Year 64 in the Las Vegas area crowded with crime and politics
Area news runs through a crowded year with a welterweight title split decision at the Las Vegas Convention Center, labor union activity at casinos, election moves by Rep. Walter Baring and Sen. Howard Cannon, casino fires and robberies, a topless contest controversy, and a Las Vegas shooting suicide. Local officials face probes, indictments, and legal skirmishes as the year unfolds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Welterweght
Luis Rodriguez
Las Vegas Convention Center
U.S
Walter S. Baring
Congress
Sen
Howard Cannon
Beatles add Las Vegas scalp to nationwide tour
The Beatles, four members from Britain, expanded their tour by including Las Vegas as a stop. Thousands of teenagers followed them to two concerts. In a separate hearing, an NLRB examiner addressed a union organizing drive among Cortez casino workers, focusing on the gaming industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grant Sawyer
American Federation of Gaming Casino
Great Britain
Las Vegas
F Cortez Casino
National Labor Relations Board
Gaming Indus
Also Mentioned on This Page
Transport Workers of America
George Liruori
Internal Revenue Service
Santa Anita
Harriette Morgan
Ink Spurs
Stanley Morgan
Sonny
Shadow Lane
Kenneth Glenn Benscoter
Fl Cortez Casino
Justice of the Peace
Tom Pursel
Dist
Ted Marshall
Pursel
Marshall
Paul Laxalt
Senate
William O'Reilly
Tom Purse
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post
Winston Bell
Nevada Crime Commission
Joseph Kadans
Lloyd St. John
City Commission
Twin Lakes
The
Veterans of Foreign Wars
VFW
Joseph
Doc) Stacher
Los Angeles
City Hall
Wilbur Clark
Desert Inn
Sahara
Culinary Local 226
Nevada
Reynolds Electric and Engineering Co
Harry Claiborne
Paul Tucker
Mimi
Td Marshall
Leo Kuykendall
FBI
Commission
Vernon Fletcher
the Sun
Fletcher
George Dickerson
Nly
Agnes Crow
D. F. Dodd Crow
Casbar Lounge
Hotel Sahara
Casbar
Major Riddle
Bonanza Air Lines
SUN
Bkcv
GROUP
Hamilton
Gruen
Elgin
Benrus
Waltham
Helbros
Waa Tham
Baume Mercier
Lucien Picard
Mido
Movado Omega Rolex Universal-Geneva
DTU Ce
Ronson
Varana
Proctor Silex
Trric
RCA Victor
Son
Westinghouse
GEM Shop Jewelers
EI Portal Theatre
New Mans
Schick Bonanza
Heral
Zenith
Westclox Baby Ben
Rogers Stainless
Dormeyer
Speidel
Fremont
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!