Nevada ends a deep cold spell as temperatures climb from eight to fourteen then rise toward the high forties. About 2 000 students from Western High School and Highland Elementary were sent home due to heating system problems after the morning freeze.
Five Fur Coats and Jewelry Stolen From Waitress
Deputies investigated a burglary at the apartment of cocktail waitress Miss Shirley Ajalot, 30, who valued her loss at $36,000. Detectives said entry was gained by removing the door knob with a wrench, with five mink coats a three and one half carat diamond ring and other jewelry missing.
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Shirley Ajalot
Nine Bids Approved for Gaming Permits in Nevada
The State Gaming Control Board recommended approval for nine non restricted gaming license applications including a reorganization of the downtown Lucky Strike Club. The Sahara Nevada Corp. will acquire the Lucky Strike lease business and equipment for 1 million dollars. Board actions move to the Nevada Gaming Commission for final approval.
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Lucky Strike Club
State Gaming Control Board
Nevada Gaming Commission
Lucky Strike
Sahara Nevada Corp
Lucky
Weather Outlook With Mild Winds And Cold Night
Variable high cloudiness today with gentle winds. High around 50 degrees, low near 15 to 20. Yesterday's high 44, low 14. Noontime humidity 12 percent. Sunrise 6 50, sunset 4 49.
Work Normal At Test Site After Brief Labor Quiescence
The Nevada Test Site reported normal operations yesterday with only a few carpenters absent. Dr. John Dunlop of Harvard, a member of the Nevada Test Site and Space Site Construction Labor Board, canceled Friday meetings with local labor leaders and plans to resume talks next week. Unaffiliated carpenters who missed work were reassigned to Jackass Flats.
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Nevada Test Site
John Dunlop
Harvard University
Space Site
Grievance Halts Phone Work In Southern Nevada
A labor disruption at the Southern Nevada Telephone Company drew many workers to the union hall yesterday morning. The men filed grievances with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local and returned to duties after discussions. A dissident employer spokesman called it a Wildcat strike, though the union denied a true strike, citing management problems and employee dismissals by two supervisors.
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Southern Nevada Telephone Company
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Ralph Leigon
Leigon
Newhart and Virginia Quinn Honeymoon After Church Wedding
Bob Newhart and Virginia Quinn honeymooned after their Saturday marriage at St Victor's Roman Catholic church. The couple hosted a reception for about 200 at the Bel Air country club. Newhart, an Emmy winner, and his bride are both making their first marriages.
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Hollywood
Bob Newhart
Virginia Quinn
William Quinn
St. Victors
Newhart
Bel Air Country Club
Brian E. Kane
Eileen Quinn
Jim Quan
Chicago
Oak Park
Ili
Baring Proposes Bills To Aid Gold Mining Revival
Washington Rep Walter Baring introduced five measures to revive gold mining. HR 286 would pay $35 per fine ounce over the standard rate for domestic ore, HR 285 would tether gold price to a fluctuating benchmark, and two other bills would create a free domestic market and establish an interior department procurement and sales agency for gold, with a further amendment to the tax code for higher depletion allowances.
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API
Legislative
Walter Baring
Dnew
Interior Department
Internal Revenue Code
Secretary of the Treasury
Court Upholds Gaming Denial Over Harmon's License
Dist. Judge John Sexton upheld the Nevada Gaming Control Board in denying a non-restricted license for former Assemblyman George Harmon to operate at the Valley Inn in Mesquite. The ruling notes Harmon should have been provided a rationale for the denial.
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