Satirical Statue Plan and Las Vegas Social Pages
A humorous note ridicules a JFK statue bid in Washington and mocks American politics. A local social column promotes venues like the COO-COO CLUB and Sunrise Cedars, with light ads for CERTIFIED VACUUM EXCHANGE and Hollywood Furniture, plus jokes about dining and entertainment in Las Vegas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hon Yee
New Sunrise Cedars
1602
Nellis Blvd
Roberto
Sunrise Cedars
New Frontier
Johnny
N. Frontier
Sammy
Petrillo
Gov. Wallace
Sammy Davis Jr
Dave
Balong
el Cortez
Kae Wilson
Vegas
Alpine Village
LV Blvd
Hollywood Furniture
AL & Max
Hollywood
Tropospheric link connects Alaska Canada and U S
A new tropospheric scatter telephone system links Alaska and British Columbia with the United States. The $5 million, 240 channel network bounces signals over a mile high to provide high capacity voice and data between Annette Island in Alaska and Vancouver Island in British Columbia. Built for British Columbia Telephone Co and Alaska Telephone Corp, it connects with existing microwave links and expands beyond government financed systems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alaska
British Columbia
United States
Annette Island
Vancouver Island
British Columbia Telephone Co
Alaska Telephone Corp
General Telephone & Electronics Corp
Lenkart Electric Co
Canada
San Carlos
Calif
General Telephone
U.S. Handles $900 Million Plan for Supersonic Airliner
Senators Engle and Magnuson warned that building a Mach 3 airliner could cost up to 800 to 900 million dollars and risk losing multi billion dollar markets to Britain and France. FAA chief Halaby pressed for early funds to avoid losing time as Britain France and Soviet programs advance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Britain
France
Soviet Union
U.S
Sen
Clair Engle
D-Calif
Wori
Warren G. Magnuson
Dash
United States
Magnuson
Engle
Kennedy
Federal Aviation Agency
FAA
Najeeb Halaby
Halaby
Edward C. Welsh
National Aeronautics and Space Council
Dark Corner Talks on a Punches Past in Vegas
In a dim corner of the Algiers bar Hank hears a conflicted fighter recount the Liston Patterson bout fallout. He confesses ostracism in town and defends his stance while reflecting on public perception and the upcoming Vegas heavyweight title event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hank
Algiers
Liston
Pattson
Gene Tunney
Jack Walsh
Blanche
Blue
Lem Banker
Mike Tulane
Riviera
Mike
George Foley
State Athletic Commission
Frank Atol
Rod
Floyd Patterson
Patterson
Dreamland
Ant
Vegas
Fandel
Gettysburg
Las Vegas
Philadelphia
Also Mentioned on This Page
Beats
United
JFK
Statue Committee
John F. Kennedy
Washington, D.C
Gen. Geo. Washington
Fdr
John F
Christopher Columbus
Tonopah
Shirley Brancucci
Hotel Riviera
New York
Ny Allen
Antonio Morell
Welsh
Patti-Kay
Mel Greb
Jor
American Insurance Agency
E. Charleston Blvd
Terra Linda
Vafha Financing
Tropcana
Tropicana Ave
Boulder Highway
Paradise Road
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