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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1964
Page
3
Temperature and precipitation data for a 24 hour period ending yesterday, compiled by the U S Weather Bureau in San Francisco. Cities listed include Honolulu Kansas City Los Angeles and others with readings for highs and lows.
The Weather Bureau reported a high of 106 degrees at Presidio Texas and a low of 17 degrees at Redmond Oregon, excluding Alaska and Hawaii. This record shows the widest temperature spread in the contiguous states for the period.
In Macon County Alabama Negro candidates break through in a Democratic primary led by Dr Charles G Gomillion and three others over white opponents. Negroes win county school board and justice posts, with one runoff. Victory could mark first Black officeholders in the area since Reconstruction.
The State Department denied arranging prostitutes for Indonesian President Sukarno during visits to the United States after investigating a syndicated column claim. Rep. William S. Broomfield, a top Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Far East Subcommittee, criticized Sukarno and pushed aid cutoff legislation.
In Cyprus Greek and Turkish Cypriots clashed near Famagusta with a roadblock incident raising fears of renewed intercommunal fighting. The UN sent Irish troops to deter violence as tensions spread to Kyrenia Pass and Trakhonas areas after a Turkish Cypriot refused a checkpoint order and struck a Greek Cypriot policeman.
United Piece International reports Indiana results show Governor Welsh winning the Democratic primary with Wallace a strong runner up. In Alabama, unpledged electors backed Wallace as Johnson’s civil rights program faced opposition. Republican Barry Goldwater swept Indiana’s convention votes. Ohio Republicans nominate Taft Jr. and Young is renominated with Glenn on the ballot. Oklahoma’s Wilkins on Senate race leads. Harris Gary runoff likely. Florida Holland renominated. Burns leads governor race with High facing runoff. New Mexico Montoya nominated for Senate. Meches renominated. District of Columbia delegates chosen for both parties.
National Guardsmen patrolled wind battered towns after tornadoes killed two people and left scores injured across midwestern counties. A storm dumped heavy snow in Reno and prompted livestock protection warnings in Utah and Nevada as Nebraska ordered about 200 guards into five central and southeast counties amid millions in damage.
Former Gestapo legal adviser Otto Hunsche testified at his war crimes trial that Adolf Eichmann and other Nazi leaders tried to persuade the United States to join them in fighting the Soviet Union in the war's final days. He described secret talks at Aussee and said Eichmann wanted to keep operations secret to avoid arousing attention.
West Germany asks Egypt to detain fugitive Nazi SS officer Hans Walter Zech Nen twich pending extradition. Zech Nen twich, who fled from prison and claimed aid from a Nazi underground, was sentenced for complicity in the 1941 slaughter of 5 200 Russian Jews.
Fragmentary note references Duvalier Haiti and alleged benefactor claims with casual barbershop conversation tone. Details and context are unreadable in the excerpt.
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