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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1964
Page
8
An editorial style reminiscence contrasts old Las Vegas days with modern rougher times. It laments neighborly kindness fading, notes rising theft, and calls for renewed civility. It closes with playful local color from the Strip including references to Frank Sinatra and lively nightlife.
UPI reports a Viet Cong outpost siege 125 miles southwest of Saigon leaves three Americans and nine Vietnamese dead. Elsewhere a government town near An Lao endures a two day siege while Saigon officers threaten to unseat Lt Gen Nguyen Khanh amid inter army tensions.
Elizabeth Taylor had her handbag taken during a telephone call at a studio party. Cartier bag found in a restroom by a janitor with the money missing but lighter and other contents intact. MGM spokesman denied jewelry theft reports and said only cash was stolen.
Havana officials report Labor Minister Maj. Augusto Martinez Sanchez shot himself after learning of his replacement for grave administrative errors. He was in critical condition. Martinez, a veteran member of Cuba’s Communist establishment, presided over notable war crimes trials including Bay of Pigs and the aviator genocide cases.
Sudan clashes kill fourteen and wound four hundred as race riots erupt between southern Africans and northern Arabs. State radio cites imperialist plots tied to Khartoum's backing of Congo rebels while security forces impose a strict ban on demonstrations.
Baxter D. Goodrich, 51, has been elected president of Texas Eastern Transmission Corp, succeeding Orville S. Carpenter, in a Monday announcement.
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