Legion Sees Cuban Crisis Threat. Urges Action
The American Legion convention in Las Vegas adopted a resolution warning of the Castro regime and calling for unilateral or allied action to halt Cuba's communist expansion. It urged steps including possible use of armed forces to reset Cuba, and to support a non communist government for its people. Nevada leaders head to Indianapolis for fall meetings to implement the year’s programs.
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American Legion
Las Vegas
Thomas W. Miller
Nevada
Miami
Denver
Free Nations
Cuba
Miller
Guantanamo Bay
United States
Nevada Legion
Indianapolis
Legion
W. F Whittlesea
J. A. Lougaris
J. E. Martie
Archie Pozzi Jr
Carson City
National Contests Supervisory Committee
Meadow Valley Wash project completes first flood control phase
Meadow Valley Wash flood control in Lincoln County moves forward with 1962 completion of the first phase, the Hollinger debris and retarding basin. The $135,000 structure in a 640 acre foot basin will hold floodwater, catch silt, and reduce gullying, as part of a $325,455 watershed plan funded by Small Watershed Act programs and local, federal, and BLM support. Local leaders Marshall a 15 year program to protect Spring Valley Ursine and Caliente, with multiple land treatments, and 8600 acres of public land reseeded.
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Spring Valley
Lincoln County
Meadow Valley Wash
Hollinger
Upper Valley
Lincoln ‘County Flood Control District
Meadow Valley
Bureau of Land Management
Upper Meadow Valley Wash
Caliente
Ursine
Lfoyd C Denton
Meadow Valley Scs
Upper Meadow Valley
Virgin River
Lake Mead
Colorado River
Emery K. Conaday
Nevada State Association of Soil Conservation Districts
County Flood Control Board
Meadow Valley Lcd
Lincoln County Game Board
BLM
Soil Conservation Service
Lloyd Denton
Lloyd C. Deneton
Kenneth D. Lee
Grant Lee
Emery K. Conaway
Howard MacCrosby
S. A. Hollinger
Roy Lytle
Kermit Hollinger
McNamara Goes Home After Pentagon Stay
Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara spent the night at home Sunday for the first time in a week, after sleeping in the Pentagon office since the Cuban crisis erupted. He left about 6 p.m. EST for his residence, and his only prior home trip this week was dinner with his family last Tuesday.
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Washington
UPI
Robert S McNamara
McNamara
Pentagon
Lawyers Seek Panel To Get Estes Jury
In Tyler Texas prosecutors and defense lawyers move to qualify five more veniremen to form a 32 man panel for the Billie Sol Estes theft trial. Defense aims to disqualify prospective jurors and delay proceedings before Dist. Judge Otis T. Dunagan as they contest most potential jurors for news coverage bias.
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Tyler
Tex
UPT
Billie Sol Estes
Dist
Otis T. Dunagan
Florida students paid to sleep for Air Force brain study
Forty University of Florida students will be paid $10 per night to sleep eight hours on a bed as part of an Air Force research project. They will be housed in soundproof rooms and wired for brain activity studies to simulate long space flights.
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Gainesville
Fla
Bupd
University of Florida
Air Force
Wigs Banned in Nashua Schools Distract Classrooms
Nashua New Hampshire school officials banned wigs for girl students saying the head coverings distract in the classroom. Superintendent Edmund Keete enforced the rule amid fashion trends impacting attire during school hours.
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Nashua
N. H
UPT
Edmund Keete
Veterans Day Parade Trophies Announced and Parade Itinerary
Trophies for best entry best equestrian unit and farthest distance donated by local officials. Veterans Day Parade led by Elwin C. Leavitt departs 10:00 a.m. Monday November 12, 1962, from Main and Fremont, proceeding east along Fremont to Las Vegas Boulevard then north to Bonanza.
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Elwin C. Leavitt
Helen Herr
Myron E. Leavitt
Main
Fremont
Las Vegas Boulevard
Bonanza
Cattle Rustlers Reported in Devon and England
Police in the wild west of England pursue cattle rustlers after farmers report 200 calves stolen over the last 18 months in Devon and surrounding areas. Local farmers seek urgent action as thefts continue to rise.
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Devon
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