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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1965
Page
2
Classified listings promote takeover payments from $119 to $159.50 monthly on 3-bedroom, 2-bath houses with amenities like dishwashers, carpeted interiors, drapes, and sprinkler systems. Several ads emphasize immediate possession and rent-to-own options in Twin Lakes and North Las Vegas areas, with contact numbers for each listing.
Classified listing offers 2 to 4 bedroom homes in Las Vegas and North Las Vegas with rent to own options and monthly payments from $99 to $500. Includes Twin Lakes Paradise Valley and Nellis area with appliances, drapes, lawn features, and option to buy. Also offers campers and trailers for sale or trade.
The narrator recalls a risky talk with Hans about slipping through Checkpoint Charley in a German uniform. Hans proposes gathering a full uniform by exchanging items with West Berlin soldiers, while the narrator doubts the plan’s danger but vows to think it over. Later at the checkpoint a customs officer questions purchases and money, querying a cigarette exchange with an East Berliner contact.
The narrator recalls crossing from East to West Berlin in 1965 and sharing a wary encounter with officials about a man named Fritz. A West Berlin return includes reflections on the city’s divided reality and the Kennedy quote Ich bin ein Berliner. The piece ends with memories of Hans and the hope of tomorrow.
Robert McDougall, operator of the courthouse newsstand, reported a theft of $28.15 from a cigarette vending machine in the Clark County Courthouse lobby. Police said the crime occurred Tuesday night during 9 to 10 p.m. while employees were at dinner in the marriage license bureau.
The fire started in the Mount Charleston area and burned mahogany and manzanita as 50 hotshot firefighters including 25 Indians joined 52 Nellis servicemen and 18 from Angel’s Peak. By 10 p.m. crews halted the blaze with support from tanker trucks and roadblocks along Highway 95 and Deer Creek Road.
The board lines up funds for a $1 million upgrade from Boulder City to I-15 and a $42 million plan on U S 93 from 20 miles north of I-15 to the Clark Lincoln County line. Clark County maintenance gets $680,094. State totals include $10.7 million for primary roads, $8 million for secondary roads, and $5.7 million for maintenance of 4600 miles. Otis Wright notes the budget is tentative pending federal funds and the fiscal year shift by the 1965 legislature.
West Haven Connecticut police say 38 year old Leo Messier Jr of Pawtucket Rhode Island was arrested on charges of threatening to kill President Johnson with his bare hands. He was picked up hitchhiking on the Connecticut Turnpike near West Haven after leaving his disabled car. Tiros 10 joins NASA satellites for storm and cloud patrol during the 1965 hurricane and typhoon season.
A 14 member Catholic and Lutheran delegation in Baltimore concluded a history making US conference with plans for more talks and only minor disagreement. They praised how quickly the theological exchange developed during the sessions.
Washington reports that the Tiros 10 weather satellite launched on July 2 has begun its initial operations. Officials say the craft is functioning normally and transmitting data from its orbit, aiding meteorological forecasting.
The Paradise Valley Improvement Association will hold its regular monthly meeting Thursday at 8 p.m. in Town Hall on Harrison Street just north of Tropicana Road. Mike Maslow reports the meeting is open to the public.
Charles C Schaefer Sr of 3000 Merritt has been appointed an agent with Prudential Insurance Co.s Nevada district agency. He is a Brooklyn native, former Air Force member 1960 to 1962, and he and his wife Sandra have two sons, Charles Jr and Michael.
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