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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1964
Page
2
Poll results show 31 percent approve and 57 percent disapprove with 12 percent unsure. The text notes a national divide with opposition from whites nationwide and support mainly from Negroes and northern city residents, and mentions public opinion shifting as violence threat emerged.
Khrushchev returns to Russia from an 18 day visit to Denmark Sweden and Norway hailed as a great success by the Soviet party press. Western reports say he will convene a restricted satellite summit in Poland on the crisis with China. He travels to Kaliningrad then Moscow as European leaders debate possible action and trade ties with the West.
A group of Negro civil rights leaders from the NAACP arrived in Jackson Mississippi to study racial tensions and the disappearance of three workers. They were courteously admitted to the Heidelberg Sun-N-Sand and King Edward hotels with several rooms reserved. Charles Evers escorted guests and was briefly arrested for speeding while picking up the delegation. he posted a $27 bond.
The Goldwaters share a close family bond while miles apart as Barry Goldwater and his son Barry Jr. aid campaigns in their own ways. Joan, Mike, Peggy and Barry Jr. live in California and Arizona with careers in banking, photography, and politics, sharing education and military backgrounds. Both generations match in looks and wit, and anticipate future nationwide campaigning to support the Republican cause or other convention selections.
The piece notes rapid local activity as Hank Greensoun derbird Hotel casino and supporters aided a boy in a pursuit, with mentions of Billy Gui tar of KTOO and the Malones. It reflects on Las Vegas being a cold town, celebrates a new SUN, and hints at upcoming Senate and House races amid holiday context and social observations.
An all white federal jury in Jacksonville, Florida declared a mistrial on three of five Klansmen charged with conspiracy in the fall bombing of a 6 year old Black boy’s home. Two defendants were acquitted. Rosecrans remains convicted in a related case.
A reader muses on the background scores of classic films and TV, notes Paul Price’s complaint about a pictured column, and jokes about the columnist’s own paycheck while signing as Ruthe D.
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