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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1962
Page
6
A nostalgic letter defends ice cream vendors like the Yum Yum Man against a city order after April 1 prohibiting street sales. The writer questions health fears, urging supervision and broader food safety laws for restaurants while praising free enterprise over targeting small vendors.
The Italian cabinet crisis ends for now as a new contest emerges for the seven year presidency. Potential candidates include Giuseppe Saragat, Antonio Segni, and Attilio Piccioni, with Gronchi possibly seeking re election.
President Kennedy plans a sweeping September to November schedule hitting every major northern and western state with multiple visits to key candidates. He will appear on radio and TV broadcasts and campaign nationwide for Democrats, aiming to solidify Congress control and bolster his own 1964 re election bid. The plan covers Massachusetts Connecticut New York Pennsylvania Ohio Illinois Wisconsin Nebraska Nevada Colorado California Alaska Hawaii Kentucky Washington and more with departures contingent on national events.
This brief notes a Kennedy era quiz testing knowledge of unemployment issues and anti unemployment proposals. It cites January 1962 unemployment at 5.8 percent, 4.7 million unemployed, and lists major areas of substantial persistent unemployment including Evansville, Detroit, Providence, and Mayaguez with related federal standards and the Employment Service.
President Kennedy proposes joint U S Soviet space ventures including weather satellites, shared tracking stations, dual earth magnetic field mapping satellites, and mutual data exchange. He invites Khrushchev to discuss broader cooperation on manned and unmanned Moon and planet exploration.
United Press International reports Janet Leigh and Tony Curtis separating after 10 years with a tender parting. Fidel Castro discusses reorganizing Cuba’s regime and critiques violent revolutions. Ben Davis of the American Communist Party pledges defiance over registration under federal law. Dublin marks St Patrick’s Day with the Be Irish Buy Irish theme.
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