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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1963
Page
5
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The Las Vegas Sun publishes morning editions including Sundays from 900 South Main Street Las Vegas Nevada with staff rosters and affiliations listed. Subscriptions and advertising details are noted with rates and distribution terms.
A July surge of 23 habeas corpus petitions in Clark County led to 15 grants while the district attorney’s office loses staff. Delays in filing and weak statutes spark concern over arrests, prosecutions, and public safety, with calls for immediate reform.
The column portrays Estes Kefauver as an ambitious yet flawed figure who fought crime and supported civil rights, but whose career ended after a ruptured aorta. It notes his fights against the Crump machine, his Senate tenure, and his later strength in television presence. It also critiques Communist influence in Uruguay and contrasts Kefauver with Dewey Stevenson and Nixon.
Bill Vaughan comments on British morals and sports ethics, recalls Eph Pottle’s son expelled from spy college for honesty, notes Russians delaying Moon plans, and jokes about ex presidents as convention commentators. He also ponders intelligence in golf, a stupidity handicap, and Mohole Project aims to reach deep Earth.
United Press International lists events on this date including a 1961 ban on Union states trading with the Confederacy, the 1896 Klondike gold discovery, the 1923 Carnegie Steel eight hour day, and Churchill’s 1945 claim that the atomic bomb saved 1,250,000 British and American lives.
Secretary of State Dean Rusk faces a potential shakeup as Abram Chayes and Abba Schwartz push a reorganization plan aimed at ousting Frances Knight, director of the Passport Office. The move sparks Senate and House friction, while Rusk delays action due to his Russia trip and treaty hearings.
SEYMORE H BROWN and ERNIE SEIDLITZ discuss desert island choices. Brown seeks warmth, survival skills, and companionship for conversation, while Seidlitzz favors an intellectual partner over mere beauty, noting the need for engaging dialogue even in isolation.
A reader asks Ken Jones about choosing an ideal partner and living on a Polynesian island while a married project manager from McNeil Estates remarks on honesty and temptation. The exchange reflects longing, fidelity, and practical wishes for companionship and domestic harmony.
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