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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1964
Page
6
Detroit report exposes State Representative Daniel W. West Democrat as an ex convict who served time for burglary and forgery and who used another lawyer’s background to gain respectability. The 54 year old West is described as having stolen the identity of a deceased New York attorney to bolster his public image.
A House Un-American Activities subcommittee voted to seek contempt citations against three witnesses who balked at testifying in private. Dagmar Wilson, Donna Allen, and Russell Niven insisted on public hearings, with Wilson recounting an oath and name while refusing to discuss a 1963 visa appeal for a Japanese peace group leader. The report ties in FBI and Detroit police investigations and details a separate Detroit tax fraud scheme involving Ross West, who used fake spouses and dependents to generate refunds, faces potential federal charges, and has IRS notices to repay funds with penalties.
Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko proposed a 10 to 15 percent cut in military budgets with savings used to aid developing countries. He echoed Pope Paul VI’s call to end the arms race and join nuclear talk. He criticized the United States and Western powers on Congo Southeast Asia Cuba Germany and NATO plans while keeping no change to U.N. peacekeeping funding.
President Johnson and British Prime Minister Harold Wilson met twice in Washington to discuss tensions in the Atlantic Alliance fueled by conflicting nuclear policy. A frank second session focused on NATO's future and the role of nuclear power, with no decisions taken and broader alliance consultation noted.
In Khartoum riots erupted as Negroes and Arabs clashed in the streets. Premier Sirr el Khatum El Khalifa said 14 were killed and 400 injured in Sunday fighting, with police firing warning shots and security orders banning processions to calm the city.
The Mariner 4 probe suffered a brief loss of star Canopus lock possibly due to a dust particle smaller than 0.0005 inch but regained a new reference star 28 degrees away. One solar plasma experiment stopped functioning and has not resumed contact since yesterday morning.
President Kerr unveiled a university free speech policy amid protest at the Greek Theater. Rebel leader Mario Savio was dragged from the stage by campus police before a rally and arraignments continued for 767 demonstrators. The plan urged acceptance of court rulings on recent sit-ins while limiting charges for earlier actions.
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