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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1966
Page
1
More than 50 000 demonstrators paraded down Fifth Avenue to a Central Park pacifist rally as eggs flew and fists flashed. Police kept violence down with 1 909 officers on duty and seven arrests amid crowding spectators.
A Nevada public service conflict centers on Reynolds and a rival bidder for a cable franchise. Reynolds files revised rates after learning of rival terms, undercutting the competition while aiming for market advantage. The author, a competing applicant, notes potential bias yet speculates on the town’s future if competition disappears.
Clark County Democratic insurgents survive two convention floor fights and labor backing shifts to see Norman Hilbrecht win the temporary chair along with a clash filled opening. Ryan remains a contender as Leavitt’s backers shift strategy amid heated exchanges.
More than 6 500 Shriners depart Los Angeles for home after a highly successful Al Malaikah Temple meeting. A parade drew thousands of Las Vegas residents and visitors to Casino Center and Fremont Street with clowns horses mounted guards and colorful marchers. The two day event closed with a secret initiation at the Convention Center and a Dunes Hotel dinner hosted by the Los Angeles unit, the largest in the world, and bringing Shriners from across the country.
A blaze at Hyde Park Junior High School at 900 Hinson Street triggered multiple alarms just before midnight. Fire crews battled the fire as officials feared major smoke damage to the remaining structure.
Mostly sunny with gentle winds. Predicted high 74 and low 47. Yesterday’s high 69 and low 47. Noontime humidity 40 percent. Sunrise at 5 35 and sunset at 5 58.
Amid a Strip hotel cab ban on Yellow Cabs, shuttling Shrine convention crowds kept taxi demand high. Yellow Cabs could pick up at rental entrances when no rival lines waited. Hotels began banning cabs Friday night, with all hotels enforcing by morning.
Tens of thousands of demonstrators marched in dozens of cities protesting America’s Vietnam role. Eggs beer and projectiles greeted the marchers in several spots while police shielded crowds in major cities during the International Days of Protest. A World War II veteran assaulted a picket in Hartford and a motorcyclist harassed Boston demonstrators as tensions rose nationwide.
A well planned disruption of a Viet Nam War seminar partly succeeded before emotions flared and participants violated a silence order, leading to harassment during the event.
Inside the Sun speakers seminar sponsored by Students for Political Action at Nevada Southern University was halted minutes after start as Alvin Meinhold faced catcalls. About 0 veterans group members stood to walk out while a confidential Southern Nevada Committee bulletin urged a silent mass exodus distributed by American Legion Post 8.
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