Nevada Story funding mystery tied to Governor narrated travelogue
The missing twenty thousand dollars for The Nevada Story, a Premier Pictures project, was salvaged by replacing it with a travelogue titled Nevada Contrast featuring Governor Grant Sawyer as narrator. State Economic Development Board members, led by Jack Lehman, promoted funds from Nevada cities chambers and firms, and parts of the original film were folded into the new production.
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Where Stand Where Stand by Hank Greenspun
Carson City reports say Governor Grant Sawyer leads in public attention with his staff leveraging exposure as election nears. Rumors of opposition grow as a northern governor candidate could expand the race and raise questions of regional familiarity and leadership. The piece notes sectional pride and historical one‑party dominance.
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Senate votes to end mandatory DC death penalty law
Washington Senate action abolishes an archaic provision that mandated the death penalty for first degree murder in the District of Columbia.
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UPD
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District of Columbia
Maritime unions threaten ship strike tomorrow
San Francisco unions call a shipping strike for tomorrow and announce members will not sign onto any ships leaving port before the deadline.
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UPD
Rioting Flareups Reported Across Cities
Guatemala City sees street rioting for a second time in 24 hours amid anti-government unrest. In Tokyo, Chester Bowles states the United States will shield the non Communist world with a military deterent. In Algiers, a secret army group escalates terror, killing civilians as the fighting continues.
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SUN Records Offer Language Skills For Government Jobs
Government agencies seek Americans fluent in foreign languages with SUN Records Learn language records in Spanish French German Italian Russian Hebrew and Japanese. Candidates may read a speech or news release in the target language. recordings go to Washington for expert review.
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Rockefeller Wife to File Nevada Divorce in Reno
Mrs. Neilson Rockefeller completes six weeks residency in Nevada and will likely file for divorce tomorrow in Washoe County. The split from Gov. Nelson Rockefeller’s wife ends a 31 year marriage. no reason has been announced and a decree could be granted quickly if unopposed.
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Kennedy demands halt to air harassment over Berlin corridors
President Kennedy urged Russia to stop dangerous interference with allied flights in the Berlin air corridors and warned it could provoke Western counter actions. He condemned the use of metal chaff to blind radar and said the move jeopardizes Geneva disarmament talks.
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UPI
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Russia
Berlin
Man Fired by Politics Faces Embarrassing Situation
A Las Vegas license examiner at the State Motor Vehicle Department, Dick Muter, earning $4,800 yearly, becomes a political casualty after becoming inadvertently entangled in a situation that could affect the state administration's political prospects. He now finds himself out of work as the episode unfolds.
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Las Vegas
Dick Muter
Motor
Missing LV Plane Sought in Ely After False Alarm
Twin Falls Idaho reported a missing flight bound for Las Vegas after no wreckage found in the Indian Springs area. Sheriff spokesmen said the yellow and white Cessna 180 piloted by Rex Wirihlin was misidentified as surveyors’ instruments, ending the alert last night.
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Ely
Indian Springs
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USSR cancels Berlin air corridor night flights
In response to U.S. and British warnings Russia canceled four planned military flights in the Berlin Hamburg air corridor. The action followed Kennedy urging Moscow to halt dangerous interference with allied air travel as Western sources reported all allied flights proceeded without incident.
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Berlin-Hamburg
Soviet Union
Judge Orders Mistrial In Robbery Case
Dist. Judge William P. Compton declared a mistrial in the robbery case against Norman E. Logan after prosecution witnesses admitted discussing the case after a court admonition. The ruling grounded on misconduct by state witnesses despite objections by the deputy DA.
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Norman E. Logan
Seaboard Finance Company
Compton
Logan
George Foley
Charles Garner
Food Boycott at Mercury Site Called Off
The Mercury Test Site whistleblowing protest ended at the last moment after Reynolds Electrical and Engineering Co officials altered personnel details in the workers agreement. The planned general strike by about 1,500 Area 12 workers, set for this week, was halted following these changes.
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Geneva Disarmament Conference Opens Amid Kennedy Push
President Kennedy urged rapid initial disarmament steps at the 17 nation Geneva conference. Secretary of State Rusk rebuffed nuclear-free zones as a possible option while outlining a plan for three levels of agreement to improve security and progress.
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UPI
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Dean Rusk
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Thant
Planned LA Bus Strike Called Off
Negotiators reached a proposed contract settlement for 2700 bus and streetcar operators to avert a midnight strike that would have disrupted public transit for about 750000 commuters. Terms were not disclosed and the vote by Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen members will be by secret ballot tomorrow.
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