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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1965
Page
1
Bernice Wyszynski offered 25 bananas as a down payment on a 1982 four door sedan from dealer Ine de Gonge after an advertisement promised the car for 1995 bananas. State consumer official Attilio Frassinelli found no false claim. bananas valued at about 75 to 100 dollars helped fund the purchase. A banana donation to a crippled children’s home was discussed.
U S Marines report a death and 17 wounded amid ongoing clashes even after a cease-fire agreement signed at San Isidro base near Santo Domingo. Officials say rebels near the U S embassy slow to acknowledge the truce while 3500 Marines guard American civilians.
Thousands of Park County residents attended Henderson Industrial Days with Mayors governors and senators present. The author, serving as parade judge, remarks on Bill Byrne’s re election bid and joking exchanges about endorsements and political fate in a fond local voice.
Jaycees host a Saturday Kids Day with carnival rides free ice cream and drinks near 25th Street. The event runs all day from 10 a.m. with a noon cutoff for free food for ages 1 to 14. A gala beauty parade is slated for Sunday at 2 p.m.
Col Frank K. Everest Jr takes command at Nellis Air Force Base succeeding Gen George B. Simler who moved to Pacific Air Forces duties amid the Vietnam era. Col Carroll L. Stanton retains vice command. Everest, famed as The Fastest Man Alive, previously led Davis Monthan and once tested the Bell X-2 at Mach 2.9.
Variable high cloudiness with southwest winds 15 to 25 mph. Mostly sunny and warm with a predicted high near 95 and low around 65. Noontime humidity 15 percent. Sunrise at 5 18, sunset at 7 28.
Arnold Palmer posted a three under 69 for a two day total of 135 nine under par at the Tournament of Champions. He leads Juan Rodriguez and Doug Sanders by two strokes as winds gusted to 25 mph and attendance set two day records at Desert Inn Country Club.
Three days left to claim $50 in the Sunny Bucks contest. The lucky dollar bill with a specific serial number remains in circulation as of Friday. Winners in the last hours were at 121 S. Highland Ave collecting $2, $5 or $10, with $50 and $100 numbers not added after this week.
Roberta Dunham a 3 month old was removed from her parents by Juvenile Court order on Thursday placed in a state approved foster home. Dist Judge William Compton denied custody to Robert and Carolyn Dunham and transferred custody to the State Welfare Department. The parents must undergo psychiatric exams and prove ability to care for the infant before regaining custody. They were arrested March 31 after police responded to complaints of abuse.
A lighted match or cigarette tossed into a paint firm storage area Friday caused a fire that spread to a natural gas line and exploded up the building. Fire crews confined the blaze to an eight square foot plywood storage shed at Vegas Paint Co 1604 Commerce St. No evacuations or interior damage. Fire Chief Otto McFarland said an unknown person likely threw the match or cigarette into the fenced area behind the building.
Landlords of the TallyHo Hotel posted a 250000 cash bond in federal court on Friday to enable immediate repossession from lessees Charles Luftig and Edward Nealis. Attorney Floyd F. Cook with Cornwall and Nitz secured the cashier’s check as a precondition, with the bond remaining in force pending a future hearing.
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