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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1963
Page
6
GE president Ralph Cordiner outlines a global competitive mandate for U S firms noting that domestic and foreign markets are fused by world competition He cites Utica radio plant reforms and new products boosting exports and employment while stressing continuous cost reduction and innovation across divisions.
The piece argues that planned risk taking by American industry fuels growth and employment. It highlights General Electric as a model, noting nuclear power, space systems, data processing, and solid state electronics as examples of successful new businesses that have created substantial U.S. jobs in the past decade.
The Las Vegas SUN editor and publisher staff are named with senior executives and department heads. Notices list offices at 900 South Main Street, Las Vegas, Nevada, and indicate associations with national press groups and circulation audits.
World powers meet in Moscow as Khrushchev Harriman and Macmillan discuss a possible test ban. Optimism rises amid talk of broader East West cooperation while doubts linger over verification and a permanent German division.
Almanac entries recount key events on this day: 1790 Congress created the District of Colum bia, 1862 David Farragut became admiral, 1945 first atomic test in New Mexico, 1951 Leopold II abdicated. Thought by Dostoevsky on human adaptability.
Dear John writes for John to solve problems while Dear Gagging reports a patent idea for a cigarette with filters on both ends. The exchange notes a hack to avoid filler tobacco and hints at a joke on old-fashioned girls who reportedly switched to martinis.
A Washington interview explores a declining art theft market. A self proclaimed Cult ural Foundation to Encourage the Thefts of Works of Art plans to loot artists like William Miller and museums to boost headlines and gallery business while offering a program to help young artists and sell fakes.
Eva Kerr of CORE demands more construction jobs for Negroes and Puerto Ricans in New York as she and peers threaten to stay all night for change. In Reno Carl Grant Fowler confesses joining the Air Force to ease guilt over a death, saying drinking worsened and ruined his honorable discharge.
Washington reports a new Soviet SS-8 third generation ICBM alongside giant 50 to 100 megaton bombs. Gen. LeMay warns a test ban would leave the Reds ahead. CIA and McCone note lighter, mobile missiles with advanced guidance. FBI recovers partial 1944 B-29 atomic bomb drawings without public notice.
Dr. Milton Eisenhower says Kennedy reneged on backing Tractors for Freedom, pledging Bay of Pigs prisoners ransom. committee disbanded. He plans to publish a 1962 letter accusing the President of breaking promises. North Korean agents reportedly land by small boats on Japan’s western coast to spy on U S bases.
Ruby J Smith objects to the incorporated city dump at southeastern Eastern and St Louis, describing a five year buildup of broken concrete dirt and caliche from a new sewer project. She cites windborne debris ruined her garden, rodents in the area and nearby schools, urging officials to relocate the dump beyond city outskirts.
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