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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1966
Page
2
Fragmentary notice urges depositing savings by a specific date to accrue benefits. Includes unclear references to events, names, and a wedding context with scattered terms. Unable to identify concrete entities or a coherent action beyond the deadline guidance.
A fragmented reminiscence lists Sils Drive-In as a guiding beacon during 1950 Las Vegas visits amid smog from Los Angeles. It notes a future steak house, calls for better 1966 telephone service, hints at a newspaper series idea, and recalls reader contests and quirky column references.
A gunman robbed rent receipts totaling 1496 at Continental Apartments 1001 Desert Inn Road yesterday afternoon. Ralph C Ciliberti 46 was struck and injured during the incident and treated then released. Deputies later detained Daniel Frederick Scalari 35.
Dr. Nathan Feinsinger heads a transit mediation panel reporting no movement in negotiations as principals focus on courthouse events. Five TWU officers and three Amalgamated Transit Union officers were jailed for defying court orders urging union members to stop striking.
A nine man group filed with the FCC to start a third television station in Reno. Led by Lee Hirshland, president of Washoe Empire, Inc., the venture involves a $509000 investment and plans to affiliate with ABC and Channel 2.
Dr Woodbury says the board will not rush a new top school official. Newcomer’s contract lasts to Feb 18 and could be extended in an advisory role. A pro tem appointment is possible to bridge until a new appointee completes a prior contract.
Boulder City officials named Jake Dieleman a longtime local businessman to fill the council seat left vacant by Andrew Mitchell. The unanimous choice was made at a special executive session following Mitchell’s resignation over the December 22 recall election retaining John Batchelor as mayor. Dieleman, founder of Jake's Crane and Rigging Co. in Las Vegas, will serve Mitchell’s term until May 1967.
John The Bat Battaglia, tied to Mickey Cohen, was sentenced to ten years in federal prison for participating in a past post time scheme that bilked Las Vegas race books of about 28000. Co defendant Harold Tenner was 39 and accused of similar wire fraud plots.
A draft spokesman notes colleges certify full time study and satisfactory conduct for student deferments. Hershey urges colleges to inform local boards of unsatisfactory students, warning of self investigation if colleges withhold such data.
Readers are urged to watch mail for a lucky number letter from Reader's Digest about the 4th Annual sweepstakes prize of $999,000. The notice lists prior Nevada winners in Carson City and Reno areas including Gardiner Kirkeby Valent Hart Powers Cobb Trachok Aroachet Badwin.
Maj Gen I L Branch 53 vanished after his plane crashed into Puget Sound near Seattle while en route to Boeing Field. Branch, a renowned space military expert and Edwards AFB Flight Experimental Test Center commander, had recently spoken at Nellis AFB and was visiting Boeing for Edwards test work.
North Las Vegas city council approved a seven hour waiting period for handgun purchases after a two hour public hearing. The measure passed unanimously as 29 residents spoke against it and nine supported it, with about 125 people filling the fire station. Critics argued the ordinance echoed Clark County rules and attacked it as unconstitutional and politically partisan.
Police traffic data show 1965 Las Vegas saw a sharp rise in accidents with 4 624 reports up from 4 181 in 1964 and 1 129 persons injured versus 1 089. Fatalities fell to five from seven. Citations for moving violations surged by 15 805.
State income tax collection reached 3.7 billion dollars in fiscal 1965, up 6.7 percent from 1964, per the Bureau of the Census. Corporate net income taxes paid to states totaled 1.9 billion dollars, rising 13.9 percent year over year.
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