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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1964
Page
4
Hank Greenspun analyzes the Bill Mirin case as a lone owner challenging government power. He questions who truly holds authority and notes Mirin’s bid for injunctions, insurance of rights, and confrontation with established systems. The piece expresses cautious pride in Mirin’s stand.
Samuel E. Collins faces a felony murder warrant in a 14 year old Polk County killing in Missouri. He confessed to police that he was paid to kill the farmer who held a mortgage, died after being struck at his barn and Collins awaits extradition in North Las Vegas.
Funeral services for William Arnold Berg, who died Saturday at Sunrise Hospital, will be held at 1 p.m. tomorrow at Palm Chapel with Rev. Richard Sayers officiating. Burial is pending at Palm Chapel. Berg, a longtime resident at 808 Lillis Ave, born January 16, 1892 in Dining, Minnesota, was a dealer. Survivors include his wife Mabel of Las Vegas, three sons William Arnold Jr of Mountain View California Glen W Berg of Las Vegas and Leo M Berg of Montana, and five grandchildren.
Mele J. Rodich a 46 year old Strip dealer remained in critical condition at Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital after surgery to remove a 22 caliber bullet from his abdomen. Deputies took Joel Emmanuel into custody for allegedly shooting Rodich following an early morning argument over a coworker at a Strip hotel casino by the pool.
Graveside services for Michael James Stiny will be conducted at 11 a.m. tomorrow at Woodlawn Cemetery by Sunset Funeral Chapel. Stiny died December 26 and lived in Las Vegas for a year at 103 Stewart Street. Born November 6, 1918 in Denver, he was a produce worker. Survivors include his son Michael Vincent of Maywood, California, and a brother Nick of Los Angeles, California.
Roy Cheatham father of former Clark County welfare chief Charles Cheat ham died Sunday at Missouri Pacific Hospital in St. Louis Missouri. Services and burial will be in St. Louis tomorrow. He lived in Las Vegas three years and suffered a stroke on Thanksgiving Day. He was a retired locomotive engineer who began his career in Sparks in the early 1900s. He leaves five sons Charlies Mary Kenneth Leroy Walter Howard and five daughters Grace Miller Pauline Lewtis Helen Silman Myra Brown Nancy Scott.
Prouty warned that a longer merged train between Ogden Utah and Los Angeles would strain platforms and require two stops at some stations during peak season. The plan, to save 1.7 million annually by dropping the City of St. Louis, faces opposition from railroaders officials unions and commuters.
Panama presses to trim the Canal Zone and return land for farming, challenging the 1903 treaty that permits US rent in perpetuity. Velarde, press secretary to President Chiari, says talks with US officials show no single revision. Panama cites sovereignty, social and economic issues, including wages and rental sums. The dispute follows days of violence and a fragile OAS mediation.
A SAC bomber fleet report notes two 24-megaton nuclear bombs per jet and two Hound Dog missiles. The plane could fly over 6,000 miles, with safety systems preventing detonation unless ground orders and a separate plug are provided.
Officials cited flight cancellations and passenger holds in Las Vegas to ease congestion as storms affected transport in Eastern cities. Travel bottlenecks kept passengers from leaving terminals and returning home amid severe traffic tieups and storm disruption.
Henderson Telephone Co asks for rehearing after a PSC denial of a rate hike calling the decision confiscatory and arbitrary. Other items include casino manager James Young seeking 2 percent of New Pioneer Club gambling and Bonnie Inman seeking corporate officer status at Frontier Properties. A murder arraignment for Charles E head related to Neil Troyer’s death is noted, along with burglary arrests in a Strip theft case and the embezzlement trial of ex police officer Joe Shepp.
State Gaming Board chairman Edward A. Olsen describes an ongoing effort to detect unreported casino revenue with an undisclosed unusual procedure. He acknowledges long timelines but aims to establish patterns to verify all income, while denying underworld funding of vice.
Readers compare Barry Goldwater to Kennedy and Johnson. Goldwater’s conservatism appears more extreme to some voters when facing Lyndon Johnson. The article notes public impressions shift as people express their likings and dislikes in their own words.
U S Treasury data from New York via UPI notes the daily weighted price index of 30 basic commodities. The 1930-32 average is cited, with yesterday at 270.27 and the month at 269.34. A high of 275.49 and a low of 264.11 are recorded, comparing to 268.80 year ago.
Chicago market closes with soybeans mixed amid firmer wheat and rye on the Kansas Board of Trade. Wheat rises about 1 percent, rye climbs 3 to 2, while corn and soybeans show smaller gains or declines amid rain hopes.
Stocks recovered from early losses in heavier trading in New York. Cigarette stocks opened weak after a public health service blast on the tobacco industry but rebounded, with Liggett & Myers among the few to close lower. Cigar stocks fared better as the government report softened. Bayuk General Consolidated and DWG rose from 1 to nearly 4 percent.
UPI reports the destroyer Manley evacuated 61 Americans from Zanzibar after a coup by a revolutionary government. Eyewitnesses in Dar Es Salaam said scores were killed and looting occurred as the former ruling parties were banned and the sultan exiled for life. A European nurse counted at least 80 bodies, while Zanzibar hospital officials warned the death toll could be higher.
First gathering of the Saints and Sinners of Las Vegas set for 7 30 p m Thursday in the Saints and Sinners room at the Thunderbird Hotel. Refreshment hour for the stag affair begins at 6 p m. No business planned.
A record snow storm from the Great Plains paralyzed the eastern states causing post ponements of House actions on rice acreage, widespread travel disruption, and at least 45 deaths across New Jersey Pennsylvania Missouri Ohio and beyond.
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