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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1965
Page
1
A Las Vegan in East Berlin reports on daily life under communist rule. He records conversations with locals about survival and fear, noting a social divide where Party elites prosper while ordinary people fear death and contemplate quitting, escaping, or hoping for change.
An emergency force of 8000 U S Marines began landing at Da Nang and Qui Nhon as Viet Cong offensive moves threaten to split South Vietnam. Strength climbs to over 60,000, with joint U S Australian operations reported in Zone D north of Saigon.
A fiery two vehicle crash on Interstate 15 near the Apex turnoff sent five people to hospital after flames erupted when a gas tank was ruptured. Harold J. Hentges and Phillip Basso were in serious condition. an unidentified occupant and two children are also being treated.
Nevada highway officials in Carson City approve a state budget of 50 million with 26 million for interstate work. In Las Vegas Clark County, I-15 extension from Sahara to Gass costs 5 million and a crosstown freeway from Rancho to Fifth Street budgets 3.1 million.
Today will be mostly clear with isolated mountain thunder showers. Southwest winds 15 to 25 mph. Forecast high 108 and low 76. Noontime humidity around 12 percent. Sunrise at 5 31, sunset at 8 01.
Negotiators for Federated Employers Inc and Sheetmetal Workers Local 88 plan talks Thursday to end a walkout crippling Southern Nevada sheetmetal work since July 1. A Federated spokesman said there is no argument over the four year contract but workers demand a $1.30 raise, while the final offer stands at $1.20. About 80 percent of 300 area workers are affected.
Circulation department appears with a contact number and a service window for missed papers, urging readers to call before 9 38 a.m. for immediate replacement.
Springfield Oregon police search for two ex convicts and a missing red haired housewife Shirley Corbin 33 and her son Clinton 12 amid reports they were abducted after a bank holdup and the deputy sheriff slaying Deputy Charlton E Smith 33 was killed in the same night near Marion Forks Santiam Pass area in the Cascade Mountains Bowles 24 and another suspect released from prison within 10 days are believed to be involved authorities said Corbin testified against one man at a grand jury hearing and Bowles allegedly threatened her as the case unfolds with no sign of the trio over hours of tracking by more than 100 officers.
Rev. F. Reese, head of the Dallas County Voters League linked to SCLC, was released from Dallas County jail on $5,000 bond after being indicted on three counts of tapping civil rights funds for personal use. Deputies escorted him out a side door amid cheering followers.
The Construction Industry Negotiating Committee announced at 5 p.m. Wednesday a new five year agreement with Cement Masons Local 797. Terms mirror those offered to Carpenters Local 1780 with wage increases every six months totaling 1.37 plus a cost of living clause, per a committee spokesman.
Smoke jumpers from Missoula assisted as forest crews fought a fire near Kyle Canyon Road in Mount Charleston. A teenage boy was seen fleeing toward Las Vegas after starting the 250 acre blaze, with evacuees moved from Deer Creek camps and traffic control set up. Firefighters from Forest Service BLM and local units brought the blaze under control by late afternoon.
Two lightning sparked fires in northern Nevada burned about 4000 acres of rangeland. About 2000 acres burned near Pyramid Lake and a second fire approached Battle Mountain. BLM rushed trucks and crews to the Pyramid Lake blaze with planes dropping retardant but containment remained uncertain.
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