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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1965
Page
1
Brief sports note hints at rivalry among the Giants Dodgers and Twins with details on pages 17 to 19.
A playful note from a newspaper staffer to Hank wishing a fine vacation and promising sensational guest columns from the governor, DAs, policemen, mayors, bankers, and other notables. Mentioned are Justice Milton Badt, Lt. Gov. Paul Laxalt, George Von Tobel, Booster's Club fundraiser, and Rolland D. Todd stepping in as NSU basketball coach with a pianist background. Page 2 teaser invites readers to see Who, Where.
Nevada Dist. Judge William Compton halted enforcement of sanctions by the Nevada Gaming Commission and Gaming Control Board against Ruby Kolod, pending a court decision on his appeal. The ruling stops a April 16 emergency order divesting his salary and profits from Desert Inn Operating Co. and the Black Book listing that followed.
Deputy Earl Johnson arrested Ernest Edward Pittman after he fled Sunrise branch with about $10,000. A Luger pistol and loot were found in Pittman’s car. Federal charges of bank robbery had been filed and he was arraigned before U. S. Commissioner A. G. Blad.
The Wichita weather bureau logged radar blips of unidentified flying objects seen across eight states. Up to four or five targets appeared on the screen at once in Wichita, with witnesses including law officers reporting flashing lights and egg shaped objects in Kansas and Texas.
Police recovered about $18,000 in stolen jewels and continued work on a $105,000 burglary at Char-Al’s Jewelry. A Las Vegas police spokesman said arrests are anticipated as Detective Ron Manning leads the case with burglars having seized roughly $100,000 in jewels.
Las Vegas taxi strike by Teamsters Local 881 leaves about 200 cabs and 475 drivers off the streets. Up to 60 courtesy cars are deployed to aid visitors, driven by union members with rides unpaid and tips optional. Communication gaps hinder negotiations. Police pursue unrelated jewel theft cases in Riverside and North Las Vegas with suspects held on narcotics charges.
The forecast calls for sunny skies and hot conditions with gentle winds. Southwest winds 15 to 25 mph in the afternoon. Today's high near 108 influence. low about 75. Noontime humidity around 12 percent. Sunrise at 5 49, sunset at 7 44.
U S Marines and South Vietnamese troops report 25 Viet Cong killed in Chau Son village near Da Nang during a two day search and destroy operation. Five civilians died and five were wounded. Marines suffered no casualties on day one. B52s and other jets attacked Viet Cong targets near the North Vietnamese border.
British film producer Dennis Henry Loraine, 44, of London, bailed on 25000 dollars on counterfeit money charges after marrying Sandra Diedre Marshall in Las Vegas. Police, Secret Service, and INTERPOL sought details as the case links to a 380000 dollar counterfeit bill scheme involving an alleged Swiss attorney. A second Los Angeles visitor, Robert Torrey, 35, faces the same charge. authorities see no clear business link between the two men and Hollywood.
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