Liquor Industry Chief Defends Kennedy Policies at WSWA
Lewis Rosenstiel, head of Schenley Industries, told 1700 delegates at the 19th annual WSWA convention in Las Vegas that the Kennedy administration is not anti business. He warned inflation harms prices and wages and urged support for modernized federal aid state controls to give wholesalers flexibility amid changing marketing conditions. Abraham Tunick of WSWA Washington counsel also spoke at the gathering.
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Wine and Spirits Wholesalers of America
Las Vegas Convention Center
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Lewis
Rosenstiel
Schenley Industries
Pho
Rosenstra
WSWA
Washington
Abraham Tunick
Liquor Industry Group Elects New WSWA Leaders
Delegates urged frank discussion on legislative issues affecting the industry and backed a stronger tax council push at state and national levels. Training for junior executives was stressed as future leadership. Leonard L. Silverstein spoke on estate planning guides. The WSWA installation banquet marked the close of the general session with Jay Van Pickerill elected president and Arthur Eder named board chairman.
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Liquor Industry
Tax Council
Washington
Leonard L. Silverstein
National Association of
Home Builders
National League of Insured Savings Association
WSWA
Stardust Hotel
Jay van Pickerill
Springfield
Arthur Eder
New Haven, Conn
Association
Phil Schepps
Dallas
Tex
H. Tucker Gratz
Honolulu
Myron Feldman
Bayonne
N.J
Las Vegas area underpins strong growth and funding fight
The piece discusses Las Vegas economic boom and housing expansion in southern Nevada. It cites mortgage funding difficulties, pension fund investments, and a Los Angeles Times report on Teamsters pension loans to Las Vegas casinos. Moe Dalitz is named as benefiting from these loans, with the author recounting personal borrowing from Nevada banks and validation of pension loans as prudent financing despite scrutiny.
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the Times
Morris B
Moe) Dalitz
Las Vegas
Pension Fund
James R. Hoffa
Teamsters International
Paradise Valley
Bank of Las Vegas
Kids Day Promises Colorful Helidorado Weekend
Beautiful girls, bearded boys and her hoppers will head the Western fun festival as Helidorado steps into full swing a week before final celebrations. Tonight and tomorrow the Las Vegas Convention Center hosts the 1962 Beauty Queen Contest and the Helidorado Hop teen dance. Tomorrow at 8 Cub Scout packs compete in the finals of the first Kids Whiskering Contest.
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Cub Scout
Las Vegas
Terry Ackerman
Nevada
Miami Beach
Dee Ann Cook
Patti la Hunt
Joyce Salzman
Mary Ann Burns
Sunfoto
Water Well Expose Denied by City Manager
North Las Vegas City Manager Clay Lynch challenged a Review Journal expose on NSW water drilling funds. Mayor William L. Taylor demanded a public apology from Jude Wanniski, whose story Lynch calls misleading. Lynch reviewed the piece point by point, disputing inaccuracies.
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Review-Journal
Jude Wanniski
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Council
Wanniski
World Briefs recap from Johnson City and beyond
Johnson City Tennessee a prominent automobile dealer Roy Faircloth owner of Faircloth Chevrolet was shot twice in the head during a June sales campaign crowd of about 200 witnesses Toledo Ohio three explosions and a fire at Maumee Chemical killed at least five and injured 34 Phoenix Arizona two missing Chicago area residents and a crash involving a search plane Dallas Texas an Air Force mechanic robbed a suburban bank of 9243 and was caught 30 minutes later when his fiancée disclosed him Sheriff deputies arrested Airman 1C William L Brown at his home
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Tenn
Roy Acuff
Roy Faircloth
Faircloth Chevrolet Company
Toledo
Ohio
Maumee Chem Eal Company
Dallas
Air Force
William L. Brown
Carswell Air Force Base
Consolidation of Jails Seen Here
Clark county and four municipalities near unanimity support a plan to house misdemeanor prisoners only at the county jail or the Las Vegas rehabilitation farm. The Southern Nevada Economy Committee sees this as a first step toward eliminating duplicate services with city jails used only to hold arrestees until trial.
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Clark County
Las Vegas
Nity
Southern Nevada Economy Committee
SNEC
Desert Inn Fire Blamed on Discarded Cigarette
The Desert Inn blaze started from a careless cigarette, County Fire Chief Bill Trelease says. Damage is estimated at $15,000, confined to room 183 of the Manor House, with smoke causing guest discomfort. most rooms were back in operation by the following day, a hotel spokesman reports.
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Desert Inn Hotel
Bill Trelease
City Planners Approve Flood Channel Rezoning
City Planning Commission moved quickly last night approving rezoning of two properties slated for a flood control district channel project, effectively advancing the proposed flood control development.
Grand jury probes Teamster pension cash in Las Vegas ventures
Federal investigators and a grand jury examine multimillion dollar investments of midwestern Teamster pension funds in Las Vegas casinos and Los Angeles enterprises. The Los Angeles Times reports intricate financial manipulations scrutinized and notes Teamsters President Hoffa's anger when asked about benefited individuals including Morris B. Dalitz.
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Federal Grand
Teamsters Union
Las Vegas
Los Angeles
UPD
Teamster Union
Teamsters
James Hoffa
the Times
Morris B
Moe) Dalitz
Kefauver Crime Committee
Cleveland
Lucky Luciano
Bugsy Siegel
Meyer Lansky
Huge Oil Blaze at Brooklyn Docks Explodes in Fire
An eight alarm fire at the Sinclair Oil Depot in Mill Basin Brooklyn and an adjacent Gulf Oil depot burned for about three hours. Six firemen were hurt slightly as foamite and city fireboats aided efforts. A large black smoke cloud was visible for miles and traffic was disrupted.
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UPI
Broklyn
Sinclair Oil
Mill Basin
Brooklyn
Queens
Tank Farm
Jersey City
N. J
Brooklyn Army Base
Sinclair
Gulf Oil
North Las Vegas Sues Las Vegas Over Annexation Fight
North Las Vegas officials filed an injunction to halt Las Vegas and Clark County steps to annex property east of Tonopah Highway. A hearing was set for May 18 at 9:30 a.m. before Judge George Marshall, with Judge John Mowbray presiding over temporary injunction motions.
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Las Vegas
Tonopah Highway
Thunderbird Township
Dist
John Mowbray
George Marshall
Harvey Dickerson
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