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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1965
Page
4
A chaotic scene outside a fire station involved a jeering crowd as civil rights activists picketed for a month. Lawrence Landry, chairman, defended the transfer amid the protest over racial tensions and a white crowd's reaction.
A confidential Labor Department study links the breakdown of Negro family life in major cities to slave origins and long mistreatment, urging a government program to attack urban problems and prevent a racial crisis nationwide. The report circulated among officials since last spring.
Los Angeles scene recounts Pack Gregory, a Negro comedian, being shot in the leg while pleading with rioters in Watts area. He refused to leave, toured barricades with police, and urged residents to stay indoors as gunfire erupted. Don Smith of CORFE praised his courage amid the unrest.
Reports from Geneva say Western nations reached a draft treaty to prevent spread of nuclear weapons to nonmembers. Officials expect possible Soviet acceptance at the 17 Nation Disarmament Conference as Western powers grow resigned to a Soviet victory.
Nevada Safety Council notes teens are 2 percent of licensed drivers yet account for about 15 percent of traffic accidents. The council urged parents to enroll high school age youths in driver education to improve performance.
Chicago report by the American Hospital Association says the average hospital stay has fallen from 14 days in 1935 to 7 days today due to better medicines new equipment and improved treatment.
Washington there is pushback from the auto industry against congressional charges that new cars carry dangerously unsafe tires. GM vice president Marty Barr urged the Senate Commerce Committee to reject federal tire standards and support mandatory tire inspection as a safer alternative.
At Searity Ark Rock Air Force Base officials evacuated area personnel after a unidentified vapor was detected near a Titan II missile silo. Captain Douglas Wood said readings were non radioactive and emergency teams used protective gear and specialized detectors while investigation continues.
Two Siberians Greg oriy Sarapushkin 79 and Pyoter Kalinchenko 34 waited aboard a Coast Guard cutter at Fort Clarence Alaska for transport to Anchorage to tell a U.S. diplomat why they seek asylum. They landed by walrus skin boat near Wales Alaska, 450 miles from Russia and 79 miles from the Siberian coast.
In Athens Elias Tsirimokos, a former Socialist with Communist ties, gains support to form a new government backed by Center Union defectors and the Right Wing Ere Party. Nine Ere deputies show backing. Center Union deputies rally behind him and urge a third party outside Center Union. Tsirimokos, 38, has war‑time Communist collaboration history and a heart valve issue from a 1981 surgery.
Maj. Gen. Harry W. Kinard of the 1st Cavalry Div rejected sending helicopter crews to Vietnam aboard the old World War II carrier Kula Gulf. He inspected substandard quarters and ordered crews moved by other means, citing Navy vessel conditions and shipboard space limits.
Police hunted two white men after Friday night dynamite blasts struck a Negro motel and a hotel housing civil rights workers. Blasts occurred about two and a half hours apart with one stick or equivalent explosive used in each. No injuries reported.
The Beatles arrived at Kennedy Airport amid scattered fanfare and an empty greeting zone, with 250 teens waiting in vain near customs. One minor incident saw Ringo Starr spill coffee on a Milwaukee manufacturer's trousers. The group will perform at Shea Stadium on Sunday before a large crowd, with earnings reportedly up to 160000 dollars for the single show.
Washington reports indicate the United States will devote millions of dollars to rehabilitate the Dominican Republic through AID and a new development fund managed by the OAS. The aid, funded by U.S. lending agencies, aims to exceed prior levels including $60 million yearly and $50 million emergency support.
Reno event names Charles Springer as most valuable young Democrat of the year at the northern regional Young Democrats award banquet. Springer is a former state Democratic chairman and national committeeman. Bill Dubord, Angela Petrin, and Nate Helmer also featured in top placements.
Yemen sources report a landmark armistice agreement to end the three year war and evacuate Faystan troops. The deal, reached in meetings with Royalists and Republicans and attended by King Feisal, envisions a Muslim state led by a seven member presidential council and immediate steps to halt fighting.
Senator Dirksen and other Republicans question Gov. Scranton's warning against the radical fringe while liberal Republicans praise his stance. Scranton told the American Bar Association there is no room for extremism in either party and urged the GOP to avoid purges while letting fringe groups fade. Morton and Laird weighed in, stressing caution and electoral focus over purges and emphasizing continued strong GOP positions on civil rights and UN matters.
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