Unclear LAS VEGAS SUN item from 1964 edition
Fragmentary notice from the Las Vegas Sun dated March 3 1964 shows price details 16.50 and 30.00 but no readable event person or organization identified.
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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1964
Page
6
Fragmentary notice from the Las Vegas Sun dated March 3 1964 shows price details 16.50 and 30.00 but no readable event person or organization identified.
Senator Alan Bible denounces health and sanitation in three Nevada Indian colonies Las Vegas Elko and Winnemucca and urges improvement or relocation. He cites high disease rates low life expectancy 43 years infant mortality TB influenza pneumonia gonorrhea hepatitis meningitis dysentery and dysentery among Indians versus national figures. Public Health Service links primitive conditions to poor care and notes water and access deficits. The AMA and Indian Affairs push 1964 Indian Health Year to raise awareness of plight.
A reader asks about pep pills and tranquilizers used together for energy and calm. The response denies that a single pill combining both actions is effective, noting personal experience with separate pills and skepticism about a combined product.
A local plea argues Henderson should join Clark County District Board of Health to gain vital statistics disease control maternal care and sanitation services. It cites Dr Connolly and Dr Hazeltine leading clinics and urges public health oversight by a trained city officer.
George Murphy runs for the Senate in California as the Republican answer to LBJ and to win the terpsichorean vote. A mix of privacy fears from new electronic snooper devices and political quips frame the mood.
Washington reports Gus Hall and fellow Communists expand local branches and regional HQs while planning mass demonstrations, work stoppages, and a national drive. The Feb 21 Court of Appeals ruling on Form 1-51A registration looms as pivotal, risking undermining the Subversive Activities Control Act if the case returns to lower courts or reaches the Supreme Court.
The almanac notes today is Tuesday March 3 1964 the 63rd day of the year with 303 to follow The moon nears last quarter Venus and Jupiter dominate the evening sky and notable events include Florida entering the Union in 1845 the Interior Department creation in 1849 and Peary's 1911 recognition. A mentioned thought by Thomas Kempis warns against anger while referencing a 50 000 drive to promote American Soviet exchange and world peace efforts.
The Sacramento Bee argues American railroads fail due to public contempt for passengers and contrasts with West Germany where courtesy and accommodations boost ridership. It notes options like car shipment with trains and multiple menus, with business travelers served by secretaries and staff.
U.S. experts use Samos satellites and U-2 flights to assess a vast Vorkuta blast near Novaya Zemlya. Seismology and radio intercepts hint at a heavy underground event possibly tied to Soviet atomic testing. The episode prompts policy questions for President Johnson and reveals internal State and Defense debates over Vietnam strategy and personnel changes.
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