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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1965
Page
2
A nostalgic feature describes large cash handling and real estate tone as Bank of Las Vegas touts itself as a modern institution. It highlights large cash bundles, local employment, and the bank’s eight branches created eleven years ago to serve Southern Nevada.
An analysis of Chinese strategy shows Beijing using diplomacy and propaganda to spark war hysteria and opposition to U S actions in Vietnam. Intelligence notes caution that China would respond forcefully to border violations while denying any intent to invade.
Hanoi declares readiness to assist the Viet Cong as North Vietnam promises full support. An Nhan editorial notes the South Vietnamese struggle, while the Central Committee of the Liberation Front urges increased backing from the north. The piece emphasizes unity against U.S. forces.
Sitore founder Ban dies in Los Angeles at age 94 born December 25 1901 in Winnipeg Canada. Survivors include widow Sonny daughter Laura Lyn der and two grandchildren Christie and Carr e all of Los Angeles. Burial set at Hillside Memorial Park.
Coast Guard reports a likely mutiny aboard the Seven Seas. After an apparent killing of the captain and first mate, a second crewman died aboard the ship drifted about 100 miles south of Miami. An armed boarding party found the officers dead. search for the third body and missing crew continued at dusk with plans to resume at first light.
A Harris survey finds a majority express concern on medical care poverty and old age neglect. Higher incomes show broader worries while lower incomes focus on economic distress. Jews and Catholics show heightened concern for minority treatment. It notes Jews sympathetic to Negro treatment and Catholics more concerned about Jewish mistreatment than anti Catholic sentiment.
The article notes a relief fund planned for working members amid a taxi strike that idled over 200 cabs. Despite the stoppage on the Las Vegas Strip, tourists remain enthusiastic and traffic is heavy with police directing at key intersections. Courtesy cars run, while strike drivers face Nevada Revised Statute 706 warnings and a commission hearing set for Aug. 18.
Prosecutors said they will seek the death penalty in the double murder case of two girls found July 30 in a northern town field. Police tied suspect Cross to the crime with fingerprint evidence on a yellow car steering wheel. he initially denied involvement, later offering to confess. An editorial praised the police fingerprint expert for cracking the case while friends portrayed Cross as a quiet loner with few social ties.
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