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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1965
Page
2
Ku Klux Klan lawyer Matt H Murphy was killed when his convertible veered into a tack truck on a dark highway near Tuscaloosa Alabama. The night rider shooting occurred about two hours earlier nearby.
Police raid targets a home and printshop linked to marijuana cultivation and possession. Douglas and Santiago face dangerous drugs charges, Mrs Payne hides a small pipe, and a bag of marijuana along with pills is found in her handbag. Sanchez is found with rolling papers and a small marijuana plant.
Style and comfort fines for men women and children at Foster's Shoes on 3rd Street. Store advertises footwear for all ages with emphasis on fit and fashion.
Classified ad page listing jewelry shop Wes Trudy Jewelers in Fremont new downtown location near Penney's, watch repair, and a lost dog near Tropicana Golf Course. Also multiple real estate ads for houses for sale or rent in Charleston and surrounding areas with payment terms and contact numbers.
Quentin Reynolds died in California at 62 leaving a U S estate of about $100000 and a $29492 estate in this country. His will names his sister Marjore Reynolds Kirk of Freeport New York his sister in law Beatrice Reynolds of Croton on Hudson New York and his secretary Helen Pulver of New York.
Los Angeles AP actress Katie Sweet nine, in show business since age three, wins court approval of a five year deal with Warner Bros Studio. By year five, with all options used, she would earn $1250 per episode in the comedy Hank.
Commentary denounces the Las Vegas murder case cost and Supreme Court reversal. It argues the Beasley trial and related proceedings have wasted over 200000 dollars by Clark County and the U S government, with ongoing delays and harassment of witnesses including a threatened 14 year old girl, and condemns the high court for overruling Judge Mowbray before the transcript was ready.
Police in moving vans seized hundreds of thousands of dollars in looted goods as authorities ordered residents to surrender far more. UPI reports riots have left 37 dead, including two Black victims, while John A. McCone prepares a full investigation and Martin Luther King plans talks with President Johnson.
The incident in Hayneville Lowndes County left Daniels and Morrisree dead with others wounded. Authorities detained Tom Coleman a highway department engineer described as a special deputy while FBI teams reviewed possible federal charges and state officials sought accountability. Survivors testified of fleeing after a white man fired on them at a small rust brown store as tension rose after racial violence nearby.
Marines end a major operation on a shattered peninsula as they pursue remaining North Vietnamese positions. Weather cleared by Typhoon Mary allows air raids to resume against targets near Hanoi and along Thanh Hoa and Ha Tinh areas, with several bridges highways and barracks damaged by Navy strikes.
Reynolds Electric and Engineering Co and Teamsters closed out last night with progress and will resume negotiations Wednesday. The contractor says seven issues remain, with two major ones: new work distribution points and a proposal to place Teamsters on rotating shifts with straight time pay on weekends. Federal mediator John Fenton has other duties in Washington, delaying until Wednesday.
Britain’s pubs will soon offer postage stamps with pints as the GPO lifts the ban on stamp sales in liquor outlets. The change allows public houses to stock stamps, integrating postal purchases into tavern visits.
Hank Greenspun argues against an initiative to tax gross winnings at 30 percent, warning it would ruin Nevada casinos, the Reno economy, and state finances. He notes IRS payments, payroll losses, tourism cuts, and population decline as likely outcomes if the measure passes.
Associate Supreme Court Justice Milton Badt dismissed Clark County District Attorney Edward Marshall as emotional in his critique of the court. Badt insisted the reversal of Milton Beasley’s murder conviction followed the U.S. Supreme Court’s opinions.
The 1965 Mrs América Pageant began as finalists from the United Nations states and the District of Columbia arrived in San Diego. Civic leaders including Mayor Frank Curran and Rep. Bob Wilson welcomed the contestants and their husbands at Lindbergh Field with speeches and bouquets of the city flower carnation.
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