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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1964
Page
2
The state association rejects price disclosures as unethical and suspends a member. Krieger estimates 24,000 funeral establishments in the country, suggesting 2,500 could run multi unit operations. Sen Ervin quips about forcing others out, while the National Funeral Directors Association and casket manufacturers are to testify.
A North Las Vegas business and civic leader Ed Cole was appointed by county commissioners to fill the unexpired term on the hospital board of trustees after Bob Huffman resigned. Cole, of 2741 Webb St, is a former North Las Vegas Rotary Club president and Civil Service Board member, and sales manager for Pardee-Phillips Corp.
Mixed public notices and classified blurbs show a July 1964 vehicle sale for storage liens at 3175 So Polaris Ave with a possibly unknown owner, plus various housing and job ads, including a credit office clerk position and a sacrifice sale of a furnished 2 bed home at 1809 So 9th, all appearing in a Las Vegas Sun page.
A stand by a dealers union, amid many employed in gambling, positions its head as a potentially the most influential labor leader in the state. The comment notes the union's leverage and reach across the industry.
The record notes concerns about a powerful organizer within a dealers union in Las Vegas and warns that a strong leadership choice is needed to protect Nevada's image and workers. It stresses respect for labor while warning against self serving leaders and past violent clashes in the Las Vegas labor wars.
A 5 to 1 vote opposed a proposed move by Peter Lawford triggering friction with Russell Aitken over apartment sales. The Lawfords will reside in a 1927 Fifth Avenue building with Central Park views, sharing space with Kennedy relatives nearby and adding to a tight network of high profile neighbors. Ed Herzog and Samuel Peabody are among the new neighbors. Maintenance and staff costs run about $18 000 annually.
In Rome a top theologian and University of Rome doctors study the effects of new birth control pills for a report to the Ecumenical Council. Pope Paul VI noted the church reviews both theory and practice of artificial contraception amid new developments.
Rockefellers attack on extremist groups faces mixed reception on the platform committee with Rep. Melvin Laird opposing named denunciations. Rockefeller endorses a two party stance against extremism while Scranton pushes for explicit anti extremism planks. Goldwater allies emphasize a generalized platform and await Knowland and Tower as seconding speakers.
In a heated scene at a Las Vegas debate, Hanley attacked Greenspun and the Review-Journal over union organizing for casino dealers. He pledged to prove the union’s 51 percent support and urged press inclusion at hiring hall decisions while detailing upcoming officer elections for the union.
Sinatra’s car arrives outside a Left Bank nightclub after midnight and bodyguards clear the area as flashbulbs explode. Nearby residents call for police while photographers depart. The previous day he rested in a Stockholm hotel due to overstrain.
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