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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1964
Page
1
A reader laments political appeals that exploit racism. The circular tying Rep. Walter Baring to a race-based smear is condemned as bigotry, while noting his long Nevada congressional tenure and shifting political stance from radical left to radical right.
In Murphy North Carolina a convicted man named Seth Gibson slipped from guards in a cornfield outside Peachtree Prison. He harmed Mrs Harvey West and Mrs Melvin Day within a short distance of his cell. A posse of about 20 men tracked him with a bloodhound as police closed in.
Mayor James H. J. Tate urged both Negroes and whites to return home after a 36 hour spree of destruction in Philadelphia. He said 1,400 police and 300 state troopers stood ready to quell any fresh outbreaks and imposed a curfew for a six square mile zone.
Editorial urges Nevada voters to back Sen. Howard Cannon for his local projects and stance on the civil rights bill. It praises his committee roles on Armed Services, Commerce, Aeronautical and Space Sciences, and Rules and Administration.
Mostly clear tomorrow with gentle winds turning southwest at 13 to 18 mph. Today's high near 9, low 79. Yesterday's high 3, low 79. Noontime relative humidity 4 percent. Sunrise 19, sunset 711.
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