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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1964
Page
3
The Senate gave final approval to a bill designating the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts as the nation’s sole memorial to the late president. The move aligns House language to name the cultural center the national memorial.
The ICC moved hearings to Los Angeles to review Union Pacific’s bid to end the 17 year old City of St. Louis run from Los Angeles to Ogden Utah. Opponents say keeping two trains eases congestion and supports transit goals while a single service could raise costs and reduce reservations for workers.
Funeral services for James Francis Schuyler of 1913 Bracken Street are set for 2 p.m. at Palm Chapel with Masonic Lodge officiating and entombment in Palm Mausoleum. Schuyler, born in Oscaloosa Iowa in 1903, helped build the Thunderbird Hotel in 1948 and led local groups including Lions and Shrine. He is survived by his widow Helen and daughter Lynn. pallbearers include Milton Keefer and Judge Joe Planck. Donations to Shrine Hospital for Crippled Children are requested in lieu of flowers.
A lone gunman robbed Elite Market at Main and Hoover streets of 680 dollars Thursday night. Detective Lt. Paul Gu las said the suspect, about 25, slender, in a black sports jacket, entered to buy grapefruit juice, then shoved a gun at James McKee and demanded the money in a sack. McKee and a customer chased him a block east on Hoover before losing him.
Tucson authorities withdrew a fugitive warrant and dropped bad check charges against Anthony Thomas D Andrea a Las Vegas bail bondsman. Detective Lt. Paul Gulas said ID papers tied to a different man led to the mistaken linkage to check fraud in Tucson and Salt Lake City.
Mary Ann Bright 23 of Oroville California pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter in the stabbing death of Alameda bus driver Edwin L. Markham. Washoe District Judge Grant L Bowen ordered 1 to 10 years in prison with sentence suspended for probation. Police said a four inch Japanese letter opener was the weapon. Markham a 53 year old man was stabbed October 12 in a skid row hotel.
Clark County School District trustees, in a four hour session, heard a wrestling over next fall's Las Vegas Rancho Veterans Day game date set for Oct 31 instead of Nov 11. Alumni and Quarterback Club members charged the change was made without student or group consent. The board referred the issue to Supt. Leland Newcomer.
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