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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1965
Page
2
Claudia Silba and her daughter Kathy Ride a North Las Vegas bus. Kathy asks if their cat is a daddy cat. Claudia explains with whiskers as proof. The scene ends with a reflection on “sad times” and doctors reminiscing about Medicare.
Portland police ask Salt Lake City officers to serve a felony warrant on a man sought in Oregon. The letter notes he resides at 224 East Fourth South, Salt Lake City, which is the Salt Lake Police Department address. Also mentions Bank Audit Control officers at Showboat event and a lost kitten ad offering five dollars for its return.
Judge Compton ruling limits emergency orders by gaming authorities in Kolod case. Nevada statutes require a finding of suitability before license suspension and demand proper evidence within regulations. The judge notes possible power to remove remuneration, but dividends remain property unless law says otherwise.
Reported six day Saigon operation by the 173rd Airborne Brigade ends with minimal Viet Cong casualties and large rice haul. A grenade wounded one U S Marine policeman at a Tan Son Nhut tent camp housing 350 American personnel. Early morning B52s from Guam hit Do Xa Viet Cong headquarters near the Ho Chi Minh Trail, a key crossing point south of the Demarcation Line.
NORAD in Colorado Springs says reports from Oklahoma New Mexico Colorado and South Dakota likely reference planets or stars Jupiter Rigel Capella Betelgeuse or Aldebaran. No aircraft were scrambled and the investigation continues.
The Rev Dr Martin Luther King Jr meeting with civil rights leaders in the Bellevue Strat Hotel was interrupted by a telephone bomb threat to the Cameo Room. Hotel detectives evacuated the room. no bomb was found and the meeting resumed. King spoke on Viet Nam war urging negotiated settlement.
Too Late to Classify compiles a jumble of business ads and personal notices. Entries include AA Drafting 1734 Se Main 384 0264, Foster's Shoes 119 No 3rd St, Trudy Jewelers 281 5 46 Fremont, and various personals and buy/sell listings. The page also mentions babysitting, child care, and houses for sale with brief descriptions.
With Teamsters strike grounding cabs, Tanner Motors Tours imported 41 air conditioned buses and added four regular buses and two limousines to handle Strip workers and visitors to McCarran Field. Vegas Transit Co. added 18 buses to 24 hour service on all local routes to fill the gap. Sun night airport route vehicles carried over 1,200 passengers as emergency transport, while Whittlesea Blue Cab and Bill Mirin's Strip Cab continue one cab service for the public.
The article links two Britons and an associate to transporting counterfeit currency to Lausanne where another suspect, said to be an attorney, was arrested. Authorities report no counterfeit money was circulated in Las Vegas or Los Angeles, and Loraine was not found with funny money. The U.S. Secret Service has alerted immigration authorities as part of the case amid broader war reports from Vietnam.
Ruthe D reflects on friendly workers at the Golden Nugget, Four Queens, and Convention Center, praises courthouse staff, police, and civic friends, warns Centennial Coliseum directors to avoid past pitfalls, and notes improving tourist hospitality at Reno Airport amid young military uniforms.
I recall the Silver Slipper opening idea with fond regard. Oldtimers like Bill Moore Doby Doe Margaret Moore Helen Connors George Redman Art Force Herb McDonald and others helped in the early days. The Slipper ballroom hosted big name bands for Saturday dances.
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