Boxing chat in Sand's Hotel stairwell
A group in a Sand's Hotel steam room debates boxing legends and future matchups. Ash Resnick, Nat King Cole, and others weigh Joe Louis, Cassius Clay, Sonny Liston, Floyd Patterson, Eddie Machen, and Patterson versus Clay with casual betting insights and humorous edge.
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Ash Resnick
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Sonny
Floyd Patterson
Sonny Liston
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Father of gambling revisits Nevada legacy and test site venting
The article profiles Phil Tobin, the man credited with introducing legalized gambling in Nevada, now a rancher in Piute Meadows. It recalls his 1931 bill journey, public hearings, and intent to keep gambling from groceries, plus details of a March 19 1931 test site venting incident near the Nevada Test Site with monitor readings and safety assurances.
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Tobin
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Here
Public Morals Committee
Reno
State Senate
U.S. Public Health Service
Mammoth Nevada Test Site
Cactus, Springs
Indian Springs
Las Vegas
International Gin Rummy Tourney Sets Rich Purses in Las Vegas
The eighth annual International Gin Rummy Tournament starts on the Strip with the $12,000 first prize and a $70,000 prize pool across main and side events. Thousands expected in Las Vegas as players register at multiple hotels and compete through six rounds, with semifinals at the Thunderbird and finals at the Tropicana.
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Dunes
Las Vegas
Riviera
Hotel Tropicana
Tropicana
Sands
Desert i Inn
Fremont
Sahara
Rivera
Indicts Two Reno Men in Perjury Case
Indictments named attorney Harry Busscher and businessman Henry Lumpkins. Arrested during a divorce trial last month, Busscher faces subornation of perjury and procuring false testimony while Lumpkins is charged with perjury. They are free on bond awaiting Justice Court hearings. indictments allow direct transfer to District Court. Busscher will likely face trial in District Court.
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Henry Lumpkins
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Lumpkins
Justice Court
Belli
Austin
Africa
Rampaging Ohio Valley floods cause $200 million damage
The worst floods in a generation hit the lower Ohio Valley forcing thousands from homes. The Red Cross cites 18 061 dwellings destroyed and 20 433 families in losses across Ohio Kentucky West Virginia and Indiana. About 110 000 people affected as officials urge quicker flood control. President Johnson toured the area promising rapid aid.
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Red Cross
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Kentucky
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Missouri
Illinois
Johnson
Gambling TV Panel Tonight on KLAS Channel 4
Sun editor Hank Greenspun debates Nevada gambling pros and cons on Open End with hosts David Suskind. Greenspun is the lone Nevada guest alongside Ed Reid and Ovid Demaris authors of The Green Felt Jungle. Fremont Hotel and Horseshoe Casino sponsor. Governor Grant Sawyer declined invitation.
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Hank Greenspun
Nevada
Klas TV
Channel 4
Greenspun
David Suskind
Ed Reid
Ovid Demaris
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Horseshoe Casino
Grant Sawyer
Defense Convicts Jack Ruby of Oswald Killing
A Dallas jury found Jack Ruby guilty of murdering Lee Harvey Oswald and sentenced him to death by electric chair.
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Jack Ruby
Dallas
Texas
Lee Harvey Oswald
UPI
Dragnet targets unnamed suspect amid bank note case and murder verdict
Police describe the bank note theft as a loose, young driving force behind a scheme that netted $5,680. Two workers, Max W. Taylor and Thomas Warren Smith, were released after questioning. A separate murder trial ends with a death verdict for Ruby, while defense counsel Belli pled for appeals amid intense courtroom rhetoric.
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Las Vegas
4Th St
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