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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1965
Page
2
A Clark County Civil Defense newsletter warns that adequate fallout shelters could save millions if war erupts. The piece mentions downtown signs and asks for updates from director R H Bucknell. The column also recalls Frank Strong waking to find his friend’s car on a grease rack during a cross country trip in Las Vegas.
The Bank of Las Vegas began in a modest Maryland Parkway site and expanded to eight branches across Clark County including Moapa Valley. It was created to meet local needs and continues to tailor services as the region grows, encouraging residents to bank with the "Best."
The Bernard Brothers, Bernard F. George and Herbert Maxwell, a comedy team seen on the Strip, were fined 5000 and 4000 dollars for failing to file income tax returns for 1958 to 1961. They were taken into custody until payments. sentencing was suspended for one year with nine months to show progress on back taxes. The duo’s unreported income exceeded 200000 dollars.
Sheriff Ralph Lamb said the unidentified man was found Wednesday in the desert west of the Dunes Hotel driving range. The body showed no foul play signs and appeared dead for about ten days. An autopsy was planned to determine the cause of death. The man had no ID and seemed to be a transient, found by James Stringfellow and Howard Roberts while searching for junk metal.
Soviet Luna-5 reportedly crashed on the moon near the Sea of Clouds after a suspected retrorocket failure. Tass and Moscow reports indicated the craft hit the surface around 10:10 p.m. local time, five minutes before the announced touchdown.
Mirin secures a certificate to run a taxi in a defined Las Vegas area after the county refused renewal without the document. The PSC, after seeking AG opinions, ruled Mirin is grandfathered by the 1965 legislature and will operate in a territory bounded by Sahara Ave east, Eastern on the east, Sunset Road on the south, and Jones Avenue on the west.
Gl’s land in Viet Nam to defend air bases near the capital as U S armed strength climbs. Manila’s legislature moves to dispatch 2000 Filipino Army engineers and combat troops to aid the anti Communist effort. In Song Be a Communist attack is blunted by a deserter who alerted government forces.
The six day week scale at Strip hotels rises to 198.45 dollars for six hours, with leaders at 297.68 and singles at 248.06. Relief bands substituting on the regular orchestra night off earn 49.42 for sidemen and 74.12 for the leader, effective until November 15 1966.
A coroner’s inquest is scheduled in Boulder City into the shooting deaths of Ronald Lloyd Wallace and Robert G. Walker. Wallace allegedly died by self harm at his home on Utah Street. Walker’s body was found along the powerline road near town in a car registered to him. Deputy Coroner Kenneth Elder will preside. the inquest was postponed from May 6 due to the medical examiner’s absence.
Leland Pete, 33, a 1948 Nevada bantamweight Golden Gloves champion, died from injuries after being struck by a Southern Pacific switch engine while walking along train tracks with a companion Tuesday night in Reno.
Gus Thiros general manager of the Bonanza Club in North Las Vegas asks the State Gaming Commission for permission to invest 100000 for a 10 percent stake. He would buy from Don French the sole stock. Las Vegas attorney Joseph F Pavlikowky seeks a corporate officer role without investment to replace Don French Jr and Douglas H Bent.
Denise Hedy Lee daughter of actress Hedy Lamarr announced her engagement to Lawrence Robert Colton pitcher with the Eugene Emeralds of the Northwest Baseball League. The couple plans a July wedding in a Beverly Hills church.
The piece recalls Las Vegas Helldorado traditions from Ben’s era to present, noting leaders James Cashman Sr and Jr and Emmett Sullivan guiding the parade, Elks Lodge costs of about 90000 dollars, and the role of Helldorado buttons and rodeo receipts. It urges community enthusiasm, fundraising, and participation to grow the event as a regional Mardi Gras of the West.
Three people convicted of transporting women across state lines for prostitution were sentenced by U. S. Dist. Judge Bruce Thompson in Las Vegas. Robert Earl Spencer, 39, and Raymond Lee Joyce, 43, received five-year terms. Carol Spencer, 39, one year. Appeal notices were filed for Joyce and Mrs. Spencer.
A three story building housing an electric heater manufacturing concern burned with twenty people inside escaping unharmed. Damage was estimated at up to half a million dollars. In Hanoi foreign diplomats began evacuating wives and children as fears of a US air attack rose.
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