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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1965
Page
2
A Las Vegas Bank advertises free Columbia stereo albums with new accounts. Opens a $2 or more account for one album, $300 or more for two, featuring jazz, popular and classical selections. The promotion ties to local tourism and entertainment culture at Cashman Field and Riviera events.
A Clark County grand jury charged Martin Kutzen a Desert Inn pit boss with two counts of obstructing and stealing from the U S mail. He allegedly removed an unfavorable letter to Wichita financier James Hershberger from the Tropics Motel mailbox and opened secreted and destroyed it, then was arrested on a bench warrant and released on 1000 dollar bond.
Funeral services for Dave Deen are set for Saturday at 3 p.m. at Palm Chapel in Henderson with burial in the Garden of Remembrance. Rivera's body was taken to Palm Mortuary in Las Vegas for funeral arrangements. The double fatality raises Henderson's 1985 traffic death toll to four.
D. E. Dirksen Los Angeles director of home missionary activities for the Seventh-day Adventist Church will be guest speaker at the annual meeting of the La?get and Boulder City Seventh-day Adventist Churches Friday at 7 pm. Dirksen heads Adventist welfare program in California Arizona Nevada Utah and Hawaii.
A 59 year old parking attendant at the Santa Anita parking lot on the Strip was indicted on six counts of accepting wagers across state lines and two counts of transmitting wagering information across state lines plus failure to buy a federal wagering stamp. He allegedly ran a betting book from February to July 1964 and was arrested June 1984 with Santa Anita owner Sam Cohen. Liguori is free on $1000 bond pending arraignment before U.S. District Judge Roger D. Foles.
BAL filed with the State Public Service Commission seeking to raise the Las Vegas to Reno one way fare from 4 to 15 dollars and cancel the roundtrip youth fare of 3.36 with a new one way youth fare of 18 between the two cities. The firm cites approved interstate increases by the Civil Aeronautics Board and urges PSC action with protests due before May.
A city commission postponed a decision on the Sundowner bar a court hearing delves into juvenile serving and age verification. Testimony from a 17 year old frequent patron and two other minors raised questions about bartender responsibility and identification rules as the commission weighs license action and potential suspension.
In Santo Domingo two to three Marines were killed by rebel machinegun fire during an ambush of a medical convoy. Two Marines were wounded and two captured, while a helicopter pilot and two paratroopers were wounded. Newsmen Al Burt and Doug Kennedy were shot by Marines and evacuated.
Economists advising major U.S. firms project stronger business conditions in 1965 but fear Social Security tax increases in early 1966 will take an additional 5 billion to 6 billion dollars annually from consumer pockets.
A Las Vegas mother laments the war as her son Lee a 1964 Rancho High graduate enlisted in paratroopers last year He served as lifeguard and swimming instructor at Nellis Air Force Base The report notes airlift of 1200 troops into Viet Nam with 600 to Vung Tau and 606 to Bien Hoa near Saigon.
Federal judge imposes 11 years on James Luther Tatum for an abortive counterfeit plot at a Decatur Boulevard grocery shop. FBI testified the mimeograph setup could print hundreds of thousands but only two bills recovered. Plot never progressed. a few bogus bills surfaced as evidence.
The court halted as jurors were sent to clear the room with 9 am resumes pending. State officials argued the longer the jury deliberates favors the state while the solicitor warned of a potential mistrial as farmers on the panel favor quick return to fieldwork. Gary Rowe testified he saw Klansmen Wilkins shoot Mrs. Liuzzo from a car, while codefendants William Faton and Eugene Thomas await separate trials.
A columnist condemns out of-town papers and quick buy scams that drain customers from local merchants. The piece highlights a jewelry dealer and other sellers who relocate to fleece buyers, noting how stolen spendings deprive local grocers, piano dealers, and auto dealers of sales and community investment.
Georges Le May, a suspect in a 1961 Montreal Bank of Nova Scotia robbery that yielded about $4 million, was arrested aboard a Fort Lauderdale boat after a tip tied to a satellite poster. He faces illegal entry charges in the United States and is wanted in Canada for conspiracy and the bank robbery. Police say he has been in South Florida about six months.
Mrs Reed has been county clerk since July 1948 after serving as Las Vegas city clerk and deputy clerk under Lloyd Payne. Miss Bowman, Logandale native, named chief deputy in 1955 and will serve until December 31 1966 as the commissions extend the term.
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