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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1965
Page
4
About 2,000 troops moved into Pampanga province to hunt Red liquidation squads blamed for a series of killings over the past two weeks as Manila launches a broad campaign against Communist insurgents. UK and Moscow reports note diplomatic and education reforms shaping global and domestic policies amid the same period.
In Beijing, the National People's Congress reappointed Chen Yi as foreign minister and Marshal Lin Piao as defense minister in its final session. The congress approved 44 other cabinet ministers and 16 deputy premiers, maintaining its formal but limited parliamentary role.
Tremors from New Year’s quake in the Atlas Mountain area near M’Sila Algeria displaced about 18000 people. Four deaths and 40 injuries attributed to the tremors with thousands abandoning homes for mountain camps as 2800 flimsy houses collapsed. In New Delhi, Kosygin accepts invitation to visit India, conveyed by Rodionov to Prime Minister Shastri.
The Justice Department sought a temporary restraining order to block the sale of the Arizona Daily Star to the Tucson Daily Citizen but was denied. Judge James Walsh set a trial date for the civil anti trust suit while allowing the sale to proceed.
Sacramento Assemblyman Joe A. Gonsalves of Artesia proposes local governments gain authority to ban topless bathing suit shows. He had earlier claimed such shows were not widely conducted, primarily for men, under the guise of high fashion.
The Justice Department filed two civil rights actions under the 1964 law to desegregate schools in Campbell County Tennessee and Bossier Parish Louisiana. The suits seek immediate and permanent injunctions, with federal court actions in Chattanooga and Shreveport. The Tennessee case cites denial of admission to Negro students and requests ending racially based school assignments.
President Nnamdi Avikiwe said he reached agreement with Prime Minister Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa and asked him to form a government. The move ends a five day crisis after disputed elections that left Nigeria without a formal government. Avikiwe had refused Balewa earlier due to the election boycott by UPGA and called for new elections under United Nations supervision.
Lester F Morford III, 21, seeks to postpone his January 8 execution as his Reno attorney Stanely Brown asks the Nevada Supreme Court for more time to exhaust all legal maneuvers. Morford was found guilty of first degree murder in July 1963 for the fatal shooting of Jack Foster 23 of Medford Oregon after kidnapping Foster and his bride from a Reno motel and forcing them to drive around Lake Tahoe. The Nevada Supreme Court upheld the conviction last year.
Mario Savio of the Free Speech Movement praised Dr. Martin Meyerson’s appointment as acting UC Berkeley chancellor as a hopeful sign. He warned the move does not resolve ongoing free speech disputes at the university. Meyerson succeeds Edward Strong, who took indefinite leave after criticism over suppressing student protests and health issues.
Premier Levi Eshkol told the World Zionist Congress that at least one million Jews must move to Israel within two decades to counter the existential threat from Arab neighbors. He urged world Jewry to boost immigration, noting confidence in Nasser’s restraint but warning of strategic danger.
London reports T. S. Eliot, famed poet and dramatist, died at 76 after months of illness. The Nobel laureate, born in St Louis, later became British citizen and crafted landmark works such as The Wasteland Prufrock and Ash Wednesday, plus acclaimed plays The Cocktail Party and Murder in the Cathedral.
Detectives grabbed Murph the Surf Jack Murphy and two Florida men Roger Clark and Allan Kuhn after a court appearance and booked them on a new hotel robbery charge at the Algonquin. The trio already faced indictments in a $400000 Museum of Natural History gem burglary and had flown in from Florida hours earlier amid separate jewelry theft accusations.
Assemblyman George F. Danielson of Los Angeles introduced a home rule anti gambling bill allowing cities and counties to enact anti gaming ordinances to supplement state law. He cited a court ruling that Alhambra could not enact ordinances targeting pay parlors due to preemption.
Fifty five victims of the Sunday cave in at the new Roman Catholic church in Rijo were buried yesterday. A 56th victim died earlier in nearby Pu ebla. many missing. Among the dead were 20 children 13 women and 23 men including the priest Rep. Ezequiel Alvarez Ortega aged 41 who was officiating. Burials occurred in six nearby villages due to lack of a local cemetery.
The address outlines a global and domestic agenda including peace in Southeast Asia and lessening Cold War tensions with the Soviet Union. It calls for education expansion, anti poverty campaigns, urban renewal, voting rights, crime reduction, farm aid, minimum wage extension, social security hospital care, and a strong push for national science and conservation efforts. The speech vows to reduce waste, reform Taft Hartley, and modernize government and infrastructure while aiming for regional recovery and faster transport projects.
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