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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1965
Page
2
A local column blends social notes and promotional copy for the Bank of Las Vegas. It praises Lyal Burkholder of Henderson for Industrial Days leadership, promotes Tule Springs Park near Las Vegas, and touts bank services and a music album giveaway tied to new accounts. The piece mixes civic updates with advertising flair.
Rebel forces claim silence of Domingo radio station as U S equipped fighters attacked from the armed corridor near Santo Domingo. Marines, paratroops and a jeep crew faced rockets and strafing near the embassy area with one journalist injured.
Public notice states the 1947 Fera car with motor N78243 and Maine license 453-084, owned by Chertes ODoy of 1427th St Las Vegas, Nev, will be sold at 1 am May 31 1965 at Sun Valley Richfield Station Raulder Hwy and Sun Valley. The listing appears in a Las Vegas paper with multiple dates May 14 27 28.
Sun prints two signed statements from ten Child Haven workers denying director Pete Updike used favors or fear to control the facility. They defend Mrs Hertha Palumbo, who was fired last weekend, and note letters from former wards expressing sorrow and missing her.
J T McWilliams School won first for school floats with a Dobie Dock wagon and a make believe Indian attack scene. Cindy Gardner led best mounted riders on Dockery, while Royal Riders and Fairchild Entry won trophies in mounted groups and pairs. The Little Wheels unicycle group earned a special trophy, Debbie Tate dressed as a clown won best specialty, Anderson Dairy’s Fairy Tales float won commercial entry, Kit Carson Elementary won the Grand Entry, and Camp Fire Girls topped non school entries with Think Big Think World theme.
LA report describes William Burke 38 having his car forced to curb by a taxi with a gunman passenger who ordered him to toss out his ride. Burke, in jammed pajamas and bathrobe, was robbed. the bandit stole the auto and fled as Burke lamented being unarmed. Meanwhile the Lakéwood-Long Beach drill team Yankee Doodle Dandies won first place with Revolutionary War costume and replica weapons.
An amusement worker was electrocuted after touching a metal food booth at Helldorado Village. City inspectors traced and fixed the fault, and the area reopened Thursday night. About 100 people, including many children, were removed during the investigation.
Joseph Woods of the American Federation of Casino and Gaming Employers announced a mass meeting plan to organize workers at six Northern Nevada casinos. Petitions before the NLRB cover Horseshoe, Holiday, Palace, Prima Donna in Reno and Carson City Nugget and Sparks Nugget with hearings set for May 18.
The Shawtee and Florado Cup case before the Los Angeles Court of Appeals sought to block an NLRB supervised casino union election. Attorney Themes Greaves Jr argued the court lacked jurisdiction and warned the move could unfairly affect casino operations. The three-judge panel declined to intervene, leaving the election to proceed.
Yellow Cab Co of Las Vegas sues to stop William Mirin from launching a one man Strip cab operation in Clark County. A hearing is set May 24 for the PSC to justify overturning its conditional state permit. The suit argues no public need was shown and questions Mirin’s grandfathering under 1963 taxi rules.
The piece reflects on being our brother's keeper and finding faith in a hard world. It notes that public concern for a mother and her children shows goodness can rise from evil, a hopeful reflection on humanity.
The DI Group In Stardust Deal Today confirms Hotels Inc. will operate the Stardust property. Most Stardust Inc. stock was held by Bella Factor, widow of financier John factor, who became chief inheritor after the 1950s bankruptcy. Cornero conceived the hotel casino before its completion and died of a heart attack while shooting craps. Bella Factor's stock claim was approved by the federal court in January 1958.
A coroner's jury ruled that Robert Walker 19 fatally shot himself after possibly killing Ronald Wallace 18 earlier. Walker's body was found with 38 caliber wounds in the desert near Boulder City while Wallace died at his home from an apparent suicide. Witnesses at the inquest included Dr James Clarke Boulder City Police Chief Richard Peterson and other local law officers.
A Miami UPI bulletin says a radio distress call claimed three men were killed in an air sea attack on a Cuban coastal freighter but authorities could not confirm the report. The Coast Guard planned a plane patrol to the area for verification.
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