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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1965
Page
4
A local radio PSA urges residents to use ZIP codes amid concerns over government data and civil rights discourse. The Las Vegas Bank touts eight branches serving Southern Nevada, highlighting quick service and local financing, while references to national events remain peripheral.
Cooper and Conrad extend American space time as they breach the 97 hour mark, aiming to surpass Soviet totals. Officials report a fuel cell hiccup briefly but expect no impact on the mission. They plan to break single flight and cumulative hours records while photographing Cuba.
Florence Arizona. Jesus Cordova 40 a guard at the state prison shot his two daughters Dodie eight and Josie six and his son Phil nine then killed himself in a desert wash after borrowing a public safety pistol. A note left behind cited unhappiness with life. Cordova wife Emily has been in Mexico.
Classified items include a wedding engagement claim from Trudy Jewelers in Fremont with a jewelry sale and repair note, a lost ladies prescription glasses in Las Vegas with plastic frame details, a bank teller job listing in Las Vegas seeking experienced staff, a reduced price home offer in Fontenbleau Estetes Mercuis, and furnished apartment leasing in Sunrise Ave with pool and no pets.
Kansas City man Thomas Nazzie Plas, 43, will plead in U.S. Court on Sept. 7 after an FBI complaint charging him with transporting three women from Kansas City to Las Vegas on April 29 1965 for prostitution. He was arrested a week later. bail court by Charles Kellar reduced bail from 5000 to 3000, but he remains jailed in Clark County.
Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital trustees and town boards in Overton and Mesquite discussed immediate emergency service upgrades for about 5000 residents and a future 15 bed hospital. A 15 member committee from the two towns and nearby areas was to draft recommendations for hospital trustees next week.
Contracting firms clash with Local 1780 over contract terms and bargaining. A looming breach suit seeks 25 000 damages per day of strike while unfair labor practice charges are filed with the NLRB. Carpenters resume work for three weeks on Herbert Gerson Park project under the old contract with Del E Webb Construction Co in Las Vegas.
In Haynesville Alabama last week civil rights worker Jonathan Daniels was shot. Eyewitnesses now claim the killing was planned with police knowledge. ESCRU urged President Johnson to push laws ending what it calls a license to murder by police.
President Johnson defended U S policy in Viet Nam at a news conference saying Americans stand united despite Republican criticisms. He announced a space laboratory plan for 1968 and a reshuffle of the U N delegation while urging action on two dozen bills before Congress adjourns. He avoided personal digs at Gerald Ford and stressed unity over war aims.
Soviets claim ground to air missiles shot from mobile sites downed a U S Navy F4 Phantom 75 miles south of Hanoi killing one crewman and leaving the other missing. U S casualties rose with 59 Americans killed in Viet Nam last week as Marines routed Viet Cong near Van Tuong and more Viet Cong were reported than Vietnamese forces.
A satirical critique of linguistic experts who condemn Anglo-Saxon and praise Latin influences while mocking noun plurals verb inflections and pronoun use. The piece laments the spread of confusing forms from deer to hippo and argues for a return to positional analysis over inflection.
Six men applied to the Nevada State Gaming Commission to purchase the Capitan casino and lodge in Hawthorne for 2.5 million from Lindsay and Gordon Smith and Woodrow W. Loftin. Roy Babick of Las Vegas would manage the casino and invest 50 000 for a 2 percent stake.
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