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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1966
Page
6
Rusk will travel to Saigon for a four day truce beginning January 19 as part of Johnsons peace initiative. He will meet Hanoi officials in possible talks while in New Delhi he and Humphrey discussed peace with Kosygin in a long one hour thirty nine minute session.
Plaintiffs claim a conspiracy involving Papagna family and Eleanor Rott led to property purchase and lease actions. They allege subletting to a hotel group for parking violated the lease and accuse several individuals of perjury and fraud in securing title and leasehold interests.
Finance Director Hal Laird reports a 16 300 case backlog of driving violations. 240 Williams 210 Smith 185 Brown 180 Johnsons 125 Roberts 125 Robertson or Robinson and 100 Jones named drivers appear on the list. He warns moving tickets now may carry higher fines and the 275 page roster will be processed gradually.
President's Council of Economic Advisers chairman Gardner Ackley condemned the TRANSIT workers union for an inflationary settlement while other unions showed restraint. New Yorkers welcomed a resolution to end the disruption and hoped for fare relief. Governor Rockefeller later intervened in the afternoon with a cash offer.
Beverly Hills police trapped two would be kidnappers at the Firestone mansion as they planned a ransom of at least two million dollars. One suspect was killed and the other seriously wounded while Firestone had secretly left the home over a week ago amid the plot.
National briefs report Dr Martin Luther King Jr returning to the streets in Atlanta to back a bid for a Negro representative who sided with draft dodgers as the Georgia legislature declares Julian Bond’s seat vacant. Also notes Carol Sue Ebert’s bail in San Diego for indecent exposure and Arthur Summerfield’s heart attack recovery.
In Rome a foreign policy debate opened with a Neo-Facist walkout and leftist demands for the government to quit after the foreign minister’s resignation. Premier Aldo Moro, who briefly held the post after Amintore Fanfani stepped down, was expected to win the final vote on Saturday if held and remain in office.
Special envoy Wm Averell Harriman traveled from Laos to Bangkok for peace talks with Secretary of State Rusk as part of a worldwide mission for President Johnson. Rusk and Vice President Humphrey met Soviet Premier Kosygin in New Delhi to discuss Vietnam proposals. Harriman, 74, had earlier returned from Australia and met Laotian Premier Souvanna Phouma in Vientiane.
Diplomatic sources say a high level Warsaw Pact meeting will coordinate Viet Nam aid and strategy with eastern European satellites later this month. Reports from Hanoi and New Delhi indicate ongoing diplomacy with Hanoi and UAR to evaluate peace options while Johnson notes no clear progress. No significant military shifts or troop withdrawals were reported as talks continue.
A Soviet aid mission led by Alexender Shelepin visited North Vietnam and then Beijing amid distrust between Moscow and Peking. The trip, intended to press for cooperation in Viet Nam peace efforts, drew chilly receptions from Chinese leaders who fear Russian moves toward peace talks with the United States.
About 400 of St John’s University’s 13 000 students demonstrated at the Brooklyn campus calling for an early end to the dispute between the administration and 31 fired teachers. The protest was organized by the Student Council urging students to skip classes until differences with the UFCT are reconciled.
The 13 day transit stoppage in New York could trigger federal legislation to curb walkouts that threaten the national interest. Johnson signaled possible strike-control measures in his State of the Union and may push proposals to keep workers on the job while a public board makes recommendations.
Johnson administration asks Congress to approve a new payroll withholding plan to bring workers closer to actual tax due without a net tax increase. Treasury seeks faster corporate collections, restored excise taxes, and quarterly self employed Social Security payments, predicting a $4.8 billion federal revenue gain in fiscal 1967. The plan shifts from a flat 14 percent rate to six rates up to 30 percent and aims to close the mismatch between withholdings and final obligations.
President Johnson will send at least seven special messages to Congress outlining State of the Union proposals on transportation civil rights health and education foreign aid government reorganization and highway safety. He seeks 12 to 13 billion extra for Vietnam war costs and a 112.8 billion 1967 budget with an economic message to follow.
On the final strike day, New Yorkers adapt with humor and pragmatism as buses resume service. Joan Hanson, a Norway-born cosmetologist living near the Verrazano Bridge, moved into a Park Avenue salon to cope with the disruption, sleeping in the shop and working by day.
Mrs. John F. Kennedy travels to Switzerland with Caroline and John. They depart New York on a direct night flight to Geneva and proceed by official limousine to the ski resort of Gstaad. The Kennedys will stay in a 16 room chalet offered by Charles Wilmers. The duration of the stay is not disclosed.
Opera singer Mary Costa and director Frank Tashlin have agreed on a mutual property settlement and alimony plan as divorce proceedings continue in Santa Monica. Superior Judge David W. Williams continued the case awaiting a written settlement. Costa testified Tashlin had made uncomplimentary remarks in front of friends. The couple, married 10 years with no children, filed for divorce in April 1964 on grounds of cruelty.
Prime Minister Harold Wilson ordered Arthur Bottomley to go to Salisbury to explore ending the Rhodesian revolt. He would carry Britain s plan outlining steps for restoration of constitutional rule in Rhodesia.
President Johnson named Robert C. Weaver as secretary of the new Department of Housing and Urban Development making him the first African American nominated to a U.S. Cabinet post. He chose Robert Wood as undersecretary and announced the choice in the White House Fish Room. Weaver had led the Housing and Home Finance Agency since 1961 after Kennedy appointed him to housing posts in New York. Johnson cited reviewing 300 candidates before selecting Weaver.
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