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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1966
Page
1
President Johnson met with Ambassador Arthur Goldberg and aides as a lull in air attacks neared two weeks. Goldberg reported talks in Paris and London and a Vatican meeting with Pope Paul VI, delivering a papal message urging a permanent end to fighting.
The Sun lists preliminary winners and invites page 18 names to the tie breaker on January 10 and 11. More pictures will appear then to determine winners of 260 valuable prizes.
In Tuskegee Alabama a 21 year old Samuel L Younge Jr a Navy veteran and Tuskegee Institute student was shot and killed by Marvin Segrest a 19 year old service station attendant Segrest was charged with first degree murder The killing sparked a 1500 strong sympathy march by students and a call for federal marshals The victim s father Samuel Younge Sr signed the warrant Officials and Mayor Charles M Keever faced taunts during the march and the protest ended with the crowd singing.
A U S Air Force general was lost when his T38 training jet vanished in Puget Sound Monday night. His washed up jacket and debris remind readers of the sacrifice of Gen J L Branch, commander at Edwards, noted as a top test pilot. The article recalls his warning about a possible Formosa invasion and praises the XB 70 program and national air power.
An editorial criticizes Clark County Grand Jury for five months of inactivity with indictments limited to routine crimes. It accuses the district attorney's office of guiding the investigations, hampering probes into the Municipal Court case-fixing and Henderson land deals. It urges hiring independent counsel or suspending the grand jury.
Variable high cloudiness with gentle winds. Predicted high 52 and low 28. Yesterday we reached 47/25. Noontime relative humidity around 40 percent. Sunrise at 6 52 and sunset at 4 48.
U.S. troops advance into mud near the Cambodian border and find the body of a suspected Chinese adviser with Viet Cong forces. In a separate sector, Korean marines and Vietnamese paratroopers fight a heavy clash south of Tu Hoa, with Viet Cong casualties rising to 218 in a four day Tuy Hoa sweep.
A brief airport dispute at McCarran ended with three Teamster cabbies jailed by a sheriff's task force led by Chief Deputy Ray Gubser Jr. The arrests followed a plan by Yellow Cab drivers to seek fares at the airport around 10:30 a.m. and a scuffle near noon. The jailed drivers were released on own recognizance by Justice of the Peace James Brennan.
County Auditor Paul Horn warned he would pursue legal action if payroll checks for about 1200 county employees are delayed. The memorandum to department heads signals a dispute with County Administrator Robbins Cahill over which office issues payroll checks.
A Clark County Grand Jury continues its inquiry into the Bar Market fire food disposal plan. Testimony indicates contaminated foods including much of $60,000 worth of prime meat were sent to Southern California and private lockers here. Indictments were hinted to be possible tomorrow or next week.
Harold Louis Carrier, 53, a Tracey California accountant, died from a fall from the 23rd story Sahara Hotel balcony. His body was found near the pool by a LaVerne couple around 6 am after a security officer spotted him wandering the hotel promenade earlier. A bus depot claim check dated December 30 was found in his clothing.
Union leader Michael J. Quill was jailed for contempt after refusing to end the four day transit strike that caused massive traffic jams in New York City. Hours later he collapsed and was hospitalized in serious condition, as thousands faced travel chaos and delays returning home from work.
City officials plan a crackdown on a backlog of over 16,000 traffic citations two years old. Letters will cite drivers for failure to appear in court and warrants will be issued if bail is not posted within ten days. The effort could add about $650,000 to city coffers.
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