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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1965
Page
1
New York reports a welfare cut affecting 500000 people as part of a broader federal cost-saving measure. Details indicate impacts on benefits and eligibility, with officials outlining implementation and timelines.
A columnist mocks grand forecasts for 1965 while predicting Powell's trip to Europe to study tensions in Paris clubs and Egypt aid oversight. Local notes anticipate more shopping centers, bank loans, and bankruptcy receivers, with criticism from Clark County’s district attorney toward the planning commission.
Former Las Vegas mayor and prominent druggist William E. Ferron died at Sunrise Hospital aged 77. Born in Salt Lake City in 1887 he moved to Las Vegas in 1916 and led the city as its third mayor from 1920 to 1922. He owned White Cross Drug Store at 1107 S Fifth Place and recalled early city government methods.
Coroners commission heard that Dr. James Y. Clarke Jr. should be kept as pathologist on a fee basis while autopsy files from the past two years were recovered after a home move. The former coroner Cornish faced questions over removal of rules and records from mortuaries and a public office transition. Welfare strike hits NYC relief applicants. 500000 affected as unions press for higher pay and contracts.
Former Clark County deputy coroner Jeff Cornish sends a letter to James Ryan criticising Dr. Otto Ravenholt’s leadership of the coroner’s office. He alleges a Ravenholt aide and a district attorney’s staffer entered his private residence on January 4 and seized coroner records, some incomplete, while his office space was used at the courthouse.
The Sydney Slot Machine Syndicate, four Australians, stunned gambling towns by attempting to beat slot machines last night in a Sahara hotel showcase for press. George Clampett demonstrated a method on an Aristocrat machine but was halted when staff ruled the play excessive after a small win.
Weather outlook shows partly cloudy skies and SW winds 15 to 25 mph in the afternoon. High near 56 degrees, low around 30, with yesterday’s high 54 and low 37 for comparison.
The New Frontier shuts down all operations for remodeling that will add several hundred hotel rooms. Gaming ceased Thursday and the spokesman said the closure is temporary, with reopening planned once remodeling permits operation.
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