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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1963
Page
2
The NLRB accuses five banana handling locals and the ILA of unfair labor practices and seeks a judge to enforce a preexisting agreement with steamship firms. United Fruit and Standard Fruit fleets face disruption as a temporary order lingers and ships await unloading in New Orleans.
Castro urged revolutionary leaders to mobilize the masses and lead them to battle while appealing to the Soviet Union and Red China to resolve their ideological quarrel so unity could be restored within the socialist bloc.
Sheriff’s detective Jack Barbour said a man about 200 pounds and inches tall with blue eyes gray blond hair and a ruddy complexion was found on a rocky ledge by North Las Vegas rock hunters. Investigators think the man murdered by a shotgun blast leaving a hole in his forehead. They believe he used the name Huette or Henette in Las Vegas and had ties to East Bonanza Road near Eighteenth or Twenty Fifth Street.
Grey female cat. Last seen near Tonopah Highway in the vicinity of Pood Giant. Reward offered. Contact 878-4948.
An ad offers Foster's Shoes at 119 N. 3rd St with free parking near the store. A city of Las Vegas job posting seeks guards for the City Jail with salaries from 43 to 524 dollars, requiring high school plus two years public contact work, age 23 to 50, deadline January 23, 1963. Also an employment note for an experienced men’s wear salesman at Pott's Store for Men, 309 Fremont.
A Soviet delegation arrived in Belgrade to begin talks on extending cultural cooperation with Yugoslavia. The UPI report notes the discussions aim to deepen cultural exchange between the two nations.
Listing notes 17 houses for sale in Paradise Valley with horse zoning. Includes 3 bedroom den homes on 5/8 acre with fenced yards and outdoor barbecue, and 4 bedroom 2 bath plus guest house on 9 acres with barn and well. Prices vary with terms. contact Jordan Realty, 1418 LV Blvd, Las Vegas.
The article discusses Leibling’s New Yorker profile of Hank Greenspun publisher of the Las Vegas SUN. It notes Leibling’s Nevada series on Sen Patrick McCarran with the Paiute at Pyramid Lake and his challenge to white settlement claims. It mentions Leibling’s method and observations in Nevada.
Nikita Khrushchev warned the United States that the Soviet Union possessed a 100 megaton air bomb and would use it if necessary, asserting it should be aimed outside western Europe. He urged a peaceful East West solution and said the USSR would retaliate if attacked.
The Las Vegas Gun Inc publishes mornings including Sundays from 900 South Main Street Las Vegas Nevada with listed editors and managers. It is entered as Second Class Matter and holds multiple advertising and circulation affiliations including The Allen Krapp Co and United Press International affiliates.
Washington Senator John J. Williams told a conference of Republican women that the GOP has enacted most tax cuts and should not yield to President Kennedy on the issue. He warned against supporting a net $10 billion tax cut unless spending is cut correspondingly and said he would not vote for tax cuts on borrowed money.
In New Delhi India and Pakistan opened a second round of talks to settle the Kashmir dispute. Pakistan's negotiator Z A Bhutto arrived to join the discussions as both sides seek to resolve the 15 year conflict over the divided state. India currently controls about two thirds of Kashmir with Pakistan holding the remainder.
Italian Prime Minister Amintori Fanfani said he ordered two 15th century Florentine panels displayed in Washington to symbolize Italian American friendship. The works by Pollaiolo were stolen by the Nazis in World War II and returned from Los Angeles after a German immigrant couple delivered them to an art restorer.
A Las Vegas Valley resident critiques county hired experts on smog, proposing a self financed, low cost study and urging modernization of garbage disposal. He notes visible pollution from Sunrise Mountain, questions Henderson smoke stacks, and argues open burning is archaic, urging faster, cleaner methods.
A local construction spokesman blamed rigid rules for turning off heat at Western High, causing frozen pipes and extensive damage after a cold spell. Officials and the district acknowledge the problem but have no repair cost estimate, noting variance between sites and the need for overnight staffing.
Neil G. Galatz was elected president of the Las Vegas chapter of the National Association of Claimants' Counsel of America at a luncheon at the El Cortez Hotel. Officers named include Robert L. Gifford as vice president and Norman T. Hilbrecht as secretary and treasurer. Charter members listed feature Herman M. Adams George L. Albright Howard W. Babcock Robert Callister and others.
The State Hair Fashion Committee invites hairdressers to educational classes at the State Convention held January 20 and 21 at Hotel Thunderbird.
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