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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1964
Page
3
The arraignment of Charles F. Hayter before Justice of the Peace Thomas Pursel was continued until January 17. An open murder charge stands against Hayter in the January 7 slaying of Neil Edward Troyer in Charleston Heights.
Representatives of the Citizens' Committee of 190 meet with the City Commission to reshape the city’s proposed bond issue after voter rejection of a county proposal. Key projects include a new city hall, public safety building, animal shelter, and public works shops with about 37 million in building plans and possible changes to drainage versus streets funding.
Public hearings closed in Los Angeles on Union Pacifics plan to merge City of St. Louis and City of Los Angeles passenger trains, cutting service between Los Angeles and Ogden Utah. ICC expects a decision by April 2 with briefs due February 10 and rebuttals by February 17. Las Vegas officials opposed the plan citing population estimates and revenue impact.
Gov. Grant Sawyer contradicted California Gov. Edmund Brown saying gamblers did not influence Nevada lawmakers to kill the bi state Lake Tahoe park plan. Nevada legislators, including Sen. Wilson McGowan and Assemblyman Ray Kinsley, defended the decision as due to internal process and poor bill design, not gambling pressure. Sawyer stressed Nevada’s senate and people will decide the park matter.
Theodore C. Sorensen quits as special counsel to the President to write a book on Kennedy after 11 years of service. He will leave on February 29 and may seek short-term assignments but does not expect to return to the White House. Johnson accepts his resignation with regret.
Temperature and precipitation table for a 24 hour period ending at 4 a.m. yesterday, prepared by the U.S. Weather Bureau at San Francisco.
Tab Construction Co wins a $570,909 bid to build a 24 inch pipeline from West Charleston to the southwest transmission line at Bracken, a 74 mile stretch to boost water to the Strip area. Langley Construction Co nets $156,238 for well field facilities and $92,454 for pumping equipment at Fremont Torrey Pinas. Directors meet in Boulder City January 25 with the Colorado River Commission to discuss legislation for selling Lake Mead water to project participants for Southern Nevada.
Famed jazz trombonist Jack Teagarden died of an apparent heart attack in New Orleans. He was found in his French Quarter motel room after falling ill during a Bourbon Street engagement. Teagarden, from Vernon Texas, rose to fame in the 1920s with the Benny Palmer/Pallack Orchestra and played with top bands in the 1930s.
The city of Las Vegas added about 2 percent of square miles in 1963 through 27 annexations bringing the area to 37.355 square miles. Annexations were started by private owners per Donaldaylor planning director. Population figures aren’t final. estimates place the population near 190000 if the northwest expansion continues. The Vegas Heights annexation, started in 1943, is pending and not counted. About two months remain to complete it. Projected population rises to 117000 next year and about 320000 by 1980 given the current economic base.
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