SUN Returns With New Look and Faster Presses
Las Vegas newspaper THE SUN unveils a rebuilt operation after a February fire, featuring a Scott Super 70 press capable of 76,000 papers per hour, expanded newsrooms, upgraded teletypes, two daily editions, enhanced local and sports coverage, and a revamped Scene TV section. The plant on Highland Avenue becomes the future headquarters with new engraving and creative art departments improving photo, advertising pages, and special features.
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Highland Avenue
SUN
New York Stock Exchange
Scene TV
Bright Bow
United Press International
Patais
Emerce Avenue
Long Beach
Las Vegas
Los Angeles
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SUN Scott Super 70
Detroit
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Fire Strikes SUN Then Moves to Indio and Wave
After a devastating fire the SUN newsroom relocated to Indio California using a daily airlift of staff and copies. Newsprint operations later shifted to Wave Publications in Los Angeles with a 10 page first edition and a large midweek 48 page issue.
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Armstrong
The
Review-Journal
the Sun
Commercial Piene
Coachella Valley
India
Las Vegas
Banning
Cali
Phoenix
Aziz
Riverside
Calif
SUN
Wave Publications, Inc
Los Angeles
Wave
Loyal SUN advertisers and staff kept Nevada paper alive
The article praises loyal advertisers who refused to switch during a crisis and thanks readers and banks for supporting the SUN. It honors staff working from garages and tin sheds and the newsboys who endured delays from fog and mechanical issues as planes moved editions from multiple printing sites to Las Vegas for dawn delivery.
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SUN
Haphazard Classified Listings Mix Sale Ads and Public Notice
A chaotic OCR page lists items including shoes, posters, real estate ads for furnished and unfurnished houses, sporting goods, firearms, vehicles, and a legal notice. The broad mix shows sellers and buyers in a mid century small town market with a Las Vegas Nevada planning notice excerpt.
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Commission
Cine County
Las Vegas
Nevada
Board of Planning
Boulder Dam era figure linked to Las Vegas worker profile
The article notes Fountain, a Las Vegas resident since the early 1930s, as an early worker on the Boulder Dam project. It places him among moderates with ties to both eras and references political figures Denton and a cautious Democratic stance.
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Fountain
Las Vegas
Boulder Dam
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Dwight Eisenhower
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Noel Greenwood
Sury
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President Kennedy
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California
Monarch Construction Co
Highland
Commerce Street
West Coast
Newsroom
Hank Greenspun
Phoenis
Los Ageles
Clerk County
Humene Society
Auto & Travel
Kaercher Ins. Agency
Joe Scott
Dupont
Wermen Foster
ARES
Electrix
Sporting
Remington
Savage
Starline Secon
Wade
Pering
Role
Tor
Bleck
Overton Adailion
Wwe
Nile
Cewrthewae
Erate
Denton
City Laundry
Sanitone Cleaners
Iwom
Appearanens
Wigs Inc
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