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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1963
Page
6
The Las Vegas based Southern Nevada paper emphasizes its status as the region’s only home owned daily newspaper. It highlights local reporting focus and commitment to community coverage.
Chicago observers report a rising featherbedding dispute as the AFL CIO Railway Employes Department plans to challenge railroads over 550 000 off train workers. Rail executives seek wage hikes and benefits while aiming to trim unnecessary positions and avoid misallocated labor across roundhouses yards and shops.
Ruark stops in Jazzie London, noting wild nightlife and scandals from train robberies to high society moral chaos. The piece discusses the Railroad Retirement Board job program started in 1956, placing 213,400 idle workers, while unions and executives clash over rail future and job security.
Letters praise Felix Stevens of Stevens's Restaurant and Bakery in Houghton Lake Michigan for perfect jelly rolls. The writer, Art Randall from Boulder City Nevada, says the baker proves the claim that nobody makes them anymore is false.
A national report warns that high school dropouts threaten economic and social futures as the labor market shifts toward more educated workers. Employment data shows rising jobless teens and a projected 7.5 million dropouts entering the workforce in the next decade, underscoring calls from educators to encourage students to stay in school.
Almanac notes September 4 1963 as the 247th day with 118 ahead, and lists celestial views Jupiter as morning star Mars Saturn and Jupiter in evening sky. It records birth sign Virgo and a history lane citing Hudson's 1609 Manhattan discovery, 1781 founding of Los Angeles, 1870 proclamation of the Third Republic, and 1941 German submarine attack near Ireland.
The feature collects responses from PFC Alden Monroe SP4 Walter Grzych and SGT Es John Sturgill in Europe and Harman Virginia. They cite missing home and family amid Army life abroad along with restricted freedoms and the appeal of civilian life.
A brief message from SP4 Ken Jones and SP4 Elmer Duncan of Coos Bay Oregon. They state family and freedom come first and mention the awkwardness of leaving a date early. They also express longing for fishing, noting a rod and reel don’t fit in their locker display while in Germany.
John D. Rockefeller IV leaves the Peace Corps to join the State Department’s Indonesian affairs staff in Washington after directing the Philippines desk. He buys Rep. Robert Barry’s home in New York amid this move. Lt. Gov. Paul Laxalt emerges as Goldwater’s western backer, with talk of a 1966 gubernatorial bid. Eisenhower says he must cut speeches to finish his memoirs, with volume one due in winter.
The White House tests Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr for a Senate run against Kenneth Keating as part of evaluating ticket strength. Lawrence OBrien visits California to quiet Assembly Speaker Jesse Unruh, while Warren Magnuson and William Proxmire boost fundraising for Democrats. Rep Jack Shelley seeks White House backing for San Francisco mayor bid but faces White House impatience over a missed floor vote.
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