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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1964
Page
2
A faded notice promotes a Bank of Las Vegas event featuring an art contest judged by Roger Keon. It invites readers to enter with blanks and additions and highlights two checking account options offered by the bank. The piece nods to local and West Coast connections and urges participation in a community promotion.
A Dutch inmate testified about a doctor at Auschwitz who selected 16 pairs of twins for cruel experiments. He described giving children chocolate before guiding them to gas chambers, while others cried and inmates faced execution. The testimony sparked strong reactions in court.
Former San Francisco newspaperman Salinger filed for ballot access in Los Angeles seeking eligibility for the Democratic U.S. Senate race. He met with lawyers and planned mandamus action while he works with potential backers after returning to his home state.
Police report two brothers, Tory Pete Martumes and Jerry Martinez, were shot to death in a midnight incident. Both victims were pronounced dead at Salt Lake County Hospital after arriving together. Jerry died minutes later.
In Fort de France Charles de Gaulle toured Martinique amid calls for autonomy as Cesaire urged self rule. De Gaulle defended France and warned against abandoning France’s ties while invoking benefits of French unity.
Washington awaits a Senate vote as Mansfield vows action on the civil rights bill within days. Senator Russell calls for a vote in several days while Robertson speaks against obstruction. GOP leader Derksen weighs in as parties brace for a possible cloture move requiring unity to end debate.
Pope Paul VI began Holy Week with Palm Sunday rites at St. Paul Outside the Walls. Crowds of about 300000 visitors are expected for Easter Mass in St Peter's Square, marking a first outdoors service since his coronation. The Pope will wash the feet of newly ordained priests at St John Lateran on Holy Thursday.
Viet Cong forces seize a strategic outpost along the river in SAGOR South Viet Nam. The move by Maj Gen Nguyee Khart signals a boost for the Viet Cong and raises concerns for South Vietnamese authorities and allied forces guarding the region.
In a week of Hindu Muslim clashes in three Indian states 200 people were killed. Police fired 18 times in the Rourkela and another steel city area as 44 Americans and dependents were evacuated from Rourkela with many British technicians also leaving. Authorities linked the violence to refugee trains from East Pakistan and moved moslem residents to safety.
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