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Newspaper

Las Vegas Sun

Location

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America

Date

Jul 09, 1964

Page

2

Baker Report Finds Baker Guilty of Improprieties

The Senate Rules Committee closed its seven month probe and ruled Robert G. Baker guilty of gross improprieties in building a financial empire while a Senate employee. The report signals a possible floor battle on ethics and potential campaign issue for the fall. Baker resigned from the $19,600 salary post last October after outside business interests emerged.

Washington UPI Senate Rules Committee Robert G Bobby) Baker Senate Baker Pickens D.C Johnson

Classifieds Section Teems With Homes Pets And Cars

A chaotic classifieds page lists FEET HURT and comfort ads for men women and children multiple home rentals and for sale notices including 3 bedroom 2 bath houses with no down payment and monthly payments, mobile homes, pets such as AKC toy poodles and horses, autos including a Buick Special and a 1955 Jeep pickup, with contact numbers and locations like Charleston Heights Rancho Trailer Village Apple Valley and Providence. The mix shows loans leases sales and pet listings with scattered CL contact lines.

Hodges Says Civil Rights Law Obviates Need for Demonstrations

Commerce Secretary Luther Hodges said further demonstrations are unnecessary now that the civil rights bill is law. He noted the Negro should use the law and not demonstrations and praised the nation’s overall acceptance of the new law after a meeting with former Southern governors in Indianapolis. The CRS head warned against publicity stunts and outlined a plan to visit Georgia before possibly altering the itinerary.

Indianapolis, Ind UPI Commerce Luther Hodges Hodges North Carolina

Conte Plan Sparks Intra-Party Clash at Platform Hearings

The debate over a shadow platform roiled the hearings as Rep. Melvin R. Laird denied the charge while Theodore Stevens backed the Conte proposal. Alaska’s Stevens said he did not come to merely listen as Scranton allies push civil rights planks into the party platform.

Fighter Pilot Among Four Killed In Mojave Crash

A tanker aircraft and four crew members from Larson AFB were involved in a routine fueling training mission when the crash occurred about 65 miles north of Death Valley. The pilot’s name remains withheld pending next of kin notification. The tanker crew included Capt. Thomas F. Dozier and 1st Lt. Erwin W Boeler Jr as pilot and co pilot, 1st Lt. Ronald D Williams Jr as navigator, and S Sgt Robert J Graves as boom operator, all from Moses Lake Washington. The incident happened shortly after 8 am yesterday and was confirmed three hours later by the Air Force.

Death Valley Thomas F. Dozier Erwin W Boeler, Jr Ronald D. Williams, Jr Larson Afb Robert J. Graves Moses Lake Wash Air Force

Fischer Family Expected to Welcome New Child

Aberdeen American News reports Mrs. Fischer is pregnant with another child for the Fischers who already have ten. The quints born Sept 14 1963 at St Luke's Hospital are named James Andrew Mary Margaret Mary Ann Mary Catherine and Mary Magdalene. A Fischer spokesman declines to confirm or deny the pregnancy.

Aberdeen American News

New Authority For Protection Expands Security Powers

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved a bill to extend a 1791 law, authorizing State Department officers to arrest anyone who assaults visiting heads of state or foreign ministers, strengthening protections for foreign dignitaries.

Washington API Senate Foreign Relations Committee State Department

Scranton Lashes Goldwater Aide and Calls Extremist Block

Scranton attacks Goldwater allies as he plans to push platform tweaks on extremism and rights, while Melvin Laird says Scranton’s proposals are gimmicks not policy. Romney urges repudiation of hate purveyors and warns extremists could destroy the party, as Scranton and Lodge press foreign policy and national security themes. Meany pushes higher wages and shorter work week with trade limits on the USSR.

Scranton Romney John Birch Society

Rockefeller Supports Civil Rights as Goldwater Emerges

Hank Greenspun argues Gov. Rockefeller should be the Republican nominee for president, praising his empathy and leadership while condemning a Goldwater rebellion and the party’s embrace of racism and states rights rhetoric. He predicts Goldwater’s nomination and a grave march with Confederate banners.

Barry Goldwater

Dodger Coach Denies Wife Affair Claim

Durocher testified that he fell in love with Carolyn Morin and carried on a long correspondence with gifts and visits, while Morin and relatives joined invitations to New York games. He described himself as calculating and said the accusation of luring Morin from her husband is contested by Lt. Gov. Foote, who argued no malice or intent to break up the home.

Durocher Carolyn Morin Trudeau Ralph A. Foote Foote

World Bank Grants $82 Million for Nigerian Dam Project

The World Bank approved an $82 million loan to Nigeria as part of a $208 million financing package for the Kainji Dam on the Niger River. It is the bank’s largest Africa loan to date and anchors Nigeria’s 1962 68 development plan.

Washington UPI World Bank Nigeria Kainji Niger River Africa

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