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Newspaper

Las Vegas Sun

Location

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America

Date

Aug 31, 1965

Page

4

GOP Split Over Splinters Debated by GOP Leaders

At a closed National Republican Coordinating Committee meeting leaders debated splinter groups affecting the party. National GOP Chairman Ray Bliss urged no more questions about splinters while Idaho Governor Smylie called for open floor discussion and a formal reckoning.

Washington UPI National Republican Coordinating Committee GOP National Ray C. Bliss Barry M. Goldwater Free Society Association Idaho Robert E. Smylie GOP Governors Association

South Desegregates Her Schools Peacefully

Across the South, public schools opened to all applicants with no incidents. Dr. Allen Smith and Dr. John Letson stated the system would run without tracking race. King’s children enrolled in Atlanta, joining others at Spring Street School as desegregation expands nationwide.

Atlanta UPI South Martin Luther King Jr Allen Smith Georgia Dixie John Letson U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare King Martin Luther King III Yolanda Spring Street Ralph Abernathy King Southern Christian Leadership Conference SCLC

Greece to Convene Crown Council Amid Political Crisis

Premier Tsirimakos announced King Constantine will call an extraordinary crown council to resolve Greece's continuing political deadlock. The move follows Tsirimakos' resignation after a confidence vote and gains by Papandreou who seeks either reappointment or elections.

Athens API Elias Tsirimokos Constantine Greece Tsirimokos Tsirimakos George Papandreou Papandreou Defense Ministry Crown Council George Athanassiadis- Novas Center Union Party

Las Vegas Mourns Wilbur Clark With Star-Studded Funeral

The Clark family bid farewell to Wilbur Clark as hundreds attended his Palm Mortuary service. H M Greenspun delivered a heartfelt eulogy praising his hospitality, optimism, and role in shaping Las Vegas. Notables from show business, industry, and politics joined a long list of pallbearers and honorary mourners.

Palm Mortuary H. M. Greenspun The Las Vegas Sun Clark Toni Harold Greenspun Horatio Alger Wilbur Clark Desert Inn Jimmy Durante Eddie Jackson Sonny King Pepper Davis Irv Kupcinet Chicago Jack Donnelly Vic Mandotte William Ward Hank Greenspun T. W Richardson Carnie Krausnick Alan Bible Howard Cannon Walter Baring Grant Sawyer Paul Laxalt Harvey Dickerson Oran Grayson Ralph Lamb James Ryan Bob Baskin William Good Cecil Simmons Allard Roen E Parry Thomas Seymour Chotiner Gene Murphy Carl Williams Johnny Hughes Tommy McDonnell Tommy Clare Jack Calvin Milton Keefer Don Borax Pete Bommarito Joe Bock

Steel Walkout Delayed a Week

A strike deadline extension postponed a steel workers walkout that would have halted 80 percent of U S steel production. After President Johnson spoke, U S Steel restarted furnaces and major firms were poised to follow. The extension aims to serve the public interest and keep production running during bargaining.

Johnson U.S. Steel

Seeding Betsy Fury Seeks to Weaken Hurricane Betsy

U S Weather Bureau officials planned seeding Betsy with silver iodide from planes at Roosevelt Roads Puerto Rico to disrupt its core. Project Stormfury scientists, led by Dr. Joanne Simpson and Dr. Cecil Gentry, monitored Betsy as winds rose to 85 mph and its center lay north of Puerto Rico with no land threat.

Miami UPS Project Stormfury Puerto Rico U. S. Weather Bureau Joanne Simpson Joint Weather Bureau Navy Project Washington Cecil Gentry Roosevelt Roads Naval Base Betsy Air Force San Juan

Space Twins Return From Space Mission

NASA hosted a quiet splashdown reception for the Space Twins with space agency officials and newsmen. Dr Charles Berry noted their eight day space endurance, surpassing Russia’s Bykovsky by three days, as the astronauts begin medical exams and remain in isolation for ten more days.

Space Twins Space Agency Air Force and Astro Nauts National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA Houston Charles Berry Russia Valery Bykovsky Berry

B52 Raids Press South Viet Nam Amid Vietnamese Combat

A U S spokesman said B52 bombers from Guam struck Viet Cong positions in South Vietnam five times in six days and may go to daily raids. The attacks pressured the Communist defense as An Hoa outpost fell after a nighttime assault by about 500 attackers. Saigon reported at least one outpost loss and 100 South Vietnamese troops were involved. The Guam mission dated its 13th and 14th strikes, including a Saturday attack in Quang Tin province.

