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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1963
Page
2
Bank of Las Vegas urges holiday generosity as off duty firefighters sell papers Friday for Christmas baskets and welfare efforts. Mayors note the drive while Las Vegas Sun donates papers. readers are urged to support the cause and consider Bank financing for a new car.
The Senate Appropriations Committee approved a $3.3 billion foreign aid bill to fund economic and military assistance overseas, trimming a House restriction on Export-Import Bank grain credits to the Soviet Union. The measure totals $3.509 billion with $209 million carryover.
Frank Sinatra prepared to join Frank Jr. at Harrah's Club in Lake Tahoe for a Danny Dorsey band engagement. FBI aided in the kidnap case with three suspects arrested on kidnapping charges and ransom nearly all recovered. Bail set at 50000 each. case to grand jury likely after December 26 or January 2. Irwin’s brother James assisted in the arrest.
Carson City officials and UPI report Chief Deputy Marshal Robert Humphrey questioned how Frank Sinatra Jr. kidnappers slipped past a roadblock on U S 50 395 near Carson City. Authorities said the vehicle passed at about 9 23 pm while Sinatra was hidden in the trunk under a blanket.
Washington informs that the U S Court of Appeals reversed a Communist party conviction for failing to file SACB forms. The court ordered a new trial, finding the prior case did not show how self incrimination applied, given mere association with the party is prosecutable.
President Johnson addressed the United Nations with support for ending the cold war. He shook hands with diplomats, spoke to packed galleries, and was guarded by U.N. and Secret Service while entering the building. Thant welcomed him and Sosa Rodriguez introduced him to delegates from Kenya and Zanzibar.
The President opened with a tribute to Kennedy and lamented the assassin's bullet did not alter the nation's purpose. He vowed continued opposition to hate and violence and a steadfast commitment to the rule of law and the rights of all men across the country and the world.
The text notes equal or greater emphasis on ethics for elected officials and city workers, marking conflicts of interest. Part five of the creed lists incompatible employment disclosure of confidential information gifts and favors representing private interests in city agencies or contracts and disclosure of interest in legislation.
Washington correspondent Bruce Rothwell reports before Kennedy's assassination that the 1964 election centers on Barry Goldwater. He decries Goldwater as a mythic figure seeking to threaten Russia and repeal the twentieth century, noting his fast driving and jet flying attract attention and spark alarm. The piece warns of a volatile American political shift.
A preliminary hearing into the bludgeon slaying of 60 year old Austin handyman Thayer M Wilshire will be held tomorrow in Tonopah before Justice of the Peace Thomas R McCullough. Suspect Sewell Carleton Thurlow Jr 24 of Albuquerque New Mexico is charged with the November 8 killing. Las Vegas attorney George Foley appointed by Nye County District Judge Peter Breen will represent the defendant. the two day hearing is anticipated.
Tony D'Andrae, 53, a former Las Vegas bondsman, was arrested Tuesday afternoon and booked as a fugitive from Tucson, Arizona. He faces 10 counts of felony charges for obtaining money by means of bogus checks in Tucson authorities said.
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