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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1964
Page
8
The notice outlines three month six month and twelve month subscription prices for the Las Vegas and Lyn Southern Newede's home owned paper. Rates are 300 for three months 900 for six months and 16.50 for twelve months with a note of conditions and eligibility.
Reporter details Soviet and Cuban broadcasts accusing the United States of starving Cubans by embargoing medicines. It notes May events including Commerce Department licensing, Cuban and Ghanaian exchanges, and Soviet reactions, highlighting Cuba's drug shipments and aimed political impact in Africa.
The exchange at the Cow Palace features former President Dwight D. Eisenhower answering a reporter’s questions. He declines to comment on personalities, admits excitement about the convention, and suggests a Republican nomination may occur.
Washington reports the Warren Commission set a new tentative date of September 1 for releasing its Kennedy assassination findings. Key witnesses remain to be heard, including officials from State Department and Jacqueline Kennedy, with ongoing delays from the civil rights bill debates and possible affidavits sought from agency heads.
A controversial editorial decries urban violence in New York, noting shortages in policing and rising vigilante talk while criticizing civil rights backlash. It argues that gang violence stems from social deprivation and unequal opportunity, not race, and condemns labelings of youths as animals.
A reader asks how to stop his wife’s temper causing head injuries with a salt shaker. The reply jokes about capitalizing on the arm, suggesting fielding practice and a Mets contract, then a covert note mocks a fictional secret agent.
Former Canadian Prime Minister John G. Diefenbaker speaks at a Baptist jubilee in Atlantic City commemorating 150 years of organized Baptist work. He condemns discrimination as a feeder of communism and calls Baptists to oppose bigotry and fanaticism.
Secretary of State Dean Rusk vows the United States will not let Communists conquer Laos or South Viet Nam and says Washington will not abandon people seeking independence and freedom. In Atlantic City bartender Bob Bonello notes 1 400 Baptists at a convention left the bar. he remarks at first it angered him yet discovering none were sneaking a teddy heightens his regard for them.
Demosthenes, the Athenian orator and statesman, fled to Poseidon’s temple to seek mercy. He warned pursuers not to touch him and vowed to follow after worship. He then drank poison and died to avoid capture.
On this day in history events include 1816 snow in New England starting the year without a summer. In 1944 D Day began under Gen Eisenhower. In 1962 OAS leaders call renewed terrorist activity. A thought from Rabelais about owing and giving.
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