U. S Guam South Viet Nam U.S An Hoa Saigon South Viet Nam Quang Tin Province

Nazi Spy Heads For America

London AP report says George V Nipanich, 42, a naturalized American, faced Soviet accusations of being a World War II Nazi spy who tortured Soviet POWs. The U.S. embassy decided to repatriate him to New York after he toured as a guide at a U.S. architectural exhibit in Russia. He was picked up at Heathrow, questioned briefly, and remained noncommittal on the charges.

London New York George V Nipanich U.S Moscow Nipanich Russia Izvestia

Glacier Slump Kills Italian Worker in Swiss Camp

Authorities report over 1,000 Electro-Watt Co workers accounted for after a glacier moraine slide hit a work camp near Glacier Hits Work Camp. Most workers were at dinner or in a canteen when the rock rubble broke loose at 6 p.m. One Italian corpse recovered by today as hundreds of Red Cross and volunteer rescuers joined the search.

Monte Rosa Switzerland Electro-Watt Co

The Thing Returns to Haunt Warminster

In Warminster England the unidentified object known as The Thing reportedly reappeared Sunday night after eight months. Local youths described a blinding flash and two bright portions with changing speeds while denying any aircraft or meteor origin. A town meeting had debated secret weapons at a nearby base, but authorities denied the claim, and a trader dismissed the event as baloney.

Warminster England UPI Christopher Robinson Graham Chalifour Christopher Crooks-Radford Joe Brownlee

Three Kennedy Children Hurt Over Three Days

In Hyannisport Massachusetts Kathleen 14 was injured in a horse fall and could need surgery Joseph 12 was struck by a sailboat boom and not hospitalized Robert 11 suffered a leg gash from a garage roof fall Kathleen in fair to good condition at Cape Cod Hospital with doctors weighing transfer to Boston.

Hyannisport Mass UPI Robert F. Kennedy Kathleen Joseph New York Cape Cod Hospital Hyannis Robert Jr Kennedy Compound Boston

Draft rules tighten as married men face exclusion

Selective Service Director Hershey announced married men without children will be drafted early next year after the pool of 19 to 26 year olds is exhausted. Deferments for students and conscientious objectors will be tightened and those marrying after last Friday will be treated as single. Some students may be called if academic standards slip while others fail to stay in school.

San Francisco UPI Selective Service Lewis RB Hershey Johnson

Dominican junta resigns paving path for provisional government

The five man government junta led by Brig. Gen. Antonio Imbert Barrera resigned en masse, signaling a transition toward a provisional regime under OAS guidance. Imbert will serve as caretaker while Hector Garcia-Godoy is proposed to head a nine month interim government, then elections. The State Department deferred comment, noting OAS oversight.

Antonio Imbert Barrera Organization of American States OAS Imbert Hector Garcia-Godoy Washington State Department

Funeral services for Joe Mosca

Funeral services for Joe Mosca, prominent restaurant owner and 19 year reserve police officer, will be held today at 10 a.m. at Our Lady of Las Vegas Catholic Church on Alta and Campbell Streets. A rosary was recited last night for the local businessman who died Saturday of a heart attack.

Joe Mosca Our Lady of Las Vegas Alta and Campbell Streets

Supreme Court orders investigation after Beasley retrial fury

The court ordered an immediate investigation and Marshall apologized for his remarks. He submitted himself for disciplinary action. The furor began when the court ordered a new trial for Beasley due to two prejudicial errors at the first hearing.

Marshall Beasley

Johnson push on housing cabinet nears final approval

President Johnson moves to create a Cabinet level Department of Housing and Urban Redevelopment by Senate voice vote a compromise measure near ratification in both chambers The new agency would evolve from the HHFA with Robert Weaver a leading candidate for secretary and could take on more urban programs in future years Rep Dante Fascell notes the bill is a first step allowing Congress to add functions later

John F. Kennedy House Kennedy Robert Weaver Weaver Johnson Housing and Home Finance Agency HHFA Department of Housing and Urban Development Dante Fascell D-Fla Congress

Johnson offers Goldwater policy briefings via CIA chief

President Johnson telephoned Barry Goldwater offering periodic briefings from the CIA chief William F. Raburn on administration policies. The White House said Goldwater received the offer due to his national prominence and his 1964 candidacy. Johnson also sought Goldwater’s views on a steel strike.

Washington UPI Johnson Barry Goldwater Goldwater White House Bill Moyers Moyers Central Intelligence Agency William F. Rayburn

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