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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1964
Page
6
A Las Vegas Sun masthead entry lists pricing and distribution facts for readers. It notes daily single copy price ten cents and Sunday twenty cents with carrier and mail subscription options. The text cites publishing affiliations and professional memberships.
Senator Barry Goldwater faced rejection in New Hampshire as voters chose Henry Cabot Lodge for the Republican nomination. The ballot reflected a desire for political maturity, calm governance, and support for social progress over aggressive anti liberal stances.
A leaked account details a secret 2000 mile per hour capable jet fighter the PJ-306, built by Spad Aircraft Co to outpace Soviet aircraft. The design features a two wing arrangement and a propeller engine, later synchronized with a machine gun, open cockpit and stationary landing gear, with claims of 367 jet fighters shot down in tests.
The article outlines Hoffa's potential to consolidate some 1,000 Teamster pension funds with over a billion dollars in assets. It notes vast welfare spending, real estate investments, and influence over mortgage, banking, and Wall Street sectors. Prosecutors allege loan fraud totaling $20 million and a possible five year ban if convicted.
The Secret Service and FBI monitor a so-called group of fanatics blamed for a planned assassination of President Johnson and threats against Chief Justice Warren Speaker McCormack Reverend King and a Catholic and Jewish leader. Authorities traced a Florida call. no charges yet, but security remains tight.
A reader age 43 asks about his mother's routine lunch of two peanut butter and jelly sandwiches cookies banana and milk. The response says she is well meaning but misguided and suggests two PBJ sandwiches cookies banana and a container of cold gin for an advertising agency professional.
March 13 1964 marks the 7th day of the year with 283 to follow Venus and Jupiter visible in the evening sky. Notable births include Joseph Priestley the English chemist born 1733. Impeachment proceedings against Andrew Johnson began in 1868, and the 1933 bank holiday restored U.S. banking. Communist leaders were found guilty in a 1938 Soviet purge. A 1962 foreign aid bill was sent to Congress. Thomas Paine’s thought of the day notes governance as a necessary evil.
Ex Nazi Hans Muench recalls Auschwitz brutality and claims about child deaths in a gypsy camp. A sobbing coed is jailed after a police raid on a fraternity convention hall amid charges and a “criminal police record” remark.
New York Governor Nelson A Rockefeller responds to Senator Barry Goldwaters assertion that he has secured victory in the New Hampshire primary. Rockefeller calls the remark presumptuous and questions the implied certainty of success.
ELDDI GILBREATH: against the idea. Nevada and Western states would face disaster. The silver dollar supports change in gambling and business. MEL HALL: for elimination. Could help but burden small cash businesses with heavy coins. ADOLPH GUTIERREZ: against. Nevada needs the silver dollar for Western atmosphere and gambling industry.
The executive secretary and Maude McBride of the Dunes Hotel urge readers to consider the misplaced attention on trivial issues. They argue losing the silver dollar would harm Nevada’s colorful heritage and propose a public vote to resolve the matter.
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