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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1965
Page
2
A Las Vegas column covers a resident’s satirical postal stamp protests, a TV return of The Man from U N C L E at Channel 8, and Central Telephone Company open house plans. It praises local service, notes eight Bank of Las Vegas branches, and touts speedy friendly banking at The Best.
The survey shows 66 percent favor a federal Medicare program over lower taxes and over a private plan when choosing between Medicare and a balanced budget. Support clusters along coasts, Democrats, urban areas, and incomes under 10 900, while Republicans, Southerners, rural residents, and higher earners back private insurance. Public doubts focus on cost, government control, and fears of socialized medicine.
The Henderson City Council approved a new charter at a meeting where several members, including Assemblyman James J. Gibson, did not appear. Details of attendance were unclear and the vote proceeded as planned.
Henderson approves a new city charter prohibiting prostitution under all circumstances, removing the council's power to regulate or license such establishments. Mayor William Byrne led the anti prostitution provision, with charter committee members including Hardy Gibson and others, and a June election to decide the mayor and council seats.
The report details a collision involving a motor scooter rider Alaska Rozell seventeen? 15? of 1268 S Honolulu St and a car. The car then struck a car lot while stop signs were reportedly collected. Investigating officers faced further incidents as two more cars rear ended without injuries. Rozell remained in fair condition at Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital with back injuries.
A Canon City radio station received a mail notice from a local church announcing a revival meeting. The notice invites the general public to attend nightly singing sessions and other events.
Sam Silbert, father of Riviera Hotel legal counsel Harvey Silbert, died in Los Angeles over the weekend. A building contractor aged 83, he had lived in Southern California for 51 years. Survived by wife Clara, daughter Geles, six grandchildren, and one great grandchild, funeral Monday at 2 p.m. at Hillsole Memorial Park Chapel. Rabbi Aaron Wise to officiate. Arrangements by Groman Mortuary.
Donald Ernest Kambe 50 of 806 Sierra Vista Ave dies at home after illness. He worked in publicity at Trans World Airlines and served as WWII Army officer. Charlotte Borman 19 of Caliente dies in rollover near Caliente. Roscoe Haley 26 dies later in hospital. Peggy Parker 18 and Mike Parker 19 suffer minor injuries.
A Sunday march of about two dozen Negroes toward Montgomery was met by state troopers and possemen at a bridge. Tear gas, clubs, and gas masks caused injuries mostly to the marchers and forced a retreat as whites cheered and police pursued.
U S Marines rush to central Vietnam to fortify Da Nang as a 3.5% force replacing Vietnamese troops guarding the Da Nang air base and missiles. The operation aims to choke North Vietnamese infiltrations via Laos and supports 23,000 other American personnel in the region. North Vietnam protests to the IC C Viet Nam accusing the move of expanding aggression and violating Geneva accords.
United States agrees to station two Marine battalions in the Da Nang area to strengthen air base security as about 27,000 Americans are in South Viet Nam. Marines would be the first actual combat units rather than advisers.
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