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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1965
Page
1
Robert Shelton imperial grand wizard of the United Klans of America denounces President Johnson as a damn liar over charges that Klansmen terrorized civil rights workers. He defends the group, questions federal probes, and calls for scrutiny of CORE NAACP SNCC SCLC alongside the Klan.
Anthony J. Liuzzo told President Johnson by phone that his wife Viola Liuzzo did not die in vain after she was killed between Selma and Montgomery Alabama. He spoke with reporters and described how FBI and Justice Department agents were summoned to pursue suspects. The couple’s children Penny and Thomas listened to the news as a nation mourned the civil rights worker.
Three men, Eugene Thomas 43 Bessemer Alabama William Orville Faton 41 Bessemer and Gary Thomas Rowe Jr 31 Birmingham were released on 50000 bonds to their attorneys Matt Murphy and America. Collie Leroy Wilkin Jr 21 Fairfield remained jailed on probation for carrying a sawed off shotgun awaiting court. President Johnson announced arrests before a national audience as U S Attorney General Katzenbach offered brief remarks.
Publisher Hank Greenspun urges Las Vegas Rotary and Kiwanis to face hard realities about U S Soviet distrust and the need to act calmly and rationally after Pearl Harbor. He warns against wishful thinking and calls for pragmatic policy to avoid nuclear catastrophe.
Police report ongoing raids after a three week investigation into a stolen goods ring. Seven suspects were arrested and about 20000 dollars in property recovered. Additional loot found in Charleston Heights included four thousand dollars in items and an Army M 14 rifle possibly stolen in Arizona.
The State Supreme Court allowed former North Las Vegas Mayor Horace Tucker to stay free on $20 bail pending his appeal of a second degree murder conviction. Tucker, 65, was denied a new trial and sentenced 19 years to life for the 1963 fatal shooting of Omar Jack Evans.
President Johnson announced a determined campaign to banish the Ku Klux Klan and put it under law. He ordered attorney general Katzenbach to draft legislation and called for a congressional probe into Klan activities following the Detroit civil rights worker Viola Gregg Liuzzo's death.
Clark County Commission approves a 1965 66 budget of 12.9 million, about 3 million less than the prior year. The plan keeps property tax at 1 and allocates 4 to other subdivisions. Coroner's office spending rises to 57,656 from 35,000, with midyear county takeover noting 30,500 spent by the Chief Deputy Coroner of Las Vegas Township.
Las Vegas welcomed more than 6500 members and candidates for membership in the 63 Malaikah Temple Shrine Clubs. The Shrine parade gathers at 9 a.m. downtown and moves at 10 a.m. Potentate John Rounsavelle presides over the Grand Prix Stag ceremonial at the Convention Center.
Assembly committee clears AB 1 to set up population based legislative seats. Helen Herr defies illness to cast deciding vote with Jones and Manning supporting the measure. Pozzi and Young abstain as Senate opposition looms. The bill may guide a Federal Court reapportionment suit set for June in Las Vegas.
City Commission rejects Mirabelli plan to boost police payroll by 152000 next year as part of his re election push. Mayor Grayson and Commissioner Levy back current budget arguing for better deployment of existing officers amid rising crime.
Property Owners circulate a petition to stop the gas company from installing a pipeline. Details and related actions appear on Page 9.
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