Strike May Cripple Test Site
About 200 sheet metal workers including 50 at the Nevada Test Site vote to reject Federated Employers of Nevada offer threatening a walkout. Local 8&8 of the International Association of Sheet Metal Workers sought 77 cents an hour over three years with $1 daily subsistence pay for Nevada Test Site workers. Management proposed 55 cents over the same period, 26 cents per year.
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Federated Employers of
Nevada
William Campbell
Employers’ Group
Local 8&8
International Association of Sheet Metal Workers
Nevada Governor Sawyer and the backlash in electing Rex Bell
The piece critiques Governor Sawyer as autocratic and unresponsive to voters, contrasting his style with Pat McCarran and predicting defeat this November for the governor as Rex Bell gains support. It notes Sawyer's appointment of Charles Springer as Attorney General to fill Foley’s unexpired term, hinting at broader political tensions in Nevada.
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Sawyer
McCarran
Rex Bell
Charles Springer
Nevada
Foley
Page
Soviet Cosmos Six launched to study moon mission feasibility
The Tass News Agency reported Cosmos Six, an unmanned Earth satellite, has been orbited with scientific instruments to continue outer space exploration. It carries a multi channel radio telemetry system, trajectory measurement devices, and a short wave transmitter. The satellite orbits every 90.5 minutes with apogee 227.54 miles and perigee 169.88 miles as part of data gathering for a potential manned lunar flight.
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UPI
Soviet Union
Tass
Outer Space
Sputnik
Cosmos Six
Cosmos
Coast Guard Ends Submarine Contact Near Johnston Island Test Zone
Coast Guard vessels Matagorda and Ironwood coral the pacifist sailboat Everyman near Johnston Island test zone. They reported contact with an unidentified submarine about 10 to 12 miles inside the zone perimeter. Navy comment was not provided and Coast Guard crews claimed no American submarines are in the area. A Navy patrol plane conducted an extensive search.
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Honolulu
UPS
Coast Guard
Everyman
Johnston Island
Matagorda
Navy
Ironwood
Identify two Lads Killed In LV Wreck
Two Las Vegas youths killed Friday night when the stolen motorbike they rode was struck on Highway 95 north of the city have been identified as John A. Biddle 11 and Michael Leon Dennis 13. The youths were killed when the junior-sized cycle was struck by a car driven by Mrs Mari.
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Las Vegas
Las Vegas Welcomes Chicago Family After Auto Trouble
Frank Johnson 47 and his large Chicago family arrive in Las Vegas seeking relief from unemployment and asthma care. After auto trouble near Marshalltown and a long journey with four hundred dollars, the Johnsons find refuge in a Swanagan home as volunteers assist with shelter and food while Red Cross and Welfare agencies are contacted.
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Frank Johnson
Chicago
Oscar Swanagan
Johnson
Marshalltown
Iowa
Eddie Fisher Plans Las Vegas Divorce From Liz Taylor
Eddie Fisher, back at the Las Vegas site of his 1959 marriage to Elizabeth Taylor, says he will begin divorce proceedings next month. He attended the Burns Channing show at the Dunes and is staying at the Desert Inn with operators barred from connecting calls. Fisher, opening a two week Desert Inn engagement July 24, says a divorce is likely under attorney Louis Nizer who represents both sides.
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Eddie Fisher
Elizabeth Taylor
Las Vegas
Dunes Hotel
Desert Inn
Fisher
Louis Nizer
Elizabeth
Kennedy Lopez Mateos seal new era of US Mexico ties
President Kennedy and Mexican President Adolfo Lopez Mateos ended Kennedy's Mexico visit with a proclamation of a new era of understanding and friendship between the United States and Mexico.
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Us-Mexico
Kennedy
Menico City
UPI
Adolfo Lopez Mateos
Mexico
Jacqueline Kennedy
Lopez Mateos
Fidel Castro
Cuba
United States
Woman Opens Home to Destitute Johnsons in Las Vegas
Mrs Oscar Swanagan and her husband shelter ten people from Chicago in their three room house providing food and care. The Johnson father found a job and the family’s arrival drew community aid as neighbors offered help and support.
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Johnson
Sproul
Roger Gerson
Red Cross
Chicago
Poe
Oscar Swanagan
Las Vegas
Swanagans
Johnsons
Weather Summary for Today and Yesterday
Clear skies with south westerly winds 15 to 20 mph. Today's high 105 and low 72, yesterday's high 103 and low 76. Noontime humidity at 1 percent. Sunrise at 5 26, sunset at 68 02.
TWA 704 lands safely after tire scare at Idlewild
A Trans World Airlines 704 jetliner landed without incident at Idlewild airport after fear of a blown tire during takeoff from Madrid prompted emergency vehicles to stand by.
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New York
UPI
Trans World Airlines
Idlewild
Madrid
Brennan author of Wyatt Earp TV series dies by suicide
Frederick Hinzuitt Brennan, 60, creator of the Wyatt Earp TV series, fatally shot himself in bed with a .45 pistol. Coroner Pat Sullivan reports the self-inflicted gunshot occurred at Brennan's Camarillo home. Continued on page AD.
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Camarillo
Cali
APD
Frederick Hinzuitt Brennan
Pat Sullivan
Brennan
State to Spend $60 Million During 62 63
Carson City Nevada closes fiscal 1961 62 with about 60 million spent by state agencies. The departments will get another 60 million for the next 12 months from state and federal sources for salaries road improvements and new state buildings. The governor’s salary rises from 18000 to 20000 in January making him the highest paid state employee.
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Carson City
UPI
Evada
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