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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1964
Page
1
A Las Vegas poker club member recounts late night calls and unexpected fashion sightings from topless swimsuits to bottomless raiment. He notes members anxious to pursue the latest styles, mentions Al Swartz and Max Goot, and hints at an airport incident headed toward Pasadena.
The Nevada U.S. Senate contest grows to four candidates as Sen Howard W Cannon, Democrat, announces re election bid and George Shaner a Las Vegas airline pilot and Goldwater Republican declares his candidacy. Bill Galt of Sparks and Owen Wood also joined the field earlier.
Nevada figures Galt a Democrat Woodruff a Republican enter race as Shaner signals shift in candidate efforts. Cannon, completing his first term, declares his bid pledging to present a record for Nevadans and Americans and to submit to the electorate's will.
Bettors accuse a ring of riggers at Dagenham Track of manipulating odds to inflate payouts on a Tuesday dog race. About 50 men crowded 31 mutuel windows and jammed telephone lines as the underdogs were heavily backed, causing a disputed $28 million pool. London bookmakers faced similar heavy bets supporting the winning combination.
A 56 year old Las Vegas man Rudy L. Oquendo died apparently of natural causes after his eastbound car veered off Fremont Street striking parked vehicles. Witnesses say he slumped over the wheel before the crash. His body was removed to Palm Mortuary.
Senate Republican Leader Dirksen announced he will put Barry Goldwater's name in nomination at the GOP convention and said Eisenhower cannot break Goldwater's delegate lead. Dirksen praised Goldwater and stated he will follow the 1964 party platform, whether moderate or not, and he will not seek the vice presidential nomination.
Nevada Attorney General Harvey Dickerson condemned the University of Nevada board for allowing a Communist speaker at Nevada Southern University. He pledged to use state power to bar tax supported facilities from such use and criticized the regents for turning campuses into forums for Communist ideas. The attack followed a student sponsored May lecture by Dorothy Healey, secretary of the Communist party in Southern California, with the American Legion demanding equal time for an opposing view.
Clark County commissioners push for stricter purchasing rules at Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital. Hospital administrator Jack Staggs cautions a larger purchasing department would raise costs. Formal discussion set for July 22 as sides harden in a yearlong dispute.
Weather forecast notes clear conditions today with south easterly winds. Predicted high reaches 108 degrees and low 68. Sunrise at 5 28 and sunset at 8 01 with yesterday's high 105 and low 65. Noontime relative humidity 6 percent.
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