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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1964
Page
3
Barry Goldwater accused the Johnson administration of utter disregard for new weapons and claimed deliverable nuclear capacity could be cut by 90 percent in a decade. He urged preparedness and defended retaliation against PT bases as a tactical response, not a broad new policy.
The highest temperature reported to the U S Weather Bureau excluding Alaska and Hawaii was 109 degrees at Blythe California. The morning low was 39 degrees at Oneonta New York and St Johnsbury Vermont Island?
Luci Baines Johnson, 17, was sidelined by a 24 hour bug during a San Francisco peninsula tour stop. She appeared weak at a William McDonald ranch barbecue attended by about 500 guests, including Sen. Birch Bayh and Earl Warren Jr, as she spoke then rested beside other dignitaries.
Red China asserted the right to aid Communist North Vietnam in any conflict with the United States after weekend demonstrations in Peking and other Chinese cities. Premier Chou En-Lai attended a mass rally as speakers denounced the United States, pledging solidarity with Vietnam and opposing U.S. air strikes in North Vietnam.
Former Marine George Bagnoll fired at a man he thought to be a burglar in Manchester England but wounded his wife Mary instead. Bagnoll was reported in satisfactory condition with a wound in the left thigh and apologized to his wife as she handled the incident.
Mayor Michel Bene of Passage Dagen orders banning all motor driven devices from breaking the sound barrier over the commune. He seeks to identify two jet pilots who violated the rule on July 23 and August 6.
Izvestia reports possible upcoming manned flight with Marina Popovich cited as a candidate to become the second woman to orbit Earth after Valentina Tereshkova. Italian radio labs noted a cosmonaut countdown and suggested the craft would be more capable than the speed record Popovich set two months earlier.
The Kremlin urged a December 15 gathering of 26 Communist parties to plan a world congress with more than 90 parties next year. Pravda claimed the move aims to reconcile divisions while signaling China will be outvoted. Moscow suggested Beijing will not attend, despite pressure and claims Khrushchev betrays Communism.
A charter for the Friends of Bobby Baker Committee to back Baker for vice president was filed with the Secretary of State. William Schulze filed the charter, listing the Kappa Psi fraternity house at the University of Wisconsin as his address amid past Senate investigations into Baker’s transactions.
In Washington, Senator Vance Hartke of Indiana warned that chances for a health care bill for the aged are very near impossible this year. He argued late in the session could threaten Social Security reforms, leaving millions without new benefits.
East Lansing Michigan waste crews estimate that last year's litter would cover the football field to 30 feet if dumped in Spartan Stadium. MSU spends about 18 000 dollars yearly to dump garbage and 50 900 dollars more on container maintenance.
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