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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1964
Page
7
Washington. Chairman Emanuel Celler says he will not be pressured into rushing hearings on the Becker school prayer amendment. He notes petitions and post cards have flooded Congress, but the issue remains stalled pending his panel.
The Southern Nevada chapter of the Air Traffic Control Association held its 1964 65 installation at the Mardi Gras Room Showboat Hotel. James Kemple was named chairman with Dale Shriver vice chairman Richard Devereaux secretary treasurer Paul Porter facility representative and Lawrence Fortier program chair. National Terminal Councilor Michael Wandick spoke after returning from Washington DC. Paul Porter received a plaque for his two year leadership as retiring chairman.
Washington and border states report that DC Delaware Maryland and West Virginia have desegregated all public schools colleges and universities. Kentucky Missouri and Oklahoma have desegregated all public colleges but some public school districts remain segregated.
UPI reports on bail as a social issue tied to the Bill of Rights. The piece cites James Hoffa’s $75,000 bail and Sylvester Pendarvis’s 13 months in jail for a $1,600 bail, highlighting pre trial release debates and the Vera Foundation model for releasing good risks without bail. It notes Kennedy's support for reform and data from New York and St Louis on bail disparities, plus the role of court appointed attorneys for the poor.
The U S Bureau of the Census tests a mail in population count in Louisville with 240000 forms. Short forms reach three quarters of households while long forms go to one fourth. Data moves from return envelopes to microfilm and a computer counts millions of items per minute.
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