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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1964
Page
4
The Colorado born Communist leader Mrs. Healey defends civil rights reform while attacking double standards toward Negroes and Mexican-Americans. She notes hypocrisy of sit-ins in the Senate, condemns ethnic suppression, and critiques Soviet and American policies in a wide-ranging talk and press Q A.
A university lecture event drew a small protest from a veterans group while students and faculty listened. Mrs Healey criticized anti Communist hysteria and urged civil rights support as John Birch Society leader John Rousselot was announced to speak next Friday at Eagles Hall and during the day at the university gym.
In Las Vegas the writer notes soaked encounters at Desert Inn bellhops and post office frictions. He praises courteous service and recounts a costly cab ride, while mixing in sharp commentary on taxes, golf prizes, and Runyon Cancer Fund donations.
Two minimum security inmates from Las Vegas and Oxnard escaped from a federal prison camp near Florence. They fled in a DOJ pickup, stole a Cessna 182 from Sky Harbor hanger, and were identified as Narian Resner and Elwood Ryan. The FBI said the blue and white single engine plane carried the registration N2034R.
Ralph Denton resigned the commission as first lieutenant in 1948 to enter law school and later worked as deputy district attorney in Elko from 1951 to 1953. He became a Las Vegas lawyer, served one term as Esmeralda County district attorney, and remained active in Clark County Bar Association. He and wife Sara Pittard have three children, Mark Sally and Scott. He was connected to Nevada Democratic leadership through John F. E. Robbins.
Washoe County leaders push for a small county control of key posts as Clark and Washoe delegates remain split between Springer Kruse camps. Monroe Brown Jones Morris factions demonstrate broader intra party cracks ahead of a 9 am caucus and 11 am gavel.
Deputies probe a theft of about $3,000 from a safe at the Desert Inn Apparel Shop. Investigators believe entry was gained by an unlatched door or a used key. Irvin Miller, the shop operator, discovered the loss when opening yesterday at 7 a.m.
A cab rider tied to California and Texas check charges and possible parole violation was jailed for investigation after failing to pay a $300 fare. William Charlies Lucas, 57, an air conditioning contractor, was arrested at a Strip hotel by sheriff's detectives who identified him through an Fresno California cab driver.
In New York stocks advanced to the Magic 50 level as trading surged to highs in heavy dealings. Chrysler helped lift the market with increased volume, pushing prices above Wednesday’s peak and signaling a broad market rise.
Witnesses described a crash at altitude with one engine dead and the other strained. Debris scattered across a hillside as FAA and Civil Aeronautics Board investigators arrived. A revolver found with victims prompted police to check ownership, and witness accounts from nearby workers and residents filled in the chaotic scene.
A United Airlines Convair carrying 12 passengers was struck by lightning 42 miles west of Salt Lake City but landed safely. No injuries. The strike knocked out navigational equipment and shattered the co-pilot window while the crew depressurized and completed the flight to Salt Lake. Captain Sidney Huff, veteran pilot from San Francisco, landed the aircraft on schedule.
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