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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1965
Page
5
Col Pavel Belyayev told reporters Voskhod II was fully maneuverable and could change orbit in space like Gemini-3. He noted a solar orientation irregularity forced manual control for an off target landing and that permission was given to land after a one orbit delay.
Treasury Secretary Douglas Dillon urged deeper tax relief for low income families as he spoke at an American Bankers Association symposium. He criticized the current tax structure as less progressive than believed and backed expanding benefits beyond the new minimum standard deduction. He noted a proposed tax rebate plan tying funds to state needs and decoupling allocations from overall wealth.
Eight cars of the Knickerbocker, a New York Central passenger train from New York to St Louis, derailed three miles west of Marion Ohio. Twelve people were injured including mail clerk John Dorsey who was hospitalized in satisfactory condition. Firefighters quelled a blaze after the engine plowed ahead half a mile. Route 95 traffic was blocked and rerouted for two to three days.
A grand jury indicted 21 year old Phillippe Denning on assault with intent to kill grand larceny and unlawful taking of a motor vehicle in the attack on Chief Justice Frank McNamee of the Nevada Supreme Court Denning was held on 7500 bond and arraignment was postponed two weeks McNamee 59 remains hospitalized with skull and brain injuries after the February 16 beating at his Zephyr Cove apartment.
Murder suspect Robert Lee Shockey and his wife Diana were extradited from Salt Lake City to San Bernardino after waiving extradition in the death of Joan McGee. The couple, arraigned on a fugitive warrant, denied involvement as the infant Nikki remained with juvenile authorities.
Senator Robert F Kennedy wrapped up his one off mountain climb with a calm assessment. He recalled planting a flag gifted to the Kennedy family on Canada’s Mount Matterhorn and described the ascent as tougher than expected. He and his wife Ethel and five of their children joined after the trek, with Mrs Kennedy joking about her husband’s next venture.
The Soviet Communist Party ousted Leonid I. Slyichev as party secretary after a three day session. Dimitri F. Ustinov and Kirill Mazurov were promoted to candidate members of the Presidium. Brezhnev remains the party leader.
In Brussels United States and Belgium told Congo they will not send military experts to assist government forces against Communist rebels. Arms aid including helicopters trucks bazookas and small arms will continue. Tshombe urged black troops to replace mercenaries while other African nations and UAR Algeria were accused of imperialism.
The Atomic Energy Commission plans to launch the first nuclear reactor power plant into space around April 1 to test a 500 watt system and a Air Force ion rocket engine for future space missions. The SNAP-10A weighs about 970 pounds and will ride an Atlas Agena from the West Coast test range into a high polar orbit. The program has cost about 111.8 million dollars since 1959 and aims to develop long lasting power sources for space and other uses.
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