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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1965
Page
2
Readers are invited to Virginia City Nevada for annual camel races beginning Friday and Sunday in a long running frontier entertainment. The event links to Nevada history with camel legends and local lore while promising lively spectacle in the Comstock Town near Reno.
Opinion piece arguing against welfare expansion and dependence on government aid. Author laments shift from hard work to entitlement, warns of national decline and rise of communism, cites Social Security as acceptable while urging self-reliance and personal responsibility. References education, family welfare, and future generations.
A mixed set of Nevada notices includes a divorce summons in Clark County to Helen Hardin vs Robert Hardin, with 20 days to respond, plus probate notices for the Howell estate and an affidavit of posting. Also listed are unactioned classified items and a Twin Lakes house listing at 3 bedrooms with a $19,050 price.
Three people were arrested Saturday for shoplifting from J C Penney Co in downtown Las Vegas. An employee detained the trio as they exited the store and handed them to police. Persons named include Merv Ann Johnson 18 of 215 Joc cor Bury Arberry 18 of 127 Jackson and a juvenile. Three pairs of stretch pants were recovered.
Survivor Gary Lay described the 1:30 p.m. explosion as a bright flame, pushing others toward a ladder while flames engulfed the silo. He, 18, escaped through flames to the tunnel and control room, later being evacuated by ambulance. The 75 ton door protected the undetected nuclear warhead until removal during center modifications, marking the first major U. S. missile site accident.
Cuban exile details a night of gunfire aboard the Seven Seas from Miami bound for Tampa. The first mate Aldrick Hinds and the captain were found dead. shooter Roberto Ramirez fled to the chain locker before authorities hailed the derelict vessel. The youth, TJ, recalls the horror and confusion as Crewman Anderson is also mentioned with disputed records.
A 30 year old woman Verna Bald died yesterday in Reno after falling from a second story fire escape in a downtown alley. Police said the death appears accidental and the victim lived in a room next to the escape door.
Kratter unveils a $150 million plan for a Las Vegas development with an 18 hole golf course a 40 story resort hotel and casino a second hotel at Paradise Road and Karen Way 123 acres for a major golf course and 33 acres for the hotel site. The project includes frontage homes lakes parks and roads and a municipal expansion adjacent to the convention center. The Clark County fair and recreation board would be paid 750000 for land. The hotel may be named Las Vegas International with Broadway style entertainment.
A 20 month old boy named Tommie Cooper died after drowning in an irrigation ditch three blocks from his Overton residence. Deputy Sheriff Harold Doty reported the body was recovered near Airport Highway where the child was walking with his brother Mendis. He was the son of Ivan and Meredith Cooper.
Chevron markets Busy-Car Gasolines in three grades Custom Supreme and Regular aimed at busy Western drivers. The campaign claims better volatility for efficient burning and quicker full power, with Standard as the major West oil company offering three grades to fit driving needs.
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