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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1964
Page
5
Eastland Texas adopts an ordinance banning smoking inside city limits with a 1000 dollar fine or up to three years in jail. Smokers must quit by February 20 or risk arrests under a plan inviting citizens to report violators. Tourists remain exempt from the ban.
Pierson and Councilman Dale Troutt announce they have quit smoking in Eastland Texas a town of about 4000 with many retirees while Fort Worth officials note state taxes effectively legalize cigarettes and limit city penalties to 300 dollars and jail only for contempt or unpaid fines.
Inglewood California veteran sportscaster Bob Kelly who suffered a heart attack Sunday during the All Star pro football bowl game was reported definitely improved by Daniel Freeman Hospital yesterday. He remained in critical condition but was moved from the cardiac unit to a private room as attendants noted progress. Kelly had been doing play by play for KMPC when the attack occurred and received oxygen at the Coliseum press box before transport.
The 165 foot Potomac built for F D Roosevelt in 1935 will be auctioned January 30. Hy dro-Capital Co president Glen Roland, who bought it in 1962, regrets the sale after investing about 250000 dollars. The yacht, site of the Four Freedoms and Atlantic Charter drafting, drew thousands of visitors at King Harbor before harbor-operations concerns closed its Redondo and other harbor displays. Auction is set for 1 p.m. January 30 at the Long Beach Dock and Terminal.
Police arrested a burglar who entered a Copenhagen lumber yard, sat in the boss’s swivel chair and slept until morning. Shop assistants found him upon arriving for work and turned him over to authorities.
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