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Newspaper

Las Vegas Sun

Location

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America

Date

Mar 12, 1965

Page

13

White House Teen Hunger Strike Sees Sit-In Ends

A group of ten teens posing as tourists staged a seven hour hunger strike inside the White House East Wing seeking a meeting with President Johnson over Alabama’s racial strife. Police loaded remaining demonstrators into cars for local precincts as officials pondered charges.

White House Washington UPI Johnson Alabama East Wing Avoii Rayburn House George E. Reedy Reedy West Wing Executive Mansion Selma Ala

Library receives 500 volume agricultural collection in Davis

A valuable general collection of 500 volumes and multiple books and periodicals on agricultural mechanics was donated to the University of California library on the campus in Davis California.

Davis, Calif UPI University of California

Lemass Dissolves Parliament After Cork By election Loss

Irish Premier Sean Lemass announced he will dissolve parliament and call an early general election following Fianna Fail defeat in the Mid Cork by election. Labor candidate Eileen Desmond won with 20 756 votes to Flor Crowley's 15 093 as Lemass weighs the next steps in government plans.

Dublin Ireland UPI Sean F. Lemass Mid-Cork Lemass Cork Fianna Fail Flor Crowley Eileen Desmond

Defunct Bank President Delayed Plea on Check Charges

San Francisco. Superior Judge Francis McCarthy granted Don C. Silverthorne a two week delay to enter pleas to three bad check charges. Silverthorne requested time to testify before the Senate Investigations Committee in Washington. He faces three checks totaling 25000 dollars against San Francisco National Bank. officials deny the claim the bank owed him.

San Francisco UPI Francis McCarthy Don C. Silverthorne Sidney de Goff San Francisco National Bank Silverthorne Senate Investigations Committee Washington McCarthy

Looting Charge Ties Marlin Bank Failure to New Ownership

FDIC chief Joseph Barr labeled the First National Bank of Marlin Texas looted by its new owners who controlled the bank at failure. Senate investigators heard nine failures since 1962 involved a change in control followed by unsound practices. Barr and Senator McClellan described alleged fraud and cashing in on mortgages by Bernard Garrett and Joseph Morris through a front company, with $189,000 in profits.

Washington UPI Senate First National Bank of Marlin Tex Joseph W. Barr Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation FDIC Texas Bank Bart First National Bank of Marlin Barr Bernard §. Garrett Joseph B. Morris James J. Saxon Garrett Morris

Counties Seek Control of Marriage Fees From Justices

Seven Clark County lawmakers introduced a bill to strip justices of the peace of marriage powers and create a county marriage deputy system. The proposal would let county boards collect a $5 solemnization fee, with funds to the county treasury, possibly delaying effect until 1967. Sponsors include Close Bowler Leavitt Godbey Alleman Fike and Gray.

Carson City UPI Clark County Justices of the Peace Treasuries McClose D-Clark Judiciary Committee Las Vegas Thomas Pursel Sam Justice of the Peace Reno Close Austin Bowler Harley Leavitt Mesquite Thomas Godbey Boulder City Alfred Alleman North

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