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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1965
Page
1
Central Telephone Company says new rates approved by the Nevada PSC take effect June 1 and will raise annual income by 568 thousand dollars. Residential private lines rise to 7.15 monthly within the base rate area. two party and four party rates also increase.
New York and Chicago cab drivers stage walkouts causing widespread disruption as pedestrians crowd streets during lunch hour. Analysts quip that idleness may improve health while critics warn of traffic paralysis and economic loss amid wage disputes.
An eight and a half hour bargaining session between the Independent Guard Association and Wackenhut Services failed to yield a contract. Union spokesman William Poffenbarger said a strike by about 240 guards at the Nevada Test Site will start at 6 a.m. Thursday if no new agreement is reached. The current contract expires at midnight Wednesday.
A fire at Bruno and Ann Turkovic's residence on Canosa Street ends a birthday party for Mrs. Turkovic and leaves the home with two rooms engulfed in flames. Turkovic, a Desert Motors mechanic, ensured his four children and wife escaped safely as smoke and heat filled the house.
Vegan Bert Leavitt, aLas Vegas insuranceman and former city commissioner candidate, apologized after claiming Wing Fong acted as a go-between in a liquor license dispute. Leavitt said new evidence showed the charge was false and tied to a bar lease deposit at Imperial Plaza Shopping Center.
Funeral services for Red Nichols will be held Thursday in Glendale California. The famed musician died suddenly Monday from a heart attack at age unknown. Keifer Everick Mortuary in Glendale handles arrangements. Nichols helped shape swing and mentored stars like Dorsey Krupa Goodman and Shaw. He performed as Red Nichols and His Five Pennies at the Mint Hotel and had no prior illness.
In a half day meeting REECo and engineers discussed proposals and counterproposals for a new construction pact at the Nevada Test Site. The Operating Engineers approved a maintenance deal with Reynolds and seek union ratification locally. The buildup toward the construction segment raises heavier issues as strikes by engineers against Las Vegas contractor groups continue, though officials deny plans to strike the Test Site.
Helen Scott Reed will retire as Clark County clerk after a 25 year tenure dating from 1948. An open house in her honor is set for 1 to 4 p.m. at the county clerk's office. Deputy clerks Loretta Bowman Frances Butterfield Aileen Conger Aldena Manig Fran Aranbasich will supervise. Bowman will complete Reed's term which ends in 1966 and take the oath today from Dist. Judge John Mowbray.
Scientists at Scripps Clinic in La Jolla credited with transforming Virgil Anderson of San Diego from 4 feet 4 inches at 14 to 5 feet 3 inches at 22 by eight years of drug treatment. He endured headaches and ridicule before the growth program.
Clear skies with gentle winds. Today's forecast high 102 degrees and low 68. Yesterday reached 9 percent humidity high with 67 percent low. Noontime humidity at 10 percent. Sunrise at 5 25 and sunset at 8 2.
Unconfirmed reports say an American paratrooper was killed and six wounded in jungle fighting. Three Australians wounded. The battle near Da Nang killed four U S Marines. Jets probed 65 miles toward China border and bombed Thuan Chau depot 155 miles northwest of Hanoi.
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