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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1964
Page
2
A collage of notes on women in finance and popular trivia trends. Items include a female investment banker asserting women’s competence, a World’s Fair exhibit survey about hair color, and quirky anecdotes from California to North Carolina about names, fear, and defense. The piece teases readers to open an account, linking finance with lighthearted curiosities.
The United States widens military actions after the Maddox and Joy incident. Navy jets from carriers Ticonderoga and Constellation hit North Vietnamese patrol boats and an oil depot while planning broader moves including carrier shifts and more aircraft to South Vietnam and Western Pacific bases. Two U S planes were lost, pilots missing, with Communist claims of downed airmen disputed by the Pentagon.
Classified ad fragment describes plastering services and apartments at Desert Inn Road with one bedroom units, quiet for sleepers, no children or pets, rent 140 dollars. Includes mobile homes for sale and job openings at Nevada Test Site requiring US citizenship.
Police probe an early morning Molotov cocktail blast on a residence walkway at 675th St in Boulder City. The Lockett family, longtime residents, were not targeted police say juveniles likely staged a prank with no racial motive.
A squadron led by Lt. Col. Garnet D. Page landed at Tan Son Nhut with six planes and refueled at Clark Air Base to be ready for targets below 75 000 feet. The U S embassy said the jets would be used if attacked from the north as U S forces launched aerial strikes on North Vietnam after Gulf of Tonkin incidents. Premier Nguyen Khanh called the moment a time of gravest emergency and warned of possible full scale war while military authorities tightened security and urged Americans to stay indoors after dark.
The letter from Paul Laxalt cites Barry Goldwater and Hank Greenspun, praises party unity and loyalty, and promises to present Goldwater’s views to Nevada voters. It notes Gov. Scranton’s shifted support and claims the Republican Party is larger than any two individuals.
Secretary of State Rusk warned the Asia crisis is explosive and questioned the value of a forthcoming international conference on Vietnam. He disputed Hanoi’s claim of five U.S. planes shot down and noted Communist reporting inaccuracies. He saw world support for U.S. rights to naval access and opposed broad conference hopes.
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