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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1964
Page
1
In Group 2a led by Charles Legler, Clark County students discussed race relations, discrimination in education, jobs, and housing in Las Vegas. They concluded improvements are needed despite overall good conditions and identified prejudice as a driver in employment and housing discrimination.
Twenty people were arrested in Mississippi on civil rights conspiracy charges tied to the June 21 disappearances. Sheriff Lawrence Rainey and deputy Cecil Price were among those detained. 18 arraigned at a U.S. Navy station wardroom, bond set at 5000 dollars each, preliminary hearing December 10. State charges may follow.
Gov. Grant Sawyer certified Democrat Howard Cannon as the winner over Republican Lt. Gov. Paul Laxalt by 84 votes after a statewide recount. Laxalt asked the Nevada Supreme Court to rule on hundreds of disputed ballots, seeking to overturn the result, while Cannon argued the certificate could only be revoked by the Senate or not at all under state law.
Senate Rules Committee probes Baker’s outside interests with real estate links and Caribbean gambling. Witness Aguirre says Baker took former secretary and Mrs Rometsch on a 1963 New Orleans trip, while Aguirre denies accompanying them to Dallas and Miami. Baker era ties to real estate and promotions are scrutinized.
Forecast calls for a cloudy day with gentle winds and a high near 55. Overnight low 34 to 40, after yesterday's 56 and 33. Noontime humidity around 30 percent with sunrise at 6 36 and sunset at 4 26.
A four part Sun series by Chapman Pincher explores the thriving espionage world amid Cold War tensions. It notes escalating subversion, widespread recruitment, and rapid expansion of intelligence activity across nations, with Britain seeing many deportations and covert operations behind high security.
A survey of espionage abroad notes leaked excesses in Bond like plots, public poison spray assassinations, mustard gas injuries, and frequent shootings. It discusses Cold War spy networks from embassies to secret police and rising Western targeting after nuclear tests, with ongoing East West subversion pressures.
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