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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1963
Page
1
A columnist questions government budgeting by experts and notes the Nevada governor's proposed two year budget with a large total. He highlights tax concerns for citizens and the hurdle of understanding vast figures as the plan seeks 200000 dollars for a study to streamline departments. Continued on Page ?
Trustees in the Stardust estate send checks totaling 1.8 million to stockholders tied to Tony Cornero’s Stardust venture. Cornero died in 1955 before completion. the hotel later changed hands to John Factor in 1958. Investors may receive additional cents on the dollar in five years.
United States ships resume by weekend as Kennedy panel terms win backing from ILA and NYSA. The 31 day dock walkout idled over 600 ships and 100,000 workers. Panel head Sen Wayne Morse calls the settlement just and the White House reports Kennedy is gratified.
Henderson officials revived a long-dormant petition and claimed jurisdiction over about 1660 acres of Paradise Valley land within Sanitation District 1. The maneuver aims to leverage in a legal dispute over sewer easements for Mesa Development Co, with potential tax relief of 36 cents per $100 assessed valuation.
William J. Vines, managing director of International Wool Secretarist, told the 8th Annual Convention of the National Wool Growers Association at the Sahara Hotel that synthetic patents will expire, prompting a call for a quality image to boost wool as synthetic fibers rise. He urged delegates that wool can endure and enrich economies of producing, processing, and selling nations. Richard Goodrich led a brief instructional session as the day ended.
Clark and Washoe Assembly members moved to dominate the Ways and Means and Taxation committees in the lower house. A divided vote along county lines ended with a 25 to 12 defeat of a reconsideration bid. Four cow county legislators sided with Washoe and Clark to block the move.
Governor Grant Sawyer urged the 1963 Nevada Legislature to shift toward empowering larger counties to address local problems and streamline state government. In a State of the State address to the joint session, he warned of rising housing, education, employment, and resource challenges amid increasing population and suggested local revenue authority.
An interim San Francisco committee hovers over a three to three deadlock on whether 160 protesting electricians should report at their site work area or at the gate at Mercury Nevada. A token crew still reported at the gate while refusing full duties.
Governor Grover Grant Sawyer delivered the 12th legislature an executive budget seeking a record 206 million dollar spending program for 1968 65 with 96 million for operating expenses from the general fund and 8.13 million for capital improvements. He projected a general fund cash balance near 4 million by June 30 1965, compared with 6.58 million at the start of the current year.
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev inspected frontline troops in East Germany and stated Russia is not interested in taking over West Berlin. He then departed for Moscow following a Communist Party Congress that failed to resolve his quarrel with Red China, risking a world split.
A Lansing Michigan man interviewed on his 102nd birthday says he has lived alone since his wife died about 70 years ago and admits he is tired of eating his own cooking. The Las Vegas Sun advertises classified services with a contact number for selling household items.
State officials led by Gov Grant Sawyer formed Heckmount Enterprises Inc as a real estate venture. Officers include Keith Mount, an employer representative, with filings recorded in the Secretary of State office in Carson City.
The Nevada Senate passed memorial resolutions honoring Lt. Gov Rex Bell and Storey County State Sen Clinton B Andreason. Bell died July 4 from a heart attack in Las Vegas while campaigning for governor. The resolution praised him as a warm, genuine leader and friend to Nevadans.
The Clark County Republican Central Committee endorsed a resolution for a new two member Assembly district including North Las Vegas. It would shrink Assembly Dist. 2 from nine to two members. Michael Hutchens spoke for the measure noting North Las Vegas population around 25 000 and its lack of an assemblyman. The plan moves to forward the resolution for action.
Residents in eastern Nevada reported a huge blinding fireball seen shortly after sunrise. FAA agents said the object was likely a meteor. McGill driver Claude House described a final explosion into thousands of glowing fragments like a Roman candle around 6 am.
Clear weather with gentle winds dominates today. Expected high near 60 degrees, low around 39. Yesterday reached 58 with a low of 28. Noontime humidity near 23 percent. Sunrise at 6 43, sunset at 4 57.
A winter storm battered the midwestern plains sweeping drifts over highways and forcing school closures in Nebraska and Iowa. Cold air surged south from the northern Rockies, driving temperatures down with forecasts of 25 below zero in parts of Nebraska, reaching the Rio Grande valley by Thursday.
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