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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1964
Page
2
A Las Vegas banking feature celebrates the Bank of Las Vegas grand opening with thanks to Senator Howard Cannon, local media, interior designers, and staff. The piece invites customers to join casino celebrations through Friday and offers four inch Lens transistor TV sets as prizes.
Fire roared through a Richfield storage yard with seven large tanks as explosions shattered the area. Firemen battled extreme heat under a tower truck nozzle while two firefighters were treated after heat exhaustion. Witnesses reported a mushroom of black smoke and intermittent blasts as drums and tanks ruptured amid the blaze.
Metro Goldwyn M ayer will place 20 recent motion pictures on the California pay television system within six to nine months after initial theater runs. The films will be shown by Subscription Television Inc. serving Los Angeles and San Francisco.
Philco Corp. announces the acquisition of Philco Natali ana near Bergamo Italy for seven million dollars. The Italian firm, once a Philco licensee, becomes a wholly owned subsidiary with a newly built headquarters and factory site. Philco previously held a minority stake in the company.
A cheeky crow delights residents by the M. D. Close fountain while officials puzzle its craft. Neighborhoods report cars jumping guard rails, and a hedge hopping nickname circulates. Readers debate gear meaning in Beatles lore and share a list of Clark County Fair board members.
Senators Ja vits and McCarthy offer a sense of Congress rider to delay court-ordered reapportionment until 1966. Dirksen and Mansfield push the bipartisan compromise. House Rules clears a bill to bar courts from redistricting cases, with Morse opposing the Mansfield Dirksen rider. Morse claims not to be filibustering.
James Crow and Sons Inc announces the start of construction on a $3 million clay pipe plant in a Chicago suburb, marking a new manufacturing facility expansion.
Police cordoned a riot area in Dixmoor as crowds clashed after a liquor store dispute involving Blondella Woods and store owner Michael La Peta. INCITING charges faced William Hambrick and Donald Hale with bond set at 200 dollars. 31 arrested overall. Fire and rock-throwing damaged property while officials, including CORE member, sought order amid racial tensions.
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