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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1964
Page
14
A historical Las Vegas Sun masthead page lists staff roles and subscription prices. It enumerates editors and managers, then shows daily and Sunday copy costs and in state and distant subscription durations with advance payment notes.
Walter Reuther and Abe Bluestone finalize the nine page Statement of Policy Program and Structure of the Citizens Crusade Against Poverty CCAP. The program targets 35 million low income people coast to coast with a national conference by February and a centralized headquarters. The Chicago born labor leader aims to build city level coalitions with tenants councils neighborhood groups and self help networks funded by a million dollar auto union pledge.
United Press International Almanac for Friday October 23 1964 marks the 297th day of the year with 69 remaining. It lists celestial positions and notable historical events including New York women's march for suffrage in 1915 and the 1942 El Alamein offensive by the British Eighth Army in North Africa.
Art Buchwald recalls a man named Zilch who ran for every county office for 26 years not to win but to raise campaign money. His opponents funded his bids to ensure victory after a sly fundraising scam culminated in a landslide win for city council president.
In 1935 a Las Vegas youth from a pioneer railroad family rose from pumping gas at Fifth and Fremont to top west coast sales leadership with Standard Oil and Signal Oil. He credits old fashioned hard work, joins his sister and brother in law in pride, and embodies an American success story still possible today.
Newspaper condemns a Washington circulated poem that ridicules the Negro race and aims to inflame prejudice. Editors urge candidates to repudiate such tactics as unworthy of public service and warn voters that bigoted attacks reveal a candidate’s character.
A reader asks for guidance for a son entering journalism. The reply humorously states prior carbon paper tips and acknowledges personal confusion. The exchange hints at practical newsroom attitudes and the need for clarity in career guidance.
A set of survey quotes explores personal accountability. Janeve Damus links thought to reality, Don Ackerman cites limits to control, Allen Lynn notes life levels shaped by experience, Cecil Greenwood stresses self-responsibility, and Cecil’s Fountain Grill owner Greenwood reflects on past actions guiding present choices.
A message from Paul Carrel, restaurant manager at Horseshoe, stresses the need for personal accountability for one’s experiences and decisions, noting circumstances may influence choices but one should accept the consequences.
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