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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1965
Page
2
Fighters pressed near Dong Xoai as government troops repelled a ground attack two miles from Xoai amid days of heavy casualties. A U S Air Force pilot died near Dong Xoai during an air assault and two more Americans bodies were found. Vietnamese losses May Reach 500. government claims 700 Viet Cong killed. North and South Viet Nam air strikes continue.
Five wounded soldiers found five miles north of the Dong Xoai camp described as part of a vanished battalion. Airborne forces had dropped units to relieve the besieged position, but two days passed without word. Vietnamese Viet Cong attackers left few prisoners after the heliborne assault.
A severe flood after 8-12 inches of rain in the mountains swelled the Rio Grande near Sanderson Texas. Red Cross survey reports 35 percent of the town affected with 54 homes destroyed 146 damaged and 21 house trailers plus 27 businesses heavily hit. Three hundred people homeless sheltered at an elementary school as a six person medical team from Ft. Bliss and an Army field kitchen aided relief efforts. The town population is about 2300 and typhoid vaccinations were conducted.
Tucson saw the 1965 annual convention of the Nevada Society of Professional Engineers close with John H. Stufflebean delivering the principal address on Public Policy and Engineering. He is past president of the National Society of Professional Engineers and spoke to about 200 delegates and their wives at the Stardust Hotel banquet.
A Saturday drill involving civil and military emergency components. Police from Las Vegas and North Las Vegas, sheriff deputies, mounted and jeep patrols, city and fire departments, Las Vegas Civil Defense, Nellis AFB disaster squads, and volunteers participated. The exercise initially planned a nuclear contingency but the weapon did not explode.
The Western Governors Conference, led by Governor Sawyer, urged retention of silver in U S coinage and opposed proposals to remove silver. They also backed returning federal tax revenues to states and reaffirming individual voting rights. The resolution praised the stockpile goal of 165 million ounces for national security and warned against silver removal as worsening coin shortages.
The ceremony honored Nevada's congressional delegation though Rep. Walter Baring and Sen. Alan Bible were absent. Mayor Oran Grayson and City Commissioner Ed Fountain attended as dignitaries, with construction named at 3.9 million dollars and total costs around five million. A diesel earthmover began clearing the Fifth Street Grammar School site donated to the district and later sold to the federal government.
Researchers at Penn State University are developing a computer system that will design homes, select building materials, and quote costs, signaling automation expanding from writing and composing to architecture.
Hank Greenspun recalls filling in for Jerry Mack to introduce Sen Howard Cannon at a groundbreaking ceremony at Fourth and Bridger. He notes the scene with former Mayor C. D. Baker among notable locals and describes the sudden shift of duty and the crowd’s reaction. The piece hints at Cannon’s destined greatness as foreshadowed by Nate Mack.
Obituaries reference Rex Cannon and Howard Cannon with praise for their political service. The piece also discusses Rex Brenner and the role of his store, plus Beldam’s Las Vegas activities. It mentions service details for a local death and highlights Cannon’s contributions to Nevada’s economy, water, and federal projects.
Roland B. Vaile once led KORK and KTOO radio groups and led Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce relations. He died Saturday in a head on collision on Highway 99 near Fresno California while his survivors include his wife Elise and daughter Christina. Funeral services are planned in Stockton with donations requested to the Children’s Asthmatic Hospital in Denver.
A 3 year old Las Vegas boy Derrick Alan Burch died from an internal hemorrhage caused by a head blow, autopsy finds. He and his brother Douglas 2 lived with Arthur and Lola Bohn at 1505 Ryan St as foster children. Graveside services are set for Monday at 3 p.m. at Woodlawn Cemetery. Sunset Funeral Chapel handles arrangements.
Las Vegas police seek a red-haired woman in a green car after a Saturday hit and run injuring a 2-year-old whose foot was run over while sitting curbside. Donna Pendry, daughter of Mr and Mrs Jack Pendry, was treated at Sunrise Hospital. A second child at the scene identified the driver.
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