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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1964
Page
2
Nevada gains its first Boy's Club of America in Las Vegas with opening on March 12 in temporary quarters at 2140 North Las Vegas Boulevard. The club welcomes all youths for supervised activities and future permanent site construction continues in North Las Vegas behind the Arctic Circle Restaurant.
The Air Force intends six MOL flights after canceling Dyna Soar. Each over five tons and up to 30 days in orbit, these tests aim to guide future near earth space stations. Flight timing eyed for 1967 68, with 18 month operational span and Gemini connections.
Three Americans James Bell Wagner James Stephen Johnson and John Hand and Spanish woman Maria Alfaro Velasco stand trial for the knife and hammer murder of Barcelona businessman Francisco Rovirosa Rosas. Prosecution says Wagner carried out the crime with a mallet while Johnson Alfaro planned it.
UPI reports most ranking members of the House Space Committee doubt the United States will land a man on the moon by 1970. Only two of seven foresee success, and even they warn it depends on Congress approving a $141 million supplemental appropriation to NASA beyond the $5.1 billion already approved. Chairman George P. Miller and Rep. Olin Teague stress funding risks. Rep. James G. Frilton says no chance on the target date.
UPI reports the Beatles have entered the White House record collection. President Johnson's daughters Lynda Bird and Luci, ages 19 and 16, along with Lynda's college friend Warrie Lynn Smith, enjoy varied tastes from Broadway to Beatle songs. A favorite is The Secret Service Makes Me Nervous from Mister President.
Margaret Cleland, a 23 year old London policewoman, saved a baby and its father on a 50 foot rooftop ledge. She talked the father, Thomas French, 31, down for 90 minutes before grabbing the child as they fell back to the roof. French had threatened to jump.
President Johnson’s bid to lower electricity costs triggers hazards at the White House. Rep. Hale Boggs reports attending a reception during the signing of the $11.5 billion tax bill with lights off and he stumbled while navigating the darkened room.
Freiburg prosecutors say Hermann Herz a former SS major who trained police in West Germany was arrested for trying to silence witnesses to Nazi crimes by ordering executions of Russian and Polish slave laborers in East Prussia. He led the so called clean earth program to erase mass grave evidence.
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