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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1964
Page
6
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The article notes high fines from 1,000 dollars in Georgia to 250 in California for littering and cites measures in New York Connecticut New Orleans and Clark County including demerits on licenses and garden club efforts to deter dumping. It emphasizes harsher penalties deterrence blunt warnings and aggressive enforcement as keys to reducing litter along highways.
Mrs Jacqueline Kennedy agreed to testify in private before the investigating commission about the Dallas tragedy. Others recalled include Mrs Marina Oswald and Mrs Ruth Paine, with aims to probe Oswald’s Soviet period and connections. The panel seeks Thompson, embassy staff, and Schwartz Knight disputes over passports and CIA ties as it races to a July 1 report.
In Waverly Iowa dedicated locals run Self-Help Inc to refurbish idle American farm machinery and ship it to underdeveloped regions. They fund and manage donations, repair old equipment, and dispatch it to areas such as Ecuador and Bolivia, enabling communities to thresh grain and mill lumber while earning funds to sustain programs.
A letter-essay questions Perry Dell’s qualifications and leadership at the Spring Mountain Youth Camp amid a political dispute led by County Commissioner Ryan. It argues Dell’s recidivist rates, professional background, and progressive practices contrast with critics, praising the camp’s progress and denouncing political interference.
A critique of media focus on personalities over ideas or systems. The piece argues elites cherry pick leaders like Castro and Kennedy while denouncing broadly aimed reforms, contrasts tax policy debates, and notes global aid efforts like Self-Help sending machinery to Latin America and the Caribbean.
A jokey letter mocks advice columns as the writer vents at Dear John for promises of blemish removal and laments the routine of responding to readers. The piece ends with a quip about leaving the column and asks a trivia joke about the capital of South Dakota.
In Chicago U S District Court Judge Richard B Austin excused a prospective juror during the James R Hoffa fraud trial after the venireman said his wife was going to have a baby. The exchange drew a light remark from the judge about not depriving him of that pleasure.
The piece notes that days before his accidental drowning Percy Bysshe Shelley wrote to a friend seeking poison. He wrote it would be a comfort to hold the key to the chamber of perpetual rest.
New York reports that the nation's cigarette manufacturers have agreed on a new advertising code. The rule bars claims that smoking is essential to social prominence distinction success or sexual attraction.
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