Word: nevadas
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Ever since Publisher Hank Greenspun, 42, bought the Las Vegas Sun (circ. 8,500) in 1950, the. paper has been scowling at Nevada's Democratic Senator Pat McCarran and old Pat has been glaring right back. Two months ago their feud turned up in court. The Sun sued McCarran and 51 others, including the owners of Las Vegas' leading gambling houses, for $1,000,000. The charge: McCarran had persuaded the local gamblers to yank $8,000 a month in advertising from the paper after the Sun printed attacks against him. The gamblers denied the charge. Last week...
...RICH WYOMING & NEVADA FOR ONLY $100. For months, a spate of such ads, by numerous outfits like "Petrol Services," have moved thousands to shell out $100 or more to lease oil rights on Government lands. They hope to sell out at a fat profit if oil is struck near their holdings...
Last week the principle of national origins came under heavy fire from Senate liberals. Up for debate and disposition was an omnibus immigration measure sponsored by Nevada's Pat McCarran. In essence, the bill proposes no real departure in policy. Product of almost three years of study and hearings by the judiciary committees, it is designed to bring thousands of piecemeal immigration statutes and regulations (accumulated since 1798) into one handy, compact code. In the process, it would remove some glaring inequities, e.g., all Asiatic immigrants would be eligible for citizenship, where previously Japanese and certain others were barred...
...NEVADA-12. Convention gave Taft 7, Ike 2. Three uncommitted expected to go to Taft...
...Nevada, Republicans and Democrats both named uninstructed slates. Of the twelve Republican delegates, seven publicly support Taft, only two are for Eisenhower, and three refuse to state their preference. The Democrats will send 20 delegates, each with half a vote. Of these, seven favor Russell, two are for Stevenson, one for Kerr and ten are undecided...