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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1964
Page
14
Police find an unidentified older man in a vacant culvert. Wallet cards name Joseph F. King, a small-time offender. Investigators see no foul play, attributing death to alcohol or natural causes. The piece treats the man as a symbol of society’s forgotten and marginalized.
A reader requests a copy of a budgeting pamphlet and sends 10 cents. The note jokes about sending $370 before the tenth. A second reader asks if reporters are fast with a dollar and Blondie comments that they are, tying it to bank deposits.
A reader from Indian Springs condemns a female columnist for racist hate in a public missive. The letter argues whites and Negroes are equal under God, denounces the Ku Klux Klan and other extremist groups, and praises Hank Greenspun for promoting inclusive civic values.
A two year resident reports a disappointing Mt Charleston trip hindered by missing signs and unclear access to The Timbers area. The writer urges better road maintenance, signage, and traffic safety measures including stops at Las Verdes, Flamino, Hin son, and Oakey to protect families and reduce accidents.
The article portrays Emperor Haile Selassie as a bulwark against Sino Soviet influence in Zanzibar and Tanganyika Zanzibar. It details Cuban trained forces led by Ali Mahfudh and Soviet control over ports ministries and education. It notes the FRTU leadership and Beijing influence through Meng Ying and the URTZ link with Karume.
Washington column reports a near one billion dollar hidden grant in the 3.5 billion foreign aid budget. Soft loans to undeveloped nations over 40 years at 1 percent service charge raise long-term costs. Gruening pushes to raise rates toward U.S. borrowing costs around 4 percent, challenging administration savings claims.
More than eight million dollars will be poured into Clark County highways over the next two years including a two point six million dollar state highway program. The funds come from federal and state sources as part of a wide expansion in regional road construction. A well known local restaurant family, the Round Up Drive In Restaurant and Liquor Corporation, was sold to Petersen and Zona Co. restaurant operators from Utah and northern Nevada after years of industry work. Five years ago Mayor Burns said he had chosen an attorney for a lawsuit against the city of Henderson and Mayor Pro Tem Kesterson over fireworks curtailment before July 4.
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