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Newspaper

Las Vegas Sun

Location

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America

Date

May 01, 1964

Page

5

Spook Chaser Unravels Century Old Mace Light Mystery

In Wilmington North Carolina a noted parapsychologist is due to investigate the Mace light and its headless keeper, Old Joe Baldwin. Skeptics doubt success after numerous prior inquiries, while locals recall the decapitation in 1867 and the lantern bearing phantom.

Wilmington N.C UPID Joe Baldwin Hans Holzer New Hanover Brunswick New York Old Joe Maco

Militants’ Stall-In Strategy Triggers Civil Rights Rift

The nascent ACT movement led by Adam Powell and Malcolm X with Dick Gregory and others plans militant demonstrations to seize leadership from CORE and NAACP. Brooklyn CORE chair Ike Brunson and followers align with ACT after CORE suspended Brooklyn over a World’s Fair stall-in scheme.

New York NANA Bronx Manhattan CORE ACT National Assa NAACP No- Colored People Tional National Congress of Racializations Mally League Wild Boys Brooklyn Powell Gregory Adam Clayton Powell Dick Gregory Malcolm X Isaiah Ike Brunson Brooklyn Core National Core National

Centennial program highlights Goodsprings school Old timers and pupils perform

This Week in Goodsprings covers the Centennial celebration at Jean Goodsprings school. Pupils from first through eighth grade perform fiddling, square dances, piano pieces, and Battle Born State stories. A taped history project features many sponsors and local residents contributing to Nevada history research and library additions.

Jean Goodsprings Nevada Cora Schwartz Margaret Simon Albion Ogee Mamie Hanrahan Tom Keeler Betty Foutz Ira Proud Red Gray

Fascell seeks IRS postage aid for income info slips

Rep. Dante Fascell proposes the federal government cover mailing costs for the information return forms used to report interest and dividend payments. He notes about 60 million forms go to payees and another 60 million to taxpayers, with postage totaling roughly 3.5 million dollars.

Washington Nana Dante Fascell D-Fla Uncle Sam Electron Marvel Informaton Internal Revenue Service Rep. Fascell IRS Sam Tax

Nevada Students Fail Preinduction Tests Higher National Average

Nevada reports show 15 percent of prospective recruits failed the preinduction mental test, below the U S average of 24 5 percent and well under South Carolina 51 8 percent but above Minnesota 2 7 percent The NEA notes interstate migration can skew state responsibility The report covers public school funding 1963 64 with Nevada at 64 percent locally sourced funding ranking ninth in the nation Nevada classroom statistics include 5 9 percent overcapacity in fall 1962 6 140 average teacher pay 1963 64 and 24 6 pupils per teacher 1962 with South Dakota leading in student per teacher ratio

Nevada National Education Association United States South Carolina Minnesota New Mexico NEA California South Dakota

Toilet Seat Warmer Demonstration In England

Edgar Bates a 71 year old inventor from Wimborne England unveils a lavatory seat warmer after a decade of work. He estimates the device could sell for under one pound and hopes it proves a useful novelty.

Wimborne, England UPI Edgar Bates Bates

Nikki to Get A New Head

In London the wax model of Nikita Khrushchev at Madame Tussaud's shows him ten years younger, signaling a new head for the Soviet premier.

Nikki London UPI Nikita S$. Khrushchev Tussaud’s

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