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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1965
Page
2
The piece notes radio talk shows drawing audiences away from TV with argumentative hosts and listener calls. It highlights Don Adams' Open Line on KRAM in Las Vegas and suggests a possible night slot. A Southern California trend is cited with Time magazine commentary, noting talk shows' growing presence.
The bank announces Herb Stout as the new president succeeding E Parry Thomas, who becomes Chairman and CEO. Stout is praised as friendly and capable after 11 years with the bank, near its birth. Thomas remains active guiding the institution.
The bank pledges safety and government insured savings across its eight branches. Experts prioritize security and customer convenience, stressing guarantees when using deposits for purchases and business.
Las Vegas Assemblywoman Helen Herr married Joseph Bartell forty seven. The nephew who answered the SUN phone declined to reveal where or when the ceremony occurred stating the couple was out of town. A license was issued Monday. Bartell will join the Clark County Sheriff's civil department in August. Herr has been divorced since 1961.
City officials await word on the pending purchase of Tanner Motor Tours and its Vegas Transit Lines by First Gray Line Corp. of Washington DC. Mayor Oran Grayson and City Mgr Art Trelease express confidence the stock transaction will be completed, possibly Wednesday, enabling a franchise grant to the new firm. The eastern company reportedly seeks Tanner’s California and Las Vegas facilities, and if closed, Las Vegas would receive modern air conditioned Gray Line buses.
Singer Judy Garland paid a $4 000 judgment from 1963 after a Las Vegas engagement funds were attached in the wake of a disputed divorce bill. The judgment against her arose from a 1962 coercion action and involved the law firm Morse and Graves following a 3000 dollar check dishonor.
Classified style ad promotes carpet cleaning services with a 5 percent ad discount and a free estimate. It lists services for living rooms and bedrooms, includes a 24 hour line and a phone number, and mentions hourly cash drawings at a club on Fremont. The text uses promotional claims and contact details.
Engineers and REECO sign an anti strike commitment after a meeting. Glen Vawter flies to Los Angeles to report on a union with 22 000 members. No new talks date set as contractors in Southern California negotiate deals. Reynolds labor officials plan a Wednesday meeting with local Teamsters on their construction contract.
Representatives of Carpenters Local 1780 and contractors associations met Tuesday as unions consider a strike vote or acceptance of a new contract. Bill Campbell of Federated Employers noted both sides have proposals and counter proposals and a mutually agreed contract waits for local approval for union submission. The action affects about 1,000 carpenters with groups including Associated General Contractors and Las Vegas Home Builders.
Bert Leavitt Deube Luser is described as a key figure in Las Vegas civic life. He served as director of the Nevada State Bank and of the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce Merchants Bureau, and held roles in the National Conference of Christians and Jews and the Federated Employers of Nevada. He led the Southern Nevada Restaurant and Bar Association and chaired local planning and service groups.
Death Valley National Monument superintendent John Aubuchon announced no further dives will be attempted to recover the bodies of Dave Rose and Paul Gianconteri at Devil s Hole 91 miles northwest of here. The decision followed a report that U S Senator Howard Cannon requested 18 divers be flown in for a brief weekend search. Officials cited safety concerns after meetings with Clark County officials and divers.
Union leader Poffenbarger says guards at the Mercury Test Site will strike if eight hour shifts and reduced earnings are imposed. Wackenhut offers six month contract extension rejected. prior strikes in 1955 and 1958 were short. An AEC security contingent readies to relieve, with another meeting scheduled for Wednesday morning.
A gunman robbed a Las Vegas bank of 2600 on May 13 and previously hit the same bank for 2012. He threatened to blow up the bank with nitroglycerin as witnesses gave mixed descriptions of a getaway car leading to a citywide stop of pink Cadillacs. Investigators later said robber description appeared fairly accurate with help from Thriftymart employees who reported prior contact.
Nicaraguan units moved to separate IAF positions from rebel forces in Santo Domingo’s security corridor. Authorities denied rebels’ claim of a large uprising and reported no fighting, though tension remained near the 45 mile north area under Maj. Gen. Antonio Imbert Barrera’s control.
Dr N Edd Miler takes over as the first chancellor of the University of Nevada Reno campus. He previously served as assistant to the academic vice president at the University of Michigan and was named last January to fill the new 23000 dollar post.
Vietnamese and Australian troops pressed a search and destroy operation in war zone D as the Viet Cong hold the area. U S air losses totaled three aircraft with one Voodoo downed by ground fire over North Vietnam and a B57 crash in South Vietnam leaving the co pilot missing while the F104 was rescued.
Nevada Supreme Court Justice Frank McNamee, severely beaten in Zephyr Cove on February 16, remains unconscious after long hospital treatment. The attacker, 21 year old Phil Ashley Denning, is confined in a Northern Nevada state mental hospital.
A federal judge dismissed the second indictment charging attorneys Gladys Towles Root and George A. Forde with pressuring clients to testify falsely in the Frank Sinatra Jr. kidnap trial. The five counts were declared not an offense. Separately at Cape Kennedy a spaceport contractor sought a court order to end a four day wildcat strike crippling space construction.
Gov. Nelson Rockefeller signed a bill making it mandatory for all cigarette packages sold in New York after June 1, 1966 to carry the warning Excessive use is dangerous to health. New York becomes the first state to require such health labeling.
Denver District Judge Richard Ott granted 26 year old Donald Aishman an annulment from his 18 year old wife Rita on grounds of false representation. Aishman, a University of Denver junior, said Rita refused to take birth control pills after their March 24 marriage.
A 33 year old hearing aid salesman Cap B Smith was thrown from his foreign-made sports car when it rolled over. He was found near Rainbow and West Charleston Boulevard around 10 20 p m Monday and taken to Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital unconscious with head injuries.
The piece argues cabbies face long waits and short rides amid New York air pollution, stressing the health risks of fumes. It links aging to rich diets and endorses exercise, natural foods, and continued cabbie work as essential, while noting strains and tensions cab drivers endure.
A Las Vegas Civil Service Board hearing on ousted purchasing agent Ed Kubiak opened with four witnesses appearing late Tuesday night. The proceeding schedules 18 witnesses across multiple sessions to probe charges of improper handling on a city fire bid filed last month.
Mrs Reed Enc, 65, a Mercury Utah native who grew up in Delamar and Rhyolite Nevada and Skidoo California, plans a leisurely retirement trip with her husband Carl. They own a mobile home and will journey through California and Pacific Coast states to Canada.
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