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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1965
Page
9
The column attacks Gov. Grant Sawyer for a proposed bill to ease penalties for criminals, urging a tougher stance as Las Vegas faces rising crime including recent robberies and home invasions. The writer blasts judges and lawmakers for being soft on crime and calls the public to rise in anger.
James William Stanford, 16, a Las Vegas High junior and son of coach Harvey Stanford, dreams of Barry Goldwater running in 1970. The tall conservative painter has drawn since in short pants and painted Goldwater’s portrait in gold, aiming for a career as a gallery artist despite odds.
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 9774 will meet at the Dunes Hotel Topaz Room at noon Sunday. The post named after Lt. William H. Nellis will conduct installation of officers at 7 30 p m March 27 at the Thunderbird Hotel with Max Felt department commander officiating.
City officials consider a $280,000 down payment for the Bunker Brothers mortuary across from City Hall amid plans to lease it for five years with an option to buy at $700,000 next year. Proceeds from city land sales, street and freeway work, and a larger budget for police and fire shape the debate over the added space and costs.
More than 11.5 million dollars in highway construction is under way in the Las Vegas area. Projects include two Interstate 15 freeway efforts, one primary and two secondary highways, and an urban project. The largest is a 5.9 mile I-15 segment from McCarran Field to Sahara Avenue, about halfway done. Other work covers a 14.5 mile I-15 stretch across Mormon Mesa and the Mercury Expressway final section from Bonanza Road to Rainbow Boulevard, among northeast Clark County cutoffs between Garnet and US 93 south of Alamo.
Police Chief Lorin Bunker and Sheriff Ralph Lamb propose a drastic cure for crime in Las Vegas by caging the monkeys. They claim lawmen know who commits most offenses and can guess at suspects, though not every offender or gang. The officers roam the streets idle yet wealthy, with unaffordable cars and no steady work. They steal to fund their lifestyle.
Bunker and Lamb favor strict vagrancy enforcement but face hurdles as District Judge David Zenoff ruled the county ordinance unconstitutional last year. They warn a six month maximum sentence could drive offenders out of town if properly upheld by courts and argue for help to force results.
The writer condemns Governor Sawyer and the parole board as soft and ineffective while noting widespread drinking and rathole celebrations. They demand tougher action against organized thieves and criminals amid discussions on rehabilitation and prison overcrowding.
Bill Harrah the Nevada casino operator bought a gold trimmed black palace gondola for 1400 dollars to add to his collection of antique cars and boats. He outbid the Palace of Fine Arts League which plans to display the Venetian craft in the lagoon at the palace. The auctioned gondola was formerly owned by the late Robert Anshen who paid 6000 dollars for it and planned to make it seaworthy for Sausalito.
A Las Vegas visitor, Frank Ehrenberg, 66, of Los Angeles, died of an apparent heart attack early Thursday in a Strip hotel casino. Deputy Coroner Harvey Schnitzer identified him as the victim, who was with his wife Rose and his sister and brother-in-law from Chicago. A doctor in the casino pronounced him dead. Mrs Ehrenberg said the couple visit Las Vegas about monthly, noting his 15 year heart-ailment history.
The Nevada constitution was wired to Washington, D.C., at a cost of $3,416.77 and was the longest telegram dispatched to that time. Abraham Lincoln approved Nevada’s statehood with a proclamation on October 31, 1864.
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