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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1965
Page
4
West Germany agreed to a 950 million dollar arms purchase from France after talks between defense ministers Messmer and Von Hassel. France becomes West Germanys second largest supplier after the United States. News from Bonn.
Former Vice President Richard Nixon charges Fidel Castro as the source of the Dominican revolution and urges OAS Canada and European allies to back U.S. sanctions. He favors an inter American force under OAS if possible, otherwise the United States may act alone.
Marines driven into a Viet Cong controlled village pursue missing infantrymen from an ambush as helicopter evacuations continue. Reports indicate at least one enemy killed and three captured, while air and ground actions target ammunition dumps, barracks, bridges, and a ferry as U S forces attempt to disrupt North Vietnamese logistics near the DMZ and surrounding provinces.
A bearded man in his 20s armed with a chrome revolver robbed the Ernie W Cragin Terrace rental office at 2810 Ambler around 3 PM. He forced the employee to open a safe containing $823 in cash and checks, then fled with two renters and another applicant nearby. The rental agency operates under the City of Las Vegas Housing Authority.
In San Francisco the topless trial of four defendants including a night club owner and two waitresses proceeds with voir dire. Defense attorneys press questions on public exposure while prosecutors seek charges of lewd conduct and aiding indecent exposure.
Gov. Grant Sawyer named three Las Vegas residents to state boards and commissions. Dr. Lewis Fussell will join the State Board of Professional Registered Engineers, Charles Knass replaces Alan Bunker on the Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers, and Dr. Robert L. Morrison takes the seat on the State Board of Dental Examiners. Nine reappointments followed including John Winters to the California Nevada Interstate Compact Commission and Dr. John B. Hirsch to the Dental Examiners board.
San Diego officials approved a city agreement to host the 27th Mrs. America Beauty and Talent Pageant from Aug 23 to 29 at the new community concourse. Housewives from 59 states and the District of Columbia will compete for the title.
Uruguay’s ambassador told the Security Council that U S intervention in the Dominican Republic lacked OAS authorization and urged a ceasefire. He argued the council can act without waiting for the OAS and called for cessation of unilateral actions to uphold Dominican self determination. Soviet envoy urged condemnation of the intervention as a charter violation.
Moscow television aired for the first time the story of Col. Rudolph Abel, named a Soviet master spy who was decorated after being exchanged in 1962 for U2 pilot Francis Powers. Abel had served with security forces since 1927 and was imprisoned in New York in 1957.
Nevada Attorney General Harvey Dickerson on Tuesday questioned Washoe County DA William Raggio's plan for a June conference of district attorneys noting a statewide crime conference already includes DAs police parole and juvenile officers. He said a May and June meeting could be duplicative while 12 of 17 DAs have agreed to a day long forum. Raggio declined due to a prior appointment.
At the 18th General Assembly of the World Health Organization France backed communist bloc calls to oust Nationalist China and seat Red China. The demand, supported by Mali Guinea and Cambodia, followed an appeal to keep politics out of the assembly.
Bell Telephone Co. seeks state approval to invest 41000 dollars to build a telephone exchange on the Walker River Indian Reservation in Mineral County replacing existing semi public and public toll stations. The plan was presented to the State Public Service Commission for authorization.
Washington witnesses argued how to pay specialists under the elder health care plan. Senator Douglas proposed moving specialist payments to the Social Security financed basic hospital program. Several experts and associations urged including specialists in the core hospitalization coverage and adding drug costs.
Sheriff’s Capt. Ray Gubser Jr., 38, is expected to be released from Sunrise Hospital Wednesday after severe abdominal pains. He was rushed there Tuesday with Sheriff Ralph Lamb. colleagues reported some improvement though tests would continue to define the illness.
The State Department reported damage and looting at the Santo Domingo branches of National City Bank of New York and Pepsi Cola Bottling Co. plus 14 000 pounds of U S medical supplies delivered to the Dominican Red Cross for 10 hospitals. The Alcoa Ranger with 2 million pounds of U S surplus food heads to the Dominican Republic as 3 222 people flee the country.
The U.S. Weather Bureau recorded the highest temperature of 100 in Presidio Texas and the lowest of 23 in Elko Nevada for Tuesday excluding Alaska and Hawaii.
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