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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1964
Page
4
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President Johnson hosted a second labor leaders dinner in eight days, chiding the union chiefs for weak outreach while urging them to mobilize members to back his Medicare poverty and civil rights bills. He and Mrs. Johnson danced with guests as AFL CIO president Meany and others observed.
A periodical essay contrasts bird freedom with human choice and cites two Paris weekend reports on de Gaulle’s France within NATO. It notes planned French division placements near the Czech border, naval officer substitutions, and Washington’s Cuba policy alignment, framing France's firm ally stance with selective independence.
A young woman is assaulted in a New York office building while a crowd watches without intervening until two police officers step in. The piece argues that public indifference and the abdication of neighborly care reflect a de personalized urban society and calls for more intervention.
Governor Grant Sawyer says expert teams will study Nevada health and welfare programs and Caliente Elko youth rehabilitation centers. He warns studies must lead to action and notes past external analyses were not always implemented, urging the executive branch to digest and apply worthwhile findings.
A reader questions column ethics and truthfulness while a confidential secretary laments silence under an employer's private talks. Breathless Blondie suggests stopping the harassment with a padded glove as a humorous fix. The exchange ends with a nudge to send problems to John for worry.
Defense Intelligence Agency places 14 500 Russian troops in Cuba and details 900 to 1 100 SA 2 missiles 300 to 400 combat aircraft with Cuban crews. It notes two Russian generals remain and cites radar and missile sites in support of its assessment amid withdrawals of some missiles.
On May 11 1964, the Almanac notes the 132nd day of the year with 234 remaining. It recalls events including the 1832 creation of a political platform for Henry Clay, the 1934 Dust Bowl storms across the Great Plains, Rockefeller’s death in 1960, and Kennedy urging business cooperation in 1962. Epictetus’ thought for the day urges habitual practice of chosen actions.
Pierre Gassendi the French philosopher mathematician and scientist died after declaring I was born knowing not why I have lived knowing not how I die knowing neither why nor how He was a friend of Galileo and opposed Aristotelian philosophy
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