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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1965
Page
1
A Southern California investors group began the $9 million purchase of the ill starred TallyHo Hotel on the Strip. Floyd Cook, attorney for four TallyHo landlord corporations, said $500 000 was deposited to open escrow on the property.
Hank stands in San Francisco at a Columbia Broadcasting Co affiliates convention and expects CBS shows on KLAS TV. Escrow opened in Oxnard. California group led by Charles Crawford plans to take possession of the Strip hotel by June end. New owners include Equitable and Fidelity Real Estate Trusts and Bankers Trust. four Kokomo based firms. Crawford unavailable. spokesperson says many changes in personnel and the hotel front will occur.
Nevada and California law enforcement and the FBI launched a two state alert for a missing van line truck carrying the Vincent Price Art Collection from Sears valued at 841,125. The rig driven by John Watson departed Monday at 10 am en route to a Sears warehouse in City of Commerce California.
Defense Secretary Robert McNamara says the United States will deploy 16 000 to 21 000 additional American troops to Vietnam, raising total combat forces to about 70 000 to 75 000. The reinforcements may include reserves rushing to aid South Vietnamese forces against the Viet Cong.
A baby boy died from a fire at 1030 Palm St as his father Bryan Osbourne 16 months old, suffered severe burns in failed rescue attempts. Sheriff detectives probe the blaze possibly started by a space heater in the children's room.
Colorado Springs, Denver area residents urged to evacuate as South Platte floodwaters surge. Major highways blocked by twenty feet of water. two bridges washed out near Castle Rock. Tornadoes strike Palmer Lake and Castle Rock. a pilot killed in a storm. a United jet skids off at Stapleton with no injuries.
The Clark County legislative delegation voted overwhelmingly Wednesday night to join plaintiffs in a Federal Court reapportionment case to be heard next Wednesday.
The FBI ended the intense hunt with the discovery of the body of Dr. Robert C. Petry head research chemical engineer for Rohm and Haas Co. Petry carried classified documents after a meeting in San Francisco and a flight to Las Vegas. He was found in a downtown hotel room early Tuesday.
Considerable cloudiness with afternoon scattered showers and gusty winds in shower areas. Today's high around 83 and low 56. Noontime humidity at 22 percent. Sunrise at 5 28 and sunset at 8 00.
The Las Vegas Civil Service Board will try a third time Friday at 9 a.m. to schedule hearings for fired city employees Barbara Maxwell and Ed Kubiak. A lack of quorum and legal wrangling delayed the first two sessions.
Independent Guards Association Local No 1 says security staff at strip hotels and Las Vegas casinos will be organized after an NLRB ruling cleared union activity. Hal Feeney says contracts and better pay drive action, with possible strikes if talks fail, while noting reassignment and back pay issues from Thunderbird Hotel dispute.
Clark County firemen launch a relief drive for the Ronald Orsbourne family whose Palm Street home burned. The father suffered burns while saving his 16 month old son Bryan who died. the mother and two other children were hospitalized. Donations of money clothing and household items are being collected at county fire stations or will be picked up by firemen.
Judy Garland, fresh from a Strip hotel opening, faces a garnishment on her Thunderbird Hotel salary for an unpaid divorce attorney's fee. Sheriff deputies will serve the order after Garland’s emotional setback and hospital stay. Attorney William Morse of Morse and Graves filed the action.
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