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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1965
Page
3
A resident at 1139 Rancho Drive was bound and held at gunpoint Thursday night as two masked men ransacked the house seeking valuables. They fled with $75 in pennies a 12 gauge Winchester shotgun and foreign currency from Japan Canada Russia and Mexico.
U.S. officials report a gradual, year long buildup of North Vietnamese forces in Laos during 1964, with a net increase in troops in central and southern Laos and infiltrations toward South Vietnam. Officials caution no dramatic shift, while noting concern over Laos neutrality and security. Several thousand North Vietnamese were present in 1962. only a small fraction withdrew after Geneva accords.
Two preteen arsonists were suspected of lighting five fires at a nearly finished 89,000 square foot warehouse at 1624 Mojave Road. Firefighters stopped the flames, kerosene containers were found, witnesses described two boys about eleven entering the site. The warehouse owner, the Kaltenborn family, said the building was not insured.
A coalition of 85 political and civic leaders pressed Mayor Wagner to intervene in the 19 day welfare strike amid jail sentences for three strike leaders. They urged nonstop negotiations to resolve wage and job condition disputes as 16 others await sentencing.
Carson City lawmakers and prison board members defend state facilities against an independent study rating. They cite rising budgets, inmate numbers, and capital improvements while disputing the report’s harsher conclusions.
Carolyn Foreman sought a new trial against Dr Adrien Ver Brugghen Clark County's neurosurgeon alleging failure to diagnose and improper exams after a May 1958 auto crash. Foreman claimed $5000 in treatment costs and that her pain improved only after a Santa Barbara clinic operation. The court reserved ruling, expected in about two weeks.
The 46th District Four Lions International convention ends today after a week of meetings. Neva da Sen Cannon urged global concern while Dr. Walter H. Campbell and Lyman Theal discussed Lions work with the sightless and international growth. Officers vote after morning breakfasts at multiple hotels and a dinner dance caps the event.
The public and local officials are asked to attend the AA intergroup meeting on Jan 31 at 7 30 p m in Las Vegas City Hall commission chambers. Guest speaker Chuck C of Los Angeles, an 18 year AA veteran and national conference presenter, will address the audience.
Nevada Public Service Commission charges Clark County Sanitation Districts 1 and 2 with unjust and discriminatory billing. The order requires quarterly or semiannual advance sewer fee payments, notes liens on prepaid accounts, and recording fees on lien releases. Witnesses cite excessive rates, postmark manipulation, and high late fees affecting trailer park residents and others.
The Nevada Supreme Court yesterday affirmed the first degree murder conviction of Thomas Lee Bean 20 for the torso slaying of Sonja McCaskie 23 in Reno. It rejected claims of unfair trial prejudice and insanity as grounds for reversal while noting two harmless errors. Bean’s death sentence remains pending appeal with possible rehearing and further stays in federal court.
Florence Cahlan, longtime Las Vegas community worker and journalist, will receive the Nevada Savings and Loan Association Outstanding Citizen award on KLAS-TV at 6:25 p.m. announced by President Charles Lee Horsey Jr. Cahlan helped form welfare and youth programs, chaired the Clark County Child Welfare Board, and served with Red Cross, Infantile Paralysis, TB, United Fund, and other groups.
A preliminary hearing for Dr. George W. H. Kleifgen charged with abortion and conspiracy to commit abortion was set for Aug. 2 by Justice of the Peace James Brennan. The Las Vegas doctor and Barbara Jean Hofert faced related charges after an alleged Dec 19 1964 abortion on a 16 year old girl. bail of $1,000 was posted by both defendants. Dr. Kleifgen did not appear in court.
Bids will be opened Feb 11 for a 16.1 mile Apex cutoff highway project in Southern Nevada. The $600,000 contract covers construction north from the Clark Lincoln County line, part of a plan to relocate U S 93 between Glendale and Alamo.
Nevada Supreme Court rules four Las Vegas men are not entitled to damages after dispute over 114 acres near the Dunes Hotel. M. D. Close agreed to sell to James Gottlieb Major A. Riddle Robert Rice and Howard Engel for 750000, but a 150 foot frontage shortage on the Strip led to claims of breach and fraud.
The coolest temperature reported to the Weather Bureau, excluding Alaska and Hawaii, was 6 below at Grand Forks North Dakota. The prior day’s high reached 80 degrees at West Palm Beach Florida.
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