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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1962
Page
2
Readers show strong demand for Sun Records Learn A Language sets sold at 1.25 dollars plus seven consecutive Sun coupons. Each language course includes four long playing hi fi records with a conversational manual. Pick up at 900 South Main Street office, hours listed, and mail or bring completed order blanks.
Geologic time and earth layers frame water concerns as experts discuss rainfall limits and aquifer depth. Residents learn about water tables, supply demands, and governance while reminders of future shortages linger. Continued tomorrow.
Leona Morrison Staples, a 34 year old legal stenographer and housewife, has been missing since September 6, 1961. She is 5'7" tall, 125 pounds, brown hair and eyes, with a short third finger on her left hand and was four months pregnant at the time of disappearance. Authorities urge any information leading to her whereabouts.
A reward is offered for information proving whereabouts or identifying the person or persons who know the cause of the disappearance. The notice directs inquiries to P. O. Box 864 in Madison Wisconsin.
John Roland Hairston 19 of Nellis Air Force Base drew 30 days in city jail after an arrest for attempting to steal an empty wallet from a local men's shop. Judge Walter J. Richards presided in Municipal Court. Delores Jean Sprit 27 of 1900 Cedar Ave was fined 100 for reckless driving. Viola Williams 43 of 100 N Main St was fined 100 for reckless driving after a drunken driving charge was reduced.
In Argentina a government seizure, or intervention, ousted Peronist and Communist victories in five provinces Buenos Aires Tucuman Santiago del Estero Rio Negro and Chaco. Interior Minister Vitolo resigned in protest as the armed forces moved to block Peronist control while Frondizi faced shifting power.
Swallows returned on schedule to Mission San Juan Capistrano for St Josephs Day drawing thousands of onlookers. Birds built nests immediately as bells rang and celebratory masses, dances, and feasts accompanied the annual migration long tied to local tradition.
The commission approved adding seven patrol officers after Chief Leo Kay Kendall urged the need. Budget revisions by City Manager W Lowell Fletcher and Finance Director Hal Laird will be prepared and submitted March 29 to the Nevada Tax Commission. The current 1962-63 general fund budget totals $7,436,468.23 with allocations for administration public safety health and sanitation streets and works parks and recreation and other operating expenses.
Las Vegas officials will discuss final plat approval for five new subdivisions totaling about 750 homes at a 7 30 p m city hall meeting. Subdivisions include Las Verdes Heights tract No 4 Fremont Estates tract No 2 A Meadows Homes tract No 1 Rancho Manor tract No 1 and Fair Acres tract No 1. Earl Younkers seeks 50 acres between 30th Street Mojave Avenue from Bonanza to Charleston Blvd. Richard Sauer requests bond releases for Stelmar tract No 1 Golf Ridge tract No 6 Las Verdes Heights tracts No 2 and 3.
Grace Kelly plans a Hollywood comeback for a Hitchcock project based on Winston Graham's Marnie with principal filming in California. Prince Rainier and Princess Grace discussed her return. Hitchcock has encouraged her acting, and a US vacation will allow production while some locations may shift to other cities.
Only half the expected applicants showed up for city firemen exams at Dula Memorial Center. Dr. John Montgomery, director of personnel, states 24 passed the written tests and proceed to oral exams, with 20 vacancies to fill.
The NLW council plans a parley with the county commission on the budget before the county hear, as North Las Vegas trims requests by nearly 500000. The council approves a 1,169,525 budget, the largest in 15 years, with water and sewer cuts and a blanket seven percent raise for 160 city employees, adding about 40000 to payroll.
A reader argues that Soviet educators are highly respected yet teachers in the country face low pay causing mass departures. The writer notes the nation’s vast investment in teachers and suggests a tax cut proposal to boost teaching as a first step. The idea is proposed for further exploration tomorrow.
The Las Vegas Sun newspaper presents its editorial leadership and staff roles. It lists H. M. Greenspun as editor and publisher along with a full roster of executives, editors, and managers, and notes publishing details and affiliations with press associations.
Classified items include a freelance beauty salon shampoo girl needed in Carson City with contact Mr. Pepi at 364 Convention Center Rd and a desk clerk position at Holiday Inn, plus nursing and psychiatric experience requirements for Nevada State Hospital Sparks. Also listed are free parking near Foster's Shoes, a color TV for sale, used NC National Cash Register, a sofa set, and a 1957 Plymouth Belvedere with contact numbers.
A short notice urges readers to rush the coupon and promises a descriptive pamphlet sent promptly. The item reads like a public notices brief encouraging participation in a cancer awareness campaign.
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