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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1965
Page
4
A North Las Vegas Branch scene features Claudia Silba riding a bus with her daughter Kathy. Kathy asks if their cat is a daddy or mamma cat and Claudia jokes that the cat is a daddy because he has whiskers. The anecdote ends with a reflective note on Medicare memories.
Police in Portland sought Salt Lake City officers to serve a felony warrant on a man believed to reside at 224 East Fourth South Salt Lake City. The address corresponds to the Salt Lake Police Department. Also noted a recent NA B A O Showboat meeting in Las Vegas with Bank of Las Vegas attendees. A humorous classified note advertised a lost black and white male kitten with a pink rhinestone collar and a five dollar reward.
Judge Compton ruled Nevada gaming authorities overstepped by issuing an emergency order without judicial review in the Kolod case. The decision notes license suspensions must be based on suitability and proper evidence within statute. It also addresses whether state agencies can prohibit Kolod from salary gains while ownership dividends remain protected absent clear law.
U S forces pull back after a six day search and destroy near Saigon by the 173rd Airborne Brigade netting four Viet Cong casualties and 11 000 pounds of rice. A grenade injures a U S military policeman near Tan Son Nhut as B 52s raid Do Xa headquarters on the Ho Chi Minh Trail.
NORAD says reports from Oklahoma New Mexico Colorado and South Dakota likely refer to planets and stars Jupiter Rigel Capella Betelgeuse or Aldebaran. No aircraft were scrambled and NORAD continues investigation.
A telephone bomb threat disrupted Martin Luther King Jr.'s meeting with civil rights leaders at the Bellevue-Stratford Hotel in Philadelphia. The Cameo Room was cleared but no bomb was found and the gathering resumed. King defended a negotiated settlement to end the Vietnam War during a news conference.
Public notices and personal ads mix with a drafting service agency at AA Drafting 1734 So Main 384-0264. A signed notice by Mr William E Pritchett disclaims responsibility for others, while a shoe sale advertises 8 for women and a 119 No 3rd listing appears in classifieds.
An advertisement lists TRUDY JEWELERS in downtown near Penney's offering designed and restyled watches, lag-o-way service, and charges. Also seeks two barbers, babysitting and licensed child care, houses for sale, and business opportunities with contact details.
With taxi drivers on strike, Tanner Motors Tours imported 41 air conditioned buses plus four regular buses and two limousines to shuttle Strip workers and visitors to McCarran Field. Vegas Transit Co. added 18 buses to 24 hour service on all local routes as the public relies on emergency transport amid stalled negotiations over pension plans and wage terms with Teamsters.
The indictment links two men to transporting counterfeit notes to Lausanne where an associate, alleged attorney, was arrested for passing fakes. No counterfeit money was found in Las Vegas or on Loraine at arrest. Separately, U.S. troops report seven own casualties from artillery and three Vietnamese killed. Viet Cong attacked Saigon area 24 times in three days. air forces logged 75 sorties against targets in North Vietnam and 268 combat sorties against Viet Cong positions with 523 buildings damaged or destroyed.
Ruthe D remarks on friendly locals at various Las Vegas spots including Gene McLain and Bennie Goffstein while praising hospitality at the airport. She warns Centennial Coliseum directors to learn from early mistakes and notes concern about more young men in uniform, hoping for a pleasant tourist season.
Retired locals recall helping launch the original Slipper and Last Frontier Village and naming longtime supporters like Bill Moore Doby Doe Margaret Moore Helen Connors George Redman Art Force Herb McDonald and Jack Stafford. They fondly remember bands and Saturday night dances in the Slipper ballroom.
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