Vegas Courtesy Cars Not Needed Amid Controversy
Readers noted that Vegas courtesy vehicles were unused as critics challenged the controversial car program. Officials defended the policy while observers questioned cost and necessity.
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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1962
Page
1
GE convention to use courtesy cars after union talks
The 100 courtesy cars, seen as a transportation flashpoint, will be idle today but are approved for the General Electric convention at the Dunes Hotel through June 18 after a Friday meeting among union officials convention representatives and hotel management. William Carter of Teamsters Local 631 said GE officials prefer not to use cars yet have agreed to provide enough for delegates and noted plans to extend courtesy cars to the American Legion in October and the National Jaycee Convention next week. Remaining conventions including Ford Dealers and Reserve Officers Association still require transportation details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Electric
Dunes Hotel
Teamsters
William Carter
Teamsters Local 631
the Sun
Carter
American Legion
Ford
Stand a Pisa Derailment Fatal To Child
Missoula Montana dispatch reports a Northern Pacific passenger train crash near Missoula killing a 24 year old woman and injuring 243 others as guardsmen and hospital staff treat the wounded. Coroner Ralph Simmons identified Theresa Ann Dooms as among the dead. initial reports varied on the victim's age. Fire, rescue, and extensive medical services responded to the wreckage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missoula
North Coast Limited
Ralph Simmons
Theresa Ann Dooms
Ekalaka
Mont
Simmons
James D. Yates
William Walker
Montana National Guard
Usc
Latin-American youths suffer overdoses at San Antonio dance
Fourteen youths collapsed from barbiturate goof ball pills during a teen dance at a downtown studio. All but one were boys aged 14 to 20, and a 13 year old girl was found unconscious near the Municipal Auditorium a few blocks away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Tex
Municipal Auditorium
Stolen Boat Recovered By Detectives
Sheriff's detectives recovered a luxury racing boat stolen Friday from the home of casino boss Frank Schivo. They said the thieves, described as a bunch of kooks, were not connected to any interstate bootlegging ring and left the car near a Boulder Beach grocery store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Schivo
Boulder Beach
Americans Glorify Sex Bishop Declares at Rosary College
Bishop Robert W. Dwyer of Reno warned that modern American society glorifies sex and risks abuse without firm moral grounding. He spoke during a two day New Horizons seminar at Rosary College in River Forest and urged a clearer definition of natural law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
River Forest, Ul
UPI
America
Robert W. Dwyer
Reno
Rosary College
River Forest
Polaris missile range to extend on sub launch test
The Navy will add more than 1000 miles to the Polaris missile range with a submerged submarine launch. The current nuclear tipped Polaris range is 1725 miles, the first of a new breed will reach 2800 miles and is set for firing next month at Cape Canaveral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Canaveral
UPD
Demonstrators Arrested at Holy Loch Protest
Sixteen demonstrators were among about 500 people who gathered at Holy Loch to protest the U S Polaris submarine depot ship USS Proteus. Police reported arrests as activists attempted to immobilize the facility in Dunoon Scotland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dunoon
Scotland
U.S
Holy Loch
Atlanta Catholic Schools Desegregation Ordered
Archbishop Hallinan, new head of the Atlanta archdiocese, announced desegregation of parochial schools in 71 northern Georgia counties to begin this Fall. Six Black pupils have already entered Atlanta’s previously all white parochial schools, with further registrations due by July 15. He described the plan as more than token integration and emphasized openness of churches to all Catholics regardless of race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
UPS
Paul J. Hallinan
Georgia
Hallinan
Yesterdy
OAS Scorched EarthPolicy Hits Sahara Gas Field
In an act tied to Algeria's independence referendum campaign, the OAS sabotaged the Hassai Tourra oil field in the Sahara blowing a gas well with a plastic charge. Flames rose eighty feet as gas erupted at a rate of about 130 million cubic yards daily, igniting a massive desert fire. No deaths were reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Algiers
UPD
Secret Army
OAS
Sahara
Gaid
Rocher Noir
Hassai-Tourrareg
Edjele Sahara
la Skhira
Tunisia
Algeria
Euro
U S Explodes Another Nuclear Shot Over Pacific
The United States detonated a low megaton device dropped from an airplane in the Christmas Island test zone. It was the 117th announced shot in the current series, part of Operation Dominic, and the third test in three days yielding several million tons of TNT.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Aps
United States
Christmas Island Test Zone
Pacific
Atomic Energy Commission
Defense Department
Christmas Island
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World Briefs
Nevada
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Elizabeth Stutz
Nancy Atkinson
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