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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1962
Page
10
This editorial urges higher voter turnout in the 1962 general election, noting low registration gains despite active party efforts and a mid century push to repeal poll taxes. It questions citizen engagement, proposes penalties for nonvoting, and contrasts American enfranchisement with citizens abroad who want to vote.
A statewide radio endorsement is planned for Republican Senator George W. Malone by long time political figure Senator Pat McCarran who has held broad honors. Plans for the new West Charleston district elementary school financed by the federal government will be ready for bid calls on Dec. 10 with Richard Stadelman as architect. The Las Vegas Board of Education prepared to discuss appointing a successor to Walter D. Johnson as superintendent with a decision anticipated on Nov 12.
Almanac entry recalls key events on this date including 1915 women marching for voting rights in New York City, 1942 El Alamein offensive opening, 1955 Saar vote against Europeanizing statute, and 1956 Hungarian revolt. Thought: Thomas Mann on surviving without a chance to fight for opinions.
U S and British naval forces detected nine wolfpacks of Soviet submarines in the North Atlantic during six weeks of maneuvers. Two nuclear powered subs with ballistic missiles were photographed near Iceland and off Boston, signaling Moscow's capability for large scale operational missions. Western intelligence warns Warsaw Pact drills and reinforced Berlin-area arms shipments aim to pressure NATO as Kennedy warns of a new Berlin crisis.
Art Buchwald in Washington mocks U S indifference to Monaco in a satirical piece. He imagines France pressuring the monarchy and suggests extreme measures to deter a takeover, joking about Cold War tension, Communists, and federal intervention to defend Monaco and its princesses.
Al Capp reports a London street poll reacting to a suggestion England join the United States as its 51st state. He interviews Carstairs Ken Smith and Wilfred Blodgett, then Mrs James Meredith in Houndsditch, capturing mixed, skeptical, and satirical English responses about American life and British identity.
Dr. Brothers analyzes the myth of criminals returning to crime scenes. He cites Suzanne Clift case in Boston and outlines two main offender types: those driven by family anger and those who commit to be caught. He notes the role of father figures and authority, the guilt-punishment complex, and distinguishes psychopaths as a rare exception.
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