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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1965
Page
20
The Nevada Senate considers SB 262 to repeal a provision prohibiting the employment of females in liquor sales. Officials warn the change would end a law ignored by county liquor boards while noting many women already serve drinks or staff offices. The piece argues for reading fine print and changing the statute without singling out women bartenders.
Report outlines a plan discussed at Camp David to arm Meo, Moi, Muong and Nung Lose tribesmen in North Viet Nam with U.S. and Vietnamese support to wage a guerrilla war. Backing from CIA, Defense and Congress is cited as a potential shift in the war, with warnings from Rusk and Bundy against open action.
Art Buchwald reports on a Moscow embassy protest where foreign students, mainly Asian and African, were hired to stage demonstrations. The plan backfired as police clashed with protesters, sparking apologies and a purge of the spontaneous demonstrations chief. Khrushchev rumored for post.
A reader recalls a rain rippling a paper route and a carrier arriving by car. The piece honors C. C. Ronnow and the Ronnow family, early Nevada pioneers linked to Clark Forwarding and local development, urging a street or park naming in their memory.
A racial confrontation in Selma ended with 1500 marchers meeting 300 state troopers and the crisis accelerating federal action. Johnson and civil rights staff pressed a new voter registration bill while Wallace faced national revulsion and strategic pressure in Alabama politics. The event drew 450 faith leaders to support King's cause.
A reader complains that the Dear John advice column makes no sense and praises editors while noting the column caused cancellations of 36 papers. The exchange hints at a conflicting tone between the columnist and readers.
Nat King Cole once faced a career offer from a manager who asked about his lease with God. As he lay dying in a hospital, he reflected that grand ambitions fade and the small things, long ignored, often prove to be the true measure of life.
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