Playoff Today In Lucky Golf After Deadlock
A playoff decides the outcome at Lucky Golf after a tie in the earlier round. Details appear in the sports pages as teams vie for the title.
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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1964
Page
1
A playoff decides the outcome at Lucky Golf after a tie in the earlier round. Details appear in the sports pages as teams vie for the title.
A columnist defends police, hints at newsroom friction, and notes a mayoral meeting on Owens Street. The piece mentions a malpractice suit, a Bank of Nevada presidential gallery plan, and a Soviet warning after Britain’s troop deployments to Zanzibar and neighboring nations amid upheaval in Africa.
Washington and Panama remained deadlocked over whether the U S would agree in advance to negotiate a new canal zone treaty. A 10 a m OAS meeting was set as diplomats press for a single text reflecting both sides.
About 50 women from Las Vegas rode a chartered bus to the Nevada Test Site to protest underground nuclear testing. They carried a banner and urged a total nuclear test ban, urging the U S to return to a peacetime economy and reduce military spending.
Louis Harris poll shows Lyndon Johnson leading 2 to 1 in the South and over 3 to 1 among Negro voters after the 1963-64 honeymoon. Both groups clash over civil rights, with Negroes favoring a tough bill 4 to 1 and Southern voters opposing 66 to 34. Johnson backs the civil rights measure as a Kennedy memorial.
Union Taxi Cab Company owned by Mrs. Clella Keckler remained in business over the weekend on the Strip while the Clark County License Bureau held papers for her license in the district attorney’s office. William Mirin of Strip Cab Company sat at home as officials weighed licensing and past airport contract issues.
The Clark County Board of Equalization will resume sessions to hear taxpayer protests on alleged appraisal inequities by the assessor's office. Protests must be heard by end of January, with sessions planned for at least three days this week. Those appealing decisions may go to the State Tax Commission Board of Equalization in February. Last week the board deferred actions on Casino Center area high appraisals until more evidence is presented, as appraisals rose four to seven times in some cases.
Suspect David Spotts died from gunshot wounds after being shot during a daylight robbery on Las Vegas Boulevard South. Harold Eriklson Erlandson, owner of Trade Winds Check Cashing Services, was identified as the alleged assailant in the incident last Tuesday. Medical authorities report Spotts never regained consciousness and died yesterday at Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital.
SUN staff writer Gloria Reible and chief photographer Ken Jones present a feature on Page 9 where Thursday morning YMCA participants defy the notion that women are weaker. The piece highlights women who demonstrate strength and resolve beyond old stereotypes.
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