Whistlestop Campaign reminiscences and 1938 Nevada race
The piece recalls Roosevelt purge efforts in 1938 with Senator McCarran defeating Al Hilliard in Nevada. It notes Truman and Wilkie whistle stop campaigns and contrasts historic rail tours with today’s jet travel, while recounting Hoover era train missteps and witty quips from officials and staff.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Nevada
Senate
U.S. Supreme Court
Patrick A. McCarran
al Hilliard
Reno
Board of Regents
Tasker L. Oddie
Truman
United States
Idaho
Wendell Wilkie
Dwight Eisenhower
Democrats Still Cite Hope In Humphrey Victory
Democratic professionals say Humphrey can win the White House despite a national Nixon lead. The DNC privately notes Humphrey trails in the South and West but cites its own state polls showing 201 electoral votes for Humphrey, 159 for Nixon, 92 for Wallace, with 86 left. They dismiss national surveys like the Times and Post as regionally misleading.
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Washington
UPI
Richard M. Nixon
Hubert H. Humphrey
White House
Democratic National Committee
Humphrey
South
West
Chicago
Nixon
George C. Wallace
New York Times
Wallace
Washington Post
Quads Born To Wife Of Sailor
Four girls, all under four pounds, were born to Charleston sailor Kenneth E. Teston and his wife Vivian at Roper Hospital. The newborns, weighing between 2 13 and 3 11, were placed in incubators and reported in satisfactory condition. The father served aboard a Navy ship in Charleston and was present for the birth.
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Charleston
S.C
UPI
Roper Hospital
Vivian Teston
Kenneth E. Teston
Valley High junior heads for Miss North America finals
Pati Pfeiffer, 16, Valley High School junior, leaves Las Vegas for Los Angeles to compete in the Miss 16 of North America finals. She is sponsored locally by a radio station, a motel chain, and a cosmetics firm with prizes including a scholarship, wardrobe, fur coat, trip to New York, and a possible Hollywood screen test.
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Pati Pfeiffer
Valley High School
Las Vegas
Los Angeles
Pati
New York
Hollywood
Nevada prison dairy becomes second in milk and fat output
Warden Carl Hocker said the Nevada State Prison dairy farm rose to second highest milk and butter fat producer in the state for July, per figures from the University of Nevada and the U S Department of Agriculture. The Royal Crook farm of Churchill county was first.
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Carson City
UPI
Nevada State Prison Farm
Carl Hocker
Hocker
University of Nevada
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Royal Crook Farm
Churchill County
Soldier pleads guilty in attempted rape case
An 18-year old AWOL soldier Michael A. Englert pleaded guilty to attempted rape and carrying a concealed weapon in an attack on an 11-year old girl. Dist. Judge Thomas Craven set October 18 for sentencing.
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Reno
UPI
Dist
Thomas Craven
Michael A. Englert
Bus tour lines seek fare hikes for Las Vegas routes
Las Vegas Boulder City and Hoover Dam tours operated by Las Vegas Tonopah Reno Stage Line Inc Tanner Motor Tours of Nevada and Transportation Unlimited have filed with the state public service commission to obtain permission to raise fares for their Las Vegas Boulder City Hoover Dam bus tours.
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Carson City
UPI
Las Vegas - Tonopah - Reno
Azbill's Court Hearing Reset
The District Court arraignment of Sylvester J. Azbill accused of murdering his wealthy wife was continued to December 27. The widow of Sahara Hotel executive Ed Mapel, she was found dead in the fire damaged bedroom of a home at 709 Rancho Circle on December 27 last year.
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Sylvester J. Azbill
Azbill
Sahara Hotel
Ed Mapel
Arbill
Rancho Circle
House Edges Televised Debates Bill After 27-Hour Session
The House passed a bill allowing three major presidential candidates to debate on a national network without equal time for lesser candidates. The measure cleared 280 to 35 after a long filibuster and a minor scuffle, heading to the Senate for alignment with its own bill. Democratic Chairman O'Brien accused Republicans of sparing Nixon from facing televised debates with Humphrey.
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Washington
UPI
House
Robert Taft Jr
Ohio
Senate
Lawrence F. O’brien
Humphrey
Richard M. Nixon
Hubert Humphrey
Senate approves tight gun bill with mail order ban
The Senate passed a compromise gun bill by voice vote sending it to the House for approval before President Johnson signs it. IRS Commissioner Cohen said the agency will preliminarily probe every licensed firearms dealer once law takes effect. He testified that up to 25 percent of the nation’s 100000 dealers may not be actively operating.
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House
Johnson
Senate
Internal Revenue Service
Sheldon Cohen
Planning Director Post Up For Grabs
Planning Director post for the county Regional Planning Department draws an Oct 31 deadline after a Technical Committee action. Don Saylor says 15 to 16 applications have been received from across the country and plans to narrow to five top applicants for council review. The council could name the new director by January.
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Don Saylor
Las Vegas
East Coast
Saylor
Cosmetics outlay tops 3.5 billion in 1967 purchases
New York shoppers, both men and women, spent about 3.5 billion dollars on cosmetics and toiletries in 1967, rising nearly ten percent from 1966. The year shows continued growth in beauty product consumption.
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New York
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