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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1964
Page
4
Hank Greenspun critiques school funding shifts to Lincoln White Pine Lyon and Washoe Counties while Clark County loses. He argues political deals favor park interests over local schools, accusing northern leaders of trading taxes for Lake Tahoe park ambitions and blaming taxpayers.
Ladd built a Hollywood career on gunplay and punches after This Gun For Hire in 1941. He lived near Los Angeles and Hollywood and survived a 1962 gunshot accident. Born September 3, 1913, in Hot Springs Arkansas, he moved as a child to North Hollywood where his family settled in the San Fernando Valley.
A banquet illness outbreak in Henderson involved a single restaurant employee who sliced turkey. Dr. Ravenholt cited Salmonella spread via unwashed hands and room temperature food, with symptoms emerging days later. Officials discuss delays in action and a joint health board meeting with the city council.
In Los Angeles UPI reports Judge Jesse Curtis questioned jurors about publicity surrounding an underworld bombing in Chicago. The action signals a possible reconsideration of earlier mistrial denials by defense lawyers Johnny Marshall and Charles Del Monico. Attorneys and the judge met in chambers for about an hour.
Reported takeover by the Viet Army with the backing of three other army commanders. General staff headquarters occupied near Saigon airport as paratroopers, tanks, and armored cars secured key sites.
Soviet officials in Washington rejected the U S protest and defended the East German overflight as not an error. Georgi Kornenko, acting head of the Soviet embassy, declined to accept the U S briefing and called the incident a provocation. Tass reported Moscow’s stance as a gross provocation by American forces.
Lillian Hellman will be awarded the National Institute of Arts and Letters gold medal for drama, given once every five years for a creator's total output. Malcolm Cowley announced the honor, to be bestowed next May, reflecting Hellman's body of work from The Children's Hour (1934) to The Little Foxes and Beyond.
Aubrey Rowells, 58, was attacked by a buck with antlers after trying to scare it from his yard in WEWAHITCHKA. The 20 minute struggle left him badly slashed and injured.
Former Governor Pittman steered Nevada through wartime strain and postwar growth. He pushed gambling oversight, state aid for schools, and tax study while expanding industry incentives and state governance reforms. He died shortly after urging support for the 1948 ticket.
Nevada mourns Gov. Pittman as leaders and friends across the state praise his service and character. Quotes from Gene Matteucci Ethel Woodbury Secretary John Koontz and many lawmakers reflect on his legacy to Nevada and the Democratic Party. Funeral services are pending in Reno with burial at Mountain View. His wife 40 years at his side and sisters in Las Vegas and Washington state figure in the obituary details.
Funeral services for Doris Gertrude Malek 36 will be at St Viator Church with burial in Mountain View Gardens of Memory. She lived at 1019 Ardmore St and worked as a cocktail waitress in Culinary Union Local 220. Survivors include husband Walter Las Vegas daughter Cynthia Sue Las Vegas mother Elsie Soxen sono Racine Wis and two brothers Richard Las Vegas and Kenneth Racine. The body of Regina Jo Anne Brooks 40 died Monday at Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital will be taken to Chicago Ill for burial in Mt Olivet Cemetery. She lived six years at 359 N Lith St and was a laboratory technician born Feb 20 1923 in Chicago. Survivors include husband William Las Vegas a son William Jr Las Vegas mother Mrs W Wherty Chicago four brothers William La Grange Ill Edward Los Angeles Jerry New York and John Chicago and six sisters Catherine Graf Chicago Lorraine Rogers Chicago Josephine Rogers Chicago Patricia Walsh Chicago and Eileen Wherity Chicago. Emanuel James Bromley died Saturday at Rose de Lima Hospital funeral services were held in Palm Chapel with Joseph Bromiley officiating. Burial was in Woodlawn Cemetery. He was born May 16 1909 in Franklin Manitoba Canada lived here two years and was a carpenter. Survivors include widow Gertrude Las Vegas a daughter Jo Anne Hartwig Las Vegas and two sisters Minnie Lovelock Tucson Ariz and Rite Newman Las Vegas.
A Nevada Land and Mortgage Co director faces a District Court show cause hearing after a temporary restraining order. The suit alleges stock depreciation and misappropriation and accuses Scully of trading stock for burial rights at Sunset Memorial Gardens Park under the Blue Sky laws.
The Nevada Public Service Commission approved a 50 cent increase for the first quarter mile on the first meter drop for seven Clark County cab companies effective Feb. 1. The current fare for up to three passengers is given as a fraction of a mile, with the new rate applying to the initial segment.
Sutro and Co releases a New York closing stock list distributed by United Press International detailing the day’s market movements and key securities.
A Las Vegas business brief notes market activity and local company movements. The item highlights corporate developments in the region and reflects ongoing economic trends affecting employers and investors.
New York stocks suffered their heaviest loss of the new year as trading moved modestly. Dow fell 5.54 points near session end while the S and P 500 slipped 0.44. Ford GM led declines and Union Carbide dropped on FTC exam findings.
County Board of Equalization met overtime to consider protests against increased assessments at Casino Center. Union Pacific sought further cuts on Main Street properties. the board denied a further reduction and indicated an appeal to the state tax commission. Downtown Fremont Street merchants urged a gradual rise to avert downtown upheaval while other hotel properties faced contested valuations.
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