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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1964
Page
2
Reports indicate a significant withdrawal of Soviet troops from Cuba with Khrushchev still believed to plan a staged pullout. Officials or observers cite training needs, exile pressure, and shifting timetables as causes for delays and uncertainty about when the bulk of forces will depart the island.
U S Air Force missions over Laos involve heavily armed jet escorts as part of intensified pressure policy. Voodoo reconnaissance aircraft operated with F 106 Sabres and Navy similar operations cited. Washington signals readiness to respond to Communist aggression in the Pacific theater.
House leaders pressed for swift action on a rights bill by rallying strategy talks and awaiting approval from the Rules Committee led by Rep. Howard W. Smith. Cellier would move to accept Senate amendments via unanimous consent after Monday noon.
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover reports U S crime rose 19 percent in the first quarter, far exceeding last year. He cites 1963 starts with a 7 percent rise and progressive increases through the year, led by property crimes with auto theft up 22 percent and robbery and burglary up 11 percent.
Khrushchev’s remarks at Funen Island agr iculture college drew Danish criticism as he boasted of maintaining peace in Northern Europe. A joint communique signed on his Denmark visit outlined stronger Soviet Danish trade, UN support, and keeping nuclear weapons off Danish soil. security forces and local officials guarded him before he left for Sweden and Norway on his Scandinavian tour.
Miss Johnson boarded a jet escorted by Secret Service agents at the airport apron. Four Air National Guard F102 jets followed, then two more, as eight CIM transport planes took off from Hickam AFB to provide protective escort on the route to Southern California and Washington.
A fallen crane crushed a double deck bus carrying a seaside party near Brent Cross in Hendon. Seven people were killed and 26 injured as witnesses described the jib buckling and workers freeing trapped passengers from the wreckage.
Seattle UPI Dr Loren G Shroat physician and surgeon died aged 76 leaving 5 percent of an estimated 250000 estate to Senator Barry Goldwater The will admitted to probate by Judge Donald J Gaines reads that the sum be used for Goldwaters political campaign or for promotion of constitutional and conservative government at his discretion
Senator Kennedy suffers a broken vertebra with initial nerve concerns but no limb paralysis. Doctors note possible long term recovery from six to nineteen months and a requirement for a special metal frame to support the spine. The plane crash also killed pilot Edwin Zimny and touched off a family crisis as relatives rushed to West Springfield and Hyannis Port.
A historical editorial urges moving civil rights disputes from demonstrations to the courts. It praises past presidents and Congresses for upholding duty, arguing peaceful legal action will treat the issue with dignity under the Constitution and avoid violence. It references Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, and legislative compromises.
The piece urges vigilance as the law takes its course, warning that while demonstrations have tested resolve, a shift from streets to legal action is needed to secure the rights fought for over many years. It credits public figures who risked their futures and cautions against incendiary actions from both sides.
News reports clash on a Florida beach as white protesters and integrationists confront each other. Troopers intervene to separate groups, arrests are made, and night demonstrations are halted by Bryant from Tallahassee.
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